Halo: All Capital Ship Weapon Types Explained with New Warfleet Info! Halo Lore 

Bungie-era Covenant weapons were terrifying. Plasma torpedoes would track a ship, as if by magic. They could be fired from the opposite side of a star system and any return shots would pass harmlessly through them, and when they did hit they would melt a dozen decks away like it ain't no thang. You had to be VERY lucky for your ship to not be one-hit-killed. They were significantly watered-down when 343 took over.

10:58 My favorite cut-scene in all of Halo. Infinity go "We hit a covenant cruiser? meh... We destroyed it when we hit it? Any day... Why? Cuz when we go hand-to-hand, we go hammer!"

What's your favorite unsc ship? Mine is the spirit of fire

Bruh, this is becoming the ultimate Sci-Fi channel!

ODST vs arc troopers, great video!

Coil gun, AKA Gauss gun, is more complex but less power intensive and can be built for hand held. Rail gun is larger but less complex yet needs more power. Coil gun uses electromagnetic rings, coils, to individually charge and pull a projectile along. Thus only need a small amount of power which switches between rings. Rail gun uses to long rails with a conductive projectile to complete the circuit and launch with the magnetic field that is generated.

I always thought that the "Plasma Torpedo" was a Scarlet Red Blob of Destruction as described in The Fall of Reach Novel (Kinda like the Romulan Plasma Weapon seen in Star Trek Balance of Terror). the ones showed in the Halo 5 Fall of Reach Movie Adaptation and the Halo Legends Episode "The Package" are used much more abundantly and are tiny and don't result in 1 hit kills against UNSC Ships. For this reason I suspect there are Multiple Types of Plasma Torpedo. The Weapons on the Covenant Corvette are Plasma Cannons which Can shoot Powered Shots (Often Mistaken for Plasma Torpedoes) Phantom Gunboats have Concussion Plasma Cannons. This is merely observation.

This channel had quickly become one of my favourites on RU-vid. The time and effort put into these on a daily basis is incredible. Keep up the Fantastic work, and try not to burn yourself out :)

Um most nukes of the UNSC, Havoc and Shiva (30mt and 50mt respectively) did do serious damage to covenant ships, either shield or the ships themselves, the small nukes you are thinking of that were mainly for EMP was the Fury Tac Nuke, and that is a special ordinance used either to wipe out large amounts of ground forces, or more preferably, to take out a covenant ship through boarding action, and Archers were also used to take out shields to be followed by MAC or nuke fire, there are also many iterations of the Archer Missile, the ones used by say the Spirit of Fire are going to be rather different than the ones used by the UNSC Infinity, the main commonality being that they are presumably compatible with the same missile tubes. as such newer ones are better at taking out shields than their predecessors,

Mac: Big Fuck You Railgun Energy Pr-*Ahem* "Plazma Lance": Big beam of light.

“Launching shops through a Mac gun is a very original idea” Battlestar Galactica tube launch has entered the chat

Versus list 1) Han Solo vs Sargent Major Avery Junior Johnson 2) Doom Guy vs Boba Fett 3) Interstellar Alliance vs Galactic Empire 4) Warlock class Destroyer vs UNSC cruiser 5) Resurgent class Battlecruiser vs Mandator III Star Dreadnaught 6) Harrower class Dreadnaught vs Venator Star Destroyer 7) Eternal Empire vs Galactic Empire, Total War 8) Minbari Federation vs Covenant, Fleet battle 9) Can the Galactic Empire survive a full scale Zerg invasion? 10) Protos Carrier vs Covenant Assault Carrier 11) Protos Mother ship vs Executor SSD 12) 2M Saber class Repulsor Tank vs Armored Assault Tank 13) Behemoth class Battlecruiser vs Imperial Star Destroyer

H6 Juggernaut vs AT-AT UNSC Autumn Class Cruiser vs Imperial 2 Class Star Destroyer CIS Super Tank vs AT-AT

Loved the video and glad you enjoyed warfleet and everything it brought with it, awesome use of our scale chart btw. If I had to mention one thing about the video though...Shiva nukes! they were used quite a bit in strategic ways and are one of the most commonly mentioned nukes in space combat in canon.

