By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: privet caboose
Cobra, as always, you fail to mention the fact that although Reach fell in a day, it wasn't because the UNSC was "weak" it was because it was BY FAR the largest Covenant fleet ever seen. Over 700 ships.
Of course the UNSC only lasted an hour against something that size.
Really? I heard it is labeled 700 only once in the book.
Of course, I've also heard this line from you all. "The defenses would hold as long as the super macs were powered."
So, for Reach to fall in a day, that must mean the generators had little actual defense.
Of course, we could go by the 343 version. The battle started properly after the LNOS was destroyed. Then, on the 30th, the massive fleet of Particular Justice arrived. From that moment, the battle as we read it in the book happened.
Think back to First Strike when Red Team reach Charlie Company. The Covenant massacred those who were guarding the SMAC generators later into the battle.
Where is the evidence saying that the FOPJ arrived on the 30th in the game? I recall Fermion saying "it's the whole damn Covenant fleet," at the end of LNOS.
I think that was Holland saying "It looks like the whole damn Covenant fleet!". It probably was the FOPJ or a smaller detachment.
Ah yes, it was Holland. It must have been the FOPJ because we never saw any more Covenant ships slippin' in from after LNOS.