- Adragalus
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We're never what we invent or intend.
Posted by: grey101
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Posted by: Dustin 6047
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Posted by: Onyx81
Wouldn't it have made more sense for the Long Swords to just fire Archer Missiles at the engines. That way, you have the possibility of survivors that can tell you whats up.At the Corvette? Since when have Covenant ever surrendered anything to the UNSC, information or otherwise?
Then deploy a Spartan team to take control by force. Capture the enemy ship and learn "what's up" that way. In fact not even a spartan team is neccesary, just gas it/radiate it.To point, irradiation is too slow, and while I agree with your overall intent, I don't think it was ONI's top priority during the invasion, nor was it particularly economical. At that point during the war, the UNSC had very little in the way of ability to crack or translate Covenant systems, and it was moving away fast. They didn't have time to coordinate a special weapon logistics op like that.
Also, Longswords can't carry Archer missiles. The missiles aren't designed for in-atmosphere use.
I believe they might have been used on innies back in the day. When onxy started to wake up kurt thought it was an archer missile that hit the planet.If I recall correctly, all that GoO said was that Kurt wondered if it was a "four-forty" artillery round. I don't think it mentioned an Archer anywhere.
[Edited on 07.27.2011 9:47 PM PDT]