8:10 Whoah, whoah, whoah. 3000 tons at 4% c? That's .. crazy. Assuming they fire the projectile over about a tenth of a second, that's: 2721554 kg * 11991698.32 m/s / 0.1 = 3.26 * 10^15 Joules. That is an insane amount of energy. To put that in perspective, the Sun generates about 3.8 * 10^26 Joules per second. So, that's about a billionth of all the Sun's energy in a second. If you are using nuclear H-H fusion (Hydrogen to Helium), you'd need to fuse about 1606 kg of raw Hydrogen to get that much energy. (H-H Joules per fuse: 6.7 * 10^-14, and 1H is .0167 * 10^-24 kg) Or, with some Googling, it appears that across the planet Earth approximately 3.9 * 10^20 Joules of energy was produced over all of 2013. That one shot would take about one ten-thousandth of all the energy the human race produced in 2013. With that much power at their command, I do not see why the USNC does not use plasma weapons. Plasma is just any matter heated into an ionized gas. High-energy and high-temperature plasmas should be child's play if you can easily generate that much power on a single station fast enough to be used as a weapon. Even if not, it should be no trouble for humanity to set up a crazy powerful EM field to deflect the Covenant plasma weapons. Magnetic forces repel corrsponding to their field strengh, and with that much power to pump in to a field generator, they should be able to bat away any plasmic projectiles with ease.

Hey. Can you do one on Battletech/Mechwarrior?

The Yuuzhan Vong vs the Covenant. The Rebel fleet at Scarif vs the the UNSC'S earth defense fleet. The Empires fleet at Endor vs the Covenant fleet of Retribution.

I pre ordered the book and it was awesome! I would recommend it to any Halo Lore fan. I was bummed though because the CSO super-carrier was not included.

Another video of yours got me thinking about how various factions would stack up against the three entity classes I made in a game design I came up with back in 2012. You're a treasure trove of information! :D

elite honour guard (halo 2/halo wars 2) vs imperial royal guards (star wars) 1v1 then squad. Banished (halo wars 2) vs first order (star wars)

I'm going to use this video to make halo ships in cosmoteer using ABH mod

Wraith (Stargate) vs Galactic Empire (Star Wars) BC-304 Daedalus-class Battlecruiser (Stargate, Post-Unending, No ZPM) vs Imperial Escort Fleet (Star Wars) BC-304 USS Daedalus (Stargate, Pre-Unending, No ZPM) vs SSV Normandy SR-2 (Mass Effect)

If there is a number on the amount of energy projectors/torpedoes on an assualt carrier, just triple the amount to get the amount on the super carrier

Finally, someone who knows the difference between a coilgun and a railgun instead of mindlessly obfuscating them. *NICE!* *Loved* the video.

*Warhammer 40k vs Pokemon*

Star Wars versus idea: Halo UNSC Pillar of Autumn (not a regular halcyon) versus a MC80a Cruiser. (11th try) Also, an idea for galactic versus: UNSC vs the Red Legion from Destiny 2, with the Almighty super weapon included.

Usual unsc tactics were first do a massed Mac strike which would either take out the target or take out the target's shield which after the mac's are fired archer pods and nukes were fired

7:55 The ships look like literal guns.

MK2 (Modified) MAC is the Triple Shot variant, that uses a lighter ferric-Tungsten Carbide Projectile to decrease the amount of energy use to fire it, also the capacitors recycle the energy to allow it to fire multiple times at full charge, this variant of MAC was Designed to Cripple a covenant ships shields before finish it of with Archer missiles.

I got the book, it was pretty good. My only complaint is that it's too short! lol Some more detailing to some of the designs would've been nice, too, though. Only special ships got full detail with color and sections really. Still worth the money, though.

