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Subject: Who would win Terran or UNSC
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Poll: Who would win Terran or UNSC  [closed]
UNSC :  39%
(26 Votes)
Terran :  15%
(10 Votes)
Chuck Norris :  28%
(19 Votes)
Ninja's:  18%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 67

Is it just me or wouldnt it be badass if the Terran fought the UNSC who do you think would win? For me its hard to say..

  • 12.13.2010 8:17 AM PDT

Wake me when the jews are gone.

the terrans are much smaller then the UNSC but it could be the (forgot the name)

  • 12.13.2010 8:30 AM PDT
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On the ground, probably Terran since every marine they have is in an armored suit similar to the MC's. In space I have no idea. Probably the UNSC since I haven't really seen any space Starcraft combat.

  • 12.13.2010 9:54 AM PDT
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the what?!

  • 12.13.2010 10:35 AM PDT

gotta be terrans for me, for a number of reasons, firstly their standard 'grunt' is much more powerful than a UNSC marine, even ODST would match terran marines, hell terran marines have very rapid fire gauss rifles as their standard gun, which can fire depleted uranium armour penetrating rounds. also terran armour is fully pressurised and looks as though it could take couple of hits before being penetrated, especially by things like assault rifle.

terrans have ghosts, cloaking special operations soldiers, which have 25mm HE sniper rifles, which can fire an 'lockdown' round capable of frying electronics with EMP. goliaths, bi-pedal mechanoids, two 30mm HE autocannons with good rate of fire (should chew up marines, ODST and warthogs with no trouble) and decent battery of anti-aircraft missiles. they have the thor, which is a bi-pedal siege machine, two large particle cannons, a battery of 330mm barrage cannons for indirect fire support and anti-aircraft missiles. don't understand how the UNSC would combat, especially goliaths and thors, backed by terran marines with combat shields and depleted uranium rounds.

aircraft, wraith superiority fighters with cloaking devices, small and single seated, not much bigger than banshee yet capable of atmospheric/space flight. valkyrie frigates for fire support, with their 'halo' anti-aircraft missiles. banshees are VTOL like hornet (just cooler, sorry halo!) with cloaking device and missile pods, also have boosters for getting places quick. vikings are bi-pedal transformer style vehicles which are aircraft that can transform into walkers, they have gatling guns as well as missiles.

in space terrans have wraiths, valkyries and battlecruisers, battlecruisers are large (though not as large as UNSC cruisers i don't think), are littered with laser batteries, have huge main cannon on the front (yamato gun) and are shielded, plus they can operate in-atmosphere to provide support to ground forces, they also have numerous point defence guns, missile launchers, act as carriers for wraiths and have torpedoes for ground attack (removed from final SC:II). don't understand where the UNSC have the advantage to be honest...!

  • 12.13.2010 5:42 PM PDT


Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
gotta be terrans for me, for a number of reasons, firstly their standard 'grunt' is much more powerful than a UNSC marine, even ODST would match terran marines, hell terran marines have very rapid fire gauss rifles as their standard gun, which can fire depleted uranium armour penetrating rounds. also terran armour is fully pressurised and looks as though it could take couple of hits before being penetrated, especially by things like assault rifle.

terrans have ghosts, cloaking special operations soldiers, which have 25mm HE sniper rifles, which can fire an 'lockdown' round capable of frying electronics with EMP. goliaths, bi-pedal mechanoids, two 30mm HE autocannons with good rate of fire (should chew up marines, ODST and warthogs with no trouble) and decent battery of anti-aircraft missiles. they have the thor, which is a bi-pedal siege machine, two large particle cannons, a battery of 330mm barrage cannons for indirect fire support and anti-aircraft missiles. don't understand how the UNSC would combat, especially goliaths and thors, backed by terran marines with combat shields and depleted uranium rounds.

aircraft, wraith superiority fighters with cloaking devices, small and single seated, not much bigger than banshee yet capable of atmospheric/space flight. valkyrie frigates for fire support, with their 'halo' anti-aircraft missiles. banshees are VTOL like hornet (just cooler, sorry halo!) with cloaking device and missile pods, also have boosters for getting places quick. vikings are bi-pedal transformer style vehicles which are aircraft that can transform into walkers, they have gatling guns as well as missiles.

in space terrans have wraiths, valkyries and battlecruisers, battlecruisers are large (though not as large as UNSC cruisers i don't think), are littered with laser batteries, have huge main cannon on the front (yamato gun) and are shielded, plus they can operate in-atmosphere to provide support to ground forces, they also have numerous point defence guns, missile launchers, act as carriers for wraiths and have torpedoes for ground attack (removed from final SC:II). don't understand where the UNSC have the advantage to be honest...!

