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Subject: Covenant Technology
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Sorry I never read any books, sadly...
I heard the covies don't have any technology that they actually made, just stuff they stole from other races and they never advance their own technology because it is against their gods will...or something like that.
Any confirmation?

  • 07.06.2004 4:36 PM PDT
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The Covies instead of being Inovative like the Human race is they are Adative they take what they need and adapt it for their own purpouses.

  • 07.06.2004 4:38 PM PDT
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They took the Forerunner, used most of it, and imitated it into their own type of Forerunner weapons/ technology. They advance their own technology, but only by imitating the technology of others.

  • 07.06.2004 4:38 PM PDT
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So they are nothing more than copy cat thieving morons?

  • 07.06.2004 4:44 PM PDT
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In essence, yes. In the books Cortana takes technology that she finds in Covie ships and can instantly make it a thousand times more efficient and destructive because she understands how it works. The Covies dont undestand (except for Engineers) and just use what they can reproduce

  • 07.06.2004 4:46 PM PDT
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Yah that basically sums it up while we also take Technology for our own but we mostly Inovate.

  • 07.06.2004 4:48 PM PDT
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So they are just big dumb brutes who somehow managed to get a head start of technology against humans by stealing forerunner technology-this is why they guard it so heavily against humans I guess? They don't understand how it works except engineers(reminds me of myself...for all I know about t.v.'s some magical little men in them draw pixels to make pictures on my screen, for example) Who are these engineers? Are they the prophets?

  • 07.06.2004 4:53 PM PDT
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Engineers are another race in the covenant that look like big floating sacks of air with skinny tentacles coming out of them. Their only purpose is to fix things, no matter what it is or who it is for. They understand forerunner, covenant, and human technology enough to fix whatever is broken. In the books they are harmless to MC and one even fixes his shield generator. They are part of the covenant but are only there to fix things, not fight. And there are a BUNCH of em.

I'm actually surprised we didnt see any in Halo since they would have been at a forerunner structure, but they may not have been designed or even thought of for the story yet.

  • 07.06.2004 4:59 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

i wonder; if the Covies beat us in the war,what technologies would they steal? maybe the MJOLNIR armor,or the Super MAC technology. those are the most powerful weapons the UNSC has. or maybe our AI tech?

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  • 07.06.2004 5:07 PM PDT
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Super MAC? Whats that?
And I wonder...maybe the will get the MJOLNIR armor and add it unto an elite. That would be an interesting twist!

  • 07.06.2004 5:08 PM PDT

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i wonder; if the Covies beat us in the war,what technologies would they steal? maybe the MJOLNIR armor,or the Super MAC technology. those are the most powerful weapons the UNSC has. or maybe our AI tech?


The covenant despise our human technology. I'm pretty sure they only copy the forerunner technology.

  • 07.06.2004 5:10 PM PDT
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I'm sure as hell they despise one technology-that being master chief.
But why do they really despise our tech? It sure could help them out...

  • 07.06.2004 5:16 PM PDT

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yes that may be true,but with the MJOLNIR armor,that was created by improving on captured Covie tech. and the Super MAC gun is an orbital satellite gun emplacement. MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon,and is the UNSC's most powerful non-nuclear weapon. They fire a 3000 ton round at tremendous speed.

  • 07.06.2004 5:17 PM PDT

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Well they see everything of ours as inferior and would rather fight barefisted than pick up one of our weapons and use it.

  • 07.06.2004 5:18 PM PDT
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A MAC stands for Magnetic Acceleration Cannon its a standard UNSC weapon on there ships. The POA had a prototype that could shoot out three in succesion and the Super MAC's are usually used to protect planets think a giant one that can shoot a projectile three eighths the speed of light.

  • 07.06.2004 5:18 PM PDT
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they would have to kill mc first, in order to get his armor..but seeing how mcuh trouble they have had in doing so, i doubt they will ever be able to copy his MJOLNIR armor.

  • 07.06.2004 5:19 PM PDT

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The elites already have basically the same armour so why would they copy humans too considering they totally despise them also

  • 07.06.2004 5:21 PM PDT

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no its not the same armor. explain why the MC killed hundreds,if not thousands of Elites without dying like they did. because the Elites armor is inferior. if the Elites had the equivalent of MJOLNIR armor,the UNSC would get owned on the ground

  • 07.06.2004 5:23 PM PDT
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I believe its only the engineers that copy technology. They will not care whose it is only what is the best.

  • 07.06.2004 5:25 PM PDT
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MC's armor is extremely strong and so is his shield its alot stronger then an Elites. Not only that but can an elite survive a fall from a good mile and a half from a planets surface without a pod... I think not lol...

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Ok, elites are hella strong with thier own armor and makes the MC struggle against them plus they are strong. Think about it. Any upgrade to their armor would make them hard to beat without a bomb.

  • 07.06.2004 5:27 PM PDT