The Covenant Reaper The Covenant Reaper is a large tri-legged vehicle that is a few feet taller than the UNSC Mantis. It walks a little faster than the Mantis, and can turn in a full circle pretty fast. It has a front turret made to fight infantry and vehicles. It can hold on person. Look:
(This is a very simple picture I drew of it.) The Reaper would be a smaller version of the Scarab, and a different version of the Locust. The cockpit area looks like a Banshee without wings, and has a rotating platform below. Three big legs connect to the platform. The Reaper has one turret on the front. Underneath the Reaper is a ventilation shaft. Like other Covenant vehicles, it is purple/pink, with some grey. Turret: The turret on the Reaper shoots plasma bullets almost identicle to Concussion Rifle bullets. When you hold down the trigger, it charges and shoots a powerful blast almost like a Wraith bullet. After the big charge, the Reaper must cool down by the vent underneath it. At this time, it cannot move and is more vulnerable to attacks. Movement: The Reaper moves around by three large legs, each having three claws to grab on to the ground. It cannot stomp on enemies like the Mantis, but when walking the legs can crush you. The Reaper will be the first vehicle to walk on walls. It can walk on any material up to a vertical slope. This might play a key part in the Halo 5 campaign as Master Chief might be surprise attacked by two Reapers climbing up the tower the Chief was on. The Reaper can last of all, squat down. This makes it about as high as a Mantis. Health: A downside to the Reaper is that it is weak. It doesn't have shields, and two plasma grenades stuck to the ventilation shaft will blow it up. If one of the Reaper's legs gets enough damage taken, the leg will break and the Reaper will fall and break. If damage is taken to the cockpit, than the entire top will explode, leaving the legs to collapse. Techical Aspects: Before anyone gets in the Reaper, it is crouched low enough so people can get in, lower than when it is squatting. You enter it from the back. Enemies can board the Reaper, but cannot hijack it. They plant a grenade in the back blowing it to smithereens. Multiplayer Benefits: Maps in Halo 5 could use this vehicle for a whole new version of gameplay. We have vehicles in the sky and on the ground, but now we have them on walls and high places. Forge builders could build great maps and minigames using the Reaper as it's main obstacle.
Why not just use the regular Locust? Well, Locusts would be too overpowered and not fun with a giant continuous laser blowing up everything. Reapers are an improved version, and after all, the humans weren't the only ones to make something new in four years.
Here is a better picture that I drew of it, this is more like concept art:
Wow, I'm already day dreaming about driving a Reaper, and climbing over Ragnarok's landscape like it was flat. So anyway, thanks for reading! I'd be happy if you helped me get this to 343 Industries attention. But if it isn't in Halo 5, there's always a Halo 6!