Halo Lore - History of the Drones

[@Achillez098]

Drones = not the toughest Covenant enemy, but most annoying, and most ammo consuming

[@NaughtyGhost777]

I really don't understand why. I've never had a problem with them.

[@CrimsonKnyght]

DHG NightFall Hunter's are intimidating but are easy to take out although you need to be careful. If you know their attacks then you can easily dodge them and melee's to the back can take one out (more is required on harder difficulties). Just use grenades, heavy weapons and conventional weapons on the weak spots then just dodge and hit the second one, easy.

[@darkrndragmrn6420]

those are in game hunters they are much more stronger in the canon

[@restlessnomad7301]

True

[@NaughtyGhost777]

Darkrn Dragmrn we were talking about gameplay tho...:/

[@josh11735]

Oh gosh, I can see it now... You're on the surface of a planet/installation in a future game. You kill a bunch of elites and Knights in an effort to clear an LZ. You now need to hold that position. In the distance you see something large flying towards you. It gets close enough to see... It's a combined army of drones, watchers, and sentinels... O_o

[@akramirez]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[@Graysmog]

Abraham H17 You know your even deader when those guys are carrying Plasma Pistols, Boltshots and Laser Faces.

[@Mega-Brick]

And what about a flying flood form?! if the flood returns?

[@josh11735]

Rhas 'Churol That would be really cool! :D

[@Xevins]

And after you've already embarrassed your self with a high pitched squeal they come and deliver you a lifetime supply of candy.

[@TheOdd]

They're annoying on any difficulty but seeing them explode when you get a head shot in Reach is so satisfying.

[@JockeyStrappers]

pistol shots make them easy :3 until they get shields(in survival) D:

[@jobro296]

They were in Reach? Never noticed :/

[@TheOdd]

LordPizzaJunkie They were in New Alexandria and the final mission.

[@jobro296]

TheOdd101 Lol, never noticed

[@brandonhughes4076]

um, think your talking about grunts. Buggers don't explode.

[@delicat13]

To the idiots complaining about his pronunciation, he explained it in a recent video. I personally really enjoy his videos and am grateful he produces them. Keep up the good work bro. And thanks.

[@robtennant98]

Agreed

[@arkanjoteixeira]

Agreed

[@GhostSlay3r]

Agreed Totaly Agree!!!

[@akaneinoue1759]

What video? I just want to hear his explanation.

[@iamjavik1511]

Sexy Shrimp Speech impediment

[@halozombieslayer521]

ive always called em buggers. I have ever since i first heard a marine say it in Halo 2

[@lloydjacobsen5680]

I called the bugs, because I saw them In halo 3 and I heard a marine say bugger, but I thought he said bugs

[@wyrmishbreed8077]

I called them buggers aswell, it's hard to shoot them all unless you got needler on your side.

[@spvcs3615]

I called them roaches in halo 2 a marine yells roach- wings !!

[@JoeKurr5]

I’ve always called them drones because buggers sounds fucking retarded.

[@ovo5228]

I call them @%@$^@! So

[@idiocyincorporated7635]

i saw a couple of drones flying around Arbiter's camp in halo 5.

[@idiocyincorporated7635]

+jachenob yes out over the ridge, like where the two Elites were working working on a banshee. i think when they are getting ready to attack Scion.

[@vincentshellacque6228]

No, those creatures are called Kryn'qodon, not Yanme'e. Drones are more intelligent and aggressive.

[@sethambrose1578]

i saw them it was weird

[@Graysmog]

I wonder, if the Elites have different variants, could the Drones as well? Could we possibly see Beetle-like Drones or Drones resembling arachnids? Oh god, I take it back, Drones should NOT be spiders. *shivers* I regret even thinking of it.

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

there is a variant resembling a rhinoceros beetle in ODST

[@sawaxv7136]

Drones aren't too annoying but when they're in massive groups they do start wasting your ammo a lot..

[@solarmkarus2845]

20 drones later.... WTF where did my BR and AR ammo go!!! Now i have to use plasma pistol only.....

[@moviemaker2011z]

Second mission on halo 3. Almost at the half way point.... You know what I mean and I can feel the earth shake as I said this...

[@dtly50]

moviemaker2011z Bring the machine gun turret. and deployable cover. easy as cake :D. Reasonable even on legendary mythic.Just vaugely aim the turret and don't spray.

[@moviemaker2011z]

dtly50 oh god, OH GOD NOOOOO! DONT MAKE ME GO! The horror! Everyone dropping like flies! I tried to stop them, I tried, but there was just to many! Oh god please make them stop!!! How was that?

