Talk:BR85HB battle rifle: Difference between revisions

Does anyone have any clarity on this? Your help would be very, very appreciated. For evidence of what I'm talking about go to this video and watch at the 0:53 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGNCH6y8OmM--[[User talk:Matt98|Matt98]] 15:11, 9 October 2012 (EDT)

:While that is a widespread assumption, no official source has said the BR85 was introduced after the war. ''Forward Unto Dawn'' probably carried a few BR85s since it was Hood's flagship and would be launching an expedition beyond the portal; the [[11th Marine Force Reconnaissance/ODST]] might have been field-testing the weapon. This is reinforced by the 2010 version of ''First Strike''. In the original version, the Spartans find then-unfamiliar battle rifles, (which are never called by name), inside CASTLE Base; though the BR55 was considered a canonically new weapon in 2003, it had long since been retconned into use throughout the war. The reprint got around this continuity snarl by saying that CASTLE Base had been testing "the BR55's newest version" (page 165). However, this is from Fred's perspective, so it is entirely possible that the new weapons were actually BR85s, which he assumed to be upgraded BR55s. The book makes specific mention of the rifle's optics rail, something the ''85'' has and the ''55'' lacks. --[[User talk:Braidenvl|Courage never dies.]] 15:34, 9 October 2012 (EDT)