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After extensive analysis and consideration, I have drawn up the following in an attempt to compare the military power of two standard ships from both universes. I think all would agree, including Halopedia, that the Covenant ship-of-the-line, the mainstay warship most commonly utilized and present within the Covneant navy, is the CSS-class Battlecruiser. The counter part for the Impeial Navy (and I choose the Empire here over the Rebel Alliance et al because the presented hypothetical dealt with Coruscant and it is also the government with the most capable military) would be the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. The pairing is appropriate because each is approximately the same size; the Star Destroyer exactly a mile long and the Battlecruiser only slightly longer. I would first note that the complement of a Covenant CSS-class Battlecruiser (referred hereafter as Covenant battlecruiser) is listed as having "several" pulse laser turrets and plasma torpedo launchers. I take the usage of several to be less than many but more than a handful so probably no more than 10 but certainly no more than 15 or 20. A decent armament, especially where the UNSC is concerned. An Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (henceforward, Star Destroyer) has a more varied complement, but a number of 60 heavy turbolaser cannons and 6 heavy turbolaser turrets (it's heaviest weaponry). It certainly seems to out-gun a battlecruiser in terms of numbers but that's without consideration of the power of each weapon. While there is quite a bit of literature on the power of Star Wars lasers, the same cannot be said for the Halo universe so I am forced here to use admittedly less than perfect means to compare. However, I think once we've delved in you will see that an extensive analysis of Covenant weaponry is unneeded. Let us begin. If you visit the page dedicated to MAC cannons and their rounds, there are footnotes relating to the power of the rounds themselves, 1.17 Teratons for the standard MAC defense platform. This is a huge amount of power which I'm going to dismiss because it is extremely unrealistic even given the context of the canon. I will quote a point given by user Quakeomaniac to demonstrate this: "Here's why 1.17 teratons is completely...unrealistic: the covenant supercruiser of FoR took 3 MAC hits to its shield, and it didn't fail. That would be equal to 1.17*3=3.51 teratons of kinetic energy dissipated. The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated was the Tsar Bomba in 1961, at 50 megatons. Thus, the supercruiser's shield should have absorbed over 70000 times the energy of the world's most powerful nuclear weapon, which itself had a power output of 1.4% of the sun." Point being, it seems unlikely that the realistic technological capacity of the Covenant allows them to produce shields that could withstand even 1% of a star's output. Please read the discussion if you would so choose. Because of this, I will not be able to use MAC rounds as a comparative tool, which is unfortunate given that one round from a Super MAC canon can drop the shields of a battlecruiser. Let us then analyze another source, specifically the Deliver Hope trailer for Halo: Reach. In it, a Spartan throws a Fury tactical nuclear weapon into the primary hanger bay via the gravity lift. When the bomb detonates, the battlecruiser's shields collapse and the ship is destroyed. From what I can see in the trailer (as I haven't played the game), the ship appears to intact and its shields not damaged. There is no ground or orbital fire directed toward it and its shields are not shimmering (prior to the explosion). I would conclude from this that the ship was generally in good shape. When the device explodes, the primary explosion can be seen emitting directly above the hanger bay. I would suspect tha the shield generator was not located in that region and thus the shields collapsing was in a large part due to the energy output at that specific location. Notice that the shields covering other areas of the ship do not collapse. Some nearby do shimmer and wave but they hold. It seems that the blast from the bomb "punched a hole" through the shields directly above the hanger. I am assuming that Covenant shields prevent matter and energy from passing through from both sides though, so that the shields operated as they normally would from outside fire in this instance. Considering that the shields of the battlecruiser were most likely at or near full, an energy output of 63 terajoules (TJ), the yield of the nuclear device used, is sufficient to collapse the shields of a Covenant battlecruiser at the impact site. As mentioned before, extensive analysis of Star Wars weapons have been done and it has been concluded that a light turbolaser cannon commonly deployed by a Star Destroyer has a lower energy yield of 250 TJ. I had Addict run the same calculations done on the site and his results concurred with the original findings. Therefore, I am confident in this representation of turbolaser power. Given that this value is for light turbolaser cannons, one would be safe to assume that the power outputted by heavy turbolaser cannons is far greater than 250 TJ. The point is this: because 63 TJ is sufficient to temporarily collapse the shields of a Covenant battlecruiser, a light turbolaser cannon would therefore be able to do comparable if not significantly more damage to the battlecruiser's shields. From this analysis we can see that an Imperial Star Destroyer is far more than a match for a Covenat battlecruiser. Extrapolating these results we could postulate that the higher class Imperial warships (Super-class and above) would have no problem dealing with even Covenant carriers and supercarriers. It stands to reason then that the Imperial military would win quite handedly in any military engagement or war. (This is all I can do for tonight. I mean to go back to the discussion MAC thread and use the findings there to see if I can use MAC round yields as an even better comparison tool, as I think it is more useful than a bomb inside a cruiser, not that it should be discounted.)

