They are for communication, and as Halo is spinning, the destination of the charges moves out the way of the plasma charge. therefore there needs to be someone / something to adjust it to reach it's destination. It's like throwing a paper airplane perpendicular to the wind direction. You cannot simply throw it in the same direction all the time, you will need to throw it against the wind. then if the wind dies down, you will need to throw it i the original direction and so on, so it will reach the correct destination. I hope I've cleared this up for you, and STOP DISCUSSING THIS MATTER!!!

Any one notice that in the beggining of the level after the first dropship lands and u just took care of the first squard of covies, u know rite before that small jump leading 2 the marines? well if u listen carefully u can hear birds chirping... what are BIRDS doing on halo? just a thought... and 4 some reason the clock on my computer must be screwed up... or something

I have noticed that you actually do not see that the beam comes anywhere close to the other end, it just disappeares, maybe it burns up like the plasma shots from plasma weapons...

But i also think it is some kind of function for the final weapon of Halo, like the beams from different parts of Halo must hit each other in the middle of Halo and form a great sort of plasma beam to be shot out in space.

Ok.. Apparently you guys have not seen the E3 video of Halo2. It is not short and it shows practically an entire level of gameplay. Cutscene in the beginning, tons of gameplay, cutscene at the end. All of which were un-freaking believable. The graphics and gameplay far exceed anything I was even dreaming of out of this game. If bungie does every level as action packed, chop-filled with all the eye candy and awesome interaction that is seen in this level... I dont know how I would ever get away from my TV. To sum it up.. The MC is badass, the brutes are tight, the graphics are unparalleled, the new guns are extremely cool, the new vehicles rock the house, the lighting effects are brilliant, the level designs are extremely wicked, the destructable landscapes look more fun to crunch into than a twix bar, and overall - this game looks like it will be more fun than any other game ever made.

here is a link to download the complete Halo 2 trailer. Just scroll down halfway and youll see a link that says www.afclan.com/halo2demo.mov, just right click save as

Probable penalties imposed by dual weapon use:
-you can't throw grenades, that hand has a gun!
-accuracy is decreased because you're not holding the gun with
both hands (in HALO, MC held all guns w/ both hands, right?)
-your melee attack(s) may be slower, weaker, and/or less accurate
-reloading may not be possible until you drop one weapon, or at
least will be greatly slowed
-pistols, the needler and the SMG might be the only weapons you can
use two of
-in HALO you could only carry two weapons, so if you double up, that
might be both of your weapons!
-even if carrying two of the same weapon doesn't count against your
total, or the total is increased, that doesn't neccissarily(sp?)
mean you can carry twice as much of that type of ammo

Those are just some possible restriction imposed by two weapon use. However, since you probably can't use grenades, that would mean the left trigger would control your second gun. Imagine walking around with two overcharged plasma pistols, and being able to unload either one whenever you wanted to! Or even just using two plasma rifles, letting loose with one until it overheats, then opening up with the second while the first one cools! That could mean an unending rain of plasma, and the elimination of the biggest drawback to plasma weapons. But it could get messier if you can use two different weapons at once. How about letting loose with stunning plasma rifle fire as you close to unleash a clip of needles? Heh heh, now there's a thought.

I don't think it was the monitor that was bad, I think it was the fact that someone had a DV camera and recorded it as it played., but it's better than nothing.

Oh and BTW, if u noticed, the dropship the MC is transported on is different from Echo 419 or any of the other dropships.