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Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon
Posted By: Dax01 <the.roman.empire@hotmail.com>Date: 1/16/10 7:46 p.m.

In Response To: Halo's skitzophrenic canon (Martin Duffy)


: inconsistencies like those detailed in one of the Halo Evolutions short
: stories... Whereas previous understanding was that humans won battles in
: space only like 3 or 4 times (thus the fundamental reason for losing the
: war since the marines always seem to win on the ground) the story about
: Admiral Cole outright states he never lost a battle and lists like 10
: different engagements he wins, including his blaze of glory where he like
: blows up a planet and kills a bazillion Covenant.

Sorry, but only three or four times? You're suggesting that Humanity won only three or four times in engagements with the Covenant out of nearly 25 years of fighting? I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous. Cole was a brilliant military tactician - that's why he won so many engagements. It's always been the logic of the books and the games that Humanity almost always lost space engagements, and the few times they did win, it was at a huge cost.


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Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/16/10 12:15 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonsharpsniper99 1/16/10 12:38 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonVincent 1/16/10 1:09 p.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/16/10 1:38 p.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonBry 1/17/10 1:08 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canoniMonkey777 1/16/10 1:09 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSPARTAN-034 1/16/10 1:39 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonDani 1/16/10 1:53 p.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/16/10 3:24 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/16/10 3:08 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/16/10 1:34 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonCaptain Spark 1/16/10 2:16 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonAladelAngel 1/16/10 2:55 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonCaptain Spark 1/16/10 2:57 p.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/16/10 3:11 p.m.
                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonCaptain Spark 1/16/10 3:47 p.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonAladelAngel 1/16/10 3:45 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonDEEP NNN 1/16/10 5:30 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/17/10 5:56 a.m.
     Halo suffers like Star WarsRiceatron 1/16/10 6:12 p.m.
           Re: Halo suffers like Star Warsurk 1/16/10 7:12 p.m.
                 Biased Source is Biased! *NM*Riceatron 1/16/10 7:22 p.m.
                       Re: Biased Source is Biased!urk 1/16/10 7:32 p.m.
                             Pah!Stuntmutt 1/17/10 3:40 a.m.
                                   No sir...stan 1/17/10 12:30 p.m.
           Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsMartin Duffy 1/17/10 12:35 a.m.
                 Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/17/10 10:50 a.m.
                       Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsMetalingus627 1/17/10 4:57 p.m.
                             Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsMartin Duffy 1/17/10 8:06 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsRagashingo 1/17/10 10:43 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsBry 1/18/10 4:39 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo suffers like Star WarsMartin Duffy 1/19/10 4:03 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonDax01 1/16/10 7:46 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonLeisandir 1/16/10 8:11 p.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/17/10 12:26 a.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonscarab 1/17/10 5:16 a.m.
                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/17/10 5:51 a.m.
                             Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonVincent 1/17/10 7:32 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/18/10 1:19 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/18/10 6:37 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/19/10 6:28 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canongspawn 1/18/10 10:25 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/18/10 11:19 a.m.
                                                     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonBry 1/18/10 11:35 a.m.
                                                           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/18/10 1:42 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonBry 1/18/10 2:19 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSonofMacPhisto 1/18/10 3:29 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/19/10 6:24 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonBry 1/19/10 9:25 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/19/10 4:13 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/19/10 5:42 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/19/10 3:56 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/19/10 4:31 p.m.
                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonWildcard Tim 1/17/10 10:07 a.m.
                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/17/10 10:46 a.m.
                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonDax01 1/17/10 9:31 p.m.
                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/21/10 12:31 p.m.
                             Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMetalingus627 1/21/10 1:17 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/21/10 3:32 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonMartin Duffy 1/21/10 4:49 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonLeisandir 1/21/10 5:12 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/21/10 8:41 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonBry 1/21/10 10:30 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonSilent Knight 1/22/10 5:47 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonLeisandir 1/22/10 6:36 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/22/10 7:00 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonHikaru-119 1/21/10 8:05 p.m.
                             Narrative StructureNarcogen 1/21/10 10:32 p.m.
                                   Re: Narrative Structureresplendentvole 1/22/10 12:33 a.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonYNation913 1/17/10 11:11 a.m.
           *Evolutions spoils!!!*Metalingus627 1/17/10 5:03 p.m.
                 Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*Metalingus627 1/17/10 5:04 p.m.
                 Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*YNation913 1/17/10 6:34 p.m.
                       Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*Metalingus627 1/17/10 7:20 p.m.
                             Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*InnerRayg 1/17/10 8:20 p.m.
                             Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*YNation913 1/18/10 8:10 a.m.
                                   Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!*Metalingus627 1/18/10 4:18 p.m.
     Well there's your problem right there...stan 1/17/10 11:28 a.m.
           Re: Well there's your problem right there...Martin Duffy 1/17/10 8:08 p.m.
           Re: Well there's your problem right there...ThorsHammer 1/18/10 10:08 a.m.
                 Re: Well there's your problem right there...Cody Miller 1/18/10 4:39 p.m.
                       ^ This *NM*SonofMacPhisto 1/18/10 6:12 p.m.
                       Re: Well there's your problem right there...Narcogen 1/19/10 1:05 a.m.
                             Re: Well there's your problem right there...Silent Knight 1/19/10 6:35 a.m.
                                   Re: Well there's your problem right there...Martin Duffy 1/19/10 4:29 p.m.
                                         Re: Well there's your problem right there...Silent Knight 1/20/10 2:37 a.m.
                             Re: Well there's your problem right there...Mercury 1/19/10 8:40 a.m.
                       Re: Well there's your problem right there...ThorsHammer 1/19/10 8:53 a.m.
                 Re: Well there's your problem right there...Martin Duffy 1/19/10 4:25 p.m.
     Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonArchilen 1/19/10 3:55 a.m.
           Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/19/10 6:53 a.m.



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