The Genius's Flagship || Valiant-Class Super Heavy Cruiser || Halo Ship Breakdown

[@MikMoen]

Hearing Dot say "Slipspace rupture detected." over and over and over brings a solid sense of overwhelming dread every time.

[@The_Viscount]

Seriously. Reach was a masterpiece. Even when you know how it's going to end, it's brutal. You go through all that effort to take out one covie cap ship and then a fleet jumps in.

[@HALOBOSS93]

It’s basically a death sentence when you hear that

[@thomasveerman4532]

I love how in the older lore about space battles, the UNSC basically fights the covvies with the power of math.

[@techypriest7523]

Science, bitch!

[@TheUnerignl]

Turning a gas giant into a star just to kill your enemy might just be the single most kickass thing ever written

[@thekodiak77]

While it is kickass, that's nothing compared to what the precursors (the race that eventually became the flood) could do on a whim.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

8:20 yeah, a Sanghelil would have to be pretty strong willed to turn down that challenge, and to realise “hey, the human flagship is acting pretty weirdly, it’s probably a trap”.

[@KillerOrca]

Especially when he basically hit them with the honor equivalent of "yo mamma"

[@MarktheCrawler]

That's pretty much their consistent flaw, "they're not very smart," in the words of Guilty Spark.

[@thorveim1174]

Sangheili are a bit like battletech clanners: great fighters and know everything in their tactics book by heart, but see deviating from said book to be a very improper thing to do and carry on that distaste to their opponents, thinking the enemy will operate by the same rules as they do.

[@casematecardinal]

When someone calls your religion a sham, says he's the holy big dick and you're his bitch, you kind of have to respond to that.

[@PeachDragon_]

It didn't matter, the covenant thought they could barrel through any trap laid by humanity

[@inductivegrunt94]

A beautiful and powerful Warship. I really love the bigger UNSC vessels and love these breakdowns of these big boys.

[@Daginni1]

The Thanatos-class heavy battleship in Sins of the Prophets mods for Sins of a Solar Empire is the UNSC Infinity made for straight up shooting Covies without all the science, or hangers. Unlike the UNSC Infinity for this mod, you can make as many as you have capital ship slots. So its basically revolutionary rifleman lines, in a neat row... with heavy anti-tank cannons.

[@Turgeon12]

The Everest was added as a limited time event ship in Project Stardust. It gets a special thing that lets it’s reload 90% faster for 5 seconds Now I know why it has that

[@alicorn3924]

fellow Halo main?

[@MrLuu-iw6wr]

Oh Jesus didn't expect this to be here.

[@willpelkey1510]

Halo mains unite

[@laurencetrowbridge6022]

Now for the Marathon Class Cruiser

[@fbiagent6520]

I need it

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Even though the UNSC was fighting against a technologically superior foe they still fought for the survival of the human race, and every ship that serve the Navy fought tooth and nail to hold back the extinction of their race.

[@TheNinjaman97]

best way to describe the Human Covy war is three monkeys on noah"s ark and Humanity was that third monkey fighting for that second spot to live.

[@jonathan_1177]

POV: you thought you destroyed the covenant fleet and then you start hearing “slip space rupture detected” multiple times( no one’s living were going out in a bang)

[@thegman117619]

11:26 does anyone get paid enough for that? All joking aside, wonderful vid Mark. You’ve helped reignite a love for this franchise I’ve long since thought lost after the rather…Lackluster launch of Infinite. But you’ve reminded me why Halo will always have a special place in my heart. At the end of the day the stories in this universe are always about the indomitability of man, our refusal to quit or give up hope. Our steadfast determination to stand against the universe with a smile and a half baked, crazy ass idea that’s just stupid enough to work. So, who wants to give the Covenant back their bomb with me?

[@cameronnewton7053]

Unfortunately for us both. _I like crazy_

[@gammacompanymark]

New Discord Server can be found in the description, the charity will go up on this video in a lil bit

[@knighthunter5333]

I absolutely love this ship, it was capable, survivable and could act as the brain of a fleet. But this isn’t the Thanatos 🤣🤣🤣

[@arisperez4484]

Please do the Sahara Class prowler next!

[@GoNo117]

"3 months after the battle of Psi Serpentis" Cole: Did we make it to our slipspace coordinates lieutenant? Lieutenant: I... I think we did sir, I can't believe it we-SIR! We have a lot of ships on short range sensors! Cole: What is it Covenant or Innie? Lieutenant: Our computers don't recognize any of the designs and I.. We are being hailed by them. Cole: Put it through. ?: Unidentified vessel this is the Battlestar Galactica...