From what you've said, the Terrans would win the ground war. However, SMACs can shred covenant cruisers which are much larger than Terran battle cruisers and have stronger shields and NOVA bomb can destroy entire planets so the UNSC wins the space fight

[Edited on 12.13.2010 5:48 PM PST]

  • 12.13.2010 5:47 PM PDT

thing for me in space combat though is the size of the terran battlecruiser, theres no 'actual size' for them, one can simple guess to their scale, in one of the starcraft novels a battlecruiser is described as being 'two leagues long', when you consider a league is ~3 miles long, that makes the battlecruiser around 6 miles (9.6 kilometres) in length, which is abso-freaking-lutely enormous. i don't really think any ship in the UNSC navy could take something that large on, not alone. plus terran battlecruisers are said to be nuclear armed, so thats another potential problem. i think battlecruiser is a bit of a dodgy title, since they don't fit the battlecruiser ethos, they are more like assault carrier than anything else, since they carry both numerous dropships and an undisclosed number of wraith fighters.

edit: also nova bombs do not destroy planets, maybe wipe out all life on the planet, but not destroy the actual planet.

[Edited on 12.15.2010 2:14 PM PST]

  • 12.15.2010 2:13 PM PDT


Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
thing for me in space combat though is the size of the terran battlecruiser, theres no 'actual size' for them, one can simple guess to their scale, in one of the starcraft novels a battlecruiser is described as being 'two leagues long', when you consider a league is ~3 miles long, that makes the battlecruiser around 6 miles (9.6 kilometres) in length, which is abso-freaking-lutely enormous. i don't really think any ship in the UNSC navy could take something that large on, not alone. plus terran battlecruisers are said to be nuclear armed, so thats another potential problem. i think battlecruiser is a bit of a dodgy title, since they don't fit the battlecruiser ethos, they are more like assault carrier than anything else, since they carry both numerous dropships and an undisclosed number of wraith fighters.

edit: also nova bombs do not destroy planets, maybe wipe out all life on the planet, but not destroy the actual planet.


Size=/=power. The Pillar of Autumn was almost unstoppable and took the entire Fleet of Particular Justice to bring down, but not before it destroyed at least four Covenant warships.

And it was only about 2 kilometers long.

Still, I think it'd be a good even fight. What the UNSC ground forces lack in power they make up for outstanding tactics (as does all the UNSC)

NOVA would definetly leave a massive crater in the planet, possibly to where it might as well be destroyed, and considering what it did in Onyx, it could destroy a small planet.

[Edited on 12.15.2010 3:26 PM PST]

  • 12.15.2010 3:25 PM PDT
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the terran are aweful, they would get annihilated in no time by the unsc. battlecruisers cant even kill a single marine with one shot, and they're super small. a single mac would shatter it. and spartans>marines, theyre regular, soldiers with huge bulky suites which makes them extremely slow.

  • 12.15.2010 4:31 PM PDT

the main problem with the NOVA is the fact its a nuclear weapon, therefore naturally its gonna loose most of its energy to space in a ground or airburst detonation, for a NOVA to be effective it would have to burrow into the crust, then detonate, then there is nowhere for the energy to go but into the planet, rather than into space and be wasted.

for the record, i don't for one second believe that terran battlecruisers are as large as the book claims them to be, it just doesn't add up. think a better estimate is somewhere around the kilometre range, though there are numerous types of battlecruiser (behemoth, minotaur, hercules, etc.) so some might be larger than others. they have quite a number of laser batteries and what not, but no idea on the power of those batteries, so its hard to call, but i would say terrans due to the fact minotaurs look cool as hell. another thing worth noting is the fact that both are humans, so would probably rather ally against a common enemy rather than fight eachother, the zerg, flood, covenants, etc.

also worth assuming the terrans have more types of ship than just battlecruisers as well, since all fleets have support ships, frigates, destroyers, etc. would be no different. also terran ground weaponary, the impaler gauss rifle (standard terran rifle) fires hypersonic rounds, at rediculous rates of fire, they are basically like small, rapid fire, warthog gauss cannons..! don't underestimate how strong the terrans are..!

  • 12.16.2010 11:44 AM PDT

meteor

For awesome weapons ect.... Terran.

