The Halo-verse

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

AC Matt Klassen — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:18:09 GMT

Jason X35:They do (they're called Shiva Nukes) but I think they don't use them as much because they realize the damage they cause. Even if they destroy their enemy the EMP blast will destroy some of their tech...so they just decide not to use them. Remember, in the future they rely heavily on their technology. But yes, I get your point.

Or the SHIVA would have done jack ***. Even with the ships docked together, there would still be individual shielding systems-the corvette and the supercarrier-and it wouldn't have done much damage.

For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuAkvJxAYLg 1:13. Subspace rupture + strongest shields ever known [for that particular canon]=pwned. Similar to the slipspace bomb in Halo Reach.

Just to put it in perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVgQs-t7VVw&feature=related. Yeah.

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

Jason X35 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:35:29 GMT

They do (they're called Shiva Nukes) but I think they don't use them as much because they realize the damage they cause. Even if they destroy their enemy the EMP blast will destroy some of their tech...so they just decide not to use them. Remember, in the future they rely heavily on their technology. But yes, I get your point.

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

CaptainObvious — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:45:56 GMT

Master Cheif left Cortana behind in Halo 2 to detonate the FTL drive if need be.

Also, Jorge didn't detonate an FTL drive, he used the SFTE to create a slipspace rupture that transported the middle of the Corvette to god knows where.

I actually groaned a little when I was playing Halo Wars and they brought up detonating a FTL drive. I was like, don't they have Nukes in the future?

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

DFang — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:11:01 GMT

Umm, O.K.

I respect your attempt at infuriating me into a long wall of text.

Bonus points for well placed sarcasm though.

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

some guy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:55:08 GMT

Umm, O.K.

I'm not sure how this brilliant flash of insight changes anything... but thank you for your input.

I've noticed your tendancy to share your genius through-out this forum. Thank you for reminding me of your superiority, sir.

I didn't mean to get out of line.

I'd call you on the things I believe you are incorrect on. But I think you'd probably just enjoy the argument.

Momma told me not to feed trolls.

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

DFang — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:59:07 GMT

Halo 1, he set off all the reactors in the PoA, not the one drive specifically used for transport. Halo 2, the nothing was asploded :(

Re: (Spoiler Alert!) Halo: Reach reference to Halo Wars? (Spoiler Alert!)

some guy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:45:59 GMT

I'm pretty sure the FTL drive thing was used on Halo 1 to make the ring inoperable. In Halo 2 the same strategy is used, for the same reason. Cortana proposes the plan, and comments "Not the most original plan, but at least we know it works." Before Halo this strategy was used by Star Trek several times. The crew of various versions of the NCC-1701 determined that they would need a really big explosion, and that they would need to eject the warp-core to accomplish this.

I'm personally sick of seeing this in Sci-fi. I'd like to think that in the future they still know how to make bombs. It's kind of silly really. Imagine the crew of a tank out on the battlefield.

Tank driver: We Need more firepower!

Tank gunner: Throw the engine at them!!

Tank Captain: GREAT IDEA!! It's really heavy!! That would hurt! We should throw the gas tank too! It might explode or splash some burning fuel on them!

Seriously.... weak.

Re: nice.

erickyboo — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:11:22 GMT

When I saw that FTL drive I tought of halo wars.

Re: nice.

DFang — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:34:24 GMT

He would still be dead and no one left to 'splain :| I wanna see what would happen if you actually never let the reactor take a single shot.

"...But the timer is fired. I'll have to set it off manually."

"Stop faking you douchebag we know you're just tired of shooting grunts!"

Re: nice.

gilberg23 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:09:04 GMT

DFang:Jorge threw you out because 6 would've probably insisted on him staying anyway. Noble six had to stay behind from the Autumn because otherwise the cruiser would've gotten to the shipyard and glassed the place unchallenged, before the PoA could even get airborne.

I don't know about you, but I was a reasonable Noble 6, I would've gladly walked off the ship, throwing me off just seemd so unnecessary.

Not to mention he didn't even look where he hurled you out into, what if Reach wasn't below you? Jorge would've had some 'splainin' to do.

Re: nice.

DFang — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:03:53 GMT

Jorge threw you out because 6 would've probably insisted on him staying anyway. Noble six had to stay behind from the Autumn because otherwise the cruiser would've gotten to the shipyard and glassed the place unchallenged, before the PoA could even get airborne.

Re: nice.

gilberg23 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:24:57 GMT

l Slayer l:
Veraam:
I personally think Jorge's death was far more...hurtful, though.
I mean, I just fought with the guy through one of the most epic space battles ever...then the Elites just HAD to nick that core...
=(
Makes it even worse that JUST after Jorge sacrifices himself, an entire fleet comes out of nowhere...

That was pretty sad TBH, he died thinking he just saved the planet.

Jorge got what he deserved. He threw you out of the Corvette ship, like you couldn't walk. Bitches get Stitches, he got his.

And Kat got domed! I laughed for like the entire cutscene.

Carter's death was also pretty amusing, tries to act tough after he killed the Elite then gets "assassinated".

Then Noble 6... Is that kid dumb? Had a chance to get on a ship and live but no, the dumb bitch watned to stay back. I mean who didn't think playing that final mission (I forget its name) was the icing on the cake? Basically like Firefight, except, you don't get any points, only 1 life, and you get to watch them curb stomp you once you die.

Re: nice.

l Slayer l — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:53:13 GMT

Veraam:
I personally think Jorge's death was far more...hurtful, though.
I mean, I just fought with the guy through one of the most epic space battles ever...then the Elites just HAD to nick that core...
=(
Makes it even worse that JUST after Jorge sacrifices himself, an entire fleet comes out of nowhere...

That was pretty sad TBH, he died thinking he just saved the planet.

Re: nice.

Veraam — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:48:00 GMT

I personally think Jorge's death was far more...hurtful, though.

I mean, I just fought with the guy through one of the most epic space battles ever...then the Elites just HAD to nick that core...

Makes it even worse that JUST after Jorge sacrifices himself, an entire fleet comes out of nowhere...

Re: nice.

Footbutt — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:45:05 GMT

haha. good observation!

in all likelihood, there are only so many ways to 'thin the herd' and Reach developers probably didn't think much of that parallel. but yeah, they just might have ran out of ideas and someone suggested that with one of those deja-vu things going on.