How Blue Team Destroyed a Covenant Armada (OPERATION FIRST STRIKE) | Halo Battle Breakdown

We examine how Blue Team destroyed a Covenant Fleet of over 500 ships, including the Unyielding Hierophant, with Operation First Strike, on today's episode of Halo: Battle Breakdown.
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As a note, Blue Team during this mission was made up of Spartans John-117, Fred-104, Wil-043, Grace-093 and Linda-058. This battle took place right after the destruction of Installation 04 in Halo CE.
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[@nicholaswong6737]

EckhartsLadder YES

[@wildboar222]

So many problems in the Halo universe have been solved by setting off a reactor

[@deriznohappehquite]

Shekelton the Stalin way of solving problems. No man no problem.

[@Infinite8blue]

It is the best way to garentee the destruction of a warship

[@lmcdoug23]

Star wars as well to be fair. Two death stars, the death star planet from episode 7, the Lucrehulk-class from episode 1. Granted not sure if it happens as much in legends content.

[@wildboar222]

@@lmcdoug23 i kinda meant manually setting off a reactor, in star wars they usually shoot it with something

[@Alligator81]

I dig the Virgil avatar, Joe! No other series has such interesting A.I.s in my opinion.

[@rwby0117]

Uummmm, its actually pronounced "Uneven Elephent", Johnson said so himself

[@joshk96]

Lmao yes, I died laughing when he kept correcting the Chief on it in that book 🤣

[@jedimike7622]

And it looks like two squids kissing. Again, according to the man the myth the legend himself.

[@nunsluna8107]

SPARTAN Games when I was playing through halo 1 with my friend who is new to halo I said “it’s the man the myth the legend” because he already knew a bit about Johnson and we both immediately shot him

[@myles3856]

😂

[@Raving_Rando]

I love how the Covenant lose around 500 ships and a new space station and see it as only as a minor setback.

[@__mindflayer__]

Well, it has a massively high engineering since it's got multiple worlds backing it with multiple races working on ships and ect.

[@gavinpierce2845]

Really their main advantage was the Huragok. couple of those could fully repair a damaged ship in a couple days to maybe a couple weeks. Not to mention many still had Forerunner knowledge.

[@Aden_III]

Raving Rando Propaganda

[@__mindflayer__]

David McConville Honestly ya, it was like a David vs Goliath situation with the UNSC and the Covenant.

[@EldishRinger]

Napoleon Bonaparte the fact that humanity was multitudes stronger than it currently is crazy.

[@darthvader4594]

Master chief is absolute mad lad!

[@merdwardo2085]

Omg u are everywhere!!!

[@bloo7663]

hmmmm Lord Darth Vader, it seems you're enjoying Halo...

[@darthvader4594]

@@bloo7663 halo is my life,my soul.

[@notcool4488]

@@darthvader4594 I find it ironic

[@greaterhalo0659]

Maybe I am a demon...

[@isaiahcolesanti275]

Halo: First Strike was a badass book man. It was like the Rouge One of Halo 2.

[@MrRainbowSprinkles]

You mean Halo Reach of Halo 2?

[@Wuunderboy]

@@MrRainbowSprinkles he means what Rogue one was to star wars , was this book to Halo 2 and no one really has a clue. Honestly , to fill in the gap between halo 1 and 2, This book should have been a movie back in 2005 with the Rock playing one of the marines and some of the famous voice actors in halo 2 also playing parts as marines/ covenant actors and voices. Around the time the Rock's Doom movie came out. That way we all playing Halo 2 at this time who didn't read the books understand what happened between the two games. THEN later on , in 2007 a sequel could have been made where the Rock and the same famous actors/voice actors were put into a Halo movie that takes place on earth during Halo 2 witnessing Prophet regrets ship leave earth but the elites continue to devastate the planet and the middle of the film could have been "pre-Halo Landfall" seeing Truths fleet of Brutes arrive on earth killing all humans and elites, and the end of the film could have been just Halo landfall. A film to hold everyone over Until Halo 3 came out late 2007.

[@InzuDraRagna]

You also forgot to mention that Grace's suit reactor had been set to blow up after she had died.

[@redbing9342]

Tazuren Savu'len yeah your right but I feel he skipped it on purpose, he probably should have mentioned that it was only a copy of cortana that went in with blue team.

[@sergioruiz733]

I remember reading this book in middle school when it was first published and the stakes and sacrifices made in this book really solidified it as one of my favourite Halo books next to Ghosts of Onyx. Also to quote/ paraphrase, Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb before his death. "Come on mighty Covenant warriors. We're here in the middle of your fleet with your "holy of holies. Come and get it!."

[@daniltorlukovgardner4127]

Man the book on this is so good

[@chrissonofpear3657]

One of the best Halo books...

