Posted by: JDYeash937 MkII
Posted by: Stacka30
Posted by: dangerman1337
Doesn't the heat of the nuclear blast count? I mean even if you plating can resist megatons, can it resist the heat? (Unless someone can explain that to me).
A nuke that is detonated in space would actually emit a very large EMP blast in a spherical fashion, so that effect on a Covenant ship's sheild is the same as a Plasma Pistol to a Spartan/Elite's sheild, while a MAC projectile is somewhat like a DMR shot, and an SMAC projectile would be like a Sniper Bullet.I'm VERY sketchy on EMP's (the Wiki is too damned complicated, even for my level), but the only way for an EMP to occur is for it to be in or near atmosphere, or at least in the presence of a magnetic field - IIRC.
In space, well away from any celestial bodies, surely there would be no EMP at all, unless the ships themselves were somehow able to generate a very large and fluctuating magnetic field.
Nuclear detonations in space produce a very large EMP; So bad, in fact, that all of the nuclear-capable countries have a treaty saying that they won't do it.
Think about it; an EMP can extend all the way down to a planet's surface. What do you think it will do to a ship a dozen kilometers away?