- lordxanatos666
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- Exalted Legendary Member
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who know binary, and those who don't.
they dont glass earth from space for a couple of reasons. A) they do have a certain range, and they cant get into that range with earth's defences intact. B) earths defences are near invulnerable unless ground-side generates are destroyed and power to the defences are cut, making a ground insertion nessessary, much like on reach in the fall of reach or first strike. C)elites and brutes and prophets and other high ranking covenant are entertained by fighting in close quarter with humans, where the humans actually have a chance. they send in infantry when its suicide, and the more unlikely survival is the more glorious they're return will be if they survive. the elites and whatnot would prefer to take the final blow to the human race from their own personal plasma rifles and pistols and even their own fists than to blast them into particles from orbit. yes, they might die. in fact, humans win most ground engagements with the covenant provided that they are too severely outnumbered and outgunned(u cant win against thirty navy seals with m4's if ur alon and nake in a spotlight in an open parkinglot, armed with a toothpick). they just live for the glory of battle, and will happily die in persuit of it. and finally D) the covenant didnt know where earth was until it becomes obvious that they did at the very end of first strike, but it is easy to assume that for a long time, they did not.
[Edited on 4/25/2004 4:44:19 PM]