An immensely vast space-faring religious hegemony, consisting of seven different species over the course of time. After a Jackal ship brought a human onto the mobile city, High Charity, the Prophets Truth, Mercy, and the newly initiated Regret, ordered the destruction of the species of which did not believe in their religion. So began a war that lasted for years on end. the war saw the beginning of the Spartan I, the end of Spartan I, and the Beginning/end of Spartan II. After the Flood wiped out the Brutes, the covenant dispersed, but not before reducing the humans to only one planet, Earth.
The Locust Horde.
Humanoid species, born with brutal tactics implanted in their DNA. Coming in many shapes and sizes, the Locust were a formidable threat to the COG when attempting to escape the Iambent Locust. Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad led their men into the Locust Hollow following a lightmass bomb explosion, in an attempt to stop the crippled locust once and for all. The locust fought back with an immense rift worm, and skorge, the leader of the Locust Kantus variation. Delta Squad killed Skorge, and flooded the Hollows, but not after having their population of earth dwindle to less than a continent.
The two factions never met each other in conflict, but if they did, who would win?
I want to hear your opinion, so i'll put down what each faction brings to the table in a certain category. after that, please state who you think would win, your choices for the match ups, and an explanation of your opinion. thanks!
Minor infantry
Covenant Grunt VS Locust Wretch
plasma pistol unarmed grenade fast cowardly ever persistant
Sniper Teams
Covenant Jackal VS Locust Theron Guard
Targeting Mask Minor Targeting mask Plasma-Beam Rifle Bolt-action bullet Occasionally shilded No shields
Special Ops
Covenant Elite VS Locust Cyclops/Drone/Grenadier
Energy Sword Slight armor Plasma Rifle Ballistic Bullet assault rifles Cloaking stronger muscles Immensely strong arms ability to withstand huge radiation HOOVES (like a horse) Personal Shields All Covenant weapons expt brute
Specialized Heavies
Hunter vs Brumak
Fuel-Rod Plasma mortor Multiple-shot Mortor canon Unbreakable Armor immensely thick hide 10 feet tall 20 feet tall Trillions of the species Thousands of the variation
Leaders
Prophet of Regret VS Skorge
Laser from the sky! Dual-Chainsaw staff Defense sentinels Kantus guards Sits on a slow moving chair (floats) Fast and strong
Air Units
Covenant Drone vs Locust Reaver
Plasma Pistol/Needler Troika gun and Rockets Immensely deadly in numbers (H3 lvl 2) Deadly on their own extremely weak as a single unit cannot function w/o rider
and i dont know anything that con cover the Scarab tank...but here's what it brings.
Scarab Tank
Bigger than a Locust Corpser Big-ass Fuel Rod Gun only way to kill it is to destroy the power core in the back.
Remember, its like facing all of these enemies on legendary/impossible as is the hardest difficulty!
Wow this is easy. The Covenant. All they gotta do is glass the planet. And I'd like to see the Locust do that..... heck. I'd like to see them survive being glassed.
Yeah, to be frank, the Covenants tech makes this one sided, although if they fought fair it would be Locust all the way. A better match for the Locust would be Fallout 3's Super Mutants.
Yeah, to be frank, the Covenants tech makes this one sided, although if they fought fair it would be Locust all the way. A better match for the Locust would be Fallout 3's Super Mutants.
agreed would be a great match because both are resistant to radiation and they dont have futuristic weapons. Anyways i stil stay covenant would win =P
Minor infantry Covenant Grunt VS Locust Wretch plasma pistol unarmed grenade fast cowardly ever persistant Winner:Grunt.The grunt wins if it is at medium to long range.Wretch only wins in close range combat
Sniper Teams Covenant Jackal VS Locust Theron Guard Targeting Mask Minor Targeting mask Plasma-Beam Rifle Bolt-action bullet Occasionally shilded No shields Winner:Jackal.The fast 2 shots of the jackal would beat the one shot long reload any day.And the shield is an extra defense if the theron attacks first.