[@dominicseguin974]

Back when halo writers actually gave a fuck about halo

[@codename1176]

Yeah

[@darthfenrir4892]

First Strike was my first Halo book. I need to read it again.

[@dominicseguin974]

Ya for me i think it was contact havest

[@yashametlaudna]

"One of the most halo ways to die" Yes it is, Eck. Yes it is.

[@jasonslomski6656]

For everyone that hasn't had the chance to read the halo books I recommend them...karen Travis and Eric nuylund are the best authors in my opinion and really capture the mood of halo

[@wildboar222]

Dietz did a damn good job with The Flood too

[@Sarahsins]

I agree. They are very detailed and go in depth on the capabilities of the weapons, ships, shielding, troops(on both sides) and many other different subjects. They are great reads.

[@wallsofmine]

I hate most of the characterizations that Travis made in regards to previously established characters, but she did capture a sense of a spy novel and undercover operation pretty well. I just don't like the fact that she didn't read any books like The Fall of Reach, Ghosts of Onyx, First Strike, ect. She missed a lot of character points and the hate she got within the community could have been curved. I also don't like some of the choices current authors have made. You don't make a Spartan III have a heart to heart talk about accepting aliens into your society. They were literal war orphans and the most xenophobic of all the Spartan classes and arguably most of humanity.

[@undeadstormblade9337]

Don't forget Tobias Buckle! The Cole Protocol is an awesome read!

[@WarChiefAJD]

UndeadStorm Blade yeah and he did a great job with Envoy as well. Matt Forbeck and Troy Denning are also pretty solid, though none of them top Nylund for me.

[@danielbob2628]

Excuse me, I think you meant to say Uneven Elephant.

[@dr.boring7022]

More like 2 squids kissing eachother.

[@lol-wy1ls]

More like..... I can't think of anything funny lol

[@theinfinitestoryline7588]

​@@lol-wy1ls "Two squids kissing?"

[@cewretk9390]

Uneven Elephant? More like two squids kissing!

[@claypidgeon4807]

The Covenant at peak power possessed at least several thousand CAS-class assault carriers as they could spare enough to devote many hundreds to sufficiently important defense fleets. For almost all of this to annihilate itself in the Great Schism must have been truly cataclysmic.

[@gavinpierce2845]

I think a decent chunk was taken by the surviving Shan Shyuum and another chunk was probably taken by the Banished in the chaos. But the Schism was devastating. Mostly with the loss of Huragok which the Covenant had come to rely on way too much. They couldn't repair their ships, advance technologically, or do much of anything without them.

[@OpticBeatz]

Gavin Pierce this was retconned thankfully

[@Tonatsi]

theron Elite what part of it was retconned?

[@OpticBeatz]

Tonatsi Tonatsi the sangheili not knowing how to repair their tech or advance without the Huragok, in broken circle. Also I do not think it is possible for the Huragok to just disappear but that’s a whole nother thing.

[@CRAZYUNCLE117]

It was an okay video but you got one part incorrect. The captured covenant ship was deliberately crashed into the station and most of the enemy fleet closed in tight around them, trying to get credit for retrieving the crystalline artifact. This is why the detonation caught so many enemy ships in its blast. Along with the flying debris that tore other ships apart. In many of the halo battels, in particular space battles, there is so much going on it can be difficult to lose track.

[@Omega4Productions]

Not to mention I don't think he mentions that the whole point of said maneuver was to get as many of the Covenant ships as close as possible to the blast for maximum damage.

[@CRAZYUNCLE117]

Yup. It is called a baited ambush.

[@leoryff979]

Fun fact: Whitcomb has the single highest Covenant kill count of the war. Between. NOt just from this but from a super nuke he tricked them into taking.

[@foxglow6798]

Rest In Peace Locklear and Polaski, May they forever hold a place in our hearts

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[@IrishPhoenix7]

“We most definitely regret the Corp just blew up our raggedy ass fleet!”

[@pirategaming5679]

Oo rah

[@berliningrad740]

Doomguy (Doom) vs entire Covenant (Halo)

[@LAV-III]

Forget demon the covenant will be calling him sat an within a week

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[@dr.boring7022]

Well, he'd probably be fighting the UNSC instead of the Covenant, since they call Spartans "demons." And he hates demons.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Dr. Boring im losing it because i just pictured doomguy hunting covenant one points at a spartan and screams demon and doomguy is just...WHAT And turns on the unsc

[@dr.boring7022]

Monday's insanity And then the Spartan starts beating up Doomguy, but in reality, Doomguy's just like, "This guy weak asf" and rips him in half.

[@cominguponinfra-red3038]

Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (311th try now, *_I._** WILL NEEEEEVER EEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*

[@bogustoast22none25]

Get this guy a battle! My money's on the replicators.

