I understood what you said, you don't understand what bungie was getting at with the covenent style. its suppose to be dark, menecing, alien, insectenoid, and doesn't blend well with the enviorment or remotly complement it. why do you think they made it purple in the first place. the fact that its dark and dull will help push the idea that it doesn't work with the enviorment. its a basterdized version of the forunner teck, and the forrunner tech complements it, so there fore the covenent tech wouldn't. like I said, read "the art of halo".