- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Has it ever occured to anyone that the Covenant may be fighting on several fronts, fighting multiple enemies besides humanity?
These are just theories and there is evidence that may prove them wrong which i'll mention later.
It mentions that the Covenant have a history with the Flood. Maybe they are a constant menace to the Covenant Empire. Like the barbarians we're to the Romans they cause havok on the covenants borders. So as well as humans they're fighting flood?
but wait theres more!
Some types of Covenant have only recently shown up. Such as the Brute and Hunters wern't seen until much later in the war. Which MAY mean that as well as the human war, the Covenant are using resources to expand their territories and enslaving other races as they do so.
This could be an exploitable weakness. The Covenant are fighting on several fronts, probably overconfident their superior technology will help them succeed. But just like the Romans, the barbarians got out of control and overran their borders. the same might happen to the Covenant.
In WW2 the Germans we're fighting on to many fronts, with the UK, US and USSR attacking from all borders. It led to their eventual defeat. If the Covenant are fighting on several fronts against humans, flood and perhaps other races, maybe the same will happen to them?
The evidence that contradicts this is the Elites and Engineers. They we're part of the Covenant from the start, they just didn't come into it more until later, eg Elites were a founding Covenant race but not seen until Reach which happened shortly before Halo. So maybe the theory about hunters and brutes is incorrect because they we're just kept back until later too. But it is true that Hunters we're enslaved by the Elites space fleet.
What do you think? Make your own decisions but i hope i've given you something to think about (even with historic referances)