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Subject: sci-fi fantasy fight: halo & mass effect
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say the covenant and citadel council from mass effect went to war, who would emerge victorious.

i'm thinking a 3 tiered battle. first would be fleet battle in space, then infantry combat,then like a species to species comparison.
whada'ya think, the more detail the better.

edit:come on people how about some groundfighting.



[Edited on 03.08.2011 1:56 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2011 12:20 PM PDT

"I may not be perfect, but always been true."

Verses threads are really popular this month aren't they?

I don't have a clue who would win.

  • 03.08.2011 12:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Verses threads are really popular this month aren't they?

I don't have a clue who would win.


yeah i know, i saw it as a chance to nerd out,
but maybe im part of the problem.

  • 03.08.2011 12:26 PM PDT

High Charity would completely dwarf Citadel. The sheer number of ships the covenant would have at their disposal also would just tear everything else up, they wouldn't even have the need to get out and have gunfights. Surely they could just glass the citadel.

  • 03.08.2011 12:41 PM PDT

Kinetic barriers dont stop plasma... So covy weapons tear throught the citidel fleet. The same way that they tear throught the UNSC's unsheiled ships.

then the covy would storm the citidel useing grunts... biotics could throw them around all day but they would get overwelmed and eventually the citidel would fall.

The ground battle is assuming the covy dint want to destroy the citidel



[Edited on 03.08.2011 12:43 PM PST]

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the citadel outer structure is made of near indestructible gravity compressed metal. plasma just wouldn't have the power need to cut through. althougth they could probably super-heat it turning the whole thing in to a gaint microwave

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  • 03.08.2011 12:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: jonesy90000
Kinetic barriers dont stop plasma... So covy weapons tear throught the citidel fleet. The same way that they tear throught the UNSC's unsheiled ships.

then the covy would storm the citidel useing grunts... biotics could throw them around all day but they would get overwelmed and eventually the citidel would fall.

The ground battle is assuming the covy dint want to destroy the citidel



yeah but what about those gravity torpedos.
covy sheilding tech don't do -blam!- againest gravity.
even if the sheilds stoped the torpedo the resulting warp field would kill everything in the ship.

  • 03.08.2011 1:05 PM PDT


Posted by: H0w1ng DaRKneSS

Posted by: jonesy90000
Kinetic barriers dont stop plasma... So covy weapons tear throught the citidel fleet. The same way that they tear throught the UNSC's unsheiled ships.

then the covy would storm the citidel useing grunts... biotics could throw them around all day but they would get overwelmed and eventually the citidel would fall.

The ground battle is assuming the covy dint want to destroy the citidel



yeah but what about those gravity torpedos.
covy sheilding tech don't do -blam!- againest gravity.
even if the sheilds stoped the torpedo the resulting warp field would kill everything in the ship.


So both sides have no sheilding (If you look at the fact that covy plasma goes straight throught citidel ships and your gravity torpedos dodge the covys sheilds)

now we can look at numbers... the citidel doesn't have that maney compared to hight charity, infact the covys ships shroud the citidels.

now lets add another thing in... the covy have acess to one forunner frigate, this ship, if they use it to it potential could be a game winner (But i highly dout they will so it could also just be a bullet sponge)

tbh the citidel would have a chance if it used some very good tactics but from what i've seem of the mass effect universe (witch is alot) Human forces are the only force that has any idea of what tactics are...

[Edited on 03.08.2011 1:18 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2011 1:15 PM PDT

Never say you're bored. Never say you're satisfied with the world. Never stop doubting or questioning things. Always wonder. Always think. But always take time to drop your guard, you don't have to be smart all the time.

The UNSC alone would just slipspace- NOVA everything, even Reapers

  • 03.08.2011 1:20 PM PDT


Posted by: wildnuke
The UNSC alone would just slipspace- NOVA everything, even Reapers


Yes... because their other tries to slipspace bomb stuff worked SO well right?

I'm curious to where this was created as a legit strategy, especially since every time they tried it before (sending a nuke through slipspace) resulted in the nuke being destroyed before it could go off even close to the target.

  • 03.08.2011 1:24 PM PDT
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What time period?

The Mass Effect fleet could possibly performs better than the UNSC would, as their weapons have greater effective range and can fire far quicker, although the individual shots might be weaker. However, the Mass Effect forces have to deal with heat management, something is mostly ignored in Halo. Depending on where the fight takes place and how long it lasts, it's possible that they would have to run away to avoid cooking themselves. I get the feeling that they'd probably end up losing most fleet engagements.

If, however, this is after ME1, then there's a slightly greater chance the Citadel forces could win, as the fighters can have cruiser level firepower.