[@derpdog3107]

dtly50 Also there's a weapons rack with a bunch of BR's on it right as you walk into the bunker.

[@rileyg96x60]

Huge flock of drones + chain gun/plasma cannon = No problem

[@OnyxConflict]

Huge flock of drones + shotgun = hell

[@clonetrooper730]

MrHaloWho *plasma pistol* = Going through Hell and back several times.

[@OnyxConflict]

Faultiplayer Anything short-range or inaccurate is useless for fighting drones.

[@saltedhorsemeat4843]

i wish it were that easy, on Legendary you eat a tornado of plasma the moment you start the animation to get into the turret

[@jacobweatherford4696]

Drones should be brought back

[@phoenixpyro2829]

Nooo they will ruin everything! Just like that one mission in reach

[@jacobweatherford4696]

William Van Der Poel they arent that hard you just need your good pal the needler and youl be fine

[@Jebus53]

+William Van Der Poel headshots with the dmr work good against drones

[@jacobweatherford4696]

***** i know them and the flood actually gave a good challange atleast the flood from halo ce and halo 2 were challenging more so than the covenant on ocasion

[@Jebus53]

Jacob Weatherford I remember having to use human weapons to kill them, or the shotgun, they were pretty tough to kill, the sentinel beam was effective too

[@ToaDrakua]

"The Yan'mee made to SPARCE FARRING technology" I don't need to say anything, that just sounds funny.

[@guitarrhero20]

In crows nest in halo 3 there are a BUNCH of these drones. Even though they only have plasma pistols, they are so annoying in that mission. They can fly and come in like a pack of 20.

[@johnkassel318]

I treat drones like I treat wasps I shoot rockets at them and run away.

[@yamakokisan9797]

drones are my favorite of the covenant :D so its cool to know their story

[@jacobevosevich7818]

I love blasting these guys to pieces in campaign....

[@thoranzalarvhazen4250]

The Drones sure are annoying just like jackals, but that's kind of their whole point - they're bugs. I really miss them to be honest - they were an interesting breath of fresh air.

[@jamesloughton62]

+Thoranzalar Vhazen completely agree, why did 343 scrap so many races, what happened to Drones, Skirmishers, Engineers and Brutes

[@theolddeus9672]

Extreme Cynic I liked the Sentient enemies.

[@theolddeus9672]

Extreme Cynic And the giantone that just ripped cars apart.

[@PedRandaPirate]

I actually really like drones- its a different type of enemy that is always a fun “surprise” when they come swarming out of vents from above or in a cave. Its a good way to spice things up with a flying enemy (not counting jetpack brutes/elites)

[@Rythaze]

Lol, as I was watching this, a fruit fly landed on the screen of my computer... XD

[@Gamagamer64]

Iv been waiting for this one, thank you for finaly doing it.

[@that-neon-baws6619]

I KAN DO MATH!!! grunt + wings = drones.

[@shivelyfilms]

MOTHER OF GOD GRUNTS WITH WINGS!!!!! RUN!!!!! ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!

[@that-neon-baws6619]

GAAAH!!!! ACTIVATE THE HALO RING!!!

[@nickhockey5904]

HERESAY!!!

[@TheEndiPL]

ThAt-NeOn-BaWs Imagine Hunters with wings.... Oh my holy covenant shit

[@that-neon-baws6619]

Shhhh they'll hear you...

[@theoneandonlysp]

Thanms chris for makeing this the Drones have always been my fav

[@namelessstranger1270]

I like it how you didn't even give mind to their social structure nor their life-style.

[@davidpetrella2781]

The Drones have one of the best stories in the Halo Evolution's book! Damn its so epic just thinking about it right now.

[@mastersargent1177]

Honestly, I think they got one of the best backstorys. Some went home and there planet wasn’t blasted by the Covanent. Good for them.

[@thehen6272]

Oh why couldn't of the covenant just of glassed them... Damn religious prophecies.

[@GD.5]

Well in the games that would be handy, but i do like the design of the drones so I'm quite happy that the annoying pests lived.

[@TheBcm3585]

DrearyPlane8 the guy who made halo 5

[@thomasjannsen7967]

Subbed and liked, already loving this channel.

[@LewDawg46]

In Halo 5 there should be a mega-drone boss fight in one of the levels

[@lukeclarke2880]

They should add an eighth covenant species

[@sapientcheesesteak]

Much to my dismay, they already did in halo nightfall

[@oliverhancock5397]

There is an 8th covenant species that is supposed I make a come back(can't remember the name but it was cut from halo 1). The specie shown in nightfall is not classified a member in the covenant .

