Shell-shocked Army trooper

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The Shell-shocked Army Trooper is an easter egg that can be found on the campaign level New Alexandria.

Description

The Shell-shocked Army Trooper looks like a standard NPC trooper. However, when approached, he will be cowering and pointing his pistol at his head or at the walls, yelling:

The trooper then begins to alternately shiver, scream, then tries to console himself by saying, "sh, sh, okay". He probably died, either by the Covenant's hands, suicide or the glassing of the planet.

Trivia

The trooper is killed by a Drone.

• The Shell-shocked Army Trooper is a reference to the other traumatized troops from previous Halo games. Of them, he is also the only one who is Army, and the only one who was traumatized by the Covenant as opposed to the Flood.
• If you kill him, or if any Drones attack him, he may continue saying his lines for a short moment regardless of the fact that he is dead.
• There are two animations for this easter egg: one with the trooper standing, looking around wildly and pointing his gun at the walls, and another where he's kneeling, holding the gun to his head.
• The phrase, "if you are bitten, you will turn into one", is also a possible reference to Red vs Blue, where Caboose once thought that as he was bitten and had his blood drained, he was going to turn into an alien. It is also a likely reference to the Flood, and the fact that two of the other crazed Marines have lost their minds in response to the Flood.

List of appearances

• Halo: Reach (First appearance)