[@KillerOrca]

She'd have enough point defence to make the Cylons think twice I'd say

[@GoNo117]

@@KillerOrca I mean i'm pretty sure the Everest will be low on munitions at this point but i'm sure Cole will be fine, he is basically halo's version of Thrawn after all.

[@KillerOrca]

@gono4806 Big ordinance sure, but not her secondaries. Those Helix guns didn't fire during Psi Serpentus

[@GoNo117]

@@KillerOrca Fair enough, I do fear them getting hacked though as I don’t think he had a smart AI with him.

[@Abrxas01]

@@KillerOrca You know, it was mentioned that Cole made several modifications to his ship over the years. Wanna bet he didn't think he may be stranded and low on ammo at some point and need to rearm/repair his own ship so he put some mobile manufacturing capabilities similar to but more advanced than what was one the SoF? I don't think I'd take that bet honestly. Guy adopted 'Be Prepared' from the Boy Scouts, made it all caps and added exclamation marks to the end, then had a giant sign made and bolted above the bridge hatch. Strategic mastermind would be a more appropriate title.

[@danielbob2628]

You forgot about Cole's fire ship. That ship plays a very important role in theorizing what could have happened to Cole.

[@CaptainSovereign]

Cole returns:Guess who's back... Atriox:wtf

[@Wildgamer2205]

Fleet Admiral Hood arrives at Zeta Halo with what ships the UNSC could muster led by the newly commissioned Infinity Class Super Carrier UNSC Eternity, "Hey Cole where have you been" Admiral Cole in the UNSC Everest leading an ad hoc battle group "oh just chilling on a beach and I'm here to kick some ass"

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

9:05 well “graduated” is a bit of a stretch as a brown dwarf is just a baby star that failed to ignite but yes.

[@djcanimations5111]

This is a good one man, i love Cole's last stand. I was thinking about animating it next, but... eeehhh... its a lot.

[@martinnavarrete5279]

Yeah you would need a decade to animate all those ships and weapons

[@boomer19450]

I still find it hard to believe that someone in the UNSC did not have the bright idea of drone warships, especially when they were clearly superior to the Covenant when it came to AIs. Or, yknow, macross style nuke missile barrages.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Probably a mixture of not trusting AIs, wanting human oversight, and also using humans in crew rather than just AIs ensures that these people have jobs but also that they have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

[@LordInquisitor701]

Well, that’s space combat. even today drones of sort of like short range weapons and nowhere near as effective as missiles How expensive would it be to build a drone capable of operating in space combat

[@yaboistryker3750]

Bro redefined dropping a sun on them

[@BoisegangGaming]

The idea of someone like Cole having founded essentially a sanctuary- possibly extragalactic- away from the war could be an interesting plot point to explore, along with how it mirrors the sanctuaries that the Forerunners created.

[@lasarith2]

7:19 Sir !!!!! Don’t worry I have a Uno reverse card ready .

[@DoesntHurtYet]

That ship took a DAMN BEATING, carrying much of the cruiser traits of it's autumn, marathon and halcyon cousins

[@comatosen5133]

That "slipspace rupture detected" will always give me ptsd

[@cirnospaghet]

You know, Cole wasn't exactly wrong considering humans were the reclaimer race

[@kingquba7095]

You know there's master chief and then there is Vice Admiral PRESTON COLE. So many heros of the unsc that gave it there all. And this man was just a dude not a super human and he still did this.

[@MrBlue99912]

1.4k like. Good video, something tells me Cole is on a beach somewhere on some tropical planet taking some time off with the boys.

[@maxwellyates7085]

Bro took on a whole fleet with one ship and won

[@RayHardman7567]

Personally, with all I've heard about him, and like the one paragraph I've read about him, I don't think he would've attempted the last maneuver he did without doing all the research he could on the survivability of it. He's not the type of guy to risk himself, his ship or crew for a small victory. Think if he did survive, he's stranded in uncharted space like the Spirit of Fire was. ONI being ONI only started the rumors because 1. They didn't really like him 2. His wife was an insurrectionist 3. They wanted him gone 4. They didn't want to give him more medals 5. It's easier to spread rumors he ran off with his ex than try and put together a rescue team in the fight for humanity's survival

[@MarktheCrawler]

Well the official story is that he is dead, the idea that he's alive was only ever discussed in-house in the report from Codename Surgeon. I could see him leaving on his own accord, I mean, he wasn't exactly the most- i dunno if patriotic is the right word, but he seemed very *meh* about everything. He was just fighting for the sake of it. Maybe he was just done.

