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Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Altergo » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:47 pm

Who would win?

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Belschaft » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:48 pm

The Republic. Like they did in the film. Stupid question.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Conserative Morality » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:48 pm

The Roman Republic already won against Israel.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Altergo » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:49 pm

Belschaft wrote:The Republic. Like they did in the film. Stupid question.

What film?

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Belschaft » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:51 pm

Altergo wrote:
Belschaft wrote:The Republic. Like they did in the film. Stupid question.

What film?

The film you don't know about :p
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Maurepas » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:51 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:The Roman Republic already won against Israel.

lmao, exactly...

Which Republic and which Covenant are we talking here?

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Antilon » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:52 pm

Pfft, everyone knows the Covenant and the Republic are all merely puppets of the Combine.

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Altergo » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:52 pm

Maurepas wrote:
Conserative Morality wrote:The Roman Republic already won against Israel.

lmao, exactly...

Which Republic and which Covenant are we talking here?


Halo vs Star Wars

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Conserative Morality » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:53 pm

Altergo wrote:Halo vs Star Wars

I'm sure that the Roman Republic could beat both of them, as well. :)

That being said, Star Wars is made of liquid fail. The Republic's technology is crap, and the covenant would have no trouble taking them all out.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Maurepas » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:54 pm

Altergo wrote:
Maurepas wrote:
Conserative Morality wrote:The Roman Republic already won against Israel.

lmao, exactly...

Which Republic and which Covenant are we talking here?


Halo vs Star Wars

Have to go with Star Wars, Jedi>Anything in Halo...

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Conserative Morality » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:55 pm

Maurepas wrote:Have to go with Star Wars, Jedi>Anything in Halo...

To paraphrase Yahtzee on an entirely different matter:

The pseudo-science in Star Wars is so thin you could spread it on a croissant.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Maurepas » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:57 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Maurepas wrote:Have to go with Star Wars, Jedi>Anything in Halo...

To paraphrase Yahtzee on an entirely different matter:

The pseudo-science in Star Wars is so thin you could spread it on a croissant.

Nuh-Uh! Midichlorians are totally Realistic! :p

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Constans » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:58 pm

As much as I would like to say the Galactic Republic, I'm going with the Covenant here. Would be quite a match up through.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Mad hatters in jeans » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:00 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Maurepas wrote:Have to go with Star Wars, Jedi>Anything in Halo...

To paraphrase Yahtzee on an entirely different matter:

The pseudo-science in Star Wars is so thin you could spread it on a croissant.

yahtzee is a bit of an ass though spends too much time playing games not enough time doing a real job, like eating properly. I'll bet he has a poor diet, i know these things it's all that anger he has straight from fast food that is.

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Postby Northern Emirates » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:01 pm

I agree, i'd like to see this happen. no chance though.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Conserative Morality » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:02 pm

Mad hatters in jeans wrote:yahtzee is a bit of an ass though spends too much time playing games not enough time doing a real job, like eating properly. I'll bet he has a poor diet, i know these things it's all that anger he has straight from fast food that is.

It is my humble belief that he's working on the Chzo mythos.

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Belschaft » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:39 pm

Cos Halo makes so much sense...
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Hoyteca » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:45 pm

Republic/Empire. The Covenant may have the Halos but WMDs are most destructive when actually used and the Death Star, unlike the Halos, was actually used. Plus, the Covenant's numerical advantage is nowhere near as big. The Covenant had a hard time taking Earth when its native human population was in the thousands. Imagine how hard it would be for them to defeat human forces when they (the human forces) number in the millions, possibly billions. And that's just the military population.

A fight I'd like to see is between the Covenant and Metroid's Space Pirates. Sure, the Space Pirates kept losing to Samus. But Samus, unlike Master Chief, has a rocket launcher for a hand.

Maybe Metroid's Galactic Federation (w/o Samus) versus Covenant. That fight might be interesting.

