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*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. | ||
*The Scarab Gun was originally used by [[Joseph Staten]] to generate the cinematic effect of the Scarab beam firing. According to him, it ended up in the game because he forgot to take it out.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afXrOIpwz4M '''YouTube''': ''Halo Fest: Bungie Hatching the Cosmic Halo Egg'']</ref> However, designer [[Tyson Green]] has confirmed that the Scarab Gun was intentionally left in the game as an Easter egg.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25650 '''Bungie: One Final Effort'''] (Tyson Green: ''"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> | *The Scarab Gun was originally used by [[Joseph Staten]] to generate the cinematic effect of the Scarab beam firing. According to him, it ended up in the game because he forgot to take it out.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afXrOIpwz4M '''YouTube''': ''Halo Fest: Bungie Hatching the Cosmic Halo Egg'']</ref> However, designer [[Tyson Green]] has confirmed that the Scarab Gun was intentionally left in the game as an Easter egg.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25650 '''Bungie: One Final Effort'''] (Tyson Green: ''"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> | ||
*A Crouch, and Grenade Jump with Sputnik activated is another simpler way to reach it, though you may need some cars and crates. | |||
*If you grab the gun and make it to the part when the Scarab shoots the [[957-A3|Scorpion tank]], 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 [[957-A3|Scorpion tank]], destroy the Scorpion and the Scarab will refrain from firing. | ||