[@tbmb9531]

RoosterLord How? Those were Lekgolo worms. The ones from Hunters

[@sapientcheesesteak]

Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to the Yonhet

[@S113Productions]

There are 8 species within the Covenant, we already have eight and we don't need another alien race... We have the: 1. San'Shyuum 2. Sangheili 3. Lekgolo 4. Huragok (most) 5. Yanme'e 6. Kig-Yar 7. Unggoy 8. Jiralhanae I tried to go in order, but I don't know when the Huragok, Yanme'e, and Kig-Yar joined the Covenant.

[@mr.platinum967]

I don't want to be harsh, but the narrator really needs to learn how to properly pronounce words

[@laylaholmes5493]

+Brian Nielsen u shut up because he is really killing us with the speech

[@peanuts7648]

+Layla Holmes Look up constructive criticism

[@vincentellenrieder]

English is not my mother tongue and I actually pretty good understand what he is explaining, so...

[@peanuts7648]

Vincent Ellenrieder /SirHydry It's not the fact that his speech is so blatantly bad that we can't understand it, but it's that if you are going to be in a situation where you are speaking publicly, we would hope you can pronounce the words you are saying so we don have to decipher what you are saying

[@bennyhoffa7648]

+Peanuts Oh quit nit picking, half these words are made up and most people can understand him just fine. If you want to bitch about something find something more constructive, like his monotone voice.

[@vincentshellacque6228]

They're quite simple in design, but awesome!

[@auraxis012]

There is a difference between bravery and harbouring no fear. One is continuing in the face of fear and the other is madness.

[@ScuffyP]

The drones in Halo 2 during the wait for the elevator on the orbital MAC gun _(playing legendary)_ caused hundreds of screams of agony...from me. Still have nightmares.

[@roboticle117]

I liked the different variations they had of them in odst

[@류지원-r5v]

Love to see these Halo lore series!

[@GhostSlay3r]

Me 2 :D

[@KookieKatKid]

Hey look a new David Attenborough film o: Just kiddin' I love these videos.

[@TheFranny117]

the best protection against drones is the MANURE Armour Chris designed it himself im so proud of him.

[@jonadams2741]

I hope they return they made a very good challenge with there massive numbers :)

[@VIKTOHR]

These guys are insanely annoying

[@GreatfulGert]

The drones you mean, right?

[@VIKTOHR]

Yes

[@NaughtyGhost777]

really? I found them no more than cannon fodder. worse than grunts even. the only time they were really a threat was in halo ODST when they had a slight buff.

[@NaughtyGhost777]

Halo Zero Even on legendary their only one shot's if you can get their heads. But to be fair I'm a really good shot.

[@restlessnomad7301]

How good are u?

[@yazansakran3326]

Great vid as always👍👍👍

[@PKM9107]

I read on the wiki that the drones are one of the only species that the flood cannot consume due to the lack of calcium in their exoskeleton or something like that.

[@brodiem3328]

Hehe u mad, flood?

[@vincentshellacque6228]

+JITCY9107 Yeah, Hunters and Drones can't be controlled and infected by Flood. Bur they still can get attacked and killed by them.

[@tommyholm9831]

+Aiderus Naim hunters are too much pain for a flood cause hunters are a mass of gigantic worms that aren't sentient but create sentient life when in colonies and a infection form can't infect a bunch of nonsentient worms so it'd just explode damaging but not infecting hunters and hunters can't be assimilated actually cause of the fact the worms do heal fairly well just like a normal work if not better than one and drones aren't really sentient plus even flood dont want to deal with that annoying buzzing and wouldn't dare assimilate it due to the fear of accidentally making pure form buzzers.....oh god the buzzing...that horrible buzzing....make it stop MAKE IT STOP I CANT TAKE IT ITS EVERYWHERE OH GOD!!!!!I CANT TAKE MUCH MORE OF THIS!!!!!ITS IN MY HEAD ITS IN MY HEAD OH GOD HELP ME!!!!!!THE AGONY AHHHHHH!!!! *puts Mighty Magnum to my head* GET AWAY FROM ME GET AWAY THE BUZZING IS INFECTIOUS AND WILL GET YOU!THATS ALL BUZZING IS!!!INFECTIOUS!!!!!!BUZZZ BUZZZZ EVERYWHERE JUST BUZZZ AND BUZZZZZ YOURE ALL BUZZING! *starts shooting at you all* GET AWAY BUZZZZ GET ABUZZZZZ WAY!!!!!! *shoots myself*

[@tommyholm9831]

***** hush

[@tommyholm9831]

Aiderus Naim true.....I think I would rather end up like Jenkins was his name?he was infected yet wasn't killed and he was a flood human hybrid like two minds in one body

[@akaneinoue1759]

My favorite tactic against the drones is using an SMG, holding down the trigger, and shooting them left to right.

