How the Covenant won the Battle of Reach | Halo Battle Breakdown

[@EckhartsLadder]

Like if you enjoyed, and leave a comment with the battle you'd like to see me handle next!

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

[120th ask] Krogan vs Brutes

[@jarredbaker3410]

I always thought Long Night of Solace getting onto Reach is a little stupid, I understand from a game design perspective if you followed the book the battle lasted only a few hours and you cant make a game with that. I think you should make a breakdown of how the battle was described in Fall of Reach, that had a lot more information on what was present and the course of the battle, even if its not totally canon it would allow you to do a more in depth battle video, but regardless please keep it up I love this series and keep it up.

[@Darkreaper1702]

EckhartsLadder the battle of 04 for the halo ring

[@senorwooly3669]

could you possibly do the battle of the Ark or the Harvest campaign?

[@Masso-gy9yu]

Think you can do a comparison video? Who's the more effective soldier 'A Pilot and there TITAN' from the TITANFALL series or 'A Spartan II with an AI' from the Halo series

[@Elgar7022]

I have a serious question. How does the Covenant just... sneak a CSO onto the planet...? That's like sneaking a Scorpion Tank into a McDonalds.

[@Imperius254]

@Elgar7022 thats honestly a good question. We know lore wise that the Covenant had some stealth tech for some of their smaller ships but as far as we know they dont have the stealth tech to hide a ship thats roughly 29 Kilometers in length. Which just to give some perspective, the CAS class assault carrier that the CSO super carrier shares the same base design doesnt even match the CSO class's fore section in length. Yea Reach just caused way too many issues and questions to come up that cant really be answered.

[@TheVergile]

you saying it cant be done?

[@Elgar7022]

@@TheVergile It's not impossible. It's just... I would REALLY like them to explain just how it got there. It's the one piece of Halo lore that I really question just how the covenant managed it.

[@TheVergile]

@@Elgar7022 i was talking about McDonalds, but i guess your question is fine too

[@Elgar7022]

@@TheVergile Oh, well... I mean I guess you -could- sneak a tank into MacD. Maybe.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

I have to say my favorite story element from Halo would have to be the point in time when the Sangheili began openly questioning the doctrine set forth by the prophets. They just couldn't understand why a species that exhibited such resourcefulness and unbreakable resolve would be marked for extinction.

[@AllknowingUnknown]

Mike Vasquez Some Sangheili even found Humanity to be honorable, Dying in battle fighting to the last on every world before they burned.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

i would realy like mroe bout the schism

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

well little did they knew that as far i know the humans started to pitch the sangheli against each other...

[@UncleMikeDrop]

MUH Geschichte It's only natural that this would occur. Of course there were zealots who believe wholeheartedly in "the great journey" just as there were more rebellious elements who would have inevitably turned on the prophets. The real Tipping Point came with the moderates. They would be the ones who were conflicted and who upon learning the truth would turn on the zealots and by extension the Covenant. It's not so much that Humanity pitted the Sangheli against one another. They merely provided a little push.

[@dr.boring7022]

I find it funny how they've been in a war for 27 years, and now they start asking questions. Hell, why didn't they say anything before the war started?

[@ESFNinja]

The Covenant wanted some of those juicy Moa burgers.

[@samspeed6271]

Well, I hope they like their Moa very well done. Glassing is overkill for your barbecued Moa burgers.

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

moas are tasty AF

[@ObsidianMirage]

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[@masterjackhalo]

Only 7.77

[@shark3660]

Those damn juicy moa burgers

[@TJHernandez522]

Fun fact: the Covenant had about 310 ships assaulting Reach, and yet over 2/3 of it was destroyed by the mark V super MAC cannons on the orbital defense platforms, and also the nuclear minefield the UNSC had placed around the planet

[@anguswaterhouse9255]

@@rickjames5998 With a very bright and sudden flash I'd imagine

[@twister107]

@saultrueman8931with that many ships, the UNSC never stood a chance

[@spacecraftcarrier4135]

@Hitler-fried-chicken Hood was just exaggerating a number. In actual Halo canon that's been established, it's just 300+ ships.

[@NiraSader]

"Yo lemme just sneak a 28.000m ship past your security systems"

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

The Android from Aiur Because...plot

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

The Android from Aiur Yeah. I mean, space is big, and planets are thousands of kilometers across but you simply cannot sneak 28km past an orbital defence grid. Its bullshit. The novel was better. The covenant literally just rocked up with a gargantuan fleet second only to the fleet of high charity, and they hit reach with everything they had. Reach fell in a week, not 3 months like in the game.

[@tuscan9617]

Never liked the 1 week to fall timeline, i mean i can see it happening with the UNSC so outnumbered and outgunned, and surprised, but we are talking about probably tens to hundreds of thousands of UNSC land based assets. Sure that means almost nothing if the Covies glass the planet from orbit, but 1 week for total land victory... Reach was a UNSC fortress world... 1 month is my fair estimation.