Special Ops Covenant Elite VS Locust Cyclops/Drone/Grenadier Energy Sword Slight armor Plasma Rifle Ballistic Bullet assault rifles Cloaking stronger muscles Immensely strong arms ability to withstand radiation HOOVES (like a horse) Personal Shields Winner:Elites.Personal shields stealth and cloaking outmatch muscle any day.
All Covenant weapons expt brute Specialized Heavies Hunter vs Brumak Fuel-Rod Plasma mortor Multiple-shot Mortor canon Unbreakable Armor immensely thick hide 10 feet tall 20 feet tall Trillions of the species Thousands of the variation Winner:Brumack.THIS IS WAAAY TOO OBVIOUS. Leaders Prophet of Regret VS Skorge Laser from the sky! Dual-Chainsaw staff Defense sentinels Kantus guards Sits on a slow moving chair (floats) Fast and strong Winner:Tie.Skorge has the chainsaw staff for close range and moves faster and the kantus can revive him.Regret moves slower but can fly and the lazer = O_O
Air Units banshee(changed it) vs Locust Reaver dual plasma guns Troika gun Fuel rod cannon Rockets good against ground units Deadly on their own Can be hijacked cannot function w/o rider Boost Extremely manuverable Winner:Banshee.Was very close this one but the banshee has better armor and manuverability and ground attacks but the reaver has better anti air capabilites and a rear gunner
and i dont know anything that con cover the Scarab tank...but here's what it brings. Scarab Tank Bigger than a Locust Corpser Big-*** Fuel Rod Gun only way to kill it is to destroy the power core in the back. Honestly the only thing i can compare this to is the lambent brumack at the last level of gears.The explosion would destroy the scarab when it kills the brumack
I think it's obvious: The Chimera from Resistance join the fray, not really dominating the other factions but holding their own. As the battle continues, the Chimera and Locust engage in an intense battle for control of the tunnels. The Covenant use this opportunity to make a push against the Chimerain towers. The Chimera, forces spread too thin say "Screw this, let's spire the living hell out of everything." The chimera gain vast amounts of territory, forcing the other races to retreat. They build their missile defense systems and prepare for the coming siege.
To make a long story short, in one giant push, they overwhelm any defenses, their forces' weapon-resistant hides shielding them from pitiful 'guns'. Thousands of scourges fill the sky, destroying all enemy ships. The Chimerain crawlers are assimilated into the swarm as all is lost to wave after wave of ground troops. The only sound heard over the carnage and chaos is "OMG ZERGLING RUSH!!!!!111!"
I would have to go with the locusts on this one. Every one keeps talking about the lasers from space, but what good are they when the enemy is under ground. The covenant would have to land and go under ground to try and win.
If the Covenant glassed the ENTIRE PLANET, then the underground would become sealed off, and eventually the Locust wouldn't be able to breathe.
Hmm Honestly the Covenant would most likely win. Locust just aren't advanced enough. yes there somewhat powerful and yes they got some tough soldiers but the Covenant are thousands of years ahead of them in tech. The Covenant would not blow up the planet. The only reason they would go to war with them is because there planet has natural resources that they need. So they would most likely " burn " the planets surface. Then use a series of ground operations to finish them off. Being that the locust for the most part live under the surface this task would be most grueling. But only a few thousand losses to the Covenant and the Locust would have had millions dead. After the queen is killed then there is no more.
purple monkey the covenant tech may be more advanced but sractch the surface and its essentially useless, even a scorpion outclasses a wraith by miles and humans in the halo universe are thousands of years behind in tech.
people dont understant how weapons and stuff change. eg wearing a bulletproof vest wont protect you from a sword in the same way a plate of metal wont stop a bullet. covenant armour and sheilds is designed to protect mainly against plasma weapons and there weapons are designed to damage shileds and such. thats why a plasma rifle tears through a shield on an elite but use it on a brute that doesnt have a shield and it becomes far less effective.
thats why the locusts would win and the covenant would take millions of losses at best, covenant tech provides little protection from balistic weapons with the only exception of shields ( which are only in the form of personal shields on elites)
