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Subject: You know what I don't get...

How come earth when it was only protected by one spartan (and a few ODSTs) didn't get glassed, but a planet filled with tons and tons of spartans did get glassed. How does that make any sense? What do you think will happen in the story that'll make that happen?

  • 11.11.2009 10:38 PM PDT

Not all of Reach got glassed if you read "First Strike". There were some forerunner ruins on Reach that the covenant didn't want destroyed so they glassed all but a certain radius.

However, for Earth, it was probably chock full of forerunner ruins.

  • 11.11.2009 10:41 PM PDT

o_O

The covenant didn't know Earth was highly populated, they only came with a few ships to search for a way to the Ark. Once they found their way to the Ark, they were concerned with firing the Halos. Most of their ships went through the portal to defend the Ark.

  • 11.11.2009 10:41 PM PDT

The covenant fleet that attacked Earth was 50 times (!) smaller than the one attacking Reach. Also, Earth had 300 orbital super MACs.

  • 11.12.2009 4:32 AM PDT

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New Flood

Glass earth, glass the ark. Not a good plan if you want to go on the great journey.

  • 11.12.2009 4:34 AM PDT

Glass earth, glass the ark. Not a good plan if you want to go on the great journey
You mean glass the portal to the ark but yeah.
Anyway there is very litle what spartan can do in spacecombat.

  • 11.12.2009 4:43 AM PDT

cockburnicus@live.com
New Flood

Posted by: juhoxxx
Glass earth, glass the ark. Not a good plan if you want to go on the great journey
You mean glass the portal to the ark but yeah.

Same difference, pedant.

  • 11.12.2009 4:44 AM PDT

Damn you 353 guilty spark! You killed the greatest stereotypical african american gun toting sergeant ever to tread upon a fictional futuristic setting!

It even says the covenant weren't concerned with taking over earth, they were searching for something in New Mombasa. The only reason they glassed part of the planet to begin with is because it was infected with the flood. You have to remember, after Halo 2 like half the covenant fleet who no longer felt the prophets were fit to lead the covenant attempted a coup.

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Posted by: Private Pixy
It even says the covenant weren't concerned with taking over earth, they were searching for something in New Mombasa. The only reason they glassed part of the planet to begin with is because it was infected with the flood. You have to remember, after Halo 2 like half the covenant fleet who no longer felt the prophets were fit to lead the covenant attempted a coup.


You win.

  • 11.12.2009 4:52 AM PDT

Ladies First

the whole covenant leader structure was shatterd due to the death of 2 high prophets and the elites leaving, who took about 1 third of the brutes with them(dead).
remember hwo cruel brutes are,
at this point the war is Human + Covenant Seraratists vs Covenant Loyalists.

think like truth, glass an unknown amount of humans of the ark?

to anser further questions, yes the covenant still exists,
even with its head severed it is still dangerous...
look at assembly

  • 11.12.2009 4:57 AM PDT