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Posted by: RotaryCookie
Why did the cruiser engage the Autumn at point blank range?
Why didn't Keyes have the engines running and ready to go?
Why aren't any of the guns on the PoA firing?
Where is the air cover?
Where are the Archer missiles?
Why did all those Spartans who could've lived not get evacuated?
Why did the PoA not use it's MAC (and the resulting shock wave) to cripple any covenant advances on the ground and blow any aircraft out of the sky?
Why isn't 117 sent to help out?
Nukes anyone?
Kamikaze space stations/crippled ships?
All things that are wrong with that level.
Eh most of those questions were answered if you paid attention to the surrounding situations. Covenant have air superiority, the point defense guns on the PoA do fire, but only engage the air targets closest to it. Archers are likely not a viable option while docked as is the MAC gun, furthermore on that point there were friendlies down there too. Nukes just aren't even an option considering how close the Autumn and all friendlies are in relation to the cruiser. Either way it wouldn't deter the advances on the Autumn's flank which is where Six and the others were situated at.
Really the only things that aren't answered is what the deal is with the Chief, why didn't the cruiser use plasma torpedoes or something that didn't require it to be directly on top of the Autumn, and the most glaring inconsistency in my opinion that isn't up in your list and should be, in my opinion, is this:
Why is the cruiser incredibly slow when engaging the Autumn?
This has bothered me to no end because of one massive instance where this scenario can be compared to another scenario in the game rather than going into theoreticals with book canon and what not. In New Alexandria we bore witness to two cruisers sweep down from the skies, position itself in a rapid and graceful 180 turn, and proceed to glass the city like an eager jack rabbit in less than...what? 10-15 seconds? (rough estimate, I did not actually time this). Compare that to Pillar of Autumn where for some unknown reason the cruiser in that situation engages the Autumn at a pace best described as a snail.
Why this sudden slow down in speed? Dramatic build up be damned, it'd be far more exciting, and more importantly consistent in my opinion, if we were supposed to shoot down the glassing port of the cruiser as it barreled down the Autumn like a bat out of hell.