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Posted by: Pipboy 3050
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
The problem. They'd have to successfully capture enemy troops, which from everything I gather was a rarity.
Then they'd have to create something which harms/kills the Covenant but cannot affect humans, or the planets in question.
That's a lot of resources, and time diverted from weapons research/development and production.
Even then, let's say they infected a super-carrier. Once the Covenant notice something is wrong they'd simply purge the ship, the shipmaster willingly venting all atmosphere/activating a self-destruct or lowering their shields to allow other ships to destroy them.
First, capturing enemy troops is not a rarity when the UNSC and covenant are in ground battles much of the time. Capturing the grunt seems too easy, but lets say they capture a elite, this elite will probably fall into ONI hands (hence any captured enemies will be kept secret).
Its not as hard to create a virus 500 years in the future. Heck, to this day we are bio-engineering viral weapons (see link).
Its not as much resources as you think. UNSC is an interplanetary empire 500 years in the future. Theoretically, they should have the time and resources to bio-engineer a few viral weapons.
Depends on how long the virus takes. Some viruses require a week before symptoms show. By a week's time, god knows what the ship's been in contact with.
That the problem with Bio weapons it could go anyhwere, especially places its not intended. If it were to somehow get to Earth or any of the Inner Colonies, even if the humans were immune, it could possibly deprive the food source and cause some sort of famine.