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Old 15-June-2007, 04:18 PM
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I could certainly come up with a plausible story where the Cov whips the Empire all over the galaxy. Heck, as far as we know the Cov are immune to the force (and maybe the Mjolnir armor gives the Spartans the same advantage). So, if I write that book will that put this thread to rest? That is the problem of pondering a war between two fantasy armies. There can be no correct answer.
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Exactly. It is fun to brainstorm and bounce stuff around, but to call one's ideas "truth" is pretty ridiculous.
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True enough. Besides, how tough could the empire be? They got their butts kicked by Ewoks, of all things.
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True enough. Besides, how tough could the empire be? They got their butts kicked by Ewoks, of all things.
You need to watch Return of the Jedi again. The Ewoks were losing until "some wookiee" stole an Imperial AT-ST (which turned the tide of the battle).
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So a single Wookiee turned the tide of the battle... convincing victory!
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Old 20-June-2007, 06:13 PM
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No, the capture of an Imperial AT-ST turned the tide of the battle
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No, the capture of an Imperial AT-ST turned the tide of the battle
What was the composition of Imperial forces during the battle?

And your saying one, Only one Wookie Piloted AT-ST won the day?!?!
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Old 20-June-2007, 11:31 PM
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What was the composition of Imperial forces during the battle?

And your saying one, Only one Wookie Piloted AT-ST won the day?!?!
The Imperials were tricked into a trap that Han Solo signaled to the nearest Imperial Station. The Imperial fell for it, and it was all because an Imperial AT-ST was captured (and Han Solo's quick thinking).
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Old 21-June-2007, 11:35 PM
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Don't forget numbers. There could have been thousands or even millions of Ewoks on Endor. At those odds the Empire was bound to lose. Also, to Middle_Earthfan454, isn't it funny how only one of those names belongs to a Covenant?

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Don't forget numbers. There could have been thousands or even millions of Ewoks on Endor. At those odds the Empire was bound to win. Also, to Middle_Earthfan454, isn't it funny how only one of those names belongs to a Covenant?
Out of the Three Military Leaders that we've seen, all three were exceptionally good

The Arbiture - Was Supreme Commander, the highest rank, and in Elite Society advancement is gained through merit. Only failed because of Deus Ex Machina and the flood.

Rtas 'Vadumee - Known as Half Jaw. Spec-Opps Commander, he's survived the flood on two separate occasions and survived the Brute's betrayal.

Tartarus - Even though he's a Brute, Tartarus is shown to have natural talent in his position, how else would he be able to lead all of the Brutes.

So what your saying is that because Halo is Just starting and not much has been shown about it's Universe, everything is lacking? So If we were to put Halo's characters as is, aganst the Character that we knew about during the first three (4,5,6) movies, then its only Tarken that I see, and a few minor moffs... oh, and Gen. Veers

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And, when plasma hits plasma, the outcome is an explosion of plasma.
Now I get what you were saying, but your still wrong.

What I think that you think is that Similar to the situation in "Ghosts of Onyx" when Blue Team was on the Bloodied Spirit fighting the Brute Frigates. The Brute ships had fired their Plasma Torpedoes and Kelly fired the Bloodied Spirits Plasma Torpedoes and directed it into the oncoming torpedoes, which resulted in an explosion...

But what you forget to realize is that due to the confinement of Star Wars plasma, the shot would just pass through the Plasma Torpedo. The Torpedo would have slightly less power but only by a drop of 0.01%
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Old 02-July-2007, 03:52 AM
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Now I get what you were saying, but your still wrong.

What I think that you think is that Similar to the situation in "Ghosts of Onyx" when Blue Team was on the Bloodied Spirit fighting the Brute Frigates. The Brute ships had fired their Plasma Torpedoes and Kelly fired the Bloodied Spirits Plasma Torpedoes and directed it into the oncoming torpedoes, which resulted in an explosion...

But what you forget to realize is that due to the confinement of Star Wars plasma, the shot would just pass through the Plasma Torpedo. The Torpedo would have slightly less power but only by a drop of 0.01%
I wasn't wrong. (If you want to continue this further you may)
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Old 02-July-2007, 03:56 AM
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Out of the Three Military Leaders that we've seen, all three were exceptionally good

The Arbiture - Was Supreme Commander, the highest rank, and in Elite Society advancement is gained through merit. Only failed because of Deus Ex Machina and the flood.

Rtas 'Vadumee - Known as Half Jaw. Spec-Opps Commander, he's survived the flood on two separate occasions and survived the Brute's betrayal.