Well, I've been putting this off for so long now. I have had NO progress in the last year or so. I've planned, and I have a good part of the story already put together in my head, but ALAS; I can't put it on digital paper. So for those who have NO IDEA what I'm talking about (Which is about 80% of the community today), "The Chronicles of Stan McStudz" was an ongoing story I had planned back in the days that Anonymouse and LZ roamed the forums (Circa Late 2010-Early 2011). It was originally meant to be my blog (which is why you can only find the story in my blog). Eventually, this method just got too messed up, with real blog entries and the story competing for top spot. That was a mistake. So here we are with the complete collection, from ISLAND: Part 1 to SPACE: Part 1, Episode 1. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! I'm completely redoing the first chapter. It was just too short to repost, and I don't like how I wrote it before. SO, without further ado... The Chronicles of Stan McStudz. ISLAND, CHAPTER 1 (Remake) LEGO Island. The hub of all creativity in the LEGO Universe. The Fertile Crescent, if you will. Its origins are shrouded in mystery. No one really knows how it came into being, and The Infomaniac keeps on changing the story. But that's not what you're here for. You want to know about the strange goings-on that have occured in the last while. Well, for starters, my name is Stan McStudz. I originally came from LEGO City, but moved here to the Island after receiving a note from The Infomaniac. You see, I was originally an architect for The LEGO Group, the ones who are at the center of control for the entire Universe. I've been working for these guys for a long time, and even met my wife working for them. But something seems off. In recent months, there have been strange things happening all over the place. Agents for the Group have been sent out to prevent anomalies that should have never happened. I mean, it happens every now and then, but recently... It's just been happening left, right and center. Pirates in Space, Advanced technology in Castle, and BIONICLE going into Theme Lock out of the blue. (Theme Lock is where a world, in this case BIONICLE, goes into complete lockdown, where no beings can get in or out. Oftentimes, The Group is in control of this, like with Exo-Force, and they just lock it down. But this...) Anyway, I got this letter from The Infomaniac, saying that I've been invited to come live on LEGO Island! Now, these invitations are scarce, and no one EVER gets them. You didn't think just ANYONE could live on the Island, did you? Anyone is allowed to visit (during certain times of the year), but only those with an invitation can actually live there. Of course, I had a job in the City, so I couldn't just drop everything and go. I took it up with my boss and--not surprisingly--advised that I stay in the city. This went on for another week until The Infomaniac came to where I worked. Now, for those who don't know, The Infomaniac NEVER leaves the Island. Ever. This kind of took me off guard that he came right into my office, without a second thought. This was when I started to think something was up. The anomalies, Theme Locks, and now THIS. The Infomaniac told me to just pack up my things and head to the City Port after work. There would be a boat waiting for me. At that moment I had about a zillion questions. Why was The Infomaniac here? What's going on? Why am I this important that the creator of LEGO Island, who NEVER gets out, would go all the way to the City to get me out of there? But The Infomaniac just left without another word. Later that day, my boss came to me and gave me the OK to leave; I'll just telecommute and send the Group plans for new constructs and whatnot. I was on my way. I eventually discovered that Pepper Roni, the "Dude With The Food" Pizza delivery boy of the Island, left shortly before I was invited to the Island. When I asked around, the story was mainly the same: Pepper received news that his father, who disappeared when Pepper was very young, was seen somewhere in LEGO City. Well ,that left the Island without someone to deliver pizzas, so I decided to take Pepper's place. It's been about a couple weeks since that started when a portal of pure creativity appeared from out of the cave under the mountain park. Two minifigs came out of the portal. one, a blue torsoed minifig named Jay, and a black robed minifig named Andrew. They told me that they were the Sons of the Explorien, the one who united the LEGO Universe many ages ago. Now, I've seen the video that documented the Explorien (It's a looooong movie! http://www.archive.o...LegoRPGTheMovie ). But I thought it was all a legend. They told me that Galeno, the bad guy who tried to control the Human-controlled parts of LEGO Territory (watch the link above! Everything will be easier to understand!!), was coming back. "How??" I asked. "The Brickster is trying to ressurect him with the four pieces of the Engine of Construction." Jay explained. "You heard of them?" "No," I replied. "I'm not surprised. The Engine of Construction was one of the earliest LEGO artifacts to be created. It was to hold the LEGO Universe together until the time of Star Wars has ended. Not that it'll ever happen!" Jay joked. "But this is serious. Each piece of the Engine is in a different Theme; one has been found in the City, and the Brickster does have that one, but it is weak. The others could be in other Themes, probably one's in Space, but the others, we aren't sure." "So you need me. Why me though?" At that moment, another portal appeared, with two elite BricksterBots! TO BE CONTINUED.

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I am actually glad I created this topic. It is turning into a very informative place for Halo fans to learn more about Star Wars, and Star Wars fans to learn more about Halo. As for Antillies' comment... I thank this.

[8:01:39 PM] Lair of Rockwhales: it's no juice [8:02:02 PM] Cirevam: take dish

I'll go get the punt gun...

Hello. I don't know why, but I don't count LEGO City Undercover a LEGO Game. That's unfortunate, because it is a LEGO Game.

...What did I do now? Using twitter tags to respond to someone even though you quoted them and it said who you quoted in the box.

Hello.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DNHaluzXFU

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