- SC Matt Klassen
- |
- Heroic Member
- gamertag: [none]
- user homepage:
SC = Supreme Commander/Supreme Canadian.
De Facto leader of the military of the APE (Allied Planets Empire).
Coup = Admiral Asskicker, ZPM hive ship
Posted by: RotaryCookie
Posted by: SC Matt Klassen
Posted by: fsabran
Posted by: SC Matt Klassen
A hive would eat Halcyon class vessels for dessert.
Don't let this get sidetracked though.actualy i think that if they used the MAC range to it's advantage they could win but only with the refits if no theyre screwed
Gigaton range plasma cannons vs a hull weak to plasma. That hive also has the ability to drown the Halcyon in fighters, who aren't scared to kamikaze into ships. And the Hive would laugh off the nukes and the first two MAC rounds. The third might cause some damage.
But that isn't the topic.
But that isn't the topic.
While this is off topic, I feel that I have to reply.
A dozen missiles can overrun a Hive's defenses and a single nuke will cripple it. If you're talking about drones, that's a whole other ball game than UNSC Archer missiles. And megaton nuke =/= 21 gigaton nuke.
Concentrated fire in vunerable areas from what are estimated to be 20mm rail-guns will also cripple a hive.Hangar bays, secondary explosions, said ship had also been smashed previously by hyperspace drive detonation and 21 gigaton nuke. Also, railgun ammo is tipped with refined weapons grade naquadah.
Longswords are easily able to out-fly darts. Not to mention they blow a hole in an assault carrier in H2, I hate to think how a Hive's hull would stand up to that. Unless it's in a critical section, the hive would just heal over it while continuing on.
Most UNSC ships could over-power a hive if they keep moving and don't slow to a snail's pace like Caldwell loves doing. Oh bull. How do they get around the fact that two shots from any of the guns and the UNSC ship is toast? "Kill it with bug bites" works only as long as you don't get hit. And with kamikaze Darts, you're going to get hit.
The problem occurs when Hives appear with full support, and use whatever tactics they had that brought down the Lanteans. At which point the UNSC may as well pack it's bags and bugger off because they don't stand a chance.
The Wraith won the battle with the Lanteans the same way the Flood won the battle with the Forerunners, by drowning them in numbers. But all it would take is one ZPM and the UNSC is dead. Not to mention the easy building of Wraith ships. One human = one hive.