Posted by:ScubaToaster
Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect
:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.
Posted by: MMO
No Cole, no Cole Protocol. There goes Earth after just a few engagements.
Slipspace called, they want their phasing through solid objects and directly attacking Earth back.
I would say without Cole, even disregarding the lack of the Cole Protocol, it would have only taken 4-5 years at most. Cole led a giant fleet against the Covenant and kept them at bay for a long time, at the cost of a huge amount of ships. A lesser man would have led the UNSC into an early grave.
But I agree with Coma. I'm pretty sure Cole wasent the only person that would have been able to come up with such orders and protocoles to avoid detection of human colonies. It would have eventually been done, the UNSC would have noticed their disadvantage against Covenant hegemony and dictaded the law.
Slipspace dosent really help if you cant find the exact location of the human colonies. A similiar protocole would have been created when CENTCOM would have noticed the Covenant's interest in NAV data.
The UNSC would have had those ships in battle nonetheless. They probably woudlint have won all the battles Cole won, but I'm sure they would have lost them all either. And I'm sure Cole wasent the only men capable of it. Yes he was the best for it, but I'm sure Whitcomb or even Stanforth would have been able.