![]() The UNSC upper echelons seem to have a real hard-on for wunderwaffe and grand gestures, which kinda fits in with the flaws that contribute to getting them into problems to begin with.Īll that said, throwing what amounts to the gigantic phallic representation of humanity's power into diplomatic roles against other polities (like the remnants of the Covenant) is probably one of the few things it would be ideal for. Once again, like the Spartans.Īs I said it makes you wonder how many of these kinds of 'projects' the UNSC had going before and during the Covenant War that people were unwilling to abandon even if it meant detracting from their actual wartime effectiveness. But if it's there, you make use of it the best you can. There's not much you can do if someone else with influence decides to divert valuable resources into some pet project even if it's something the military might not want or normally use. Not unlike the Spartans (both the Spartan-II and Ackerson's Spartan III project) really. The Infinity (at least by Warfleet) seems to have been what amounts to yet another vanity project dreamed up by some higher echelons up in the UNSC military. She has an absurdly high number of point defense guns compared to other UNSC ships, after all.Īnd now instead of just having a superheated ball of plasma that's going to burn through five decks of your ship, we now have a superheated ball of plasma that's going to burn through five decks of your ship and then detonate. Perhaps the plasma torpedoes that dissipated after their ship was destroyed were fired without the torpedo rod, while the ones that continue onward still have it? It certainly explains why Infinity was able to neutralize incoming torpedoes with her point defenses in Glasslands, and also might explain why she survives so many encounters with Covenant ships. ![]() Having thought on it, on one hand yeah the retcon is dumb, inconsistent, and makes me half expect them to claim that regular Plasma Cannons fire Blamite crystals that supercombine into plasma on impact, or that Pulse Lasers are just shooting really hot liquids.īut on the other hand? It might help explain some behavioral inconsistencies.
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