UNSC's Pre-Covenant Warship | Halcyon-class (Pillar of Autumn) Breakdown | Halo Ships

The Halcyon-class Light Cruiser was used by humanity before they ever met the Covenant. See a complete breakdown of this Halo Capital ship. Learn it's history from before the Fall of Reach, through the Halo series and even behind the scenes facts.
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[@uknownuser23]

shouldn’t it be “ the domain will be with you, always” ?

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Ah I like that. Yeah I'm trying to figure an ending out.

[@ArtificialDragon]

No I think it should be "may the ancestors be with you, always"

[@andrewbrock4636]

Spartans never die

[@williamha9194]

MetaNerdz Lore “and remember, the great journey is nye”

[@astrum097]

@@MetaNerdzLore or "may you walk the path of the great journey "

[@Veed.l0]

"Has a length of 3,840 feet" >And grows three times that size when accommodating for final vehicle run levels.

[@navb0tactual]

I hate the size issue in Halo... I'm tryna make a ship to ship game for this and I'm trying to stay in line with lore... Even though it's flipping broken

[@georgeadams2555]

@@navb0tactual what kind of game?

[@tanks608]

We just do circuit loops........totally makes sense.........

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[@navb0tactual]

@@georgeadams2555 I won't lie, I'm absolutely dog shit at making games so it is my hobby at the moment... It's very similar to that Halo Reach modder who has made the frigates, Corvettes, Cruisers, and Carriers flyable... As well as all the fighters... I have no game play because I'm a basic bitch using Unity Engine... Which isn't really built for this :P I might try UE4 but we'll see... Honestly someone else will probably have it done waayyy before I even get anything near polished. I'm really slow and have crippling procrastination issues...

[@captainsternn7684]

"Engineering marvel" *Remembers the 3km long racetrack on a 1.7km long ship* You're damn right it is!

[@granmastersword]

That was just for gameplay reason, to make the warthog run last long enough to give us that adrenaline rush

[@benr77]

lol

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@theyoboygamer3754]

I think making the warthog run 2 minutes has more of an adrenaline rush than 4

[@R3aper9048]

Spacetime can't stop a Halycon

[@NexusDex]

Whenever i feel down i listen to theoretical spaceship engineering and it just feels right!

[@cancelanime1507]

Dexter Nexus Same lol

[@tanatos5]

Yupp, exactly : )

[@Frizzleman]

Who among us

[@RobertTapia]

We all like minded have been born 300 years too early.

[@leomartin1603]

Does slipspace have floating particles in it? Travelling at high velocities a speck of dust can puncture a hole in the hull.

[@adventwolfbane]

The reason the numbers are "off" is because the Pillar of Autumn is a completely second refit over the original refit. The Autumn was a one time massive upgrade with some of the best technology and equipment available to the UNSC at the time. It is why that refit pattern became the basis for the new Autumn class Heavy Cruiser post war.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@aleksanderbialy8146]

One thing that was missed is that the Halcyon class isn't rated for atmosphere, which is why in Halo Reach it has those side thrusters to get it out of the dock

[@LeFtyjr_Gaming]

I finally have another source for halo ship’s information for my personal story Thanks

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Awesome!

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@MetaNerdzLore Out of curiosity, what made you decide to cover Halo?

[@princeofpokemon2934]

@@MetaNerdzLore Do you think you can also try covering the UNSC Infinity? I know a small bit, but I barely scratched the surface

[@KillerOrca]

Halopedia, my dude. They've got all the data you could ever need.

[@stroganor]

Leftyjr_Gaming dude I get you lol, I would love if they did one on Forward Unto Dawn! That’s the the kind of ship in my personal story/head cannon

[@dariustiapula]

"Tis a flesh wound!." Gets plasma, boarded, blown up etc.

[@KillerOrca]

"COME BACK I'LL BITE YOUR BLOODY LEGS OFF!" -Pillar of Autumn, crashed on Alpha Halo. ...and then it did. By blowing itself up.

[@downrangecash2418]

"Tis but a scratch!" "A scratch?! Your torso's off!"

[@ryank5424]

"Tis a flesh wound" ........ should be the motto of this class 😀

[@trentwerner366]

“Ive had worse”

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@W0rmhandler]

"these ships were designed to take on insurgents" "massive spinally mounted magnetic acceleration cannon that transforms the ship into a gun" Scary insurgents.