[@JustAutistic]

Team Dai-Gurren would be proud. Hell, is this actually true? The 311 tries????? *WHAT?!*

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

Keep it going dude.

[@downrangecash2418]

Agent Korvo it's actually true, he's been doing this 311 times

[@GoldPicard]

1up to that battle is The Flood vs The Replicators(though I'm not sure which ones would do better Milkyway or Pegasus Replicators)

[@THEN00BINATORX3]

the attack on the uneven elephant is one of my fave parts of the books

[@LAV-III]

Uneven elephant?

[@joshk96]

Lmao, when Johsnon kept correcting the Chief on its name 😂

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Great video How about a video on what would have happened if Operation: Red Flag had gone ahead by being brought forward, possibly performed on Long Night of Solace

[@shanenonwolfe4109]

I'm pretty sure if they even did capture a prophet it would not matter cause in halo 3 Truth didn't seem to care regret and mercy were both dead

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@@shanenonwolfe4109 by prophet I meant the name for the San'Shyuum generally, not Truth, Regret or Mercy. Also while looking through fall of reach it wasn't a prophet on a capital ship they needed for Red Flag. Here's an extract from Halo: The Fall of Reach novel pages 242 to 244 of the version that sets the battle of Reach in 2542 instead of 2552 "You will engage the Covenant and sufficiently disable... one of their ships... Phase two... Spartans will board the disabled Covenant ship - neutralize the crew, and crack their navigation database... find the location of their home world... Phase three... will consist of taking the captured Covenant ship to their homeworld... Phase four... will be to infiltrate and capture the Covenant leadership and return them to UNSC controlled space."

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@Blake CrazyBear yeah, I think they also planned to lure the Covenant to Reach in order to infiltrate the ship

[@shanenonwolfe4109]

@@Jedi_Spartan the plan probably would have never worked anyways because their home world was High Charity and it would be almost impossible to infiltrate that place even with a captured vessel

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@@shanenonwolfe4109 well a) they thought it was an actual planet not a massive space station powered by a forerunner ship and b) the UNSC, ONI and the rest of humanity were getting desperate at this point

[@bogustoast22none25]

The forerunner crystal was previously destroyed. Thought I should say that. At least from what I remember.

[@angelamaro3480]

Covered in C12 plastic explosive by Cpl. Locklear

[@bogustoast22none25]

@@angelamaro3480 the only love ship that can be done is MC and Cortana, cause they have plot armor.

[@joshk96]

I thought that one ODST blew himself and it into slipspace 🤔

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Collecting the stars sown by the giants...

[@starbreaker9825]

And he blew himself up with it.

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*Dew it*

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blacklight vs flood

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Yes more!

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Hail Palpadank

[@Lorgar64]

"This fleet is under the command of Truth, who kept it a secret."

[@autumngottlieb3071]

1:32 *CARRIER* 3:43 The actual crystal had been destroyed prior to the jump out of Eridanus Secundus. I also would like to acknowledge Admiral Whitcomb's staggering kill count.

[@spartan876]

Oh yeah I forgot they blew it up cause it was causing crazy slipspace problems

[@leandersearle5094]

@@spartan876 Including time travel, or was that the other forerunner crystal?

[@kennethkates3140]

Galaxies Compared: Personal shield technology compared; Dune, Halo, Mass Effect, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate and Warhammer 40K

[@dr.boring7022]

This is an interesting match-up.... *reads Warhammer 40k.* oh no...

[@johnathanblevins1952]

Dr. Boring Don't worry, 40k personal shield tech is pretty dodgy

[@HeadlessChickenTO]

I remember reading First Strike and I recall some of the details like Linda's badass sniping. Great breakdown.

[@100_American_Bison]

Spartans vs N7 and UNSC Marines vs System Alliance Marines

[@robertnelson9599]

Spartans beat N7, Fuck Bionics. If we include ODST's, then the UNSC wins.

[@Samuris27]

Spartan vs. N7, Spartans no question. But Alliance Marines vs. UNSC?? Alliance marines would have kinetic barriers, and i'd think that human military engagement doctrine would be the same while Alliance weapons would be on par with UNSC weaponry (mass accelerator rifles, M55 Mako cannons, vehicle borne kinetic barriers). Alliance soldiers would also have armor that is slightly better than a regular UNSC marines armor in my opinion. A few questions would be: do we differentiate between Pre-Covenant War and Post Covenant War UNSC? AND what kind of damage would a gauss round do to a fully shielded alliance vehicle? Because I'd say post Covvie UNSC has a few tricks up its sleeve. And if kinetic barrier is able to tank one gauss shot, then Mako cannon would take out warthog before it could get second shot off.

