Posted by: Mr Owen L
UNSC would win they have MAC cannons not kinetic guns,
MAC = Magnetic Accelerator Cannon = Use magnets to drive a large projectile at targets.
Remind me how that is not a kinetic gun?
Tech base is completely different. Element Zero changes a lot of things. Mass Effect has mass production and miniaturization on its side. Difference in time is questionable since humans in the ME universe were able to crack the Prothean tech faster and meet up with Aliens to share their tech (as opposed to engage in a war of annihilation) earlier.
ALL alliance marines are equipped with power armor, genetically modified, and probably have kinetic barriers. I'd surmise they are the equivalent of ODSTs or Orions, possibly Spartan III.
All ships have kinetic Barriers, though their performance vs energy weapons is unknown. They also tend to pack the equivalent of MAC cannons, albeit at a smaller size though possibly equal destructive power.
Halo's universe does see relatively wide scale usage of Smart AI as opposed to ME which tends to shun them. EDI is the exception, not the rule.
We're treading on Star Wars vs Star Trek, Macross Vs Gundam tech and I'd rather not.
That said, I'd love to cut loose Krogans on the Brutes or watch the interactions of Grunts and Hunters with Elcore, Volus, and Hanar. Cortana's interaction with the Geth would be intriguing.
Or we could just have this.