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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 what I've read of empires' falling despite having worldwide might, it's usually because they were already rotting away from the inside to begin with. That doesn't seem to be the case with the Covenant. There were political disputes and Grunt rebellions but overall the system they had was working and they were at the height of their military splendor. The overthrowing of the Prophets was a major blow to the Covenant, but even so that that should realistically be merely the beginning of the end, not the end itself. Perhaps that's why Jul 'Mdama's faction is still referred to as "the Covenant", because the empire itself hasn't really ceased to exist, just become highly fractured. [[User:Tuckerscreator\|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator\|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 21:08, 26 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 what I've read of empires' falling despite having worldwide might, it's usually because they were already rotting away from the inside to begin with. That doesn't seem to be the case with the Covenant. There were political disputes and Grunt rebellions but overall the system they had was working and they were at the height of their military splendor. The overthrowing of the Prophets was a major blow to the Covenant, but even so that that should realistically be merely the beginning of the end, not the end itself. Perhaps that's why Jul 'Mdama's faction is still referred to as "the Covenant", because the empire itself hasn't really ceased to exist, just become highly fractured. [[User:Tuckerscreator\|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator\|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 21:08, 26 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)