- PLUT0NIUM 235
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- Honorable Member
the Scorpion isn't a Main Battle Tank like we have them today, hell soon in reality there won't be any 70 ton tanks, because the age of armour is coming to an end in favour of active counter-measures and new, exotic types of armour that is massively lighter and more effective against weapons used against modern tanks. don't think the Scorpion can be classed as such, because it is dropped onto the battlefield by a Pelican, surely that makes it fit more into the category of Infantry Fighting Vehicles in modern battles, at least in terms of deployment. potentially have a maximum weight for carriage as well to consider, no point in a super powerful tank if it cannot be deployed by a Pelican.
also Space Shuttle tiles will not survive temperatures like the surface of the Sun, since temperatures on re-entry are only in the region of ~1,700*C which is much beyond the melting point of the shuttles aluminium framework, but a clear amount cooler than the ~5,500*C surface of the Sun. plus its worth noting these tiles are really really fragile and can be easily damaged by simple hitting them. so not really very useful for combat situations.
also the Scorpion was never designed to fight the Covenant, its Titanium armour would have been plenty effective against small arms and explosives used by insurgents, remember the humans were fighting what could have been the start of a full on civil war, against insurrectionists. also worth noting is what someone said earlier, the humans were focusing more on colonisation and expansion, rather than weapons research so when the Covenant appeared they were caught with their pants down so to speak, given more preparation I think the humans could have put up a much better fight overall.