[@jabforever2794]

Mr. Swordfish I can see where you coming from, but I think the 1 week timeline conveys just how hopeless Humanities situation is. Reach, the planet sized fortress and the last line of defense for Earth, was lost in a week. Not only that, but it is belived that every Spartan died in defense of thier home. The ease of Reaches demise is spread throught the UNSC and an already low morale drops even further, yet rumors begin to spead that lone Spartan survived the Fall. This give us an atmosphere where The Master Chief is literally the last hope Humanity has for winning the war.

[@Razgriz_01]

I think this is one of the things we always forget about halo battles. Its more grounded in reality, its pretty obvious there would be a lot of open gaps on Reach, its a pretty big planet. Despite the covenant being dogmatic and zealous, they still have enough smarts to exploit weaknesses on an enemy. Also the covenant invasion fleet on Reach was commanded by the (not yet) Arbiter, and from the lore, he stood out from other Elite commanders on that he actually used tactics and strategy instead of simply bum-rushing an enemy because of muh-honor.

[@SpanishDio]

*REMEMBER REACH*

[@jacobhunter6891]

It wasn't hard to remember. Halo Reach was easily one of the best games in the series. I'd say it's in the top 3

[@anpham605]

Jacob Hunter Reach is one of the best game in general, not just in Halo series

[@oneeyedsleep4107]

Đan Mạnh Phạm Thái agreed!

[@robertkerton2993]

When you destroy a massive covenant capital ship losing numerous navy personnel a cruiser and a spartan 2 but then an even bigger fleet appears soon followed by one of the greatest commanders in the halo universe

[@chuck1005]

RK7 I don't think it was the particular justice who jumps right after the destruction of the Long Night of Solace because this fleet had brutes which are not... appreciate by Thel

[@robertkerton2993]

Chuck no I meant the fleet after the 2nd fleet

[@chrissonofpear3657]

The one on August 30th, rather than 14th.

[@robertkerton2993]

Yes the fleet of particular justice

[@Nephalem2002]

Straight Busta I heard he was paralyzed

[@cyberswiper6317]

“Brute ships staggered line, ship master they outnumber us three to one!”

[@irgy7869]

Cyber Swiper "then it is an even fight, all cruisers fire at will, burn their mongrel hides!!"

[@marleyshaw-mchenry2389]

"Shes a little cooked sergeant, but she'll hold"

[@davidmarsh7933]

Then it is an even fight!

[@MRbreisch]

Then it is an even fight

[@Banana-Boi]

Then it is an even fight.

[@deltafoxtrot5969]

Remember Reach

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

airsoft squad Remember an overrated Halo entry

[@deltafoxtrot5969]

Shenaniganizer what makes it overrated

[@lamri13uk]

Shenaniganizer I don't think it's overrated.

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

airsoft squad because the book was far superior. They didn't drag the fall out over 3 months. Reach fell in a week

[@deltafoxtrot5969]

Shenaniganizer what does that have to do with it being overrated?

[@Dstryrr]

The covenant: "Well if we send enough grunts at them they will EVENTUALLY run out of bullets"

[@HistoryMatters]

Love the work you put into this channel.

[@civilizedhuman7875]

Didn’t think you would be here

[@trashlag]

Strange to see you here, but hey, he does produce good content.

[@hotman8218]

You like halo???

[@thesovietduck2121]

This is confirmed to be part of history now

[@yellow538]

Woah I love your vids dude

[@HalfDemonInuyasha]

I know absolutely nothing about Halo, but I still love this video.

[@Gamer6Gamer]

HalfDemonInuyasha time to learn something about halo

[@MWBalls]

99.99% of what i know about the halo universe comes from this channel. Really wish microsoft wasnt such cunts with their console exclusives. I'd play the hell out of those games on PC.

[@Gamer6Gamer]

MWBalls well you can play wars on pc

[@keitra666]

HalfDemonInuyasha look up facts and info about all Halo games, incredible game. Also really really interesting and you should play 1-5. Hella awesome

[@zippolighter0177]

@@Gamer6Gamer BOY DO I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU

[@T3ddyBrosevelt]

Could you do how Shipmaster defeated Truths fleet over The Ark from Halo 3?

[@LOVEPHOENIXDANCER]

i 2end this one and in halo 3 they left hints to the space battle by radio like firendly fire

[@26Guenter]

It would be cool to see especially since they were outnumbered 3 to 1 there.

[@codyspencer4821]

It still was an even fight

[@T3ddyBrosevelt]

Cody Spencer yes it was, but it'd still be cool to see the tactics used

[@DestructionOnehanded]

that would be an amazing vid

[@SIII021]

“Although they were outnumbered 3 to 1” tHeN iT iS aN eVeN FiGhT

[@abelsalazar4297]

All cruisers fire at will burn there mongrel hides

[@zippolighter0177]

@@abelsalazar4297 *john cena "are you sure about that" meme*

[@JP-rf8rr]

Technician at console: This is serious sir, we're boned.