[@classicalpotato]

Anyone else remember when the drone swarm arrived on halo 2, Then the 2 hunters appear?

[@JoshB100]

I find them EXTREMELY frustrating in Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike, they have almost no health, but will shoot at you until you kill them.

[@phoenixhoward8765]

Really wish the drones will come back soon in my opinion they were the most unique covenant units, save the hunters, do to the nature and just random times they'd appear

[@DraagonDragos]

I once stuck one in halo 3 and, just like a grunt, it went into its allies and the spike grenade took half of them out.

[@jafaral-z1090]

I love them they are amazing they look nice and they can FLY thats all it takes lol

[@chrisbrewer9127]

I'd like to see a vid on the history of the Jiralhanae (Brutes).

[@huntersaren4945]

Yanme'e are best put down with the suppressed M7 a few controlled bursts and they fall from the sky, not hard to kill but can be deadly if your not ready for them.

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

For future reference, the word "Yanme'e" is pronounced yan-may-eh.

[@OnyxConflict]

Yeah, not "yen-me".

[@quinatakara650]

Chris has a from birth speech problem.. not really his fault.

[@OnyxConflict]

Quinlan Seely Some things like saying "because" wrong are from speech problems, but how many people have actually heard the word 'Yanme'e" said in real life? He doesn't know how to pronounce it (like not telling the difference between Pounds and Euros), it's not because of a speech problem.

[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

I wasn't criticizing him like most everyone else in the comments section, I was simply providing clarification for future reference.

[@IronDeath79]

I've always pronounced it "Yan-May"

[@Vermillion1995]

Hey the Chitin is pronounced - Kite-in. Hope this helps you so all the OCD people loose their shit over it.

[@mavericksaine2834]

You mean CDO people.

[@JockeyStrappers]

Maverick Saine is that the disorder where its like ocd but the letters are in the right place AS THEY SHOULD BE?

[@restlessnomad7301]

No

[@JockeyStrappers]

Christopher Guerra :I

[@restlessnomad7301]

:/

[@SwampDemon25]

I recently started a new account on my 360 and had to go back to ODST for the firefight achievements (200,000 FF score on each map) and the drones are the only thing that can mess up my otherwise flawless system of carbine + rockets/laser making me go back and fight my way through a half dozen brute jumpers just to grab a smg

[@Edwin.chacon]

SUCH A FASCINATING SPECIE'S!!!!

[@luisgaray8413]

I'm just gonna say i like them :)

[@nexulsejuct3276]

On the next lore you have to do the tiers of technology for the people who dont know with some examples like tier 3 was what humanity was at during the human covenant war... with more details of course

[@Big_Sm0ke]

I think the narrator does a great job. Nothing he says bothers me. I'm here for the content, and I get a lot of it.

[@vincentbedard4267]

Wait, drones are 5 foot 8 inches ? Fuck , that means I'm smaller then them :I

[@Ceblet]

Vincent Bédard I'm taller then most covie species Standing at 6'1

[@Ceblet]

***** Rip dreams

[@FrostyHawk13]

I miss the drones they where a nice change of pace during campaign

[@nobleswordsman2731]

Thank you I really did Ned info on them

[@darkjello7688]

Yanme'e my favorite halo species.

[@space_artist_4real138]

How would such an adapted species (able to fly, very agile, ect) evolve to consciousness and to more advanced technology?

[@trooperpilot4911]

1:26 you completely contadicted what you said. last i checked, earth in not featureless, has only 1 moon, and is not 5x its own size

[@trooperpilot4911]

and earty has tectonic plates

[@Indigo1Black]

The Drones! They have never returned since Halo 4! I would like to see them all make a come back! It never explained what happened to them when Halo 3 ended.

[@Master_Arthius]

I like how Yanme'e sounds. Much like Yumee!! Yum-Yum! :)

[@Panzerschreck9]

I wish they were in every game, including halo 5, make heroic a bit more of a challenge, but well under legendary

[@ManlyMcBuff]

SPARCE FARRING TECHNOLOGY 2:27

[@whiskeyenthusiast346]

The drones are the one covenant race I always seem to forget about. Not sure why

[@electricocomics]

These guys will definetly waste a lot of your precious BR ammo. It makes you not ready to deal with what's ahead...

