Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.118-20130803022053/@comment-203.134.114.231-20130817061442

Although I right now don't have Halo: The Flood. I still manage to get some quotes from a dude from Factpile.com

[Pages 21-22 Halo: The Flood

'''The first blasts slammed into the observation theater's door with a noise that made Sam jump. His heart pounded as he quickly hit the door controls, engaging in an emergency lock- out. A heavy metal barrier slammed into place with a crash -'''

- page 22-

'''then began to glow red as Covenant energy weapons burned their way through.'''

'''"They're trying to get through the door!" he yelled.'''

'''He glanced down into the bay and saw Thom, a stricken look on his face. Sam could see his own startled reflection in the Spartan's mirrored visor.'''

'''Sam lunged for the alarm, and had time to call in an alert. Then, the security door exploded in a shower of fire and molten steel.'''

'''He heard the whine of plasma rifle fire, the felt something punch him in the chest. His vision blurred, and he groped to feel the wound. His hands came away sticky with blood. It doesn't hurt, he thought. It should hurt, shouldn't it?]'''

Take note this is just Plasma Pistols and Rifles blowing apart a highly securatised-militarised door with Titanium-A. Which ended up blasted into molten steel by just the sheer firepower and heat of it in just a few shots. Definitley not 48 kilojoule.