[@kashmerlangston545]

*"Burn their mongrel hides!"*

[@Calebe428]

Only if keys could somehow pilot every ship

[@downrangecash2418]

To put it simply, Operation: RED FLAG got cancelled because of the invasion of Reach, in which most of the Spartan IIs and the Pillar of Autumn (the ship made for the operation) were reassigned to defend the planet. It's unknown whether or not RED FLAG would have actually worked. The idea was to use the Autumn to capture a Covenant ship, find the Covenant homeworld or capital (High Charity), capture the existing leadership and force a truce. The problem was that they had absolutely no idea where High Charity was, and even if they did find it there was a big problem; they had to get past all of the ships and defenses in the fleet without raising suspicion. And then they had to fight their way to the Hierarchs themselves. Add onto this the fact that High Charity's defense fleet had an ever-changing authorization code and were willing to vaporize any ship that didn't have it, Operation RED FLAG probably wouldn't have worked.

[@TheT7770ify]

RED FLAG was kind of a last ditch effort, even the top brass of the UNSC thought that. It was clear that humanity would not/could not win the war, so it was a operation to give them enough time to properly prepare. The problem was there was so many unknowns on the UNSC side that it would have totally failed like how they didn't know about High Charity and how devout the Prophets would have been and likely rather have died then let the humans have a cease fire.

[@jetx2599]

Idk, Chief could solo High charity mid difficulty

[@dr.boring7022]

To be fair, it would have never worked. Even if they succeeded in capturing a prophet, the entire Covenant would be pissed, and try to exterminate them even faster.

[@makavelishakur9394]

And even if they got on too High Charity, Elites are literally depicted as being Spartans equals in The Fall of Reach, and it's more realistic with the damage plasma does to the Spartans armor they're not unstoppable plasmasponge juggernauts, it doesn't take much plasma to kill a Spartan II in Mark IV, V, or Mark VI armor at all. They would never make it thro High Charity anyways Halo 2 regarding actual Halo lore would've been utterly impossible no matter how many Spartan IIs are there

[@umbrellashotgunman]

Makaveli Shakur The thing is, in the original print of The Fall of Reach, the idea was that Elites had basically sat out the war until the very last year. Bungee didn’t really like this idea, so they started soft-retconning it away from pretty early on, so that by the time Ghosts of Onyx came out (written by the same guy who did The Fall of Reach), we have 12 year old Spartan-IIIs in SPI armor easily beating the shit out of sword-armed Elites in CQC.

[@nairobi8056]

Kat looking over new Alexandria. “I know we’re losing, I want to know if we’ve lost.”

[@corydorton2660]

Sadly I don't think Reach could have been saved even if operation red flag Succeeded we have seen that the covenant were willing to let one of their Prophets die so I don't see them caring about a high ranking official even if all of humanity forces were their they probably would have lost maybe if they had enough defense to out last then that might have worked

[@Stingra87]

It wouldn't have succeeded, the only reason Humanity 'won' the war is because the Covenant broke internally after the discovery of the Halo Array. If Halo hadn't been discovered and Red Flag hadn't been scrapped, the Covenant would have won because the Covenant was internally unified and had faith in their leadership. Killing or trying to hold a Prophet hostage would have only led to an escalation of an already horribly destructive war. Humanity didn't win, it survived only by a extremely lucky set of circumstances.

[@xrstevenson]

Stingra87 not only the breaking of the covenant, but also the flood outbreak at installation 05 destroyed High charity and the "largest convent fleet humanity has ever seen" so holy fuck we got so fucking lucky

[@thebiggru2637]

Exactly, operation red flag probably would of pissed them off. Making it even worse and lead to a faster genocide against humanity.

[@codywright2840]

I agree as well Cory Dorton. That late in the war, there’s nothing the UNSC could have done to stand up against such incredible Covenant firepower. If Reach has more ships and more ODP’s, perhaps the outcome may have been better or at least more Covenant ships would have been destroyed. Though with the several thousand ships escorting High Charity as seen in Halo 2 out there, I don’t think it would have mattered.

[@Razgriz_01]

Stingr87 I don't the covenant would stay together even if Red Flag was successful. Truth was already looking for a way to replace the Elites, and the Elites were now doubting their faith on the Great Journey (especially since the whole war is based off a lie). Even if installation 04 was not discovered and Humanity lost, the Covenant would have likely still fall into a civil war. Operation Red Flag would just accelerate Truth's plans.

[@logan6034]

As a huge Halo fan, I love it when when you go into details about that battles that took place in the Halo Universe. So I’d like to thank you for your hard work and please keep them coming! ^_^

[@Christolclear101]

I thought the Covenant fleet was much larger than that just from a line from Halo 2 between Cortana and Lord Admiral Hood. Cortana: 15 Covenant Capital Ships staying just outside the kill zone. Lord Hood: you have the MAC Gun Cortana, soon as they come in range, open up. Cortana: gladly. Lord Hood: something’s not right, the fleet that destroyed Reach was 50 Times this size. 15X50=750, that’s been the number I always thought it was. Either way, it was an absolutely massive fleet that the UNSC didn’t really stand a chance against.

[@ArtsyPuppy]

Penitent Owl yeah i always assumed it was like some sort of exaggeration or maybe it was mostly made of like corvettes or many smaller ships with the capital ships makes more sense to me that way

[@darthvader4594]

#reachwasaninsidejob

[@elijahwatson3474]

Darth Vader Actually ONI knew there was a high chance of the Covenant attacking Reach beforehand.

