The Lore behind ALL of Halo's Scarabs (Halo 2 Anniversary PC)

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release of Halo 2 for PC in just a few days, in fact maybe even tomorrow depending on when this video comes out, PC gamers will finally get their hands on the greatest story ever told in games, and no Vista no. story so to celebrate I thought I'd delve into the law behind one of the best things about Halo 2 Dave Halo the Scarab, a Covenant vehicle that transcended the conventional role of a vehicle in a video game and easily gave Halo its best and The battle against the most replayable boss, the Scarab, is simply iconic and today we are going to take a look at its origin, its history and all the models that this monster of an excavator comes in, so if you enjoy the video at some point, Don't forget to leave a like below and also, if you haven't already, subscribe for more Halo content in the lead up and of course after the release of Halo Infinite, we hope we have a very bright future ahead of us for Halo fans, just so you know that the content is going to come hard and fast, also don't forget to follow the Twitch TV, it cuts its next barrier, but anyway let's run the simulations and find out why these things are tough but not invincible.

They were the G, so where the hell did the Beetle come from? actually comes from good, originally the purpose of sparkle was very different from how we see it in action in the games, the beetle is part of the excavator class of the covenants, a vehicle along with the locust, the Kraken and the harvester, which if you can't remember which one it really is. The strange thing about Spartan Ops is that when it came out, everyone thought it was the primordial strange times that these excavators do exactly as their name implies, they were used by the Covenant as excavation and mining platforms, either to clear some land and establish a base of operations. or more common excavating foreign sacred sites that were hidden within natural terrain as a search.

I like to imagine that the beetles had this almost holiness similar to them, if one was to be requisitioned, then nine times out of ten a sacred relic of their gods was about to be. It is speculated that there are nine levels of excavation platforms, but as of 2558 only three have been found: level one locusts, level four beetles, and level five gatherers. I currently don't know where the Kraken stands at these levels, but given its immense size and strength, I can pretty much imagine it, but again, that's irrelevant to today's video; However, after their first encounter and war with humanity, it became clear that the beetles were intended to be more than just mining tools, their digging beams were absurdly powerful and the platforms themselves provided an excellent battering ram for simply destroying human cities. and a search.

Their classification changed from bulldozer to ultra-heavy infantry, now that might sound like the wrong infantry. I thought the Scarab was a vehicle, technically although it may seem like one, it's not even if the human being is beauty, if you really want to push the boat out, the scarab is actually technically a type of hunter, look at the core. From each beetle there is a colony of gola worms linked to the platform's control systems; However, the colonies used in the beetles were generally populated by unruly and difficult to control currents like Dula, which posed a slight problem considering they were the main driving force of this almost 120, seven foot tall, 200 ton giant. , if left alone to freely control as they saw fit, things would not end well, so considering its immense importance and value, the inventory had to be parked aboard the beetles. along with their similar outfit to supervise them and make sure they weren't driven to ruin, so now that I've blown your mind by knowing that the beetles are actually very who and are technically some kind of hunter, let's dive in.

In every beetle model, starting with the type 29, the type 29 beetle, more commonly known as a super beetle, was the oldest model ever found by humanity and, as a search, has much more in common with a digging tool than the rest. Based on research into Covenant records, it appears that the design of this strange beetle model is actually an incredibly ancient design, possibly even completely in some ways and is used only to discover extremely momentous strange artifacts. His focus cannon, which is his only means of attack, is far away. It's more powerful than any of the other Beetles, but it comes at a cost: the platform itself is completely immobile, and the cannon only has an effective firing radius of about 160 degrees.

This complete inability is further compounded by the fact that this beetle is not even portable or has to be literally built on site due to its size and the delicacy of its components and furthermore even requires external power to function as a search; He is rarely seen in combat because, frankly, he is simply not suited for it given his role. As a bulldozer, almost exclusively, it is usually built with its focus challenge in front of a wall or a rock or some type of thick terrain, basically the direction the enemy will not attack from, however, with that in mind, it seems that humanity became beautiful and lucky.

With their only encounter with a super beetle during the Kubernetes invasion of Arcadia in 2531 and their search for strange artifacts on the planet, they excavated some ruins in one of their jungles knowing that the Unic were going to be hot on their heels, they actually built a super beetle in front of the entrance to the ruins to ensure that any attempt by humanity to break into the site would be stopped immediately. Now presumably they also used this beetle to add me to the site, so maybe they just knocked it down and then rebuilt it. was looking the other way when it was made or maybe they just built another one or requisitioned another one anyway the type 29 is without a doubt the strangest model of beetle and I'm not surprised we don't see it very often and on topic. of strange beetles, the huge Type 36 ultra-heavy platform is a beetle model we have never seen before.