[@Timjer92]

Actually, the insurgents really were a threat. They were throwing nukes on civilians, for one.

[@jaredevans8263]

@@Timjer92 yeah iirc, the insurgents once snuck a nuke into a major city on some planet and detonated it in the streets

[@theoneandonlymsg991]

Yep. The insurgents were some crazy sons of b*tches. They’re part of the reason why the Spartan program was created. Also indirectly they are part of the reason humanity was getting prepared for the eventual human covenant war. So if not for the insurgents and possibly some luck. Humanity would’ve been wiped a lot sooner than expected.

[@tep5132]

They had rag tag fleets of stolen ships. Take from today’s history they probably would put nukes in cargo ships and put them on a collision course with unsc ships. You’d want to snipe them out the sky before they got close too

[@tatotaytoman5934]

insurgents captured their own ships sometimes, gotta blast them with gigatons of kinetic energy

[@thorshammer7883]

So your finally doing other sci fi ships awesome. I wait to see the Forerunner Fortress-class Dreadnought and Imperium Battleship.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah I'm excited there are a ton of things we got started

[@noahcederlund7660]

MetaNerdz Lore can you do war hammer 40k

[@theorderofthefrontmostlawn4546]

@@MetaNerdzLore How about the little known history of the Spirit of Fire.

[@trentwerner366]

I’m most excited for future content!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@baronfriday989]

IIRC the Pillar of Autumn was specially outfitted for a deep penetration mission to capture Covenant leadership, so that could account for the discrepancy in missile pods.

[@bug1701]

Discrepancy ! Or, reason for the Discrepancy. The Autumn was specially modified for Operation Red Flag. Prototype laser cooled reactors, a three shot burst capable MAC, and half of its hanger space converted into hidden Archer pods. All on the starboard, right, side if i remember correctly. So she had the 36 external, PLUS the 300 internal. source, the novel "Fall of Reach"

[@cyberspectre8675]

Correct. I think the retrofit was even more extensive than that, too. It's definitely not a standard Halcyon cruiser.

[@KillerOrca]

@@cyberspectre8675 Tougher, faster, stronger. Plus more troop space. The UNSC used the refit specs to create the Autumn-class heavy cruiser of the post-war era.

[@bug1701]

@@cyberspectre8675 in the novel, The Autumn was beasting her way back from the outer rings when the main push for Reach happened. Rolling over any corvettes or frigates that got in her way. Usually on the first salvo. Very much a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@bug1701]

@@KillerOrca I've seen that too on the halo Wikis... but the stats listed don't seem to match that statement. Maybe all the extra upgrades of the Autumn class are classified? =P

[@JavaMies]

Also to be noted: The halcyon class cruisers were out of commision, being scrapped for parts because the model was so old and basically obselete. Autumn was recommissioned specifically for operation red flag. Correct me if im wrong, I’ve only listened the first book as audio book. Reading sticks better in memory.

[@_spooT]

How to win naval combat? UNSC: Flying Sniper Rifles

[@phatdog]

Getting no scopes even in space :P

[@irend1163]

Damn right

[@WadcaWymiaru]

Without camuflage to look like asteroides :/

[@downrangecash2418]

See, I want a UNSC ship which is literally just a MAC gun with engines strapped to it. No Archer Missile pods, minimal point defense, armor thin as toilet paper, a tiny crew size. It's only purpose is to be a big gun which shoots things, while being stupidly easy to produce. Now THAT'S the pinnacle of UNSC engineering. I mean, who needs armor when you're just gonna get blown up by a single plasma torpedo anyways?

[@WadcaWymiaru]

@@downrangecash2418 In the future thick armor and kinetic weapon will be not used.

[@seanmartin1762]

It should also be noted that the Pillar of Autumn was a special case as it's original objective was to go deep in enemy space and attempt to capture a Prophet. It also had 2 AIs as Cortana was apart of the Spartan detachment that was supposed to be on board

[@waletsplayer7159]

I'm already hyped for the breakdown of covenant ships (the CCS-class especially!,).