[@100_American_Bison]

Samuris27 this idea would just be pure infantry battle ether 1v1, 5v5, or both. What the team make-up and equipment is entirely up to you. Just one rule: no breaking lore to each group

[@gcircle]

I think I recall this idea from another video. I'll just repeat myself then: 1) System Alliance Marines are so far ahead of the UNSC in terms of personal equipment it wouldn't even be funny. The UNSC Marines would be dealing with guys in more advanced body armor, with shields, and hyper-accelerated projectile weapons that made gunpowder weapons look like peashooters. 2) Spartans vs N7 is the true fun part of the match-up. While Mass Effect has augmentation technologies around (described in ME2 as flavour text), the N7 are obviously not on the same physical level as Spartans. That said, the N7 have numerous means to close the gap from "being obliterated" to "have a chance". The Spartans have the MJOLNIR, but their standard equipment is UNSC weapons. The Spartans would need multiple shots to even begin damaging the N7, much like against the Covenant. During those precious moments, the N7 are laying down much stronger fire, depleting the MJOLNIR's defenses very quickly (in game, infantry weapons can destroy even heavy mechs, gunships and various abominations, all of which with their own advanced armor and shields; the MJOLNIR will never tank such guns for very long). The Spartans can have Spartan Lasers, or bring plasma weapons from the Covenant (that bypass kinetic barriers), but it would be out-of-character for all of them bringing those unless they get prep time, which we're not giving here. But the true wild card is any Tech or Biotic powers the N7 might bring. Cryo Blast, Overload, Adrenaline Rush, Tactical Cloaking, the ragdolling biotics, Stasis and many others would level the playing field. The only part where the Spartans have a clear advantage is melee combat. So Spartans vs N7 gets a 50/50 outcome, highly dependant on load-outs, classes, and battlefield conditions. If the Spartans can think fast upon discovering their enemies powers, stick to cover, leverage their superior strength and speed, perhaps forcing a close quarters battle, they can win. If the N7 bring a balanced team and have a battlefield where they have a wide field of fire, little cover, and plenty of distance to keep the Spartans away from melee range, the N7 win.

[@certain_sloth]

I'd say UNSC could win based off how much more large scale combat experience they have accumulated. Though that might come off with a hitch of being placed against human soldiers instead of aliens. I guess it depends on who could get better indirect fire support really? I don't think there is as much information on Alliance large scale warfare, which I recall involving a lot of UAV support(could be quite an advantage over pilot operated since it's compact and precise). I'd bet the UNSC is also more willing to utilize nukes than the alliance would be.

[@kentheyorkshireman6257]

A wing of ARC 170 vs a wing of tri fighters

[@Gigas0101]

two tri fighters ice a wing of ARC 170s in Revenge of the Sith. Also clunky, fat, bomber-looking X-wing wannabes VS the best space superiority fighters in the CIS?

[@corwinhyatt519]

Define "wing". The size of a wing varies from faction to faction and universe to universe.

[@corwinhyatt519]

Gigas0101 ARC 170 is a gunship/heavy fighter. A bit like a mashup between an A-10 or SU-25 and a German BF-110 in real life. The ones in RotS were focused on providing cover for Anakin and Obi'won via target saturation (lots of big juicy targets for the Tri-fighters) and blocking attack vectors on the two Actises. Freed from that tactical requirement the result might be different. Though that depends on the number of fighters per wing.

[@dr.boring7022]

The Tri-Fighter is probably the greatest fighter in the galaxy. Small, fast, very good armament. Not any fighter can just give Anakin trouble.

[@a05odst62]

God bless Yorkshire mate

[@JJAB91]

4:40 You forgetting that the UNSC lost an Admiral too?

[@ryangoodman4335]

First Strike is my favorite of the three halo books I’ve read, Other two being fall of reach and ghosts of onyx

[@comeatmebro3229]

honestly my fav part of all the books i have read was the marine's perspectives in the Halo: The FLood books, im yet to read onyx though, ive read the original 3 (fall of reach, the flood, first strike) Contact Harvest and The Kilo Five series

[@chrissonofpear3657]

I liked all the Nylund books. The Greg Bear books took some getting used to, but grew on me. Hunters in the Dark and New Blood were also pretty fun at times. Others, like Legacy of Onyx or Thursday War, could have been better.

[@foxglow6798]

comeatme Bro if you remember the part of Glasslands about Mendez and Halsey and their respective Spartans that’s a direct sequel story to ghosts of onyx

[@vincentellenrieder]

I always wonder why Halo youtubers don't talk about this kind of Operation... it's so interesting! Great vid, and thank you. Keep this up!

[@jooot_6850]

Ok you have to add some Halo ships floating around in your background now

[@joshk96]

"Dear Humanity, We REGRET coming to Earth, We REGRET being alien bastards, and we most definitely REGRET the Core just blew up our raggedy ass fleet! URAH!"