  • 12.16.2010 12:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
thing for me in space combat though is the size of the terran battlecruiser, theres no 'actual size' for them, one can simple guess to their scale, in one of the starcraft novels a battlecruiser is described as being 'two leagues long', when you consider a league is ~3 miles long, that makes the battlecruiser around 6 miles (9.6 kilometres) in length, which is abso-freaking-lutely enormous. i don't really think any ship in the UNSC navy could take something that large on, not alone. plus terran battlecruisers are said to be nuclear armed, so thats another potential problem. i think battlecruiser is a bit of a dodgy title, since they don't fit the battlecruiser ethos, they are more like assault carrier than anything else, since they carry both numerous dropships and an undisclosed number of wraith fighters.

edit: also nova bombs do not destroy planets, maybe wipe out all life on the planet, but not destroy the actual planet.


Size=/=power. The Pillar of Autumn was almost unstoppable and took the entire Fleet of Particular Justice to bring down, but not before it destroyed at least four Covenant warships.

And it was only about 2 kilometers long.

Still, I think it'd be a good even fight. What the UNSC ground forces lack in power they make up for outstanding tactics (as does all the UNSC)

NOVA would definetly leave a massive crater in the planet, possibly to where it might as well be destroyed, and considering what it did in Onyx, it could destroy a small planet.


This. Typically, ships smaller in size win. Faster for boarding action (no pun intended), more reliable for combat-readiness, less likely to be hit and easier to cu through the opposing forces and wind up at the beast.

Terran have the ground in some situations but, one shot to the head from the Beam Rifle or from the Concussion Rifle or even the S2AM sniper rifle would kill that soldier. UNSC's MAC/SMAC would kill any Terran ship, annihilate all ground units when they were being overrun and kill them and the others with a Shiva/NOVA. Also, the Archer missile pods. Nuclear reactors in the Terran's ships would be the Terran downfall.

  • 12.16.2010 12:27 PM PDT

The UNSC lost hundreds of worlds to the Covenant. The Terrans have about 10 worlds, have existed from a seed population of 160,000 humans that landed in that sector of space 300 years ago. The Terran worlds are not densely populated by any stretch of the imagination.

Hundreds of worlds, vs 10. Hmmm.

While I agree, the Terrans have an advantage on the ground if the landing forces are both equal (they never will be, but lets ignore the Terrans being vastly outnumbered here as it doesn't matter), the UNSC-Covenant war proves that means almost nothing when you get your ass kicked 9 times out of 10 in space.

The Battlecruiser/Wraith/Valkyrie cannot stand to the Frigates, Carriers, Destroyers, Prowlers, Longswords, Shortswords, etc. Considering they are so vastly outnumbered in space as to make it a clean-up rather than an actual battle, the Terrans can do only one thing. And that is lose in, and thus from, orbit.

[Edited on 12.16.2010 2:07 PM PST]

  • 12.16.2010 2:04 PM PDT

Terran > UNSC
Siege Tanks > Scorpions
Terran Marines > UNSC Marines
Battlecruisers > Frigates/Halcyon cruises
Thor > everything else the UNSC has

Now if we were talking about the Protoss versus the Covenant, the Protoss would win by a longshot.

The Terran also have badass theme music while playing as them

[Edited on 12.16.2010 2:54 PM PST]

  • 12.16.2010 2:09 PM PDT

tbh I agree with Protoss vs Covenant but UNSC with a NOVA bomb would wipe out the terrans tbh...

  • 12.16.2010 2:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: HundredJono
Terran < UNSC
Siege Tanks < Scorpions
Terran Marines > UNSC Marines
Terran Supers < Spartan 2's and 3's
Battlecruisers < Frigates/Halcyon cruises
Thor < UNSC Archer missiles

Now if we were talking about the Protoss versus the Covenant, the Protoss would win by a longshot.

The Terran also have badass theme music while playing as them


Fix'd.

  • 12.16.2010 6:33 PM PDT

man you forgot the ODST squad thats where its all at

  • 12.16.2010 6:39 PM PDT

Its hundreds (at least two hundred, hence the plural) of worlds vs 10, from a colony sector that has existed for 300 years from a seed population of 160,000.

Its not even a question. The Terrans would get crushed, fanboys aside.

  • 12.16.2010 7:05 PM PDT

I say it would probably be Terran, but it also depends on the situation.