[@TheYak2266]

Cortana didn't look down on the the Pillar of Autumn, she was impressed by it. She specifically picked it because of its structural strengths at a time when earth ships were getting swatted out of the sky from catastrophic shots. in her first battle, she took out a covenant supercarrier on her own

[@arbington]

The Halcyon and Marathon classes are among my favorite ships in all of science fiction.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

arbington USS Excelsior, Jt-327 Nubian, Arwing and TARDIS

[@cinematicplays2644]

Love halo can’t wait for halo infinite

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah for real

[@cinematicplays2644]

MetaNerdz Lore is halo infinite Releasing for Xbox one and series x and pc ?????

[@arc3742]

@@cinematicplays2644 all 3

[@cinematicplays2644]

Arc for halo infinite Xbox one series x and pc ????

[@jovialmonster757]

Shadow blue Gamer yeah all the current gen Xbox’s (one, one s, and one x) along with the series x and pc will be getting halo infinite

[@theseekerofancienttruth3873]

According to Installation 00 and several other Halo Lore Masters, the Actual Size of Halo ships is 2.65 times Larger than what is listed (this is based in part by the size of the Longsword Fighter and Launch Bay 7 in CE's Final Cutscene). This makes the Autumn 3,100.5 m long, 932.8 m wide, 1,097.1 m tall, and weighing in at 28.5 Million Metric Tons. That size allows for the Dozens of point defense guns and 832 Archer Pods on the ship to actually Fit, as the Original size was insufficient (even the Longsword in the Cutscene was too big for the Original Size).

[@Installation00]

More coming on that subject. Stay tuned. Much Love.

[@glectarful]

You once told me in a live stream q and a that you wouldn't move from star wars content, thanks for suprising me!

[@MetaNerdzLore]

A surprise to be sure, but I hope a welcome one lol

[@gamerimperium1197]

hey meta nerd i worked on several US navy vessels and i wanted you to know that the reason they had so many missiles was most likely they were the missile pod reloads. once fired the pods could be reloaded from within the ships main magazine much like current navy vessels.

[@TheShreddedSnorlax]

4:26 Ok, the reason for the discrepancy is that the Pillar of Autumn whose stats you're using for the larger number, wasn't a normal Halcyon class cruiser. She was specially re-fitted for Operation: Red Flag, a UNSC plan to capture a Covenant Prophet, and use them to negotiate a ceasefire. This partly involved them boarding and capturing a Covernant ship to take back to the then unknown Covenant homeworld without destroying it. As a result, the Pillar of Autumn was heavily modified. It's covered extensively throughout the novels The Fall of Reach, First Strike, and to an extent The Flood. You also need to be careful not to confuse the Halcyon's with similar-looking but very different Marathon Class Heavy Cruiser. They have a similar looking space frame but the Marathon is larger and heavier armed than a standard Halcyon. Other than that, not a bad video. Suggest checking some of the Halo wikia articles, they're well put together on the different ship classes and have good referencing to the source material.

[@andrewhernandez6753]

I forget which Halo book it was but Cortana was allowed to pick her own ship, and she specifically chose the Pillar of Autumn over more advanced UNSC ships because of its ability to take a beating with the honeycomb construction.

[@flyingplatypus7272]

Manufacturing on Mars? Happy mechanicus noises

[@m4x927]

Yea in the halo universe they have a large shipyard in Mars. You can see it in one of the halo 3 trailers.

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Star Trek, Warhammer 40K and now Halo. Who doesn't use Mars to build ships.

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Thanks!

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[@MascottDeepfriar]

As far as the question of why the missile numbers having a discrepancy. The "pillar of autumn" had a bunch of custom upgrades for its mission specific mission. The quote from captain keys was specifically referring to one of the docking bays being entirely replaced with missile pods.

[@rawbiie]

UNSC? AND ONE MINUTE EARLY? Todays gonna be a good day

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Hope you like it!

[@benr77]

there's a lot of description of these ships' tactical abilities in some of the Halo novels as well. Those were fun to read.

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Yeah but how many Dewbacks can it hold..?

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At least 2

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[@MetaNerdzLore]

Maybe one day

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[@TruePacifist201]

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[@Drakefance5]

Always happy to see more Halo

[@Floodbait_117]

Thank you for giving halo and a halcyon some love

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

Even in the remastered version, Keyes still had the wrong rank on his chest.

