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Posted by: Im SteelAssassn
Posted by: AYF 001
On the second reply: Cortana mentions in the books Covie slipspace drives are capable of atomic-level precision, so that wouldn't be an issue.
4th: If the engines were destroyed, how would it even begin the refueling sequence?
If they just hijacked it, they could've used Savannah's AI (if the SS drive wasn't removed it probably wouldn't have entered the fight and been destroyed), to plot a course straight into the carrier. And I'd also like to think that because Spartans are actually pretty intelligent, that they'd know how to at least make a small jump into a 27 kilometer long supercarrier.
While the technology was there for pinpoint slipspace travel, it wouldn't have been possible for Noble Team to have the knowledge of how to use it. I doubt Savannah had a smart AI on board to borrow for noble team for this proposed plan, and even if it did, it would be still unlikely it would have the time to engage in slipspace travel (I imagine sensors would be curious as to why a Covenant ship would activate its engine; I also imagine the Covenant wouldn't know how to react if they picked up a human slipspace engine's radiation on a Corvette).
And even if the Covenant weren't paying attention to sensors and if Savannah also stripped themselves of a smart AI they might have, it would still have to interact in an unknown, completely foreign system and attempt to overrule safety protocols that are only theoretical to humanity. So, there's that too.
And not as important, but for reason 4, they're only engaging the refueling routine/signal for the supercarrier to approach. It's not like they're actually going to refuel the Corvette before blowing it up.
Hmm while those seem like valid points, one other question is why didn't they have a back up detonator? It's not like "Armageddon" never came out in the Halo universe, so why not have something for redundancy? On another note, why did it have to be the exact same way Forge died in Halo Wars?