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Since Fortress's firepower was calculated to be in teratons in the range; it's pretty obvious that a single ship is too much for Covenant fleets. Also, Covenant's firepower is calculated from kilotons in Reach to low-mid gigatons in First Strike.

In the end of match, a Fortress class warship comes victorious and covenant fleet is entirely vaporized or destroyed.

  • 10.07.2011 9:10 AM PDT

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More than sure... That thing is 100km long. Remember the keyship.
Also remember that it's long tail is replete with weapon bay mounts.
It could possibly ram it's way up to high charity with destroying each ship in the fleet. It's hard-light shields would most likely stand against High Charity.

  • 10.07.2011 9:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: anish panchalin

[quote]Posted by: raganok99
Since Fortress's firepower was calculated to be in teratons in the range; it's pretty obvious that a single ship is too much for Covenant fleets. Also, Covenant's firepower is calculated from kilotons in Reach to low-mid gigatons in First Strike.

In the end of match, a Fortress class warship comes victorious and covenant fleet is entirely vaporized or destroyed.


Did you see Halo 3's cut-scene of three Frigates with Longswords bombing out the keyship? It never done any damage at all. Plus, it was believed that Forerunner navy ships's hull material is similar as the Halo ring. So we can assure that hull material is powerful as the Halo ring which it would require teratons of firepower to rip a hole through powerful hull material. However, we know is that Forerunners shields may be made of hard light or other type of shields.

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Posted by: Spartan 100
More than sure... That thing is 100km long. Remember the keyship.
Also remember that it's long tail is replete with weapon bay mounts.
It could possibly ram it's way up to high charity with destroying each ship in the fleet. It's hard-light shields would most likely stand against High Charity.


You and ragnok make it sound as easy as a covenant super carrier picking off UNSC destroyers. However, after looking at ragnoks post I suppose that level of ease for the fortress against the covie fleet is quite possible.


Um, let me explain about first part.

UNSC Destroyers have no chance against Covenant Supercarrier. It was stated that it takes seven destroyers to destroy a battlecruiser, I believe.

So, yes, Covenant Super Carrier will easily pick off UNSC destroyers with plasma torpedoes, various energy lancers and pulse lasers.

And, once again.

Forerunner Fortress Class War Ship wins against a Covenant fleet.

  • 10.07.2011 9:33 AM PDT

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Depends on it's weapon and shield strength.

  • 10.07.2011 11:18 AM PDT

Posted by: Grizzwizz
Maybe not an entire Covenant fleet. The fleet could just surround it and tactically destroy it, but if it was a 1v1 fight then I think the Fortress Class would win hands down.


that theory would be correct except that remember the covenant are imitative not innovative and the covenant cant think on their feet like the humans or forerunners can that is why they lost the war with far superior technology

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?

If you really had to ask this question you are an imbecile.

"could 1 aircraft carrier beat all the ships from the 1800's?"

The Forerunner ships is not only immensely large to any other covenant ship it is filled with Thousands of fighters that alone compete with other ships.
Not to mention the the light weaponry the forerunners use would ignore "covenant" shields. I could honestly rant on how stupid this is.

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Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

I think the Covenant have a chance. A near impossible chance that requires insane luck, plotting, and various other factors, but a chance none the less. We saw in First Strike and Halo 2 that an excavation beam is capable of destroying Forerunner structures. If the entire covenant fleet attacked the Fortress with literally everything they got it is possible that some heavier ships could use the excavation beams and severely damage the Fortress. If they had a detailed layout of the ship, they could possibly aim for the important bits and cripple it. Like I said, a long shot.
Posted by: SC Matt Klassen

... well, if firepower scales, you're looking at DAKKA that makes the IoM feel inferior.

So yeah, I feel sorry for the Covenant fleet that engages a Fortress.


I just wanted to correct you on this as well, without starting a vs war. IoM ships have been calculated by Ragnok to have firepower in the high teraton-low petaton range, with said firepower only being able to gouge slices in admantium bulkheads a few meters across. You are also looking at BLASTA, not DAKKA. They are two very different things.

  • 10.07.2011 3:57 PM PDT

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The ship is 100km long. It's tail is replete with weapon mounts. It is possible that a single shot can destroy multiple ships. Imagine a 100km thing's tail breaching trough the covenant fleet tail first firing everything and destroying several ships in one shot. The tail is huge so imagine all the weapons and all the fighters.

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The ship is 100km long. It's tail is replete with weapon mounts. It is possible that a single shot can destroy multiple ships. Imagine a 100km thing's tail breaching trough the covenant fleet tail first firing everything and destroying several ships in one shot. The tail is huge so imagine all the weapons and all the fighters.

Perhaps I should add "incompetent commander" to the list of things the Covenant need ti succeed.

  • 10.07.2011 4:03 PM PDT

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