[@iamaspaceman8533]

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[@Burning-Twilight]

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[@xXaltowolfXxmp3]

God I love that we can have content like this. Extended lore really solidifies a good universe

[@navb0tactual]

4:30 I think the discrepancy is because of the Autumn being modified further as it was meant to be the ship for Operation Red Flag... TL dr ship takes Spartans to capture a high prophet to negotiate peace with the covenant. But then they found Reach because of a tracker hidden inside of the UNSC Iroquois' Haul So shit hit the fan fast If it already hasn't of course

[@OakleyW23]

Star Wars AND Halo, I love this channel so much

[@josephjackson1956]

You have to remember that the racetrack has twists and turns, probably making up for the extra 1.3 kilometers.

[@MuzzySkeleton]

The Pillar of Autumn was gonna be used in an infiltration mission to capture a Prophet. I think it was chosen for its honeycombed makeup and its armament retrofitted for this task. It was gonna carry a large number of Spartans and Helljumpers, and was gonna go deep into enemy space. I think Cortana chose this ship for its structure and Keyes was chosen because he was familiar with the Spartan program and he could keep a secret. An iconic ship, nicely designed.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I am so glad I discovered this channel. These videos have been helping me sleep so much. I like to listen and imagine all these cozy Halo thoughts and it is the most relaxing thing. Thanks!

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Man I'm pretty lucky, just when I start playing Halo instead of battlefront 2 this appears

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You guys just keep getting more awesome

[@andrzejwysocki609]

it is also a tardis for the final level of halo when it stretches to over several km long, those humans... no wonder the covies hate us and our space magic

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[@UnwantedSelf]

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[@CopperVulpine]

I was very excited to see a breakdown of the Halcyon! I don’t see too many breakdowns on Halo ships

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By the rings! A halo video? I'm all for it!

[@ArtificialDragon]

Well well, what's better then Metanerdz doing star wars stuff? Its Metanerdz doing Halo stuff!

[@Nidhoggrr]

Love these ship breakdowns.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Thanks I'll keep em coming

[@markmulder9845]

Ah the pillar of autumn. The flying giant Nokia of humanity with a hell of a punch.

[@CylixTheGamer]

Yes, finally! I have been waiting for this for almost a year!

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Who is that in your avatar?

[@anith_the_knight7918]

Wasn't expecting this! Great video.

[@nuttin3313]

Please make an entire playlist of this. Very well done!!

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Hell yeah brother I'm excited to see more halo from you

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Halo videos are a nice change of pace and are very interesting. Good job :)

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Thanks I'll keep em coming!

[@igncom1]

I kinda prefer this to the new Infinity-class. They feel more grounded and realistic, to some extent.

[@FrostyFlix]

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[@Frizzleman]

Man I love your work, can’t wait to see more halo content maybe the Paris frigate or whatever it’s called, Savannah in reach I think, you know the one

[@timash1927]

Great video! You should do a breakdown on a battlestar from battlestar galactica, or the ships from the expanse!

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I'm a big halo fan! Really excited when I watched this video. Really hope to see more!!

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definitely keep doing Halo videos. The world building is severely underrated.

[@Soundwave3591]

4:29 it is stated in "The Fall of Reach" that the Pillar of Autumn was specially modified for her mission into Covenant space, so maybe she was beefed up to a fare-thee-well and jacked up with extra weapons because of the danger she was flying into.

[@pancakeboy8642]

SO HYPE!!! I have been waiting for this day!

[@Peter_Turbo4]

Fun fact Any/all ships in HALO Larger than a Halberd are actually 2.65x the size given by the lore

[@Installation00]

You little beauty.

[@bachri7721]

The Halcyon is basically like the underdog of the UNSC fleet; looked down upon by everyone. But ultimately, it was a Halcyon-class Cruiser that kicked off the beginning of the end for the Covenant.

[@GruntyGame]

Also worth noting the Pillar of Autumn was turned into a sleeper. Some of it's hanger bays were converted to missile bays, a load of low profile point defense cannons added, the main reactor replaced and a rapid fire MAC cannon. In the Fall of Reach it mentions that the Autumn was chosen for project Mjolnir because the Halcyon was an older, durable, but ultimately under performing vessel. With it's over haul, it was intended that the Covenant would underestimate the Autumn allowing Keyes to disable a Covenant warship to allow the Spartans to steal it for project Mjolnir. That's why the numbers in Fall of Reach don't add up.

