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Subject: One canon issue in Reach fixed.

Many people have asked what the purpose of tip of the spear was if ODPs could just MAC the whole are to destroy everything. However after carefully listening to the cutscene, I heard Antie Dot say "We are under attack across the Viery territory, including orbital defenses." The lack of orbital defenses also explain LNoS. Presumably the ODPs are brought back up when the main fleet arrives.

  • 02.09.2011 3:19 PM PDT

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yeah it's a good theory but there still the other issues

  • 02.09.2011 3:50 PM PDT

Also, the Force of a SMAC round hitting bare ground would likely destroy the Continent, if not crack part of Reach's crust.

  • 02.09.2011 3:54 PM PDT
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I made this connection the very first time I watched the cutscene.

I remember thinking "oh, wow, they moved the starting date of the main battle up a month or so. I do wonder how the fandom will reconcile all this."

... there was no reconciliation to be had on the forums, though. Just e-backdraft.

  • 02.09.2011 4:04 PM PDT

the most powerful planet in the entire unsc had all of its mac cannons taken out by a single convenant ship?


great....

  • 02.09.2011 4:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wazooty
the most powerful planet in the entire unsc had all of its mac cannons taken out by a single convenant ship?


great....


Earth is the most powerful planet. Reach is small time, I don't care what FoR says.

Anyhow,
It's the same issue with New Mombassa. You really only need to take the MAC cannons out above that one continent, and you'd have a blind spot. These things are hardly mobile.

  • 02.09.2011 4:17 PM PDT

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Lol yeah, Earth more powerfull than Reach? You sir made me LOL!

  • 02.09.2011 4:34 PM PDT


Posted by: MasterSin
Lol yeah, Earth more powerfull than Reach? You sir made me LOL!


He's correct.

Earth's 300 SMAC's > Reach's 20 SMAC's

Earth's likely thousands of ships > Reach's hundreds

  • 02.09.2011 4:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Wazooty
the most powerful planet in the entire unsc had all of its mac cannons taken out by a single convenant ship?


great....


No, the generators were. Then they were brought back online, then destroyed while red team was trying to defend them.

  • 02.09.2011 4:44 PM PDT

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Also the Spire had a large shield which had to be deactivated from the inside

  • 02.09.2011 7:12 PM PDT

They TRY to stick to canon. Try.

  • 02.09.2011 7:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254
Also the Spire had a large shield which had to be deactivated from the inside

I strongly doubt that the shield on the spire was stronger than the shield on any regular Covenant ships, ships that the SMAC could destroy in one shot.

Also, the majority of the invasion army was not under a shield.

  • 02.09.2011 7:15 PM PDT

it looked to me like there were several shield spires, not just the one you were tasked with.

  • 02.09.2011 8:38 PM PDT

Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
They TRY to stick to canon. Try.


The whole storyline obviously can't, but it may be possible with a few well-placed retcons.

  • 02.10.2011 1:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: ROFL Wolf1254
Also the Spire had a large shield which had to be deactivated from the inside

I strongly doubt that the shield on the spire was stronger than the shield on any regular Covenant ships, ships that the SMAC could destroy in one shot.

Also, the majority of the invasion army was not under a shield.

  • 02.10.2011 1:18 PM PDT