[@yukiomishima9769]

I loved reading this book. It was awesome, all the new books suck. Like I have been reading halo books since I was 10, this new crap disgusts me. I am 17.

[@jackurquhart7994]

if i remember correctly after that they fled into slipspace and the covenant followed, they fired upon the stolen ship but the plasma just disappeared and then reappeared somewhere else and just hit the covenant ships destroying some of them, it was a great read, loved it

[@johnathanblevins1952]

The forerunner crystal really fucked with slipspace. That was all before Operation first Strike though, and IIRC is during their escape from Reach.

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

*_YES!!_* I've read First Strike and I've *_always_* wanted to know how it would have looked visually or discussed!

[@specialnewb9821]

Looks more like 2 squid kissin' to me!

[@comeatmebro3229]

don't look like no uneven elephant to me

[@alexknudsen1592]

This book was awesome, but the deaths of all the other spartan 2s that John saved from Reach made me so sad

[@ztrax7133]

Minotaur class battlecruiser (StarCraft II) Vs Imperial I class Star destroyer (Star Wars) 13th try

[@chrisfrank5129]

As much as I'd like to see more StarCraft content, the Battlecruisers are much smaller and have no meaningful shielding. If they were to fight something, it would probably be best to compare it to something from Halo.

[@ztrax7133]

LiveWire 909 BC have the Yamato cannon which would shred the ISD, either damaging it or crippling it in the first shot, plus BC also have tons of PDC so TIE fighters are useless, and it could tactical jump anywhere such as behind the ISD.

[@nobleman9393]

Size does not matter, technology matters and Battlecruisers have shields.

[@ztrax7133]

Erich von Jingoism yea size doesn’t have do big of meaning. But BC shield aren’t comparable to a ISD, still it could possibly hold its own.

[@nobleman9393]

Plus the materials that Battlecruiser is made of are much better than the materials from which ISD is made

[@lieutenantnomad9198]

T-70 X-Wing VS E-Wing!!!

[@InternetShis]

Never forget how the 3rd book in the series introduced and destroyed time travel in only a few chapters

[@pieman2435]

You forgot the fact that the Ascendant Justice had the UNSC Frigate Gettysburg attached to half of the ship.

[@hansmendoza2007]

Viscount Class Star Defender VS 2 of the MALEVOLENCE (Subjagator Class Heavy Cruiser) 38th Try

[@cendiusmaximus]

Is it Christmas or what s with so many uploads eck?

[@Person-Lastname]

He tries to upload daily

[@hood9893]

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[@comeatmebro3229]

Just a small corrections it was a DDS class Carrier, not a Cruiser, but other then that its a really nice video, im going to guess any other small inconsistencies where just left out/inconsistent so this video doesn't spoil this whole part of the book

[@Gigas0101]

30 km can be generalized down to 10 miles, I can dig it. Anyone else think this was gunna be about Red VS Blue at first?

[@RicardoReyes-wn9im]

10 miles are aproximately 16 km actually

[@RicardoReyes-wn9im]

I believe 1 mile equals 1.609 kilometers

[@robertagu5533]

IF ANY other enemy in most scifi franchises lost an armada so big INCLUDING one their biggest most powerful ships that enemy would be crippled or basically have lost their war. For a LONG war or particularly bad campaign of tough, brutal battles you typically expect to see losses like that EVENTUALLY but all at once most the time is when momentum shifts at least. And generally means the end of said force usually for least a long while assuming like said thats not a war losing defeat. The fact that the Covenant was so big that wasnt too much a concern speaks of just how outgunned the UNSC was and how overall badly they did an often failed to capitalize on alot of things that PROBABLY coulda made a lot more losses victories. Kinda why i thinl they're overrated and would lose to alot of other scifi franchises especially if THEY lack alot of the firepower or special abilities heroes and villains.. If theyd done alot better BEFORE this victory.. one of so very few, MAYBE this loss wouldve been felt more. Or even had been as usually devestating then.. but as a military force they sucked most time with most their troops, did so poorly overall an so the Covenant had plenty spare troops and a cocky unchecked attitude regarding vast majority of UNSC units and weapons to spare. Just one my theories

[@gavinpierce2845]

Humanity was one race. The Covenant had several entire species worth of manpower. They also were thousand of years ahead of Humanity with Forerunner tech. The Covenant had been building their empire before Humanity discovered electricity. and with Huragok(you really just need o look up how absolutely OP they are in terms of innovation and repair etc) they had production capabilities dwarfing ours. Of course humanity was losing. They were an empire thousands of years more advanced and far more numerically superior. But that still didn't stop the UNSC from winning ground engagements and the occasional space battle despite the technological gap. You really underplay the UNSC and the position they were in

[@DM-bm1vg]

Humanity will fight back

[@noelrose7419]

This was one of my favorite books from halo! It was such a fun thing to see that after halo, it was like out of the frying pan and into the fryer. Plus i loved all the spartans and unsc characters we followed

[@kennethkates3140]

Versus: 2 Harrower Dreadnaughts vs 1 Imperial Star Destroyer

[@ColonelPeppers]

We need Halo games of Blue Team and the early battles.