All information about it seems to come from distant rumors and whispers from the battlefield, like the other beetles, it is a four-legged mining platform turned siege. platform, but instead of being equipped with a large focused cannon, it has a class 4 plasma cannon as its main weapon. Now we have no idea what these plasma cannons look like, how big they are, or even how powerful they are, but my guess is that it's essentially a huge plasma cannon that rivals the focus cannon in size, if it weren't. , why would they put it on the beetle instead of a focusing cannon?

It doesn't make sense now, apparently the Type 36 uses a variety of chassis designs, which is something you don't see very often with Beetles and I can't help but wonder if this relates to its designation as a seed platform. Now no other beetle comes with this designation, so it makes me wonder what its intended use case might be, perhaps it's designed specifically to lay siege to otherwise impenetrable human camps or structures, something like the grunt used by Mordor. in The Lord of the Rings, now granted that the stream has more meaning to the forces of Mordor than simply being a great battering ram, but at the end of the day, it was just choosing a battering ram, so maybe that's what the scarab is type 36 or alternatively, given its range of fireability, perhaps it will be a more modular beetle that can be reused and modified depending on the mission that You know maybe we will see this one day, maybe we didn't see it until then, it will just be a big beetle in my eyes.

Moving on to the two most well-known beetle models, first we have type 47, a Protoss as seen in Halo 2 found already in 25 27 in the outer colonies the Protoss beetle, which is the first iteration of type 4 seven, in fact, It was almost never used in combat, like many of its options, regrets the decision to use one in the new Mombasa was a bit strange to say the least, Protoss are normally used as a specialized artifact recovery vehicle. , which is what I assumed it was being used for in Delta Halo until a certain Chad managed to get a hold of it, but that being said, I'm sure we're all aware by now that it still comes with some pretty heavy weaponry to suspend some mounted heavy plasma repeaters allowing for efficient anti-aircraft fire and its main focus cannon can be adjusted to remain as powerful as possible regardless of its target.

It also comes with specialized sensor arrays that supply information to the crew and allow effective detection and acquisition of targets and also to protect them there is an energy shield that can be activated to block entry to the cockpit, which is what this giant is made of. fifty meters high. of wealth I wish I could tell you that I really do, but unfortunately its origins are somehow unknown; Even the Covenant realistically have no idea what they're piloting, what we do know, however, is that 50 Cal Rockets don't. something bloody against the Protoss, but apparently killing his crew causes the lek Goler worms controlling him to just give up and blow up fine.

The Taurus type 47b beetle, however, is much more capable of comets than not only the Protoss but all other beetles previously encountered. The Taurus model saw extensive use in large-scale Covenant operations from 2527 until the end of the war and I imagined that even after the war it was still used and throughout this entire span of time it struck fear into the hearts of countless UNSC. squad with us, this chassis is radically different in its design to any previous model now featuring an interior bay command centre, paddock and central hall, all of which can be sealed to allow a short period of phidias maneuvers , which means that this beetle can work underwater, this is instantly.

Infantry superior to that of the Master Chief are outside the machine lining Brophy's upper deck and inner bay, providing small arms and heavy turret fire to deter anyone attempting to board the platform and to protect the low interlocking core of lac d'oo, which is now for some. Peculiar reason fully exposed: A bit strange design choice, but okay when it comes to heavy weapons which Taurus doesn't hold back, not only does it come with the usual heavy focus cannon which is now almost capital ship caliber and capable melting through five feet. concrete with enough power to level an entire city, but also a significantly improved anti-aircraft weapon compared to the Protoss.

This heavy anti-aircraft device for crushing small and even larger aircraft, but whose goal is to distract a beetle, is also much more maneuverable than all. In previous iterations, its legs feature more joints allowing it to scale terrain as steep as 45 degrees, turn in place, and even reposition itself quite easily in terms of inserting into the battlefield, adding thrusters to the bottom. allows you to fall from seemingly any height from a pact. capital ship and land smoothly without damaging the suspension or body I said, however, I imagine that during insertion, if there are infantry stationed on the beetle, the interior bay and command center look a bit like a snowball when you shake it too hard.