Tartarus - Even though he's a Brute, Tartarus is shown to have natural talent in his position, how else would he be able to lead all of the Brutes.

So what your saying is that because Halo is Just starting and not much has been shown about it's Universe, everything is lacking? So If we were to put Halo's characters as is, aganst the Character that we knew about during the first three (4,5,6) movies, then its only Tarken that I see, and a few minor moffs... oh, and Gen. Veers
What Ghost Duck meant was through thousands of humans, millions of aliens, and an infinite number of clones and droids Star Wars would win. He didn't mention (or imply) "characters." (though the Star Wars "characters" are superior to the ones Halo has)

Star Wars > Halo
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Oranges > Apples (Unless they are green apples, then it is a tie).
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Bananas > Oranges > Apples > Halo > Star Wars

Cos Bananas is what this thread is
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I would have to say that Strawberries > Raspberries > Apricots = Peaches = Nectarines > Oranges = Green Apples > Bananas > Green Grapes > Red Grapes > Red Apples. And that is the TRUTH!
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Old 02-July-2007, 10:32 PM
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Bananas > Oranges > Apples > Halo > Star Wars

Cos Bananas is what this thread is
"Star Wars > Halo" > "Bananas > Oranges > Apples" > "Halo > Star Wars" And that is truth!!!!!

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I would have to say that Strawberries > Raspberries > Apricots = Peaches = Nectarines > Oranges = Green Apples > Bananas > Green Grapes > Red Grapes > Red Apples. And that is the TRUTH!
What about Cherry's? Were do the Cherry's go?

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Humphrey said "Covenant easyily will win against all. They were kicking the butts of the UNSC in the novels (4th book might change that, but we have to see). According to the books for the Halo universe any of the larger battleships of the Covenant can destroy all life on the surface of a planet with their plasma weapons. But their Troops are not as cunning or smart as the humans of the empire or UNSC. They basically copy what they see and use it to the best of their knoledge. Also they have the ability to make pinpoint jumps across systems that are arguably better then the empires ability.

The UNSC could easily kick the butts of the Empire. Their ships are fitted for war against the covenant, and other advanced weaponry. They have a limited number of fighter ships, but i can bet carrier class cruisers would come into production prety quick. The only problem is that in the books and game thier ships and weapons work with a knoledge of the laws of physics. The Empire hs the ability to avoid that with their ships by allowing them to work like airplanes. So there is a disadvantage there. :-P

Then comes the A.I. systems of the UNSC ships. They are actually smart and if more3 of the Cortana level are created, can actualy improve on any captured technology they see.
And of course the UNSC spartanprograms. Storm troopers move over, here are the real super troops. "


I however disgree, u guys here are all talking about that crappy thing called the death star (yawn) u eva heard of the Sun Crusher? It makes the Death Star look like a very large toy lol. It makes stars go super nova by firing a special missile into it. Its virtually indestructible (Someone drove it right into an imperial star destroyer and cut right through it without a scratch 0.0 . I admit the covenant had rather large ships (7 km Acendant Justice) but the Emperor had the Eclispe Class star destroyer (17.5 Km)

All in all it would be a big struggle but the empire would win... 25000 Imperial Ships vs 5000 Convenant Ships?!?!?! Poor Convenant....

Also, u said that the UNSC would beat the empire... come ON! The empire has 20000 years of galatic history to draw on while the United Nations Space Command has... 500 years at the most?? (we took to space at around 2050 if they have 500 years of history) Plueeze, anyway I dont think the unsc has more than 2000 ships. After the rebel allaince finally defeated the empire, they still had 2000 ships... as for bit where u said one convenant crusier could destroy a planet, well thats totally true, but so could any random capital ship more than 1 km in star wars...

And Grand Admiral Thrawn is completely OVERESTIMATING THE EMPIRE, Galaxy Guns took ages to fire, and the empire most definately doesn NOT outnumber the covenant by 999,999,999 to 1... its 5 to 1. As for world devestators, they would be annaliated by plasma. And u said an imperial dark knight could beat a 100 Spartans, u are totally wrong.. more like 1 Imperail dark kinght would draw with one spartan.. I should know, Im a fan of star wars and halo.

Grand Admiral, remember this: The commander that overestimates himself and under estimates his enemies will be the commander who dies first, the REAL Admiral Thrawn understood this... apparently u dont...

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Old 09-September-2007, 02:02 AM
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