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We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?
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Posted by: privet caboose
Error: Lack of Orbital MAC's.
Proof: Reach had a number of Orbital MAC's that were used in the battle of Reach. They were present on August 30th, so they should have been present during the mission "Long Night of Solace" in Halo: Reach. Had they been present, they Jorge wouldn't have died. Where were they?
Source: Fall of Reach, First Strike, Halo: Reach
If you understand the Orbital Defense Platforms, you know that they do not carry sufficient power supplies to fire the Super MAC, which is why their primary power is received from ground based ODGs, or Orbital Defense Generators. Same rule applies to Earth too.
Prior to TFoR, I assumed there were at least 7 ODGs, powering 20 Orbital Defense Platforms. However, ODGs were very vulnerable. When the Covenant made a ground assault, it was to disrupt these. This would have rendered the ODPs in space ineffective and cut off from the power necessary to attack the Covenant Corvette and the Fleet itself.
Canon = not broken in this aspect, because the ODPs would have been unable to fire.
~B2
According to the book canon, was the 30th by the time the canons fell?
Also, it doesn't explain the complete lack of orbital platforms in the expanse of space you are able to view during gameplay.
"The main Covenant force moved in on the orbital defenses. The initial salvo of plasma torpedoes was mostly absorbed by three sacrificial refit and repair stations, allowing the defenders to return fire. The Orbital Defense Platforms and a nuclear minefield combined to take down a full third of the Covenant fleet, destroying about a hundred Covenant ships with the first salvo. The vaporized Titanium-A of the refit stations also served to block incoming plasma torpedoes. However, the next Covenant salvo significantly damaged the UNSC fleet, as the Covenant maneuvered for clear shots around the Titanium dust cloud and moved in for the kill. They destroyed a quarter of the Super MAC platforms" ~Quoted from Halopedia, confirmed using book references in TFoR.
Using that statement, it can be clearly assumed that the ODPs would have had to be stretched in places beyond belief. Note they were also in clusters of around 2 to 5, depending on importancy of the site below, which could mean that section had lost its clusters. It may also be likely that the Super MACs were diverted to other areas via a plan of brilliance by the Covenant to send in a Corvette.
Knowing this, Noble team would have had to been implemented for the mission to take place due to the lack of Super MACs to fulfill the job. Remember that on July the 26th, Super MACs were used to destroy a Covenant corvette. It is plausible that there were battles we aren't thinking about that diverted all attention, and forced the dependency onto Noble Team.
~B2
P.S. Correct, it was August 30th, also, I could be able to sufficiently explain the PoAs presence on Reach.