My first thread after a long hiatus, the above title pertains to a recent discovery within the Halo 2 Anniversary terminals.
As many of you are aware I created a Halo shp scale chart back in 2010 that contained a mix of the iconic ships spanning across the UNSC, Covenant, Forerunner fleets including this little gem-
This is of the Covenant Battle Station Unyielding Hierophant featured in the novel Halo: First Strike and was only given a brief description of its appearance- 30km long and looked like two squids kissing, that was the only clue to this stations appearance and hasen't been visually revealed in any canon form, until now-
Unikraken was kind enough to bring this to my attention and I have to say I am a little disappointed in 343I, I'd always believed that when I made the scale chart and considered the reasons for the designs that the official canon version (should it ever appear) would staggeringly out class my own design y'know because its from the guys that MAKE Halo and not copy a fan's attempt.
So as the title of the thread says should I be upset or flattered by this, or maybe I should keep quiet and accept the complement ?
BTW the above color image was not made public before hand which explains the minor aesthetic differences. Also had I known I had the potential to influence canon design I'd have made the chart a few years earlier and possibly saved us all from that god awful lazy attempt of a 27km long, insert ship that cannot be named here with my own more unique and carefully considered design.