[@richardr.3654]

gtfo of here lord vader

[@Reinboa]

How could've it been an inside job if it was taken place outside?🤔

[@hondoohnakaproductions]

Darth was that thumb nail offensive on Allen's vid

[@person928]

Reinboa your right

[@JayPenrake]

The quality of your videos only get better each time! Keep it up.

[@Razgriz_01]

Great video. I believe the first two waves occurred on one side of the planet (likely in one region too), while the others were on the more heavily defended side (probably the side of the planet where most of the important UNSC facilities and leadership were located), to add to that, the planet is larger than Earth. This can explain why in the book (in which the battle only lasted a week) nobody knew what was going on from the events of Halo reach (the game). Because of the Visigrad relay being destroyed, half of the planet went dark. Its more likely that a small covenant special strike force were sent in first to disable communications, and then the first wave covenant fleet, that is led by the Long Night of Solace, came in afterwards and snuck through the lightly defended area of Reach. (probably cloaked already). I think the Long Night of Solace fleet were just an excavation fleet and scout fleet, the area they were located at was near that big Forerunner ruin at Sword Base.

[@slvrcobra1337]

I think too many people miss this. The big fleet doesn't arrive until halfway through the game, up until then it's basically dealing with a stealth insurrection or something. Notice how in the second level the Covenant go _straight_ for Sword Base, which is where the Forerunner artifact is. That was their priority at first, not glassing the planet.

[@SmartAlecGaming775]

The fall of reach book does a much better job of explaining the battle I thought. Especially the space battle. The game Halo Reach makes it messy and confusing honestly. Good video as always 👍

[@jacksongarrison3260]

Alec Copeland The game also contradicts some events in the book which was my major gripe with it. For example, the Pillar of Autumn, Cortana, and Master Chief were in space during the battle.

[@ethanpickett3672]

The games are the main canon Bungie confirmed that

[@ethanpickett3672]

Jackson Garrison Bungie confirmed the games are main Canon

[@patriciusvunkempen102]

well i think this confusion actualy pretty much fits the scenario... i mean people in reach were confused

[@supremeirohnic]

I reject bungie's reality and substitute my own. Nylund's book was amazing, which made playing the game afterwards as confusing as can be, so I postulate that Halo:Reach the game is what is sold to kids on Earth for their XBox90210s around the year 2610 trying to sensationalize a bit of history but in reality a lot of it never really happened.

[@akanji8285]

I really liked reaches atmosphere and how hopeless it was... also liked being able to see the covenant at full force with the intent to destroy a planet. Also covenant ships have the best names

[@Kasdine_]

Joel must have taken inspiration, damn you Joel!

[@pigpig252]

I love that you're doing battles from the books. The Battle of Sigma Octanus IV would make a fantastic videos. The timeline is described in detail and there were many stages of the battle, such as Keyes initial engagement with 3 Covenant ships and the final major UNSC Victory, where they used the cheeky tactic involving the Cradle.

[@williampoole1742]

There's nothing I love more than studying the logistics and tactics of large scale fictional battles, in particular, the battle of Reach.

[@senorwooly3669]

I absolutely love all your videos and i'm addicted to the halo ones lol

[@hankhill5622]

Dammit Bobby! You just ain’t right I tell ya hwat.

[@TheWorldMemeDatabase]

I love Reach, but Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund has a far superior story of how Reach fell. A massive 315 ship fleet showed up and the UNSC got destroyed in less than a day. Bungie had to extend that timeline for gameplay reasons, but it devalues both the power of the covenant at that point in the war and how devastating reach was for humanity to have a bunch of covenant show up on the world and nobody knows about them but the military somehow, have multiple different small fleets show up before the big one, each getting through Reach’s defense ships? Humanity’s military presence at Reach was second only to Earth. The Covenant paid dearly for Reach. It’s telling that out of the original fleet of around 300 ships that attacked Reach, Arbiter only had 13 to send after Pillar of Autumn. Others were still glassing the planet, but at least 2/3 of the original fleet was destroyed by the UNSC.

[@IrishPhoenix7]

Halo 3 was the best Halo game. It was perfectly balanced between the campaign and multiplayer. It’s something games these days lack significantly

[@alexanderirving7577]

Christopher Murphy please all the halo games since have been just as good and fun. The only thing halo 5 lacks a bit is the campaign isnt as strong. Its people like you which make the new ones so shitty because the whinge and whine its not like something they know. Master cheif needs to be retired from halo. And they need to find a suitable replacement for him, or they branch off into different areas where humanity was losing the war still and let us play as marines or obst's.

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

The newer halos aren’t bad, they are just strong in one department and lacking in the other. Halo 4: Pretty good story, pretty meh online, halo 5: Awful story, pretty great online we just want to see halo 6 be the best as it possibly can, capturing back some of the nostalgia from the old games while bringing new content. Don’t think that constructive criticism is “hating” on the newer games. Some people are just entitled brats, but the rest of us just want to make halo great again

[@IrishPhoenix7]

Alexander Irving I never said any of the other halo games were bad. I’m simply saying that 3 was my favorite. When I say “something games these days lack significantly” I’m not talking about the new Halo games I’m talking about new games in general. There has been a serious shift in purely multiplayer games that have a weak story attached to it. People like me enjoy everything about Halo, it’s actually difficult for me to not impulse buy something that has the “Halo” logo on it so relax, I’m not hating on anything.

