tiny bit of information probably not relateed at all but i figured id post it anyway just in case. I was playing with some friends and i remembered that the unsc (in the halo 2 manual) said the covenant carbine was unusual for covenant technology, also when scoped in multiplayer the carbine has the same honeycomb pattern as "terminal" any thoughts. (yes i know this is overthinking)

Has anyone tried to use the carbine against the flood to see how effective it is? Perhaps its actually a Forerunner hand-held weapon to begin with and not some covenant imitation.

that was actually my idea but i havent got around to trying it yet

A shot to the Combat forms centermass (where the infectionf orm should be) does indeed result in a one hit kill if done correctly.

Is it any good against the infection forms? I know it wouldn't be much good against the carrier forms.

Then again, if I think about it, the Forerunners probably had something better for the infection forms.

The Needler, surely. A torrent of small, explosive, homing darts. Pretty good for clearing out a room of the little bastards. It's another one of those weapons that are noted as being a little unusual for the Covenant (who mostly use plasma-based stuff), so I've always assumed they just stole 'em straight from the Forerunner.

nevermind this was just put up on bungie.net and it kind of ruins my theory...please lock

http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/co ... =h3carbine