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*If the player gets into the side seat of a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] and fires the Scarab gun, the screen (except for the HUD) will go completely white until the player stops firing. That's because, in third person, the weapon's gleam is as large as the Scarab's main gun. | *If the player gets into the side seat of a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] and fires the Scarab gun, the screen (except for the HUD) will go completely white until the player stops firing. That's because, in third person, the weapon's gleam is as large as the Scarab's main gun. | ||
*If you give a marine this Easter egg, he will hold it as if it were a normal plasma rifle, but he will never fire it. Bungie might have expected this and took steps to prevent this in order to balance the game AIs. | *If you give a marine this Easter egg, he will hold it as if it were a normal plasma rifle, but he will never fire it. Bungie might have expected this and took steps to prevent this in order to balance the game AIs. | ||
*It was confirmed by Bungie on April 16, 2010, that the Scarab Gun was intentionally put in there as an Easter Egg<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25650 '''Bungie: One Final Effort'''] - ''Hiding the Scarab Gun on newmombasa and thinking "heh, it'll be forever before they find this!" and then having players get up there within a week by pushing Banshee through the BSP transition from the bridge. Damn. Never underestimate the player.''</ref> | *It was confirmed by Bungie on April 16, 2010, that the Scarab Gun was intentionally put in there as an Easter Egg | ||
**However at PAX, somebody from Bungie said that they used it to create Scarab beams shooting over the city and forgot to remove it.<ref> [http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25650 '''Bungie: One Final Effort'''] - ''Hiding the Scarab Gun on newmombasa and thinking "heh, it'll be forever before they find this!" and then having players get up there within a week by pushing Banshee through the BSP transition from the bridge. Damn. Never underestimate the player.''</ref> | |||
*If you pick up the gun, the screen will still say "picked up a plasma rifle." | *If you pick up the gun, the screen will still say "picked up a plasma rifle." | ||
*If you grab the gun and make it to the part when the Scarab shoots the [[Scorpion]] destroy the Scorpion and the Scarab will refrain from firing. | *If you grab the gun and make it to the part when the Scarab shoots the [[Scorpion]] destroy the Scorpion and the Scarab will refrain from firing. | ||