A also have a feeling that the Covenant outnumber the Citadel races when it comes to ships and war material, though I could be wrong.

Kinetic barriers dont stop plasma...

Why wouldn't they? They stop stuff fast moving stuff that has mass. Plasma has mass. Some heat would be transferred to the hull by emission of photons from the plasma, but it would be much less than if the plasma actually touched the hull.

  • 03.08.2011 1:30 PM PDT

Never say you're bored. Never say you're satisfied with the world. Never stop doubting or questioning things. Always wonder. Always think. But always take time to drop your guard, you don't have to be smart all the time.


Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: wildnuke
The UNSC alone would just slipspace- NOVA everything, even Reapers


Yes... because their other tries to slipspace bomb stuff worked SO well right?

I'm curious to where this was created as a legit strategy, especially since every time they tried it before (sending a nuke through slipspace) resulted in the nuke being destroyed before it could go off even close to the target.


I believe they were used as counter attacks or EMPs when near a ship in slipspace.

As for ship-to-ship combat, it took a barely operational covie turrent to destroy a 3 kilometer astroid, I haven't seen that kind of power in both ME games.

  • 03.08.2011 1:38 PM PDT


Posted by: wildnuke

Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: wildnuke
The UNSC alone would just slipspace- NOVA everything, even Reapers


Yes... because their other tries to slipspace bomb stuff worked SO well right?

I'm curious to where this was created as a legit strategy, especially since every time they tried it before (sending a nuke through slipspace) resulted in the nuke being destroyed before it could go off even close to the target.


I believe they were used as counter attacks or EMPs when near a ship in slipspace.

As for ship-to-ship combat, it took a barely operational covie turrent to destroy a 3 kilometer astroid, I haven't seen that kind of power in both ME games.


I just don't remember them ever slipspace bombing a target besides in Ghosts of Onyx when they tried deploying a long range nuke against Covenant targets. All attempts failed as the nuke was basically a beacon when it left slipspace.

  • 03.08.2011 1:42 PM PDT

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Personally Mass effect will never have a chance against the covenant; but against the UNSC, it will probably be a stalemate

  • 03.08.2011 1:46 PM PDT
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Thanix Magnetic-Hydrodynamic Weapon it has that kind of power and then some.

[Edited on 03.08.2011 1:47 PM PST]

  • 03.08.2011 1:46 PM PDT
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I just play for fun. MLG can kiss my ass.

just send in the Normandy, it has the uber weapon the reapers use, it could obliterate the covies.

  • 03.08.2011 1:50 PM PDT

Mass Effect shields are useless against energy weapons, and the Citadel Fleet's strongest weapon is 32 kilotons or something, whereas the Covenant CCS-Class Cruiser's weapons are several megatons. The Covenant's strongest ship weapon is, judging from the First Strike Assault Carrier, likely in the terratons.

Covenant would r@pe this fight.

  • 03.08.2011 1:51 PM PDT


Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: wildnuke
The UNSC alone would just slipspace- NOVA everything, even Reapers


Yes... because their other tries to slipspace bomb stuff worked SO well right?

I'm curious to where this was created as a legit strategy, especially since every time they tried it before (sending a nuke through slipspace) resulted in the nuke being destroyed before it could go off even close to the target.


Because the UNSC wasn't sure an in-atmosphere slipspace bombing would work, so always launched in space. They now have two advanteges:

1) Slipspace does work in atmosphere

2) The Reapers and citidal are in space. They could put the bomb INSIDE a ship if they wanted.

  • 03.08.2011 1:54 PM PDT


Posted by: opogjijijp
What time period?

The Mass Effect fleet could possibly performs better than the UNSC would, as their weapons have greater effective range and can fire far quicker, although the individual shots might be weaker. However, the Mass Effect forces have to deal with heat management, something is mostly ignored in Halo. Depending on where the fight takes place and how long it lasts, it's possible that they would have to run away to avoid cooking themselves. I get the feeling that they'd probably end up losing most fleet engagements.

If, however, this is after ME1, then there's a slightly greater chance the Citadel forces could win, as the fighters can have cruiser level firepower.

A also have a feeling that the Covenant outnumber the Citadel races when it comes to ships and war material, though I could be wrong.

Kinetic barriers dont stop plasma...

Why wouldn't they? They stop stuff fast moving stuff that has mass. Plasma has mass. Some heat would be transferred to the hull by emission of photons from the plasma, but it would be much less than if the plasma actually touched the hull.



because there was a thread like this and someone posted the reason XD It was a hot topic for a long time... mass effect vs halo (search bar it)

  • 03.08.2011 2:11 PM PDT