Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.118-20130728064425/@comment-3580035-20130804094618

"Crappy FTL for even in their own respective universe, who are renown for having one the worst FTL in Sci-Fi history."

Was never proven.

"Pitifully small, even the UNSC covers 800+ worlds, the Covies encompass the entire Orion Arm."

And how big is the Orion Arm exactly? I was under the impression the UNSC was 150-200 light years across max, being generous.

"Their heavily outnumbered, that even the Jackals outnumber them 10 to 1."

Proof? I can pull out numbers showing a pretty substantial military.

"Industrial strength, well just no, too unfair to compare.'

Vague unbacked statement. The Covenant retrofit old Forerunner tech, and don't build new stuff often.

"Covie ships field in the hundreds, and they wouldn't even care if they lose 500 ships."

And they have crap intel to go with it. They came to Earth not even knowing it was the human homeworld. Numbers doesn't make up for incompetance.

"The Tau may have firepower in the Terratons to Gigatons, but that won't change much if the Covie ships also has firepower in the Gigatons or high Megatons, and could swarm them 100 to 1."

The Tau can go toe-to-toe with Imperial ships, of which can output Petatons. The Covenant will be nothing.

"Those groundforces are considered useless, since Covies always fight in space, and just glass them into orbit."

This seems to be untrue considering the most of the Halo series takes place on planets.

"With the further fact that it takes weeks to months for long range communication, the Tau with its pitiful FTL and and small size, would be on the defensive the entire time."

Each Tau Sept is designed to be self sufficient. If unable to destroy an assaulting force (which it normally will), they can hold out long enough for plenty of reinforcements to arrive.

"Factpile.com (The most bias thread for WH40K) agrees that the Covie wins, then really it shows you, that they WILL win."

Its not biased to 40k though anymore.