[@RayHardman7567]

@@MarktheCrawler maybe. But sometimes people get fed up with higher-ups and want to fight their own way. Would love to believe he's off fighting in unknown space, taking the fight to the enemy, instead of a slow fighting retreat. Maybe if 343 gets their act together, well someday get to learn what happened to him.

[@spartannaomi-a0957]

I definitely want to know more about the Trafalgar

[@Gators-yo5fk]

That Halo Reach cutscene still gives me chills after reading fall of reach and playing through Halo Reach

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

i like cole, there is a funny thing that colo said he could never send a distress signal because no one would believe it.

[@thepolishtech1552]

Thanks for the video Mark!

[@narlescoleman2312]

Dude keep up the studies we can wait a few months for to finish ur goals are important we all want the best for you

[@SneedRemembrancer]

Who will win A several hundred strong covenant fleet Or *THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT*

[@commandertrigger218]

This would probably be classed as a "battle cruiser"

[@KaiserPatrik]

Man, I've been waiting for this ever since I saw your first Ship Breakdown video! I have not even watched a Halo Lore video in a month, but this just completly sucked me in. Great video, Mark, your presentation and Visual using SoTP was really amazing and creative.

[@AWACSRumble]

6:57 smallest covenant fleet

[@chaddyboy3901]

Yes another breakdown from the man himself

[@o5-693]

Love the videos, and love the fundraiser choice. You've earned a sub from me today man

[@pkyboi937]

It would've been quite sweet if the Valiant-class design we see now was the post-war cruiser design rather than a slightly modified Halycon-class hull. Still a nice video and a good ship design.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

Or perhaps a mix of the Halycon (Pillar of Autumn) and the Valiant?

[@pkyboi937]

Was thinking more a mixture of the Marathon and Valiant.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

@@pkyboi937 maybe mix the three together? Take the best parts from the Halycon (the Pillar of Autumn refit specifically), Marathon and Valiant and put them together?

[@adventwolfbane]

The Halcyon was the best ship to base a new main line cruiser that replaced all three of the older cruiser designs. The structure and hull of the Halcyon creates a ship that is so damn tough that not even melting 90% of it to Slag is enough to destroy it or knock it out of a fight. The refit package of the Pillar of Autumn that was used as the basis for the weapons, reactors, and engines made the old outdated Autumn into the strongest non supercarrier ship the UNSC had. Combine the hull of the Halcyon with a refined version of the refit and new technology developed post war and you have a ship that can take on anything short of a assault carrier and above.

[@oluwatosinopawoye5695]

Good job Mark! Yet again you make a banger video for all of us to consume. I just gotta wonder, are you ever going to do smoll ships like the Gladius class or Razor class prowler?

[@picksleet9268]

Thank you so much mark ❤️

[@spencerjones841]

a cross between a cruiser and a battleship sure makes me wonder what battleships they're talking about given the only known class is a postwar one like 60 years later

[@adventwolfbane]

Likely a battleship concept that they weren't willing to spend the resources and time to make. Any battleship they would have designed would have actually been completely useless for the insurrection which was the war they were in. A battleship would have been like the Halberd a ship only meant for space combat and no ability to support ground operations. Ironically if the UNSC and CMA had developed battleship designs they would have had a better time fighting the Covenant ships.

[@spencerjones841]

does make you wonder why no one cracked open those plans in the early war phase when the USNC still had the resources to make them@@adventwolfbane

[@jo3y960]

GRAAAAAHHHH THE SUPER VALUANT SUPER heavy SUPER CARRIER

[@onyx9935]

This has always been one of my favorite halo ships

[@zetamk266]

Add like two more spitfire coil guns and 10 extra missile pods with little thicker armor you’d have a hell of a good battleship

[@lsporter88]

Pretty cool. Good job Man.😎👍🏾

[@HawkTheRed]

*I sensed a disturbance in the Everest-force*

[@TOPAZTAZE]

I would love to see a video on the corvettes of the unsc

[@estarossa1847]

Wow admiral cole was a bad ass 😳

[@whitefangofdawn908]

The valiant class sounds more or less like an F-35 or another lead noncombat primary ship.

[@zetamk266]

If they upgraded the shit well enough it would still be a beast of a ship post war

[@cosmictreason2242]

What book is the story of Cole's last stand found in?