[@alexboehm3919]

Oh shit! Halo! Nice to see your expanding out from Star Wars! I’ve been wanting to play Halo a lot recently. If I could humbly request, could you please look at some of the ships & vehicles from call of duty infinite warfare? Keep up the good work!

[@loserlemby7273]

Oooh good idea!

[@cancelanime1507]

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[@ronaldthompson4989]

My understand: the official refit specs are for the Halcyon class in general. The refit in Fall of Reach (a new MAC capable of firing a 3 round burst instead of just single shots, new reactor, one of the hangars filled with 300 missile pods) was a one-off applied solely to Pillar of Autum for the raid she was assigned to (Take every Spartan II the UNSC could spare to the suspected covenant capitol, capture the Prophets, and force a ceasefire) but was unable to carry out due to the assault on Reach and casualties incurred

[@MrGA555]

I heard or read that the PoA had a faster recharge time. Being able to shoot one shot at full power or 3 shots at less power. Idk if u mentioned that. Also, it was the only ship to last against a covenant battle group for such a long time while also taking down 3+ covenant ships

[@johnverick-smith9794]

The trick to the Autumns MAC was that it could fire three shots successively on one full charge due to field recyclers and booster capacitors. Not only that but the round fired was lighter, without sacrificing any of the stopping power. It was a tungsten titanium core with a tungsten carbide outer layer that splintered upon impact. Kinda like a hollowpoint. Also the reactor was the first of its kind and could run at 300% overcapacity for a short time drastically increasing charge times and sublight speeds.

[@gracecalis5421]

How this ship was made : "I want a giant rail gun" "We can do tha--" "Wait, no! A giant rail gun that can *_FLY"_* "...w-we can do that"

[@NandxHDpc]

Loved the video! Great ship.

[@LMG1792]

I’m hoping we will see more of these. Love UNSC ship design.

[@fangoroth6600]

I had to double check this on the wiki because of how long it's been since I read the books, but the refit on the Autumn's MAC allowed it to fire 3 rounds per charge. Slightly lighter rounds but a higher rate of fire let it tear through covie shields a bit easier than standard MACs.

[@dwsg1990]

The upgraded Mac on the pillar of autumn helped too, being able to fire 3 rounds on one charge rather than than the normal ship mounted Mac firing one shot per one charge

[@Reptilian3081]

thank you so much!!!!

[@hydrasfang]

The Pillar of Autumn was a custom retrofit because of the mission it was supposed to do before Reach was discovered which changed their mission drastically. That's why the Pillar of Autumn had different specifications compared to regular retrofits for the Halcyon class ships.

[@carchariasspartania3958]

That was a great breakdown. Thank you for taking me back to the beginning. So much nostalgia. :)

[@johnwotek3816]

The crew size of the Pillar of Autumn always bugged me. 1000, for a 1km long ship weighting 9 million metric ton, for a ship that seem to combine the role of a troop carrier, aircraft carrier and battleship. To give you a comparison, the Charles de Gaulles, France's aircraft carrier has 1200 sailor to crew him, not including the 600 crew of the aircraft part of the ship. And bigger US aircraft carrier of the Gerald Ford class have 2600 crewmember.

[@thatgamingtitan]

Awwww yeah, the first of many Halo related videos!

[@stijnVDA1994]

I would have loved the refrence of the chief driving over 3 km's in the autum whilst being just over 1 km long...

[@LoneWolf20213]

Finally halo is in these vids

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

Very late, but I just wanted to point out the ship circled in the size comparison is a Marathon class.

[@TheShadowfirestorm]

If i remember correctly i believe that the pillar of autumn was specially outfitted and had a much higher missile count that other ships of its same type. the MAC cannon was also a unique model, it could fire up to 3 smaller rounds on a single charge compared to the standard ones.