[@Destroyaizshady77]

Preach my dude

[@therealist5680]

Nope Chris is right. I prefer Halo 2, but 4 and 5 aren't even halo games. Even Reach is better than both. Halo 4 tried to be COD and ppl hated it, Halo 5 is something else altogether and ppl hate it too. If you grew up with halo 1,2 and 3, you most likely hate all of this 343 crap they've made. Which is why the player base has lessened so much. Hardcore fans don't buy halo games anymore. Unless you bought Halo 1 and played system link with your friends, or bought halo 2 and experienced Xbox live when it first started and everyone had mics and collaborated. You will not understand.

[@BeBetter22992]

Dark Helmet vs Darth Vader (69 trillionth attempt)

[@joshuakielty]

Spartan Abrams I think Darth Vader would win

[@Pikkabuu]

@Joshua How do you know that?! We have no idea if Vaders Schwarts is as big as Dark Helmets!

[@captaincommunism6532]

PLEASE DO THIS

[@Jay-629]

I’ve been on a two-week camping trip (10-odd days in), but the campground I’m at now has WiFi (and reasonable cell signal)! Long live Emperor Eck! Also, Grand Admiral Eck. And Grand General Eck. And Grand Moff Eck. You have a lot of titles don’t you, Eck.

[@timbartschwolfman]

Jay Nice

[@exendary8366]

When you realize that the Battle for Reach, the battle for installation 04, the battle for earth, and the battle for installation 00 all happened within the same year

[@VegetaLF7]

When you realized that the Battle for Reach, the Battle for Installation 04, the Battle for Earth and the Battle for Installation 00 take place in the same *six months*. End of July for the beginning of Reach, with the last battles of the war taking place in December.

[@alexwhite2377]

“Spartans never die, they’re just missing in Action”

[@joemueller781]

For a long time I found it difficult to see how the events from the Fall of Reach and First Strike books lined up with Halo: Reach, thinking that the game essentially just retconned most of the Reach parts of those books. While some things still don't line up properly (this is Halo canon after-all), this puts a new perspective on all that for me. Cool. Great video - always keen to see more Halo stuff on this channel.

[@terrellfair9812]

It didn't take long for Reach to fall. Our enemy was ruthless, efficient but they werent merely fast enough. And because of you, we found halo. Discovered its secrets and shattered our enemies resolve. Our victory....your victory was so close I wished you could have lived to see it but you belonged to Reach. Your body and armor ,all burned and turned to glass .....everything ..accept your courage, that you gave to us and with it we will rebuild.

[@jerome0929]

We really need a game of the Fall of Reach, Halo reach the game is just a side story of Spartan IIIs , they hide most of the battle and do very small side missions. The real battle was with the Spartans II defending the Mac generators and the space battle which Noble Team had nothing to do with. We need a game of the actual Fall of Reach or at the very least a animated series or movie

[@tomitiustritus6672]

The thing is that as with so many cases in Halo lore, books and games just don't add up in the slightest. The game Halo Reach basically rendered the book Fall of Reach completely out of canon. And in typical Halo fashion, both stories were garbage to begin with. Halo was always extremely great in terms of gameplay and atmosphere, but storywise, i think the first Halo is the only one that even managed to tell a somewhat coherent story internally. And i say that as someone who loves Halo.

[@jaredjosephsongheng372]

I think there is a movie

[@VladTheChad1]

@@tomitiustritus6672 what are you saying ?

[@kevintan5497]

id say the reveal and destruction of the super carrier was pretty significant

[@physical_insanity]

Yeah, but knowing how incompetent 343 is, I doubt we'll ever get to see that because of the raging hard-on they have for Master Chief.

[@hollowhusk5166]

0:59 well, that's because there are 2 different storyline for the battle of reach (the one in the game and the one in the book) and they're both canon

[@KarmanicMizery]

“We are outnumbered three to one.” “Then it is an even fight”

[@DarkKnight52365]

Fallout prewar America Vs. Brotherhood of Nod at the start of the third Tiberium War

[@kieranschafer5180]

I asked for this video on his last breakdown. I feel special. Thanks Eckhart

[@Wren4123]

I actually just finished a play through of the fall of reach. Such an incredibly heart wrenching game.

[@viljamipaimen7703]

My man! Thank you for covering this!!! :D

[@cominguponinfra-red3038]

Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (237th try now, *_I._** WILL NEEEEVER EEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Eckhart not doing this is HERESY

[@ReveredDead]

In the books. It is quite literally the moment the Covenant fleet came out of slipspace. It was game over for any UNSC ships in that system.

[@ethanbertram3369]

You should do more Halo battles

[@James26285]

Love these halo videos. Definitely do more! I read the books, but it's fun to hear it explained and understand things I missed.