[@matthewheistand2340]

There is hardly any videos on KZbin about the prowler. I see it as an opportunity to educate people on it. 5:21

[@Scratchy2]

there are two new vessels in halo map prism sky box both look banished

[@coltonpatterson7632]

Hey mark, have you ever considered reviewing the non cannon ships like the reaper class battleship

[@thepolishtech1552]

Id recommend asking him on the server, he has a channel specific for that

[@randomelite4562]

Only if he finds the wiki page for it lol

[@WarWolf111]

Yesssssssss Davinci is sooooo gooooodddddd brooooo

[@inquisitorheadsmash5747]

Could you consider doing the Point Blank class prowler?

[@Nobodywithabeard]

I want to know how it compares to the Lunar class cruiser.

[@RAIDENCHEEKS]

Oh sh hes back

[@nomercyinc6783]

the honeycomb of the pillar of autumn made the halcyon class better than the valiant ever could be

[@adventwolfbane]

It made them a tough and enduring bastard of a ship but without a Pillar of Autumn level refit they were never good enough for the fight. Now the Pillar of Autumn itself was easily the strongest non supercarrier ship the war era UNSC ever made.

[@arisperez4484]

Please do the Sahara Class Prowler next!!!

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

1:41 where does it say that that turret thing is a probe launcher?

[@WolfeSaber]

The two rods in front of the bridge? Because how is that a weapon. They launch probes to analyze anything.

[@BaconShelf]

Halo: Warfleet has labelled diagrams and cross sections for Pillar of Autumn, and the Autumn-class heavy cruiser.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

@@BaconShelfI see.

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

@@BaconShelfthanks

[@KillerOrca]

​@@BaconShelfThanks for the save Bacon

[@blin_tonk]

Question. Did the UNSC have a K-9 unit?

[@jacobfaro9571]

If you could design your own covenant or unsc ship, what would it look like?

[@alicorn3924]

I'd make a giant block the length of Indonesia, give it a slipspace drive and the heaviest armaments known to man, and send it on a goose chase to High Charity. Is it practical? No, why would it be? Is it awesome and funny? Hell yeh the fuck it is.

[@cplhotpockets]

Valient is pretty cool

[@JcBravo8]

Lmao fancy video editor, just use movie maker lmao. :P.

[@adamzone3708]

where do you get information about stuff like this id like to know

[@gammacompanymark]

The books, comics, games, live action media, and more often than not a well-written halopedia article (halopedia is the halo wiki)

[@DaleFace51]

What’s the game that’s being played in some of these clips? Assuming it’s a halo mod for a game

[@RandemFellow]

Sins of the Prophets

[@Spendingryan]

Might be wrong but did i see glimpses of sins of the prophets 2 mixed with SoTP 1 gameplay? Or is that classified

[@TheRussianORIONTrooper]

god i hope so

[@gammacompanymark]

I've been using the publicly downloadable version of SotP, but it does seem to me like some of their newer models are in there. You'd have to ask them on the Chokepoint Games discord, I'm sure they'll tell you

[@tuscan9617]

Is Divinchi good software? Thinking of sticking with it?

[@liquighost7988]

love the videos but just wanted to let you know theres no S when saying Genius' flagship fyi if the word ends in an S you dont add another one when writing in plural

[@AntonioGlassburn]

UNSC infinity bow

[@stuew6]

What about Powlers classc

[@Lazypackmule]

I do not care for UNSC Cruiser design It insists upon itself

[@FUNNYpla]

Halo :0

[@thepolishtech1552]

Hello

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Anlace next

[@gammacompanymark]

I did it in the Frigates of the UNSC video

[@pearsegallagher9832]

algorithm comment

[@AntonioGlassburn]

Now

[@colinjarmie8314]

I hope you're not lying about the charity because that is the number one lies and scams we all face And did you know having a fake and un license and non-registered charity can land you in a federal slammer

[@gammacompanymark]

The KZbin Giving feature is completely managed by KZbin, I never even see that money.

[@gammacompanymark]

I did, however, forget to add the donate option on this video so thanks for the reminder

[@chandranibh03]

destroying 200 covvie ships in a single fight, srsly what more could UNSC ask of him, let this man retire 🤣

[@suporjustin]

Skipped past the nastyas dogs but otherwise a good video.

[@chickengamer7244]

Hiiii

[@gammacompanymark]

hello!

[@NorthyNamey]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@TheBigExclusive]

Can you please slow down when talking? Why are you rushing when you are speaking in the video? Please Slow down and speak at normal speed. I had to slow you down by 20% just to make you sound normal.