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Belschaft » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:46 pm

Hoyteca wrote:Republic/Empire. The Covenant may have the Halos but WMDs are most destructive when actually used and the Death Star, unlike the Halos, was actually used. Plus, the Covenant's numerical advantage is nowhere near as big. The Covenant had a hard time taking Earth when its native human population was in the thousands. Imagine how hard it would be for them to defeat human forces when they (the human forces) number in the millions, possibly billions. And that's just the military population.

A fight I'd like to see is between the Covenant and Metroid's Space Pirates. Sure, the Space Pirates kept losing to Samus. But Samus, unlike Master Chief, has a rocket launcher for a hand.

Maybe Metroid's Galactic Federation (w/o Samus) versus Covenant. That fight might be interesting.

Nah, Helgast vs. Covenant. They look much cooler.
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Tyraus » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:05 pm

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Antilon » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:33 pm

Hoyteca wrote:Republic/Empire. The Covenant may have the Halos but WMDs are most destructive when actually used and the Death Star, unlike the Halos, was actually used. Plus, the Covenant's numerical advantage is nowhere near as big. The Covenant had a hard time taking Earth when its native human population was in the thousands. Imagine how hard it would be for them to defeat human forces when they (the human forces) number in the millions, possibly billions. And that's just the military population.

A fight I'd like to see is between the Covenant and Metroid's Space Pirates. Sure, the Space Pirates kept losing to Samus. But Samus, unlike Master Chief, has a rocket launcher for a hand.

Maybe Metroid's Galactic Federation (w/o Samus) versus Covenant. That fight might be interesting.


1) The Halo rings were used, hence why the builders of the Halo rings (the Forerunners) are dead and never seen. EDIT: Btw, how much bigger do a want WMD to be than the Halo rings, which essentially destroys all sentient life in the universe?

2) The Covenant forces in the initial invasion of Earth (as lead by the Prophet of Regret) numbered in about the thousands, considering that it was essentially an escort fleet, not a full fledged fleet like the battles of Cote de Azure or Harvest. Also, the native human population at the time of was in the millions, since it was about 300 or so years that humans began to colonize the stars with the creation of the Shaw Fuji Kawa engine. But I suppose that, yeah, it's in the hundreds of thousands when the Covenant start to glass continents.

However, the initial invasion of Earth was only done by the Prophet of Regret's flagship. Also, the Covenant at the time faced a containment of a Flood outbreak in Delta Halo and the High Charity, the Covenant's mobile capital city, as well as the civil war caused by the Great Schism that split the Covenant apart. So the invasion of Earth is not a very accurate representation of the Covenant's power, considering the unusual circumstances.

I suppose that the numerical advantage belongs to Republic, and that the technology on both sides is pretty much equal (energy swords = light sabers, plasma rifles = blasters, etc.)
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby South Lorenya » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:34 pm

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Antilon » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:38 pm

Mad hatters in jeans wrote:
Conserative Morality wrote:
Maurepas wrote:Have to go with Star Wars, Jedi>Anything in Halo...

To paraphrase Yahtzee on an entirely different matter:

The pseudo-science in Star Wars is so thin you could spread it on a croissant.

yahtzee is a bit of an ass though spends too much time playing games not enough time doing a real job, like eating properly. I'll bet he has a poor diet, i know these things it's all that anger he has straight from fast food that is.


Lol, didn't know people on this forum watched the Zero Punctuation. I suppose Yahtzee suffers from a calcium deficiency.

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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Tarantum » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:39 pm

The Borg.

Yeah, I went there...
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Re: Covenant vs The Republic

Postby Gauntleted Fist » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:40 pm

Altergo wrote:Halo vs Star Wars

The Republic would win, I think. They'd just grow more soldiers than the Covenant could produce. Not even the Sangheili could stand up to an army of clone soldiers who are trained from day one to fight to the death for the Republic that can be produced as long as the Republic has credits. And the Covenant wouldn't be able to glass planets as easily as they could against the UNSC, they'd probably actually lose as many space battles as they won. (This is assuming you're talking Clone Wars-era Republic.)
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