What would Covenant watercraft in halo look like?

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

I always figured it'd be about the same as the hover vehicles they already have

[@iivin4233]

It's actually a super interesting question to me. If the Covenant vehicles push off the ground (exert ground pressure), then they might just sink, or ride very low in the water. They might have massive wakes if that were the case. Or if Covenant vehicles just use antigrav then, yeah, they'll pretty much float on the water as they do over ground. Wet kig-yar stink.

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

Imagine epic boat fights on water dominant planets

[@sebansasthamkunnel1027]

I’d say the reason there may be no need for naval wars is because of the fact that space is just way more effective to act as a supporting unit than the likes of ships or destroyers. Ships can only be placed in bodies of water on the planet, but frigates need space which is everywhere around the planet.

[@Jordanisgreat505-ni7ro]

Yeah makes sense. Still I could see uses for naval focused stuff

[@5xg378]

Yeah, basically this. Realistically speaking, in terms of a large scale military if you have spaceships capable of moving in atmosphere you dont need a boat. Cuz anything a boat can do a space ship can... and it can also fly over land. However maybe civilian grade boats could exist in waterworld colonies. Tho, also we cant deny the possibility of Covie Submarines. Maybe not military equipment, but the Halo 2 Scarab was mining equipment that ended up in a warzone. Something like that could happen, Since the covenant look around for Artifacts, it makes sense they could have mining submarines.

[@iivin4233]

@@5xg378 On the contrary, I think there is a better chance that *every* military spacecraft would also be a boat than that there would be no naval warships at all. And more likely still, that there would be: just straight up naval vessels, naval vessels being converted into space vessels, and space vessels being converted into naval vessels. This because: Floating is free hovering. Hovering takes an incredible amount of energy. Flying takes a lot of energy and incredibly specialized design features (that won't work the same in two different atmospheres). Boats that can submerge even a few feet and move even a few knots while underwater will gain the entire ocean as a heat sink with which to absorb glassing beams. How much plasma would it take to bring the first ten feet of an entire ocean to a boil? Even if that were accomplished, a properly designed ship could shrug off boiling water for awhile--for an amount of time limited only by the amount of energy the boat has access to and the lifespan of its refrigerant. All the while a boat can return fire on the spaceships above. Granted, this is harder for a boat. Boats realistically only have quite large missiles and lasers as options for returning fire, and spaceships can tap the entire sun for energy whereas boats can only access whatever solar energy the spaceships don't block out as well as whatever energies their planets provide. Though, planets can provide gargantuan amounts of energy--even moreso if your foe is repeatedly nuking or plasma-boiling bodies of water on those planets. In truth, spaceships and boats exist in a kind of standoff with each other. Apart from the massive energy savings that, say, Miranda would've gotten from being able to rest the In Amber Clad on an ocean, or the benefits The Pillar of Autumn would've received by being able to dive under an ice sheet and hide, spaceships need to be able to become boats because, otherwise, the boats (and the People of the Department thereof) will be able to yeet missiles and beams at the spaceships for geological lengths time unless the spaceships come down to the boats' level and disrupt their infrastructure. Basically, physics favors the boats. Even on much smaller planets. If there's liquid and air, the boats will be there.

[@5xg378]

Probably a very heavy reason we never saw water combat is the fact that spartans sink like rocks.

[@Jordanisgreat505-ni7ro]

Jetpacks can solve that issue

[@PackHunter117]

I’ve always had ideas of what naval warfare could be like I remember the episode from the Clone Wars with the scuba Clones fighting those squid aliens that allied with the CIS and thought imagine Chief gets a few armor additions that allow him to traverse water easier and you end up fighting Ranger Elites, Grunts, Jackals, and maybe others underwater. Imagine them all using EVA suits but suited for underwater combat. Also the Covenant would use weapons that use the same pulse laser technology they use on star ships but on a much smaller scale. That would be epic. And maybe a sea monster shows up to kill the Covenant and yourself. That would be epic

[@dead_meme9920]

pretty awesome video exploring the idea, also loved the naval combat in your mods, looking forward to your future work!

[@Dilofos.]

This is a goated creative process, very cool

[@KaiserPatrik]

Professional ree for ree beefer, jokes aside good video, glad Tacit Axiom is getting some recognition.

[@Jordanisgreat505-ni7ro]

I saw that art while I was working on desolate December to try and figure out a good area to start from when making the watercraft. I know the watercraft in my mod isn't as good looking as Tacit Axiom. So I wanted to give a shout out to the work done.

[@nj7969]

They’d be just like the land craft… Cause they’re all Floatinggggggg ahaaaaa. I’ll see myself out now.

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

I've always wondered that myself

[@Greeeeeeeeeeeeo]

it would be interesting to see vehicles by the novel elite tribesmen covenant don season they food

[@lordshmee13]

"Why need navel combat?" BECAUSE YA GOOBEAR! It sounds cool, always follow Bungies rule of cool, sure a little obscene sharks and such but imagine those plus other alien water life attacking plus the Covenant watercrafts! HALO NEEDS DYNAMIC landscapes and a battle on water would sick af. Imagine a mission on a ship across harsh waters and continously attacked by Covenant and like Gears 3 attacked by massive sea creature, HOLD imagine if 343i's Kraken shows up time to time or it gets wrecked by monsters, the possibilities are endless for craziness OR TO BREAK 343I even more, make it dynamic battle instead no cutscene, you either help the Kraken crew kill the sea creature or reverse to eliminate either or WOULD BE INSANE 🎉

[@Jordanisgreat505-ni7ro]

Exactly. Thats the best answer you can give to that. Its just a cool idea. Practical or not. This is the same universe where we have a the most impractical things and thats what makes them stand out and be cool. Water combat is awesome.

[@Stitch_666]

Rly interesting topic but tbh don't have to waste 8 mins wondering how the covenant with ANTI GRAV technology traverse water. It would be multifunctional, land faring, sea faring and submarine in one vehicle. I doubt they rely on buoyancy when they have anti grav capability 💀

[@Jordanisgreat505-ni7ro]

It doesn't traverse on water. It sinks in game. Thats the problem.