I feelthere is some UNSC naval coil guns that can take down a covenant ship. I like the Spitfire or the Breakwater

And their strenght ius measured in...kilojoules XD "Like most Covenant weapons, the pulse laser turrets are rated in the kilowatt range". *Halo: Contact Harvest* page 27 XDD

Swords of Sanghelios [halo] vs rebel alliance [Star Wars]

this video just gave me an idea. For a versus. Yautja vs Covenant land battle. Imperium of man vs Covenant.

10:58 i had so much trouble trying to find that clip

Woohoo! Lots of research went into the video.

Mandator class II vs Mediator class star cruiser I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!! + Nice video as i dont know that much about HALO

Old Republic Hammerhead vs Republic Dreadnought class Cruiser Xwing vs Tie Hunter Covenant Elite/Brute Honor Guard vs Emperor's Royal Guard or the CIS Magna Guard

The fact UNSC uses mass drivers, is the most practical and functional experts clearly point the inumerous advantage of mass drivers against energy based weapons including plasma based

*Farsight enclaves vs Swords of Sangheilos*

In the novels the plasma torpedoes were always magnetically guided. It led to some very interesting maneuvers by the UNSC.

ik this video was made 4 years ago but this was really helpful, you just earnt a sub from me!

The Halo Encyclopedia places a ship mounted MAC at .4c or 40% of the speed of light. This is supposed to be the definitive guide to the Halo universe. And written in collaboration with 343I. So yeah apparently that's the max charge of a ships MAC gun. The super MAC fires at .5c or 50% of the speed of light. Same source.

Could you make a video about the history of the human-covenant war listing all the battles and their outcomes for both sides?

EckhartsLadder if you ever read this, I was just wondering where you got the halo animsted videos. I'm not talking about the actual Halo games cutscenes but rather the other video cuts

I love your Halo vids, dude! Keep it up! You should do a realistic video on UNSC small arms. I would love to help with the research.

For one entry for the Star Wars Versus series... can we see the Galactic Empire taking on Skynet from the Terminator series?

Can't wait for the plasma torpedo wars

Question why didn't the forerunners glass the flood or was that possible it seems very effective for that purpose

i waited so much for warfleet to come out :3!

You should do the same kind of list for 40k ship weapons. With some kind of guest 40k (battlefleet gothic?) expert perhaps if you don't think you can pull it off by yourself?

Daedalus class (post-Unending, no ZPM) vs. Imperial II class Star Destroyer

Tbh quick question perhaps you should have made a nod to the slibspace bomb although it was an improvised weapon system

I have an idea for a match up but it seems kind of random but here it goes: 1 Steel Striders Norge class battleship vs The USS Montanna, The Steel Striders are a faction from the game From The Depths which is a game where you must build ships whith as much firepower, armour and speed to destroy the 7 factions that inhabit Neter (the primary planet for the game). All the research is on the ship but if needed to I can do some of it for you.

Hi Eckhart. Have you ever done a Covenant vs Goa'uld episode?

If the plasma torpedo is now a magnetically guided projectile, what was the other MGP they mention in the books? Same thing? I always assumed their plasma shots were a lot like Wraith shots, only much larger and controlled magnetically to some degree.

The USAF Odyssey from the Stargate Franchise vs an Imperial-II Star Destroyer or Resurgent-class battlecruiser from Star Wars

You should do a top 5 Star Wars tanks. Like the t2b or supertank

Please do the Protoss vs the Covenant, the Flood vs the Zerg, and UNSC vs the Terran Dominion

I beleieve you missed a very important covenant weapon. Its not seen in the games but in the novels its the main weapon the covenent use. Its the plasma ball that is shot by basically all covenent ships. It can be seen charging up along the hull and when fired the ship has to drop the shields in the area. Also, I think the plamsa beam was a new weapon. Keys didnt recognize it, (at the battle of reach I think) and he has been fighting for 25 yrs already.

i needed this vid thank you so much

I know you don't do episodes on them but could you do capital ship weapons of Star Trek?

In the future since star wars the last jedi hasn't come out yet, please make a video about the Supremacy Mega Star Destroyer vs the Mantle's Approach.

great video! what is the background music?

