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Posted by: UshotYerEyeOut
First off, the Spartan III program did not prove that everyone could be augmented. It was able to cast a wider net than the SII project, but it was still incredibly selective. SPI armor is not cheap. It is cheaper than MJOLNIR armor, which costs as much as a small starship. Gold is cheaper than platinum, but it's still really expensive.
Flechettes don't work because they absolutely wreck the inside of a barrel. The problem with gauss weaponry is the cooldown, so it isn't as useful in CQB. It is, as previously mentioned, expensive. You seem to think that it's just a metal tube filled with magnets. You forget that it needs a power source, and computers to fire the magnets at the right time. All of this needs to be light enough to be man-portable. That makes for an expensive weapon.
As for your self destructing ships and planets, it's going to kill morale if each planet and ship has a bomb that's just designed to kill it. Besides, think about terrorism, if a terrorist was able to detonate the bomb then they would wipe out the entire planet. Even if this is incredibly difficult, it can still wipe out morale.
Martial law is an excellent way to get riots and lose support of the population. You need to convince people to support you, not make them more scared of you then they are of the Covenant.
Drafts are unnecessary. You will have enough volunteers, and the UNSC's problem in the war wasn't having enough people, it was getting enough supplies. Full mobilization is a must, but drafting everyone in sight is not always the best option.
The reason the UNSC didn't use more biological weapons is that the UNSC had no way of knowing what type of viruses/bacteria would affect each Covenant species. It sounds like a good idea, but it would take a massive effort to pull off, and would be easily quarantined.