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!
plasma pistol unarmed grenade fast cowardly ever persistant
Wretch. Hard choice, but while the Grunt has a weak weapon, the Wretch has one too; its fists. It could easily run up to the Grunt and 'beat down', as it's called in Halo. And the Wretch is persistent. The Grunt would try to retreat.
Sniper Teams
Covenant Jackal VS Locust Theron Guard
Targeting Mask Minor Targeting mask Plasma-Beam Rifle Bolt-action bullet Occasionally shilded No shields
Jackal. No contest. I mean, the steady shots of the Plasma Beam Rifle far outweigh both the range and firing speed of the Bolt Action. And there's the fact that the Jackals have 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
Elite. No contest, again. I mean, the Cyclops has little armor, but the Elite's is strong. The guns were close, but I still think that the Elite could overpower the Cyclops in a straight out hit for hit, because of its superior armor. And there's the fact that the Elite is about as strong as the Cyclops, but they have cloaking. So they could sneak up.
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
Hunter. No contest. Unbreakable armor? Plasma mortar? Now, the Brumak might be taller, but the Hunter still has a huge advantage, not to mention how many there are.
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
Skorge .This was a really tough one. The Prophet has a better weapon, but the Skorge is faster and stronger, with better guards. So if it was a melee battle, the Skorge, but if it was at a distance, Prophet.
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
Reaver would win. Why? Because they have better artillery, and can function on their own. If a Reaver caught a Locust off guard, no contest. If they were in groups, it'd be a hard battle, but I think Reaver would still win.
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.
Scarab would pwn the Covenant tanks. No contest. So let's tally it up, shall we? Unit Covenant Locust Minor Infantry X Sniper X Special Ops X Heavies X Leader X Air X
But I forgot that Grunts occasionally carry needlers, and if you've played Halo, you know that the needler is the best brute killer in the game.
yes it is when you load an entire clip of needeler into the same enemy , used in bursts of 2 or 3 like the grunts do it becomes barley more effective than a plasma pistol
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 Hunter. No contest. Unbreakable armor? Plasma mortar? Now, the Brumak might be taller, but the Hunter still has a huge advantage, not to mention how many there are.
moabarmorgamer you do realize that brumacks are easily in excess of 30 feet tall and are tougher than corpsers, a hunter would be annihilated by a volley of missles from a brumack with ease and thier armour isnt unbreakable ( as that would make them better than even a scarab if thier armour was that tough) and scarabs can only be deployed in very limited numbers compared to brumaks or corpsers
The way I see it, the Locust are technologically comparable to the Marines in Halo, minus the ability of space travel, and the Marines basically got crushed by the Covenant. If it wasn't for the super soldier who is invincible (because he's the player) the Marines wouldn't have stood a chance.
I believe the Locust would be able to hold their own on a ground battle, but only because of their elite units like Brumaks and Corpsers. The only problem is, the Covenant wouldn't have to bring the battle to the ground. Plus, the Covenant's superior numbers would make the Locust resistance useless over time. A Brumak could cause some serious damage, but their numbers are finite, whereas the Covenant is basically endless. It's a coalition of entire races and planets and systems, versus one species on one tiny little planet. The odds are against the Locust.