At one point the energy projector used the same technology as the beam rifle. I still believe, and its part of my own head cannon that the covenant use a particle beam projector for the energy projector as if it was plasma it would only move as fast as the plasma torpedoes. As a reminder the energy projector travels at the speed of light while the torpedo does not.

Nice lore video ^^ ... why are here so many battle ideas in the comments? O.o

On mission infinity in halo 4 you can see mini macks on infinitys deck

The Forunners only lost to the Flood because they de-militarised majority of their fleets and armies because it was supposedly a time of peace. They got caught with their pants down and that resulted in the rings firing.

I think we need to clarify what long range is. Are we talking 1AU or 100 miles. In space warfare 100 miles is actually really close range. It just sounds far. From the visuals it actually looks that the ranges are quite short to let’s say the honorverse

The average Spartan II vs the average Jedi Knight!

"Thanks to -whoever he is- ; He was really invalueble"

Question about the MAC. If it's a magnetic coil gun that accelerates a projectile, why is the projectile glowing when it leaves the barrel of the Mac? Friction from the air? There is no air in space.

Don't forget those big, steel bullbars they have around the ship's bow to smash into other ships

I think they should launch a Halo Board game in the style of Star Wars Armada Edit: Just researched and there used to be a Armada style Halo game, called Halo Fleet Battles and it was discontinued I believe the same year it released, I just feel like I was told someone shot my dog.

Halo weaponry and tech are both *vastly* more interesting than any of that stuff is in Star Wars

here's a thought, If the Covenant base their technology on the Forerunners. Why do the Covenant focus so heavily on plasma weaponry when the Forerunners focus on hard light. Why the discrepancy?

I know physics isnt usually taken into account in lore, but something with as much energy as a mac projectile would obliterate a ship regardless of whether it had shielding. It would be like striking a breastplate with a warhammer. Sure your skin doesn't get pierced but everything inside u is now mush.

Never realized that Halo got so cool ships.

In the end will the UNSC use shields for their ships, other than the Infinity?

Just to point out the ridiculousness of the orbital defense platforms and the rest of the numbers HALO gives for the power of its MACs, I ran the numbers for the odp's mac round. 3,000 tonnes moving at 4% the speed of light equals an impact force of 51,398 Megatons. Thats about 10 times the amount energy released if all nukes in the world today were detonated at the same time and place.

I feel like you kind of mischaracterized the fighting styles of the covenant and unsc. If anything, it's the unsc who uses long range strikes, vs the more standard covenant ships, who could afford to get in range because of their shielding. It's a very interesting asymmetric dynamic, and if you want to experience it yourself I would highly recommend the Sins of the Prophets mod for Sins of a Solar Empire.

Xenosaga Gnosis fleet Vs empire capital fleet assuming Force Shenanigans to materialize the Gnosis fleet

The Titanfall Militia vs the Rebel Alliance (you choose when)

Versus Star Wars Empire vs the 40k Eldar

Can u do the Covenant VS Starfleet?

Wasn't the Plasma Lance a new configuration of the Plasma Launcher invented by Cortana when she took over one of their ships? I think that was in First Strike?

Lancer Class Frigate vs DP20 (Corellian Gunboat)

I always thought the excavation beam was just the plasma lance and the grav-lift working in tandem

Kull Warriors (Star Gate) vs Spartans (Halo)

The Flood from Halo vs. the Zerg from Starcraft

Empire's fleet at Endor [Star Wars] vs The Covenant fleet at the Battle of Installation 05 [Halo]

What about infinity’s main battery? It punch a hole in the didact’s ship.

7:39 killed me for some reason

The Flood and the Replicators team up to attack Warhammer 40k.(Halo/Star Gate)

Rebelion VS the empire (Elite:dangerous universe)

Where is that scene from at 10:20. One of the games ? Or a video on RU-vid ?

The Milano(Guardians of the Galaxy)VS The Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)

the plasma torpedos were always magnetically guided

Sovereign Class Star Dreadnaught vs Erebus Class Titan (or any Eve Online Titan)

If the unsc infinity launched a ship with its MAC it would be torn to pieces...