I'm still wondering to my self that when Master Chief blow up the Ring in the first game, you still see the Sargent Major in the second Halo in the tutorial mission of the campaign. In that mission he says to a marine that it is "classified" how he was able to get off the ring when the Chief destroyed it. Does Bungie every explain somewhere how he did it or did they just leave that a mystery for everyone to think about without getting any explanation?
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Original: the Stealth Elite was an Elite conflicted about the war, carrying a Forerunner artifact which the Prophets had commissioned him to retrieve that could bring a decisive victory to the war. But for now, he just wanted to get off the Installation and felt the Prophets had abandoned him. Alas, he was in a feral state, that is until Johnson showed him affection. He felt comforted and saw Johnson as the answer to the war so he betrayed the Covenant and slipped it into his back pocket and bang, Johnson was in the Longsword. The object was destroyed when he sat down next to Chief but it's capability permeated in Johnson, which is why he often vanishes without a trace in Halo 2 and seems to be everywhere in Halo 3. Anniversary: the Zealot became a half Flood while he was still alive so he had a shield recharge rate of 9000 (this is just speculation). Johnson killed the Elite when they embraced and utilized his shielded body to avoid the explosion. He could breathe in space because all humans can breathe in space (this is verified when you push Johnson and Keyes outside of Cairo Station). jk jk jk jk [Edited on 11.05.2012 9:22 PM PST]