Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-211.26.90.118-20130728064425/@comment-211.26.90.27-20130804115616

Shas'o'Kais wrote: "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. Uh the fact that it is universally known that WH40K has one of the most dangerous and slowest of all Sci-Fi. And that the Tau is noted to be the slowest in WH40K?

Actually the UNSC is actually pretty big, the planets of the UNSC is extremely spread out, this is why the Covies have such difficult time finding them. And for the Orion Arm it is 3,500 light years wide and 10,000 light years long.

The Covies actually outnumber the Tau heavily, if I could remember correctly the Tau only has like what 11.5 billion in total. The Elites for example has nearly as much as the Tau on their Home World only at around 9.8 billion.

The Covies could built over several dozen ships in a few month on a backwater planet. They could lose a 30km space station retrofitted with over 500 Covie Capitol ships, and their response was "Meh, a minor loss".

Ever heard of the Cole Protocol? The destruction of all UNSC bases and planets, how the hell did the Covies knew it was the Human Homeworld in the first place. Infact they were surprised that the Earth has a better defence then they thought. And even then, with just 15 ships, they still manage to steamroll past the UNSC defences. The Covenant dosen't even have sh*t intel, it is actually quite decent, is just because of The Cole Protocol and the vastness of space that save the UNSC.

The Tau go toe to toe with the IoM with average calcs of Gigatons. If it was those wanky Petaton Calcs, then what is the point of Cyclonic Torpedoes and Exterminatus weapons? The Fall of Reach for example, has Covie Ships turning Reach into a Minature Star in less then a day, this puts them at around Terratons minimum. This is why I consider both WH40K and Star Wars as Gigatons averagely, and the Covies are Gigatons to Megatons averagely.

The only time the Covies actually fight on the Planet, is in search for Forerunner Artifacts, other then that they Glass anything that comes along the way.

You do know that the Covies could do the Galactic version of Blitzkreig right? You do know that they could cover their entire empire in 8 hours right? You know that means that they could attack everywhere at once right? They could destroy the Tau ships with their hundreds of ships before they even react (The Fall of Reach has over 750 Covie ships), and due to the Tau ludicrously slow communication and FTL drives, the moment they come in, the Planet is already Glass.

And it is true that Factpile.com was less bias then previously, but the difference is minute, and it dosen't change much, since there are alot of people who still thinks that the GE could stand a chance against the Forerunners.

Also did you read the link that I post about earlier?