Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-203.134.114.240-20130706042929/@comment-3258762-20130716091343

203.134.114.240 wrote: Legionaire22 wrote: The Energy Shield would not defend at all against biological weaponry, because if it doesn't let bacteria in, it would be like fighting in the vacuum of space, which no matter the suit is quite annoying (Which we see early on in Halo 4) and since the Spartans do not seem to be moving faster and they seem to be able to hear the surroundings, it means air passes into their shields, meaning bacteria passes through it.

As for the airforce: I am not too educate in the Imperiums airforce other than it follows the same standard as most of their normal forces: Strength in numbers. So I cannot answer that.

Wait but apparently in all of the Halo sources, it has been described that the energy shields are always up and that it creates a force-field around the user defending it from all harmful material, only generating the coloured light when enough stress is put up on it. A bit iffy if you ask me.

Funnily enough, Covie air-force also operate in numbers... I actually think in my opinion that Vampires are going to be the bane of all Imperial planes. The stasis beam not only drains their power but also render all electronics and weaponary useless, furthermore the drained power reverts back to the Vampire and heals it from damage, and when its done draining the entire aircraft goes BOOM.

Also what is your most favourite WH40K race? I say that because then I would know why you have less knowlege about the Imperium. It doesn't really matter if it is up all the time, it still has to let in air and bacteria to avoid causing a vacuum which would cause damage to the Spartans system if the shield was breached.

And my favorite 40k race is the Space Marines, more precisely, the Space Wolves. I have, however, read up a lot on the Imperiums forces, but I simply do not have enough context to compare the Imperiums flyers (Who get very little mention apart from SM Thunderhawks)

As for their speed: Space Marines can run at sustained speeds of 70-80 KMpH, not sure what that is in miles, but they are far better than Spartans except for one thing: They are not very stealthy, because Power Armor is a loud set of machines :3