[@gavinpierce2845]

Ive been saying since Halo 3 I want a Halo game that starts during the Insurrection and ends with the arrival of the Covenant. Could easily make another trilogy about the beginning of the war.

[@Racerboy215]

There was also the time that a Covenant fleet and a nearby moon were completely obliterated by a Nova bomb "stolen" from the UNSC

[@doktorsmiles2034]

Nova bolb reminds me of destiny voidwalker super

[@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168]

I thought he met blue team from tf2

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

This was the first time Chief had encountered a Brute. He's sneaking through the place and gets surprised by one and struggles with it in a wrestling match before killing it.

[@slicer940]

First Strike was an amazing book but damn it hurt reading as those Spartans dying.

[@rocknrollmanic]

Got to give it to OIN for making Linda some pretty awesome gear for sniping. Wasnt her suit custom built for sniping? also those clips of the station on the projector, where is that from?

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Halo 2 Anniversary, Terminals.

[@dr.butafer3850]

When did this happen

[@nicholaswong6737]

*SPARTAN II’s FOREVA*

[@cominguponinfra-red3038]

Can the UNSC and the Covenant survive and beat the Angel Zeruel from Evangelion on Earth when the Covenant first attacked? Zeruel appears out of nowhere in this and is laying waste to everything and everyone that it sees and gets in it's way while trying to look for Lilith on this version of Earth to start the next Impact

[@jennifermccleve1414]

Unsc home fleet vs hoth 4

[@paladinrense2324]

Doom slayer vs the flood in high charity

[@AuroraWolf655]

RIP Grace-093

[@mattbarr2321]

I love the pupper outro video, makes me laugh every single time, and watch the whole video ;) great taste in music on this channel too!

[@TheAstrobiologistOW]

The Covenant had hundreds of thousands if not millions of ships, so 500 was nothing

[@Dragonagegearsofhalo]

Thousands, perhaps tens of thousands. But I think even hundreds of thousands and millions is highly overestimated. If they had THOSE numbers they would have had incredibly overwhelming firepower compared to even what they did have. It would turn the lopsided battles of the war into just a decades long massacre

[@TheAstrobiologistOW]

Orion Virtute remember though that until Installation 04 was destroyed the Covenant leadership was too arrogant to actually consider humanity a real threat, and they also had other, arguably more dangerous threats to put resources into stopping, such as the Banished.

[@Dragonagegearsofhalo]

True and their fleets were quite vast. I'm just saying I think the scale wasn't quite there. Even if they only took humanity seriously after Installation 04 then Earth wouldn't have lost the battle in orbit it would have been a completely one-sided slaughter even if they were able to fully utilize all of the super-macs

[@TheAstrobiologistOW]

Orion Virtute their empire spanned most of the Orion Arm and they had fleets in an even wider area. Even with how fast their Slipspace travel is, there’s no way and really no reason for them to gather such an enormous fleet in any sort of timely manner. As it was said, even just those 500 ships would’ve been enough to completely steamroll Earth’s defenses

[@Dragonagegearsofhalo]

Fair point. But then how was Humanity able to not only survive but emerge stridently victorious against the remnant forces after the war? By the scale even a minor focus from a splinter faction should've been enough to annihilate the already crippled UNSC even with the advent of new and better vessels

[@scytheseven9173]

Do a Yuuzhan Vong invasion of Fluidic Space and war against Species 8472! 5th try.

[@nobleman9393]

Spartans(Halo) vs Sisters of Battle(WH40k)

[@robertnelson9599]

Sisters of Battle have no form of genetic augmentation, they simply have Bolters, jetpacks, and power armor. If the Spartans can close into melee range, then the Sisters of Battle would not stand a chance.

[@scorpixel1866]

Would be interesting, SoBs got the weaponry to take down Spartans without being superior in every way like Space Marines, the only problem is if one of them get behind their ranks and start screaming "HERETICS!" while pointing a cliff

[@greaterhalo0659]

Many Forum post have proven that spartan's cab wib of they are in close to mid range combat however long range they might struggle aganist bolter but at the same time spartan's Re extremely agile and incredibly fast reflexes so they could dodge most bolts.

