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Meant to reply to this earlier, but real life beckoned. Apologies for the formatting, but for some reason, this board will not allow for me to break up a quote and respond to individual parts of it.
"I especially laughed when he mentioned that Six is basically inferior and less valuable asset to the UNSC than Jorge in every way, despite the rank Lieutenant, and hyper-lethal rating Six carries,"
Manwith, I want you to note the bolded part right there. That's where your credibility made like the Glass Menagerie. By that logic, Kat is more valuable/effective than Six. Cripes, by that logic, she's more valuable/effective than the Master Chief himself, and I don't exactly see people lining up to proclaim that Ms. Short-Bus-Spartan can even hold a candle to a soldier who's perceived as the angel of death by an entire alien empire, let alone that she is his better. Jorge is the more combat effective and valuable soldier. Full stop. This is not a dig against Six, but it is mere fact. A good comparison would be if you had a similar situation, and you had to either kill a Marine or an ODST to destroy an enemy facility. It would be rather foolish to sacrifice the ODST when the Marine will suffice. This is because the ODST is more skilled, more valuable, and because the marine is easier to replace. It's cold as hell, I know. But that's war for you.
Coma:
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Even though I hate her guts due to a stupid AI, I think you're a little harsh on poor Kat :P
We don't know what the rest of the recon teams found or did, so I think it's a little silly to question her calling everyone back once you find the AA gun and the army fielding area, everything seemed like it had been pretty well reconed in Tip of the Spear."
No, we don't know if they found anything important. But we do know that this was a major Covenant staging area that they were preparing to assault. We know that the Covenant are able to block the UNSC's electronic surveillance methods, and we know, now, that thanks to Jun and Six's actions, that the Covenant are on notice that the UNSC is snooping around. You *need* to keep eyes on target to see how the enemy reacts. Where they position their troops. Where they're strongest. Where they're weakest. What the enemy makeup is. This is especially true because the attack comes, what, eight hours later? In war, eight hours is an eternity. Anything can happen, if you'll pardon the cliche. It is absolutely vital that you know, to the best of your ability, what the enemy is capable of before you rush into a situation. The UNSC was unable to do that due to Kat's inane decision to pull back everyone who could have kept an eye on the situation.
[Edited on 02.04.2011 9:00 AM PST]