[@jakkah3417]

0:25 hold up, hold up, hold up. What did he say? CARR-NEE-VOR-USS?!

[@notthealphalegion.7005]

"Sparse faring technology"

[@RANDOMPEPSIBOTTLES]

Trying to beat Halo CE on legendary. I am just glad that these buggers and the sniping jackels aren't in this game. It's already hard enough haha

[@HeartlessGorre]

you missed something important, the glowing bits on their wings are anti gravity generators

[@jacksonmitton999]

Drones are SO ANNOYING, and that's why I miss them and want them back in Halo six. It's been a while since I walked into a room, and suddenly had a horde of yan'me attack me, 343 please give us back drones.

[@Wesley_H]

0:24 Sentinent? Methinks thou meanest Sentient.

[@andrewshafer4639]

what is the song that comes on for a short time at the beginning of the overview of the Yanme'e?

[@jamescorrigan7639]

These were personally my Favorite spices of the Covenant during Halo 3

[@ANapkin]

James Corrigan What about the basil and allspice ones? I personally liked the thyme

[@jamescorrigan7639]

This is what happens when you type on an Iphone.

[@SuperRyan810]

Do some lore on the brutes, I want to know more on there brute leaders. Like who is that badass brute in halowars?

[@SuperRyan810]

Can't remember his name, anyone know?

[@SuperRyan810]

I know that the brute leader in halo 2 is call tarteriss I think

[@justicetaylor2695]

I loved popping them in Reach.

[@zucro691]

I've never played Halo but I bought 2 of those figures from the local flea market, neither the vendor or I knew what they were but I thought maybe Halo because of the guns in their hands. I have the 2 posted up on top my foot tall, talking TREEBEARD hahaha.

[@dextergrif465]

Im just asking can you do some History on UNSC?? Lol i wanna hear you talk on it lol

[@XxTaiMTxX]

Imagine if they were given plasma swords instead of Plasma Pistols. Good thing the Covenant isn't smart enough to realize how deadly that would be.

[@unsortedguy]

I got mixed feels about these :P I dont get the halo feeling of them as I get by the grunts, elite, hunters, jackal and flood. I dont like brutes that much either

[@owenshipley3676]

that sounds AWESOME! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jordanthomas7339]

what I think of the drones is a few bullets between the eyes works a charm👌

[@majinjared]

They should have made an elite version of them, give them a little plasma dagger and send them in swarms, that would be an annoying enemy indeed, if they could invis as well hahaha

[@SwedishSeacon]

I really wonder how the Drones and Brutes would look like in Halo 5.

[@connorluff180]

I think drones are fun to fight

[@xxmccurlyxx4107]

Dude, pls, c'mon, just please do a sangheili lore and history already

[@mitchyoung4173]

3:47 lol derpy drone on the right.

[@OnyxConflict]

Halo Lore - The Insurrection plz

[@BrianlovesCreepers]

i liked fighting them. they seemed unique to me.

[@Rakutaku03]

the drone is up there with my favorites even tho i hate bugs i thought the buggers looked so cool

[@rickmack3642]

Mfw people still haven't realized that nearly all the Storm Covenant are composed of sub-species, which is why they all look so different. The UNSC has fleets over-watching the planets of past Covenant species, so they were very limited in what they could pick from. They'd have to look in isolated, un-guarded areas where much of the native population would have adapted to local surroundings. Just throwing it out there because I'm still seeing confused people in the comments.

[@zachf.7854]

I'm not proud to admit that drones have caused me to waste a clip or two when I tried to shoot them down the first few times I played halo (when I started out I was so inaccurate that it wasn't funny)

[@muntu1221]

You should've mentioned how they got jealous of the Engineers

[@Scp-mg8yt]

sparce farcing

[@zacharysheetz3701]

Give me a high powered weapon, like the DMR, and I will turn any swarm into piles of chitin. Get that sweet spot and they shatter, with one round. It was great target practice.

[@Maple-Lizard]

I never liked them.... They send shivers down my back..

[@GeneralPotato585]

Next do lore on storm covenant!

[@lumpy1space2princess]

I believe that they will become neutral in Halo 5. We may visit one of their hives to interact or destroy its queen. It will make an excellent boss fight.

[@robertnelson9599]

Drones were going to appear in Halo 4, they may be annoying, but I would like to fight them just one more time.