: I hope it's some kind of ruse... but i really doubt it. It'd pretty
: disheartening to have them brought into the story just so we can see that
: they died (not even HOW they died, just THAT they died).

: Bad decision.

Meh, there are an awful lot of minimally-characterized teams of army guys in the Halo Universe these days. Grey, Blue, Black, Majestic, Buck's team...it seems reasonable to me for 343 to trim some of the fat, and I'll bet Black would be near the bottom of most people's favorites list.

That said, this wasn't the most elegant way to do it. They did a much better job offing DeMarco. Here was a character nobody really liked or cared about, but he went out in such a dramatic way that suddenly he's a compelling character!