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Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...
Posted By: Br'fin <brefin@concentric.net>	Date: 1/20/00 3:41 p.m.
In Response To: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies... (Xian) > Well, as I've been ranting and raving quite a bit so far... I > can't quite figure out why The Covenant doesn't use > genocidal/scorched earth/total war/etc. kinda tactics on Halo > and just *WIN*! > Lemme point out some things (citing the backstory Bungie gave > us)... > 1. They're probably not interested in Earth. > 2. There's nothing on the PoA they want. > -- > Now a quick aside... if Point 1 is true and Point 2 is true, > too... why did they chase the PoA? My speculation? Well, while > there's nothing on the PoA they *want* there's something on the > PoA they want DESTROYED! Something unique to that ship that > Earth doesn't have to offer (or rather to be destroyed). I > wonder what that could be? > -- Well it does have the primary remaining Human offensive forces. (It does make you wander what sort of war we thought we were getting into sending a battleship that seems far better equipped for ground manuevers than space ones ) Especially, who are those other 1000 or so people on the PoA? People evacuated from whatever colony the earth ships had rushed into the vicinity of to make their stand? Typical standing force of support people? > 3. They want the PoA destroyed. > This relates to my points above, but it's more specific. They > don't care about killing humans/cyborgs/etc. as much as we might > think... otherwise they'd gather the intelligence necessary for > finding and destroying Earth (where you get to kill a whole lot > more humans/cyborgs). We see them attack the PoA with intent to > destroy on three occasions! BUT, once the PoA is in pieces and > the humans are on Halo, the Covenant does NOT engage in all the > easy tactics they COULD resort to in order to destroy all the > humans on Halo. > Could it be that they simply aren't interested? But if they > *AREN'T* interested, they WHY did they attack all those > colonies? But they ARE after humans why didn't they seek out > Earth OR use Total War against the humans on Halo? They might > not care about the humans on Halo because their target was the > PoA (or, more specifically, probably Cortana) but then why > destroy all those colonies? And now that they're done destroying > the PoA, why not go after Earth to prevent any more AIs from > being built? What's going on here?! Well, it could be that all their easy tactics just don't work as well on the Halo... how do you ignite the planetary core of a ring to create the aforementioned firestorms? > We're missing a puzzle piece... > What's The Covenant's motivations?!? What is the status of the Covenant fleet? Did they suffer enough losses and damages that even zealous as they are, they can't actually move on just yet? We know they won, and relatively handily, but just because our fleet is toast doesn't mean theirs was unharmed. Perhaps finding the Halo is part of their prophecies or religion. The exact sort of thing they were trying to prevent us from finding with our colonies but is far too important to raze? (Are we the only front they are facing?) On the motive for chasing the PoA with the entire fleet I'm going to agree with the previously reasoned postings involving being zealous and wanting to get the job done.

Message Index

The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Xian	1/20/00 3:17 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Mage	1/20/00 3:40 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Xero	1/20/00 3:47 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Devil Warrior	1/20/00 4:15 p.m.
Fine.	Xian	1/20/00 4:57 p.m.
Re: Fine.	Neo-Bob	1/20/00 5:09 p.m.
Re: Fine.	LunarWolf	1/20/00 6:10 p.m.
Yup.	Xian	1/20/00 7:18 p.m.
Pondering.........	Sempiternity	1/20/00 8:00 p.m.
Hah hah hah...	Xian	1/20/00 8:30 p.m.
Got me there :) .... NT	Sempiternity	1/21/00 10:31 a.m.
Re: Pondering.........	John Woods	1/20/00 11:41 p.m.
Re: Pondering.........	8Delicious	1/21/00 3:13 p.m.
More thoughts	Rypht	1/22/00 4:59 a.m.
Re: More thoughts	Mark Levin	1/22/00 10:22 a.m.
Re: Pondering.........	Hakkikt	1/21/00 4:34 a.m.
Re: Fine.	SiliconDream =PN=	1/21/00 1:57 a.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Jackolantern	1/20/00 4:20 p.m.
Huh?	Xian	1/20/00 4:53 p.m.
Re: Huh?	Mark Levin	1/20/00 5:03 p.m.
Hide And Seek	Lodurr	1/20/00 6:13 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Xian	1/20/00 4:47 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	John Woods	1/20/00 11:28 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Br'fin	1/21/00 10:19 a.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Devil Warrior	1/21/00 2:37 p.m.
BTW:Covenant cummunication	8Delicious	1/21/00 3:01 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Br'fin	1/20/00 3:41 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Xero	1/20/00 3:42 p.m.
that would expalin...	Neo-Bob	1/20/00 3:49 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Thomas Magle Brodersen	1/21/00 9:25 a.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Picky	1/21/00 3:51 p.m.
Re: The Covenant behavior inconsistencies...	Draeger	1/21/00 6:26 p.m.