[@m4x927]

Reach was honestly my favorite game,it is also the first halo game I ever played.It brings back a lot of memories.It was sad watching the planet get taken over

[@obey112el]

I think as soon as the huge ship exploded the explosion was that if they took out the first ship it was like a beacon explosion announcing that there where calling out for wave two

[@DansCriticalReviews]

Awesome video! Could you do the battle of the Maginot Sphere? Any battle from the forerunner-Flood War would great.

[@Seyomint]

When news of the Super Carrier sighted in low atmosphere got out, I bet those Orbital Defense guys must have thought: “Oh I’m so fired.”

[@brucejedilee5290]

The old Republic (Clone Wars era) vs the new Republic (Legends). The Covenant vs the Yuuzhan Vong. The Eternal Empire vs the Infinite Empire. The Xenomorphs (Aliens) vs the Flood. The Restored Empire vs the First Order. The Necrons (WH40k) vs the Yuuzhan Vong. The Tau Empire vs the Eternal Empire. The Banished (Halo) vs the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Thrawns fleet at Atollon vs the Separatists fleet at Christophsis. The UNSC Infinity with escort fleet vs the Empires fleet at Hoth (legends). The Empires and Rebels fleets at Endor (legends and no Death Star) vs the Covenants Fleet of Particular Justice (60 ships). The Separatists fleet at Kamino vs Thrawns blockade of Lothal. Imperial I-class Star Destroyer vs CPV-class Heavy Destroyer.

[@greasyjesus8492]

We will watch your career with great interest.

[@theschwomp4149]

I say Lothal blockade vs Kamino invasion force

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

With the Xenomorphs vs The Flood it depends on the scenario, if both are dropped into a city then it's the Flood for sure, but if there is a set number of Flood against a set number of Xenomorphs (assuming they are basically the same in numbers) then the Xenomorphs would likely win, The Flood are far faster in propagating than the Xenomorphs, but the Xenomorphs from what I have seen are far more capable in in combat than the Flood is,

[@brucejedilee5290]

It's Ya Boi Daniel I agree. And the Flood can't infect them since if a infection form tried it would be destroyed by the acid blood. Also Xenomorph don't seem to need to breath so Flood spores probably wouldn't be a issue for them

[@Raving_Rando]

Imperial II-class Star Destroyer vs. CPV-class Heavy Destroyer Did you get this idea from me or did you come up with it on your own? o.O

[@SIII021]

Imagine waking up one day to see a giant super carrier in the sky and being like “oh yeah that’s supposed to be there”

[@insanedictater2271]

In the book, which, in my opinion, is the better version, the Covenant had a two wave attack. The first lost because of Keys’ awesomeness and the fellow ship, and the second wave beat them. Cortana, who was fighting in the battle, made a slip-space jump to escape destruction when they had lost the fight. The ground war on Reach was vastly different between the two versions. We all know the story of Reach in the game, but in the book, the covenant already had a sizable ground force by time the dozens of Spartan-2’s got there. Most of the Spartans on the ground went to defend the MAC cannon arrays while three of them did a scouting mission in stolen banshees. In the end, the planet was glassed, along with a majority of S-2’s. The only survivors were the ones that went with Halsey and John’s crew, which consisted of John, Linda, and one other (I’m not sure about that last one.). The reason I love the game is because it’s Halo: Reach, it’s amazing. The reason I hate Halo: Reach is because it throws the canon into a whirlwind. Halsey meets the Spartan-3’s way before their time, the Spartan-3’s are older than they should be, the Foreunner artifact is never found. It just throws everything off. Still a fantastic game though.

[@robofreak425]

That last one on John's team in space should have been Ben. That poor sod is likely dead from asphyxiation as the air recycling unit in the MJOLNIR was stated to only be able to recycle air for thirty minutes at most. He got flung away from the platform due to a blast and was likely never recovered.

[@cyber_dragon_123]

3:54 "Shipmaster! The brutes out-number us, three-to-one!" "..Then it is a fair fight!"

[@LOL_Garrus]

The game didn't cover much of the space battle but it's to be assumed from various points in the game that the defense force was minimal and wouldn't stand a chance against the force that took Reach. It's safe to say that the defense force did what they could but were obliterated.

[@Rcdvst808]

You winding up your dog at the end was funny 😁. I do stuff like that to mine.

[@meliodes7deadlysins916]

What Master Chief thinks when he learns about Noble 6: Well shit... he must've been one hell of a guy, if only I could meet him and shake hands... Oh right... he's dead(Or is he?)... Damn it! There goes my one and only chance at meeting someone who was exactly like me! Then we could really kick ass!

[@Vviridescent]

This has quickly become my favorite series on this channel!

[@metayerman]

“Could Master Chief Assassinate Palpatine?” Not who would win in a fight, but could he figure out a way to do it? Maybe throw blue team in there with him.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

+Guy well Master Chief WOULD have to be able to win in a fight against Palpatine if he'd want to kill him,

[@metayerman]

It's Ya Boi Daniel there are lots of ways to kill someone without fighting them.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

+Guy Well I doubt Master Chief could slip a cyanide pill into his drink when the Death Star is probably on full alert once he's half way to Palpatine,

[@metayerman]

It's Ya Boi Daniel use some imagination dude. There are tons of options. The first thing that comes to mind is blowing up the Death Star with palpatine onboard. Blowing up massive space stations is a specialty of his. Or he could sabotage the emperors shuttle. Or create a distraction then shoot him in the back from half a mile away. Etc.