A truly dangerous and bloody snowball, however, these improvements to the Beetles' agility come at a cost: the leg armor is now extremely susceptible to heavy weapons and, if destroyed, temporarily disables the entire platform, causing which causes him to lower his body to the ground, allowing any potential intruder to infiltrate through the bay. Now, if this intruder, of course completely hypothetical, managed to fight his way through the infantry on board and reach the core, then this giant would be extremely toasted, extremely burnt, whatever it takes. It is small arms fire to take down the shield protecting the core and then destroy the core itself, causing the Scarab systems to begin charging, which eventually leads to a massive explosion that can be seen from orbit and it turns out that the destruction of the platform in its entirety. that 50 Cal and Rockets really work I'm sure Michelle Rodriguez is over the moon but only against the bulls ah finally a culture beetle the banished beetle is without a doubt my favorite version of the beetle from the design to the view in In practice, it looks so menacing and aggressive, honestly the perfect beetle design if you ask me, but that's enough for a video.

What law exists for a coup? Well, to be honest, there isn't much. Surprisingly, very little is known about thismodel, obviously. like everything banished it's a heavily modified ex Covenant beetle, now the model it's based on is completely unknown and to be honest it doesn't really look like any existing model. If I had to guess, I'd say maybe the guy. 47 BD Toras but it still looks very different so we don't know which one it's based on, as usual it got a new coat of paint, armored weapons system, mr. fences whose almost everything, in fact, of all the tools of a banished Navy, its scarab is possibly the most different from its former military;

Its entire body and legs are now wrapped in a heavy gray and red metal coating that offers immense protection and repairs some of the vulnerabilities present in the model du Taurus, in particular the leg joints, the interior design of this Design is totally unknown, but now, instead of a door leading to the upper level, there is a hatch that provides a watertight cabin and allows amphibious travel like all previous models. This beast is still controlled by low worms but of course with banished overseers on hand to ensure they don't do anything too crazy and despite its incredibly strong and heavy armour, it is possibly the most agile beetle ever created, able to easily traverse . all terrains and obstacles, no place is safe from the banished Gharib and then, in addition, its armaments and combat defenses are possibly the most effective of all models, in addition, the focus cannon is heavily modified and now fires an unstable.

Superheated plasma beam so unstable, in fact, that you can even see plasma dripping from the barrel of the cannon when not in use, as the Beetle is truly intimidating and has an almost primitive aesthetic for a fighter jet. The typical AAA turret has been changed for six Thrashers. surface-to-air missile pods that can retract into the main body of the beetle when not in use for protection now obviously if they weren't and one of them was shot and exploded then it caused quite a chain reaction and the beetle would burn again if it turns into a beetle and intense fire can even activate a defensive shield which I think works like a jackal shield by creating a linear energy field that protects it from ballistics and also explosives, but that's just my In theory, anyway, it's a huge shield to protect the whole thing, which isn't a theory though, is how much more intimidating this makes the beetle not only an offensive powerhouse, but now has extensive defenses that allow him to continue his plasma-powered rampage for as long as he wants, as if the banished beetle wasn't already enough power.

Voridis, one of a trio of Ax Lieutenants within the Banished, would have a particular fascination with Infusion Gel and decided one day to combine it with the Scarab to create something even more terrifying, so what is Infusion Gel? Well, if I can put on my nerd glasses for just a second, it is a perfected form of energetic metamaterials and taut bonding networks used in fuel rods and one of the materials placed along the arches. big rivers to keep the facility running well so it all sounds pretty harmless, well Voridis took this infusion gel and modified it a bit creating a corrosive and mutagenic sludge when used and then took this strange gel and went into mass applications. vats to the side of the beetle and augmented his plasma beam with them creating the banished volatile beetle by augmenting the beam in this way.

The void has created a beetle that leaves deadly pools of gel wherever the beam touches, so if somehow the beam doesn't. kill you, then the gel will almost certainly do it in a much more horrible and gruesome way. That said, as evil as it sounds, Voridis may have created the perfect anti-parasitic stirrup, just something to think about and that my friends almost caused it, that is. every known beetle model in the Halo universe, I mean there are definitely more out there, humanity only encountered a small percentage of what the Covenant had to offer during the war, so hopefully one day we'll see that some different models They begin to appear, and before. three, please, if the banished are in Halo Infinite, don't you dare not include the banished beetle, that would be nothing short of heresy and, with all that said bluntly, we had a pretty large influx of backers the other day, so thank you, thank you. guys, lots of zinc Helios James and the zigzag writer Oh, thank you so much for becoming paramount and iconic respectively, thank you to everyone who continues to support me there and thank you all so much for watching.

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