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Subject: Why didn't they flash clone troopers?


Posted by: mojeda101
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Even if flash cloned troopers worked, you are still spending lots to outfit them fully.


I don't think money is an issue when you are about to become extinct.


Gear is though.

  • 06.01.2011 5:23 PM PDT

Que Pasta...?
:D

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Posted by: carpy444
Simple, it's unethical.


And that would stop the government? That didn't stop them from kidnapping kids to put into the SPARTAN program. (and that was before the huge genocidal Covenant arrived on the scene) If they felt justified in kidnapping children to serve against a threat as pathetic as the Insurrection, how much more justified would they feel they would be to take unethical action to fight against a seemingly unstoppable threat?


It's not the fact that they'd care, it's the fact that there would be public outcry if they were found out, and in a time of stress such as a war, it would be far too difficult to explain why it's needed to the general population.

It would be too difficult to hide, unlike the Spartan programme.

It's not likely the general population fully understood the need for something like this, until it would be far too late to implement it.

And the government would need public backing, even in a time of genocidal war, as, as was previously mentioned, people may not comprehend the extent of the war, and simply see the ethical issues. If public outcry occurred, it is likely the insurrection would gain backing, and the government would destabilize, only causing greater problems.

  • 06.01.2011 5:42 PM PDT

I like Call of Duty and Gears of War, AND Halo. Why must everyone else like only one or the other?


Posted by: carpy444
It's not the fact that they'd care, it's the fact that there would be public outcry if they were found out, and in a time of stress such as a war, it would be far too difficult to explain why it's needed to the general population.


I disagree, if anything being in the middle of a huge war makes it far easier to justify questionable or immoral actions. After the Japanese attacked us, FDR went and put those of Japanese ancestry into camps. After 9/11, Bush gave us the Patriot Act allowing the government the ability to listen in to phone calls without any warrant. All in the name of security. I don't see why it would be so hard to believe the UNSC could've justified the use of clone soldiers in a war against the Covies, especially one that was going as poorly as the war against the Covenant.

  • 06.01.2011 6:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: mojeda101
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Even if flash cloned troopers worked, you are still spending lots to outfit them fully.


I don't think money is an issue when you are about to become extinct.


Gear is though.


In all honesty, they could have went into the front lines naked and it wouldn't make a difference, the standard UNSC Marine battledress isn't as tough as the standard ODST battledress which could take 2 plasma bolts. The standard UNSC battledress couldn't even withstand one without the Marine suffering damage.

  • 06.01.2011 6:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: mojeda101
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron

Posted by: mojeda101
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Even if flash cloned troopers worked, you are still spending lots to outfit them fully.


I don't think money is an issue when you are about to become extinct.


Gear is though.


In all honesty, they could have went into the front lines naked and it wouldn't make a difference, the standard UNSC Marine battledress isn't as tough as the standard ODST battledress which could take 2 plasma bolts. The standard UNSC battledress couldn't even withstand one without the Marine suffering damage.


You're also forgetting weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies. Far more valuable, and ever so scare as the war drags on and natural resources are lost to the Covenant. That's not even counting the manpower involved to get those supplies distributed to clone units. Units that will drop dead within weeks or months of natural causes unless they're given additional extensive medical care that normal troops wouldn't need.

  • 06.01.2011 6:29 PM PDT

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