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:[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=51760784 What Anton1792 posted]. Quite an interesting read. What Anton1792 has said so far is along the lines of true canon. However, one must question; do all ships share this trait (using the glassing ability at 15 seconds per acre)? I would assume the smaller ones (i.e. CCS-class) would, but not the larger, heavily equipped ships (i.e. Assault Carrier). It would be more realistic/make more sense if it were so. If not, then it would be highly detrimental to the Covenant fleet, for having such generalised onboard weaponry. Thus, I would assume the observations made by the AIs, as described in the Data Pads of Halo: Reach, were only based on the CCS-class (which is the common warship seen throughout the HCW) and not other ships. | :[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=51760784 What Anton1792 posted]. Quite an interesting read. What Anton1792 has said so far is along the lines of true canon. However, one must question; do all ships share this trait (using the glassing ability at 15 seconds per acre)? I would assume the smaller ones (i.e. CCS-class) would, but not the larger, heavily equipped ships (i.e. Assault Carrier). It would be more realistic/make more sense if it were so. If not, then it would be highly detrimental to the Covenant fleet, for having such generalised onboard weaponry. Thus, I would assume the observations made by the AIs, as described in the Data Pads of Halo: Reach, were only based on the CCS-class (which is the common warship seen throughout the HCW) and not other ships. | ||
:The argument that Anton1792 raised is similar to the Slipstream Speed issue we've experienced in the past (that is, in halo.wikia.com); we were wrong to generalise that all Covenant ships have the ability to travel in slipsteam at 912 ly/day (or whatever that number is) and that all UNSC ships are only capable at travelling 2.1 ly/day. In the end, we came to the conclusion that it is only unique to one ship and generalisation shouldn't be practised unless officially and specifically stated. :) - <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 19:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT) | :The argument that Anton1792 raised is similar to the Slipstream Speed issue we've experienced in the past (that is, in halo.wikia.com); we were wrong to generalise that all Covenant ships have the ability to travel in slipsteam at 912 ly/day (or whatever that number is) and that all UNSC ships are only capable at travelling 2.1 ly/day. In the end, we came to the conclusion that it is only unique to one ship and generalisation shouldn't be practised unless officially and specifically stated. :) - <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 19:27, 26 October 2010 (EDT) | ||
[[File:Reach Glassed.jpg|thumb|Notice how most of the planet's surface seems to be intact.]] | |||
::That post is certainly an interesting read. It seems that Bungie intentionally put this in the data pads to set the matter straight. The statements by the AIs aren't treated as speculation or uncertain assumptions, but factual information backed up by hard evidence. From a technical standpoint, glassing has always been problematic. The energy required to glass a planet has always been inconsistent with the Covenant ships' firepower in space engagements. I think this quote sums it up: | |||
::''The energy required to quickly dispatch a planet is...well, if they continuously had that magnitude of power at their disposal, there would be no Human-Covenant ship-to-ship battles.'' | |||
::''They would win. Instantly. Without exception.'' | |||
::For me, the data pad seems like a way to correct that. It's obviously a retcon, but they're basically saying that glassing on a global scale is impossible to the Covenant. There's obviously the issue of larger ships having more powerful weaponry, but I doubt the differences are drastic enough to make any difference when glassing an entire planet. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 02:59, 27 October 2010 (EDT) | |||