  • 12.16.2010 7:21 PM PDT

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In atmosphere and on the ground, Terran would win by a mile. Terran Marines > UNSC Marines, maybe even ODSTs. Terran Marines have battle suits with a lot of armor, where the UNSC marine only has some standard combat armor. Also, the Terran marine's weapon is far greater than the UNSC marine's. The Terran marine assault rifle fires depleted uranium, which could shred a marine or ODST with one shot, where as many of the UNSC weapons still use bullets. These would take many hits to penetrate a Terran Marine's armor. Not to mention that the Terran hive far more special units on the ground. They have the standard marine, the very heavily armored marauder, reapers, firebats,ghosts, spectares, goliaths, thors, hellions and many more, not to mention their scaled down nukes that they can use quickly in a ground battle to take out a massive amount of units. This is far greater than anything the UNSC. Also, the Terran can make a far superior fortified ground base than the UNSC.

In an in-atmosphere air battle, the terran would again win. They have the viking, the banshee, the raven, and the battlecruiser. These could take down any in-atmosphere UNSC air. Falcons, hornets, and fighters would not stand a chanve agenst some vikings, ravens, and a few battlecruisers.

Out of atmosphere is a whole nother story. The UNSC could shread Terran ships. A MAC Round would tear through Terran ships. Also, UNSC ships have on-board fighters, far stronger than their in-atmosphere ships, to defend from anything the Terran could launch from their ships.

One more thing. In a full-scale war, UNSC would dominate. Its hundreds of UNSC planets versus 10-20 of the Terran.

Edit: Spartans could completely turn the tide of a land-based battle though.

[Edited on 12.16.2010 7:27 PM PST]

  • 12.16.2010 7:26 PM PDT

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In atmosphere and on the ground, Terran would win by a mile. Terran Marines > UNSC Marines, maybe even ODSTs. Terran Marines have battle suits with a lot of armor, where the UNSC marine only has some standard combat armor. Also, the Terran marine's weapon is far greater than the UNSC marine's. The Terran marine assault rifle fires depleted uranium, which could shred a marine or ODST with one shot, where as many of the UNSC weapons still use bullets. These would take many hits to penetrate a Terran Marine's armor. Not to mention that the Terran hive far more special units on the ground. They have the standard marine, the very heavily armored marauder, reapers, firebats,ghosts, spectares, goliaths, thors, hellions and many more, not to mention their scaled down nukes that they can use quickly in a ground battle to take out a massive amount of units. This is far greater than anything the UNSC. Also, the Terran can make a far superior fortified ground base than the UNSC.

In an in-atmosphere air battle, the terran would again win. They have the viking, the banshee, the raven, and the battlecruiser. These could take down any in-atmosphere UNSC air. Falcons, hornets, and fighters would not stand a chanve agenst some vikings, ravens, and a few battlecruisers.

Out of atmosphere is a whole nother story. The UNSC could shread Terran ships. A MAC Round would tear through Terran ships. Also, UNSC ships have on-board fighters, far stronger than their in-atmosphere ships, to defend from anything the Terran could launch from their ships.

One more thing. In a full-scale war, UNSC would dominate. Its hundreds of UNSC planets versus 10-20 of the Terran.

Edit: Spartans could completely turn the tide of a land-based battle though.


Agreed. The Spartan's are the main ground units and then the Hog and Scorpion could decimate the Terran Marines and armored fellas. The UNSC has it with more men and power and strategy.

  • 12.16.2010 7:49 PM PDT

I believe that the Terran has better vehicles and tech but the sheer might of the UNSC navy aka Frigates and such it would be a battle for the ages. Terran units like Marines have huge guns huge suits and are CONVICTS they would give master chief and noble team runs for their money and with their ghosts and such they could sneak into UNSC areas and just bomb them which would be a devistating blow. On the other hand the UNSC has the SPARTAN programs and if they were operational that would give them the eadge they'd need.

[Edited on 12.16.2010 8:15 PM PST]

  • 12.16.2010 8:06 PM PDT

PROTOSS VS COVY


ZERG VS FLOOD

  • 12.16.2010 8:11 PM PDT

Marines have huge guns huge suits and are CONVICTS they would give master chief and noble team runs for their money

No. No they wouldn't.

  • 12.16.2010 10:22 PM PDT


Posted by: forthnback
Marines have huge guns huge suits and are CONVICTS they would give master chief and noble team runs for their money

No. No they wouldn't.


correct; Noble 6 would just make them "disappear"

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  • 12.17.2010 5:43 AM PDT

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