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Posted by: anton1792
I do not take these estimates seriously, because essentially ships travel at the speed of plot. If they need to get there quickly, then they will do so. If we need to make the journey last longer so that we can fit more plot in, then they will go slower.
Authors are likely not thinking of the collateral implications throughout the rest of the fiction's Universe when they construct such timescales for travels to be completed in. Therefore I do not think they can be viewed as an entirely accurate representation of a factions abilities across the board. Unless we are given a solid number, stated explicitly, then I do not think that we can be sure.
However, for people saying that internal strife would prevent the Covenant from spreading all over the galaxy, why didn't that stop the UNSC's expansion? Relatively speaking, the UNSC's space in the Orion arm will appear larger to them than the entire galaxy will to the Covenant due to the UNSC's apparently abysmal FTL speeds, and the Covenant's apparently ultra fast FTL. Yet in this case, the UNSC continued on expanding substantially with the Insurrection biting at its ankles.
Speed of Plot is a horrible excuse, in my honest opinion. I hoped that Halo was better at this, avoiding the whole speed of plot dilemma. The authors obviously do care about far reaching implications, as shown when they retconned glassing to stop the Covenant from being unbeatable in space. Halo has been very consistent (up until Reach) and if they give us a number I except them to stick with it, for better or for worse.
I completely agree with the second point as well. If we could do it, why not them?
I believe the official reasoning an author would give you is time dialation, since the UNSC at least struggles to keep up with the odd effects it has on time, unless there is an AI present.
And did you by any chance read the list of reasons I gave on why glassing was not retconned?