[@sevi117]

The Pillar of Autumn last refit was special. It was selected for an almost suicide mission behind enemy lines and it was rebuilt for that. It had an arsenal stronger than the average Marathon class cruiser. It received heavier plating than the other Halcyons. It also received an experimental engine and a MAC able to shot 3 times before reloading. It was so special and performed so well at the battles of Reach and installation 04 (any other Marathon or Halcyon would have been smashed before make all the way to the ring) that the next generation of heavy cruisers was inspired by it and called autumn class. That the reason of the discrepancies when Keyes inspected the Autumn. It had, as Keyes said, an arsenal able to outperform almost any other cruiser of the fleet.

[@sevi117]

Also the honeycomb hull was exclusive of the first dozen of Halcyons because it was really expensive to build

[@falcongamer58]

"Shiva-class nuclear warhead" is such an epic name because it's a direct reference to the God of destruction Shiva

[@m4x927]

The name is well deserved too, in the comics it punched a hole through a covenant ship's shielding and took a chunk off it's front.

[@falcongamer58]

@@m4x927 i don't read halo comics but i can imagine the damage based on the games

[@thesilentscreamer1595]

Love your videos, MetaNerdz Lore! Since you have always covered Star Wars content, I thought you wouldn't do HALO Ships. I am so glad you did. Keep it up, MetaNerdz! =))))))))))

[@DogmaBeoulve]

I think if I remember correctly, the Pillar of Autumn's MAC cannon was specially refitted (maybe that's why it's not included in the video - being a special fit AND being a re-fit during the Covenant War) to fire three fragmenting shots rather than one heavier shot.

[@MegaAseb]

I'd love to see more Sci-Fi universes for example ,Star Trek, Star Gate and etc

[@McCluckles38]

Brilliant video! I'm so glad you're style of analytical breakdowns can be turned onto other franchises. I love Halo and I hope you do more of these style videos in the Halo universe! Also, where the bloody hell does the warthog run section take place on the Autumn? 😅

[@timtarbet4594]

The logo on the port side as well as the Marathon class cruiser are both references to an earlier Bungie game, Marathon, where you also play a cyborg that has to fight off an alien invasion on behalf of an unprepared humanity. Bungie games used to be pretty self referential.

[@TheT7770ify]

Another cool fact is that the in game model for halo CE of the autumn didn't move, it was just cleaver camera use that made it appear as though it was.

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

Imagine this: Joint Covenant-UNSC small ships. Energy shields, superior slipspace travel, superior reactors, superior engines/thrusters, built tough like a UNSC ship with super THIQQ walls, but being made out if the super durable nanolaminate hull material. Plasma shrouded MAC rounds to eliminate shields and armor ar once, grav lifts, shielded hangar bays, etc.

[@Comet5551]

The Autumn’s length is a reference to Master Chief’s number, John 117

[@Drakefance5]

Already found an inconsistency with the lore. XD. Ships only 1km long but the final mission of Halo CE, the Maw has you drive across the ship in a warthog for 2km. Obviously not your fault. just stats not matchin games

[@Timjer92]

Yeah, that was one example of the level being made much bigger just for gameplay purposes. Otherwise Halo is mostly very consistent with its lore.

[@Drakefance5]

@@Timjer92 I assumed that would be the case, Lore should always come after gameplay, rather than restrain it.

[@TheNobleFive]

@@Timjer92 They also altered the ship Chief was stuck on going from Halo 3 to 4. The version in 4 is much larger. www.halopedia.org/File:FUD_H3-Hyperion_H4-scaled2.jpg

[@loserlemby7273]

There are several inconsistencies with the Halcyon's size, but this is all whats been confirmed to be official

[@scraminqbanchy7162]

You have to remember that during the warthog run you take twists and turns jumps as well so that will add some distance

[@LoneWolf20213]

Now I’ll click faster to find more halo vids The infinity is going on my like and saved vids

[@remielpollard787]

For the record, the missile count discrepancy is due to the fact that the Pillar of Autumn was a unique heavily modified variant of the Halcyon, and had a completely different MAC cannon that was capable of burst-firing. The rounds were much lighter, but the kinetic energy per round remained the same, allowing for improved performance against Covenant shields. One of the biggest problems was that by the time a regular MAC had recharged, a Covenant ship had its shields back up. In order to overcome this, you needed multiple ships staggering their shots against Covenant ships. This modification allowed the Autumn to engage Covenant ships solo.

[@fadec6410]

Loved the video! A thing I saw is that when you circled the ship at 1:08 that is actually a Marathon class ship. Keep it up though!