Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4851119-20140323173912/@comment-173.25.47.250-20140411010842

In a war of armor, the UNSC would curbstomp anything the Imperium could throw it.

In space, the Covenant woud most likely be purging heresy left and right with Ventral Cleansing Beams.

In a war of supersoldier versus supersoldier, it's most likely a stalemate. Where the MEHREENs have all those handy geneseed modifications, the Spartans have sheer versatility of armor types and weaponary. A bit of deficency in Power Armor is that the Ad Mech doesn't pump out specialized armour permutations for certain situations and specialties.

And when it comes to unarmed blow to blow, a Asartes would most likely beat the s*** out of a Spartan with ease with brute force alone, unarmed.

Melee blow to blow, it's trickier. Chainswords, while providing lethality at close ranges, are quite inefficent over long times compared to good ol' combat knives and energy swords. In the end, it comes down to who survives the longest.

Ranged is where the UNSC shines, with a variety of options from DMRs to Assault Rifles to all sorts of ranged goodies. Needless to say, a Devastator's going down pretty quick against a well-armed Spartan.

And finally, Mantis versus Dreadnoughts. It is indeed quite clear whose mech's technologically superior, the UNSC's Armor Defense having a good amount of Energy Shielding. But in a prolonged engagement? Dreadnought's going to send their foes to the ground with the large amount of weaponary they're equipped with. Cyclops most likely would fare better, though.

With my previous comment, I was thinking of a far more advanced streamlined Dreadnought, leaps and bounds above Contemptors as they are the Mark V. Though I can't imagine what purpose the ancients intended the STC template for, as a heavily armored death machine wasn't the purpose.