[@EternalMars]

What type of Spartans? Spartan 2s or 3s or 4

[@scorpixel1866]

II and III are the same regarding augmentations, the differences are: -Weren't kidnapped but war orphans -Less strict conditions to be considered viable for augments (they needed a bunch of them, so it's not uncommon to find S3 with issues, mostly mental) -Less mortality rate due to less "direct" ways to augment them -Are outfitted for the most part in SPI armour instead of MJOLNIR, the real difference since it's only a stealth suit, not a power armor -Less experience than II, since they're younger -Suicidal, dies like lemmings on missions As for IV, they are experienced veterans from the war, mostly from the ODST, less important augmentations and thoses do not improve with aging (it is the case for II/III, up to a certain point i guess) but greater armours (wich is also the case for the II/III still alive at the time) Still, 2~3 > 4 (it also mostly depends on the individual)

[@vicsvinny8123]

Linda.. while suspended upside down by a cable snipes 7 banshee pilots out of their craft with one hand.. #Badass

[@LordKitten]

Samus vs 177

[@barrybend7189]

Best mobile suits in the gundam franchise.

[@mariobadia4553]

Exia

[@barrybend7189]

@@mariobadia4553 turn A.

[@SpanishDio]

One of my Halo favourite books by far!

[@Tonius126]

What happened to the Acendant Justice?

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Destroyed in a kamikaze run by Whitcomb and Haverson.

[@RicardoReyes-wn9im]

It was obviously destroyed when the Unyielding Hierophant's core and the majority of its fleet exploded

[@diegosanvicente8764]

An excellent video! Finally someone that explains with all details this Battle!! I Love The Dog!

[@ClassyDestroyerTM]

Crazy to think that the CSO supercarrier "Long Night Of Solace." is 28km, that belonging to the Sh'Wada pattern, and the other canon CSO Supercarrier, the "Sublime Transcendance." is 32km, with an undesignated pattern

[@darthvaderbutbetter]

Guess you could say that the covenant didn’t tell the TRUTH!!! C’mon, you know it’s funny LAUGH OR FACE THE CONSIQUENCES

[@thorshammer7883]

Can you do a video on the Imperium of Man vs the Forerunners (Warhammer 40k vs Halo)

[@AlaskanBallistics]

Cool video

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

This video was so awesome! You have been really on a role with Hall videos Eck! :)

[@SchelmTV]

reads: How Blue Team Destroyed a Covenant Armada thinks : How Blue Team Destroyed Red Team

[@ricardioscarbonara102]

As a fan of halo since the beginning, I can't believe it took me 20+ years to really delve further into the lore and therefore, the books. Halo: First Strike is an amazing book, Todd Mclaren narrating the audiobook makes it even more perfect. I am currently obsessed with Halo in a brand new way. This battle gave me shivers up my spine, I nearly stood up and saluted.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

DARLEK EMPIRE VS THE FORERUNNER EMPIRE. Please do this one I will keep making this suggestion until it is done. Respect dude.

[@Angels-Playground]

Flood outbreak on a halo... detonate the reactor Flood outbreak on High Charity... detonate the reactor Flood outbreak on the ark... detonate halo Need to eliminate a massive fleet of CCS class ships... detonate a Bigger reactor Need a shotgun on the library... deton... oh wait... No

[@greaterhalo0659]

UNSC vs Tau empire

[@gavinpierce2845]

UNSC easily. especially post war. Mainly for the fact that Slipspace is leagues better than the relatively primitive form of FTL that the Tau use. Although on ground Id probably give it to the Tau.

[@KushSalad]

Recusant Class Light Destroyer vs Something

[@ebimd1851]

Confederancy of Independent Systems (CIS) (Star Wars) VS Prometheans (Halo) 16th Try

[@zacimusprime4865]

Hell yeah another halo vid from my boi eck😄😄😄😄😎😎😎😎!!!

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

SkyNet vs The Flood 141st Attempt Scenario: SkyNet beats the resistance, and after that it is alerted of the Flood coming to Earth, and it is given a basic rundown on what the Flood is and what it does, it gets 3 Years to militarize and prepare for the Floods arrival, The Flood will arrive using High Charity's, including it's fleets, weapons, and so on, in Scenario 1a it gets 5 High Charity's, in Scenario 1b it gets 10 High Charity's, and in Scenario 1c it gets 20 High Charities, The Flood may not use the Logic Plague on Skynet, nor may it just glass the planet, SkyNet may not just send a bunch of nukes to the High Charity's, Basically no hard core weapons of mass destruction that could basically end the match up in a few days if not hours, If SkyNet can survive until Scenario 1c then I personally say that it would win, although if that is not enough each scenario could in fact be a wave that SkyNet has to destroy, which would make 35 High Charity's in total, and each wave would come a week after the wave before it was totally destroyed, giving SkyNet the chance to regroup and analyze whatever data it received from the battle, whether it be more efficient ways to kill Flood Forms or even gathering and using/reverse engineering Covenant Technology for its own use,

