- mrhalo007
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To be honest, when I first saw all this in the weekly update I thought 2 things.
#1- there is an actual legendary ending but,
#2- No matter what anyone does,(kill all the bobs, hit all switches etc) that until the "time" mentioned in "There'll be another time..." is reached there won't be a legendary ending.
The weekly update by bungie has slowed my hardcore search for what unlocks the legendary ending.
Posted by: anton1792
The UNSC are already Tier 2 by the end of the Human-Covenant War:
The species has the ability to perform exceedingly accurate slipspace navigation, near-instantaneous interstellar communication and man-portable application of energy manipulation. The unified state of the 26th century Covenant stands at this level.
Exceedingly Accurate Slipspace Navigation - This is the only one not confirmed, but it is highly likely that the UNSC will posses this within a few years if not already. They have the info and schematics that Cortana would have gleaned from the Ascendant Justice, as well as access to Onyx's ships. The ship that Osman uses in Glasslands may posses such abilities.
Near-Instantaneous Interstellar Communication - Yes. Parangosky and Osman communicate in real-time a few times in Glasslands.
Man-Portable Application of Energy Manipulation - I have interpreted this to mean technologies that manipulate energy extensively and in exotic ways that are also small enough to be used by people, aka Man-portable. Such things would be the Spartan Laser, Mjolnir's energy shields, Mjolnir's micro-fusion backpack etc.
The UNSC appear to fit all of the criteria. Technology tiers are about more than just "BIG BOOM GUNS".Problem, Cortana is MIA. Unless she gave all the information of the AJ when they were briefly on Earth, then MAYBE scientists could help on that. Our best bet though is the forerunner technology found on 03 and Oynx. Hell, we could use some engineers like Vergil to help in the construction of a faster FTL drive.
I'm not even going to get started on horrendous Grasslands, but I will say that refinements in slip space travel were being made (page 422)
I can agree with some parts of the Man-Portable Application of Energy Manipulation. Keep in mind though that the only real way we could have reached tier 2 by 2553 is through weapons research as mentioned in the Bestarium.
I would like to point out that humans made it to tier 3 WITHOUT the help of forerunner tech until the end of the Human-Covenant War, unlike the Covenant who used the key-ship and other artifacts to their advantage. Given that and how we won the war, I would say we would be tier 2 class by at least 50-100 years.