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Posted by: the real Janaka
Posted by: Spartan1995324
Posted by: the real Janaka
If the ONI were able to reverse engineer Forerunner tech in that short of time; if it was that easy, how come the covenant, who had lots of Forerunner pieces for hundreds of years, weren't able to come further? It's been stated that Covenant technology is imitative, not innovative.
Basically they just try to copy Forerunner tech, unlike humans who have taken it and actually tried to make something new with it. Humans have taken the concepts behind this technology and applied it to what they have to make it better.
The Covenant just straight up copied, replacing what they didn't have with less advanced parts.
I know, I know, I'm just trying to stress the point that even if they copy mostly, they've had hundreds of years, whilst the ONI has had less than a decade to reverse engineer a slipspace drive...
I also feel like the Covenant are made out to be too stupid, which doesn't make much sense since Thel and R'Tas seemed quite bright, misled, but not retarded...
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: the real Janaka
If the ONI were able to reverse engineer Forerunner tech in that short of time; if it was that easy, how come the covenant, who had lots of Forerunner pieces for hundreds of years, weren't able to come further?
Although, Cortana does state, at several points, that she's underestimated their understanding in Forerunner tech, perhaps implying that the Covenant are stupid, or that Forerunner tech actually is that hard to understand. Can't really tell which...
If ONI was able to reverse engineer forerunner tech that quickly, without their best minds concerning the forerunners (Halsey, the scientist in Halo Wars), then why the heck did it take them many years to reverse engineer a jackal shield gauntlet? Yeah, it doesn't make much sense.
The Covenant see tampering with Forerunner technology as being an insult. Trying to improve upon it counts as tampering.
The Arbiter is quite bright, as are his allies, but they're not scientists. Not all geniuses are scientists, and they had their religion holding them back to begin with.
As for energy shielding: IIRC, and I think I'm wrong, but Chief and his squad procured the Jackal defense gauntlents not too much earlier than Mk. V's shields were introduced. At the very least, I can tell you that Mk. V began devolopment in 2542. Exactly when they succesfully reverse engineered the shields no one knows. We only know when it was announced.
Anyway, aside from that: ONI has been studying Covenant technology for decades now. Covenant technology is basically a watered down version of Forerunner technology. Studying one is in effect studying the other. With that in mind, it isn't too difficult to believe that ONI would be able to so quickly understand Forerunner technology and if not improve upon it, at least duplicate it so you can start using it.
@first poster on page 4
No doubt that the UEG is also working on rebuilding after the war. That's what Infinity is being used for, finding new worlds on which to rebuild for future endeavors.
It's just that the story doesn't talk about rebuilding efforts that much because it is unnecessary to the plot. We know they're rebuilding, we don't need someone to tell us that. So yeah, they're investing into both.
To really say anything about it though we, again, would require a good understanding of how the UEG's Space Economy works. As we don't, we shouldn't let it worry us too much.