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Quick query with regards to 40K. How come Necrons are the only one being placed according to full strength while everyone else is current. Either go full or current for all or a listing for both as per multiple Earths and Goa'ould listings. That's not true. Galactic Empire is always assumed around ...

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:That's a far cry from what I was describing. If that's your idea of "detailed descriptions", then we're actually in agreement.

I see. I misunderstood you then.

Someone mentioned starting small and going from there - seems like a good idea. Here's a small start of some of what I know of. 1. Xeelee 2. Culture 3. C'tan/Necrons (full strength) 4. Chaos (industry, troops, and gods) 5. Galactic Empire 6. Tyranids 7. IoM 8. Flood 9. UFP 10. Modern Earth Feel free...

I think whether something is wank-tech or not depends a lot more on how it's described by the author or presented onscreen than its capabilities. Imagine a Federation vessel encountering a Star Destroyer thusly: "Captain: Surely there's got to be some way... Seccond: Not that I can see, sir. T...

Thanks. That was explained very well.

I agree that the 'glassing' of Jericho is inconsistent. My point is, I want to know how many inconsistencies there are in the Halo novels, I was just using Jericho as an example. I'm still curious as to the fuel requirements even if we give the Covenant an extremely low power output. For instance, s...

I want to know what the fuel requirement would be for Covenant (Halo) ships - for instance, how much fuel would they need to carry on their ships to pull off the destruction of Jericho, assuming 100% efficiency. Ignoring any other inconsistencies; reactor size/output, the explanation of the glassing...

There's a three way battle in 'Ghostmaker' which was also one of my favorite Gaunts Ghost books. And Bob, you're pretty lucky to get 'First and Only'. I've got all the Gaunts Ghost novels but that one. I couldn't find it anywhere. Has anyone read 'Deff Swadron' by Gordon Rennie? I saw it available o...

I like the part in Ghostmaker when Mkoll takes out a Chaos Dreadnought. Though the Dreadnought was blind, it was still impressive.

I also like when the Beati kicks ass in Sabbat Martyr.

It's also noteworthy that direct hits from Covenant plasma weapons would damage but not destroy ships so small that 20 of them could form into a wall and hide behind a 1 square kilometre plate. Where did you get this from? On pg 156, it says, "...three destroyers could be eclipsed by her shado...

It's also noteworthy that direct hits from Covenant plasma weapons would damage but not destroy ships so small that 20 of them could form into a wall and hide behind a 1 square kilometre plate. Where did you get this from? On pg 156, it says, "...three destroyers could be eclipsed by her shado...

It's also noteworthy that direct hits from Covenant plasma weapons would damage but not destroy ships so small that 20 of them could form into a wall and hide behind a 1 square kilometre plate. Where did you get this from? On pg 156, it says, "...three destroyers could be eclipsed by her shado...

They crashed a fighter onto a Covenant ship (a big warship, not a dropship) and set off the nuke, destroying the vessel. Proximity blasts from nukes also took out Covenant shields instantly. Not only that, but Cortana discovered that Covenant fusion reactors were actually less efficient than human ...

Alyeska wrote:A 30 MT gift on the surface for Convenant ships that move by was considered deadly.

What do you mean by this? Where did you get this from?

Did I lie somewhere in that thread? Did I pull out bogus numbers that weren't supported with quotes? Did I fuck up on some math equation? Where's the bullshit? You claimed that the DarkTrooper would have trouble hitting Master Chief at all, with any of its weapons, based on this "dodging bulle...

@Constantine Yesterday I emailed Bungie asking them to clarify the "...point four-tenths the speed of light..." question. Most likely, I considered it a typo but wanted to be sure. I haven't gotten an answer yet but probably will soon as Bungie has a good reputation of taking care of thei...

Wrong. The Chief can move quickly enough to take people by surprise so that they don't track him with their guns quickly enough. He does not actually dodge bullets once they come out of the barrel if they happen to be going in the right direction. TFoR, page 117 says that the Chief managed to dodge...

Could you point to a specific post where these "Halo wankers" have been bullshitting?

The C'Tan could generate black holes?

BTW, is there a good site with some in-depth info on the C'Tan/Necrons? All the sites I've found have about a paragraph or two and that's it.

Skelron wrote:For instance is a Chaos God more powerful than a Ctan? Is a Ctan more powerful than the Emporer? Etc.

That's what I'm wondering, myself.

From all I've heard, the C'Tan would probably be at the top of the list - followed by the GEoM - followed by the Chaos Gods. From there, I'm clueless...

I've always wondered who are the top 10 (or 20, or 30) most powerful 40K beings and how would they rank.

- Assume beings are at the height of their power.

I like it when they give you numbers but make you work out the equations. However, it irks me when they leave out one number of the equation.

John was concerned about loosing shields and he only took minor bursts to begin with. I have no doubt that even the newest Mark armor could also be defeated by a full clip of MA5B fire. Are you thinking of the part on pg 258? No. That kind of thinking was dangerous. The shield was useful but under ...

and that 7.62mm rounds are infact dangerous to Spartans, Where did you get this from? TFOR. John comments to himself that if he's not careful the MA5B rounds will drain his shields very quickly and be dangerous. This is when he was testing the new shield systems. As good as the armor and shields ar...

But didn't Locklear find stores of supplies - there is mention of Lotus mines, crates of ammo and explosives, etc. None of which I believe they took with them from the underground ONI facility. Oh well, I'm probably nitpicking anyways. :wink: Ah, but those weren't being tested not long before the b...