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''It shouldn't even be physically possible for a militaristic empire that has stood for over three millennia to fall apart in a few months, or for its iron heart to be degraded below humanity.'' From the perspective of military output, one possibility for this collapse is that the Engineers set up some kind of manufacturing plants operated by Yanme'e, and run by Prophets. We have seen that the Yanme'e were often used as manual labor, and the prophets had an extreme role as managing, and perhaps micromanaging. If these three species, the Engineers, Yanme'e, and Prophets, were lost, then, according to this rather improbable train of events, it would be more than possible for the covenant to collapse. just an idea. 343i really has a lot of explaining to do about how the covenant really got to be the way it did. I'm glad that Karen Traviss wasn't able to completely screw over the transition. --[[User:Weeping Angel|Weeping Angel]] ([[User talk:Weeping Angel|talk]]) 00:13, 27 February 2014 (EST)

::I would count the simmering, decades-long tension between the Elites and Brutes as a definite source of cultural rot - the long-time resentment of the Brutes at being denied the status they feel they are entitled to, and the suspicion and contempt the Elites have at what they saw as usurpers. Add to that unresolved issues between Jackals and Grunts, and stretch it out across a vast empire, and you have a perfect storm for imperial over-extension. -- [[User:Morhek|Qura 'Morhek]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|The Autocrat]] [[User talk:Specops306|of Morheka]] 00:40, 27 February 2014 (EST)

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	''It shouldn't even be physically possible for a militaristic empire that has stood for over three millennia to fall apart in a few months, or for its iron heart to be degraded below humanity.'' From the perspective of military output, one possibility for this collapse is that the Engineers set up some kind of manufacturing plants operated by Yanme'e, and run by Prophets. We have seen that the Yanme'e were often used as manual labor, and the prophets had an extreme role as managing, and perhaps micromanaging. If these three species, the Engineers, Yanme'e, and Prophets, were lost, then, according to this rather improbable train of events, it would be more than possible for the covenant to collapse. just an idea. 343i really has a lot of explaining to do about how the covenant really got to be the way it did. I'm glad that Karen Traviss wasn't able to completely screw over the transition. --[[User:Weeping Angel\|Weeping Angel]] ([[User talk:Weeping Angel\|talk]]) 00:13, 27 February 2014 (EST)		''It shouldn't even be physically possible for a militaristic empire that has stood for over three millennia to fall apart in a few months, or for its iron heart to be degraded below humanity.'' From the perspective of military output, one possibility for this collapse is that the Engineers set up some kind of manufacturing plants operated by Yanme'e, and run by Prophets. We have seen that the Yanme'e were often used as manual labor, and the prophets had an extreme role as managing, and perhaps micromanaging. If these three species, the Engineers, Yanme'e, and Prophets, were lost, then, according to this rather improbable train of events, it would be more than possible for the covenant to collapse. just an idea. 343i really has a lot of explaining to do about how the covenant really got to be the way it did. I'm glad that Karen Traviss wasn't able to completely screw over the transition. --[[User:Weeping Angel\|Weeping Angel]] ([[User talk:Weeping Angel\|talk]]) 00:13, 27 February 2014 (EST)

			::I would count the simmering, decades-long tension between the Elites and Brutes as a definite source of cultural rot - the long-time resentment of the Brutes at being denied the status they feel they are entitled to, and the suspicion and contempt the Elites have at what they saw as usurpers. Add to that unresolved issues between Jackals and Grunts, and stretch it out across a vast empire, and you have a perfect storm for imperial over-extension. -- [[User:Morhek\|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306\|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 00:40, 27 February 2014 (EST)