: I don't know. Peter David's prose isn't really selling the narrative either.
: I think this story should have been written as a purely non-combat
: exploration of the Ark, because those are the best parts of the story.
: When it comes to combat, Hunters in the Dark suffers.

I sometimes wonder if writers feel some sort of an obligation to include action scenes because it's Halo and Halo's an action game. Or if 343i has a set action quota their writers have to fill.