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

How is Master Chief going to blow up the Death Star? I doubt that there wouldn't be any resistance, especially since I believe I heard from somewhere (I think it was from Eckhart himself) there are supposed to be one million people onboard the Death Star, If Master Chief were to find a way to destroy Palpatines shuttle there is still basically every other shuttle on board to leave on, I think that Palpatine has a sort of future vision using the force so he could foresee this coming, and not completely fall for it, And last time I checked, Master Chief was a good guy, and killing good guys is one of Palpatines specialties

[@medina5129]

Halo really needs some space battle scenery ALSO this is a badass channel. Love that ending

[@crimsontheworld772]

It's obvious... Because The one who led it was our boy Thel.

[@Wastelander1972]

What could the UNSC have done better? For starters, the second the Winter Contingency was declared, which was on July 24th, they should have immediately started evacuating civilians. Even if not immediately, The Long Night of Solace occurs on the 14th of August, three weeks after they find the Covenant on Reach. So they had at least three weeks to get everyone off the planet before the poo hit the fan. Noble Six is helping the evacuation effort in Exodus FOUR WEEKS after the Covenant are discovered and nine days after the armada shows up.

[@Masso-gy9yu]

Think you can do a comparison video? Who's the more effective soldier 'A Pilot and there TITAN' from the TITANFALL series or 'A Spartan II with an AI' from the Halo series

[@Sc0ts]

Spartan is so tiny in comparison

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

I would say it may depend on the specific mission, but I would say a Pilot and a Titan together would be better overall, or if thats not the right term, in more situations they would be better/more effective, Also we can continue our other discussion here if you want

[@connorbranscombe6819]

Honestly it depends on the weapons they have, Spartans would dunk a pilot on the ground but when the pilot had a titan it’s hard to say.

[@revanamell1791]

Bigass Titanfall fan here and it's going to the Spartan.

[@somen0body417]

finally I've been waiting for more halo content for like 3 months!

[@StrikerxX25]

could you do preston cole's last stand?

[@kanalkucker14]

Kusinagi Yes, that would look so cool in Battle Breakdowns!!

[@tucastigadorinsaciable692]

Kusinagi What a good idea

[@hpie14]

The dog at the end gets me every time

[@obsidian53-B]

How did the Flood take the covenant Holy city of high chairly

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Would like to know how it all happened and all the details

[@chrissonofpear3657]

The Gravemind captured 2401 Penitent Tangent. Also broke quarantine, then hacked the teleport grid to move Flood onto the frigate In Amber Clad. That made a very handy boarding craft, when jumped inside...

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

I think some post entry details would also be nice, like what was the covenant force inside trying to do to stop the Flood and stuff

[@xrstevenson]

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[@nelsonr1467]

There was a massive civil war going on in and around High Charity when the flood arrived on the In Amber Clad. The thousands of dead bodies that were left because of the civil war fueled the flood with a lot of biomass and the flood were using UNSC pelicans to spread all over the city. With all that the covenant were just overwhelmed.

[@Lpk9410]

Two Spartans were on the Pillar of Autumn

[@jordibuchner]

The book is much better in explaining the battle, the game broke a lot of the lore around reach

[@cpMetis]

It was an amazing game, but it always sucks when good lore is put down in favour of new content.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

There was a big ground battle at Viery territory, then the smallish fleet after Long Night of Solace was destroyed. That might have been beaten by the time New Alexandria was glassed. Then the final blow comes with the Arbiter's fleet arriving.

[@wilburforce8046]

Chris sonofPear the Arby’s fleet arrives right after the long night of solus and it’s fleet is destroyed I believe.. but by then the covies knew all the had to and the rest of the game is litteraly just noble team running from the inevitable

[@chrissonofpear3657]

No, 343 is still treating the Fleet of Particular Justice as arriving on August 30th, not the 14th. Also, a large part of the UNSC fleet was due to arrive on the 15th.

[@nathanrileyschulz5862]

Bungie wanted the games to have prioritiy

[@SkiddyOcean117]

I was waiting for this video! And it didn't disappoint :)

[@zacharyporter1419]

MORE HALO CONTENT!!! PLEASE!!!

[@Necrosman89]

Thanks for covering this, Eck. I enjoy your analysis of these battles.

[@wildgurgs3614]

*Clicks Like* K now to watch the vid

[@LAV-III]

WildGurgs36 you don't even need to watch it to know it's good it's eckhartsladder

[@gabebustillo2619]

Halo reach was my childhood and the first halo game I played, so learning about the battle outside of the campaign was really cool, thanks

[@pramishpokharel70]

you should make video about The expanse... Best science fiction series of all time

[@0mikronAlpha117]

3:57 "They outnumber us 3 to 1!" "Then it is an even fight."

