Keelbug
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The Keel bug is a deleted Covenant species seen in the Halo 2 Collector's Edition Video. It was supposed to come into the battlefield, cut up dead bodies into sections, and then fly off with them, as a way of cleaning up the bodies. They were originally going to be used in Halo: Combat Evolved as a clever method of removing NPC corpses to free up memory. This race would have been a gruesome addition to the Covenant.
The concept of an insect-like creature as an enemy may have led to the design of the Drone that appears in Halo 2 and Halo 3. The Drone picking up the Marine in the level Crow's Nest may be a reference to Keelbugs.
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Keelbug is part of the Deleted Material cut from the Halo game.
When developing the Halo games, Bungie and other developers such as Ensemble or Wingnut Interactive had to cut some content from the final games. As such, many aspects of the story, such as vehicles, gameplay, design, and even story elements, didn't make it into the final versions. Many of the elements have been confirmed by such material as videos and commentary on the Halo Limited Edition Special DVD, interviews with developers, and released concept art.
| Deleted Covenant species | ||
| Alien Trooper | Drinol | Special Purpose Sniper | Stalker | Keelbug | ||
| Deleted Material | |
|---|---|
| Deleted Levels | Forerunner Tank · Covenant Ship · Guardian Forest |
| Deleted Weapons | EMP Rifle · Machete · M179 Projectile · Gravity Rifle · Gravity Wrench |
| Deleted Vehicles (UNSC) | UNSC Shield Ship · Kestrel · Aardvark · AirCare Ambulance · Strike Fighter · Falcon · Fox Cannon · Cougar · Grackle · Rhino (Aircraft) · Doozy · Scorpion (Lash) · Scorpion (Venom) · 2 Tickets to the Gun Show |
| Deleted Vehicles (Covenant) | Air Artillery · Gorgon · Runner-class Transport |
| Deleted Species | Alien Trooper · Drinol · Special Purpose Sniper · Stalker · Psion · Rogue · Keelbug · Sentients · Blind Wolf · Jaggmaw Sawtail · Doberman Gator · Harvest Whale · Eel-snake creature |
| Deleted Flood Forms | Flood Juggernaut · Shielded Flood Carriers · Flood Infector Form · Flood Transport Form · Flood Stealth Form |
| Other | Body Bags · Drill grounds · Early Halo 2 Script |