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

SkyNet vs The Flood 141st Attempt Scenario: SkyNet beats the resistance, and after that it is alerted of the Flood coming to Earth, and it is given a basic rundown on what the Flood is and what it does, it gets 3 Years to militarize and prepare for the Floods arrival, The Flood will arrive using High Charity's, including it's fleets, weapons, and so on, in Scenario 1a it gets 5 High Charity's, in Scenario 1b it gets 10 High Charity's, and in Scenario 1c it gets 20 High Charities, The Flood may not use the Logic Plague on Skynet, nor may it just glass the planet, SkyNet may not just send a bunch of nukes to the High Charity's, Basically no hard core weapons of mass destruction that could basically end the match up in a few days if not hours, If SkyNet can survive until Scenario 1c then I personally say that it would win, although if that is not enough each scenario could in fact be a wave that SkyNet has to destroy, which would make 35 High Charity's in total, and each wave would come a week after the wave before it was totally destroyed, giving SkyNet the chance to regroup and analyze whatever data it received from the battle, whether it be more efficient ways to kill Flood Forms or even gathering and using/reverse engineering Covenant Technology for its own use,

[@Vic-jq1yu]

Unfortunately, you missed some key details. You just said the "official" version. In reality, something different happened. In a random toilet of Unyielding Hierophant. Church: What? Where the hell are we? We should teleport into the red base. What the fuck is this? Tucker: On Earth, I asked Lopez to improve our teleporter so we can reach Earth, do you know how many chicks are there? Church: WHAT? Does this place look like Earth to you? We end up god knows where. You... Caboose what are you doing at that panel? Caboose: Nothing (the panel is completely red and some alien screaming are coming from it). Tucker: Caboose, what did you do? Caboose: I press some buttons, I am really great at this. Also, Tucker did it. Tucker: Caboose that is not how excuses work, you need to blame someone first. Cortana appears on the panel: Who are you and how did you hack into the Covenant mainframe and set an autodestruction within 1 minute from restroom?? Church: Ehhh, we are just tourist and are already leaving. (Teleporter is taking them back to blue base). Cortana: What? Chief this whole thing is going to explode you have to move. Chief: Did you not say that we have to destroy more than one reactor? Never mind we are pinned down. Cortana: Chief I can access the Covenant mainframe. Rest is history.

[@Wuunderboy]

To fill in the gap between halo 1 and 2, This book that I read back in 2004, should have been a movie back in 2005 with the Rock playing one of the marines or Spartans, Michelle Rodriguez as one of the marines, and some of the famous voice actors in halo 2 also playing parts as marines/spartans, covenant actors aSpartans, etc. Around the time the Rock's Doom movie came out. So those who didn't read the books at that time when we were all playing Halo 2 , understand what happened between the two games. THEN later on , in 2006- 2007 a sequel could have been made where the Rock and the same famous actors/voice actors were put into a Halo movie where all the stars from the last film all make it back to earth during Halo 2, witnessing Prophet regrets ship leave earth and the action shows the elites continue to devastate the planet and the middle of the film could have been "pre-Halo Landfall" seeing Truths fleet of Brutes arrive on earth long before Truth himself gets there with Brutes killing all humans AND elites, and the end of the film could have been just as we know it, Halo landfall. A film to hold everyone over Until Halo 3 came out later in 2007.

[@Me-qn3bv]

Attempt #2 United Zerg/Protoss/Terran (all factions/groups including the UED) + primal queen of blades (or xelnaga if it’s not a good enough) vs imperium of man If you know more about there factions to make it more fair, please comment

[@RED-sl2le]

Oh, it’s the boring blue team, not my boys Washington Tucker Flowers Church Epsilon Caboose

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

Also, gonna try again. Captain Harlock vs Commander Shepard, or his Arcadia vs Coruscant Defense Fleet.

[@Sam8mate]

I'm just binge watching all your halo videos bro they are absolutely awsome ❤👌👌

[@1stcaptainraldoron538]

I prefer Sgt Johnson’s description of the base; “Don’t look like any elephant I’ve seen. Looks like, two squids kissing.”

[@Sanya6496]

Why the Covenant did not have a large number of hunters, Elites, and maybe brutes is baffling. The covenant left the station with only Unngoy and huragok? They were practically begging to be destroyed.

[@alexthewhale6915]

i thougth the ascendant Justice was a CAS class carrier

[@Renlenis]

Alex The Whale no it's actually a DDS Carrier, not crusier

[@chrissonofpear3657]

We've not seen it depicted much. Fan game mods sometimes show it with a double hooked prow, versus a single hook for the CAS.

[@dportass]

While the original books (Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike and Contact Harvest) are on Audible they are not available to UK and haven't been for years :(

[@General_Eisenhower1945]

You should make a video of the ship UNSC gettysburg/ascendant justince