[@barrybend7189]

Best Transforming fighter: VF-11 thunderbolt from Macross plus vs the Union Flag from Gundam 00 vs the Viking from StarCraft vs the Mecha Tengu from Command and Conquer vs the Legioss from Genesis Climber mospeda.

[@SameBasicRiff]

the synthwave is strong with this one. Some real *electronic gems*

[@pinheadlarry8031]

3:57 Then it is an even fight.

[@tomsimpkins1211]

Battle of Borleias, the final stand of the Lusankya! May her large, repurposed soul rest in piece...

[@warden-3699]

Idea: do an episode where you describe your “perfect fleet”, with access to ships from Star Wars, Halo, Mass Effect, and/or other sci-if universes. (3rd try)

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

100% Culture General Offensive Units

[@zippolighter0177]

@EckhartsLadder

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

I wasn't notified of this video being uploaded, KZbins algorithms have committed HERESY of the highest order

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

Krogan vs Brutes [119th ask]

[@TheT7770ify]

A Brute would destroy a Krogan in single combat. The Krogan's real advantage is their redundant organs and that won't save them from being body slammed by someone who can out muscle a spartan and a Sangheili.

[@uncleurdnot]

Duncan McOkiner i want this too but If its before the Genophage cure the playing field would evenly matched I dont know Halo lot well enough to know if Brutes can breed as fast as the Krogan. Of course the Brutes would havea tech advantage I'll think but an invasion of Tuchanka would be challenging for Brutes as they not only have to kill the Krogan but the deadly wildlife on the planet, namely Kalros, the Mother I all Thressa Maws.

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

Krogan have got natural armour, battering rams for heads and can one-am weapons which recoil that shatters human arms. And if you do chieftain vs chieftain then the Krogan almost certainly has biotic powers. The Brutes are almost certainly stronger but the Krogan are walking cubes of lead with the words 'hard to kill' carved into them with chainsaws.

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

I meant 1v1, chief v chief and squad v squad, not their entire races. Like what he did with Brutes vs Wookies and Ewoks vs Grunts. And yeah, Tuchunka is absolute hell. Javik, the best soldier of a race more advanced than the Covenant, said in plain terms that it consumes life.

[@TheT7770ify]

Battering rams for heads? You're looking at a species that could flip a moving car. They aren't afraid of 150 kilograms compared to their 500 kilograms, so in terms of weight ratio a Brute would suplex a charging Krogan. For one armed weapons again goes to the Brutes since they use a hammer and the spiker which given the size of those spikes and no recoil compensation must fucking hurt to shoot. And a Brute Chieftain towers over any Krogan, regardless of biotics. The most a Krogan could do is try and throw them around which would not go well, even still the Brute can use their gravity hammer to turn them into a wall painting. Krogan may be hard to kill, but they can be beaten to death by an average human, a Brute got an entire clip from an assault rifle emptied into it and was perfectly fine. Hard to kill is not enough to slow down a Brute.

[@Just_som_Ottur]

I read the book, the fall of reach. I’m so happy you made it into a visual : )

[@maggotman9100]

Hey Eck can you do a faction comparison of light vehicles??? Such as Ghost, mongoose, AT-RT, chopper, 74-Z speeder, Grievous’ bike. Etc.

[@BoisegangGaming]

I find it hilarious that the Long Night of Solace and its fleet was able to sneak onto Reach. It's like an M1 Abrams somehow managing to sneak into a military base's perimeter.

[@corydorton2660]

So do you think their was a way to save Reach in your opinion eck and I would like to see a break down of the battle for earth on mass effect 3

[@andreww450]

This has been a very interesting series so far, continue the excellent work

[@3xplisit]

Boys, we are about to experience this on pc God bless

[@The3BallPlayers]

I will replay the campaign willingly, it's been so longg

[@BxRob927]

Time to Come to the defense of Reach, Always remember

[@ShimoriUta77]

fuck that super carrier was fucking massive

[@blakeetter280]

“How the covenant won the battle of reach: they had three times the number of ships which were three times stronger. They also invaded and destroyed generators with overwhelming force” yeah this wasn’t a super complex battle they just massively overwhelmed the human defenses

[@codyhutson2174]

The messed up part is, the first mission took place on my birthday. Bastards...

[@nathanpargan2165]

Can you do the ground assault of Geonosis? 1st or 2nd siege is fine with me

[@RJManette]

Watching this video makes me wonder why there has never been a fleet & army strategy game for the halo games. It seems like a no brainer, commanding fleets and armies of UNSC or covenant. Halo Wars seems far too small of scale for how huge these wars were. edit : I'm a huge Halo Wars 1&2 fan but my love of games like Total War & Stellaris has made me realize how wide the scope could be for a fantastic halo strategy game

[@GSarge17]

Breakdown of the Battle of Atallon please.

[@figurativeride2258]

THE massive cso/cas u put to represent the fleet seems legit

[@figurativeride2258]

What?

[@spencerharding1977]

Q: How did the Covenant take Reach? A: Kat was driving 😒

[@sierra1158]

Loved it man! Well done! These battle break downs are great!