UNSC Naval Tactics Explained | Halo Lore 

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"When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-schmancy tanks. We had sticks! TWO sticks and a rock for a whole platoon... and we had to share the rock!"

That scene of the Infinity crashing through a Covenant ship never gets old.

"They say the lord works in mysterious ways, but not today! This right here is 66 tons of straight up, HE spitting DI-VINE intervention! If God is love, then you can call me cupid."

"Listen to me, Covenant. I am Vice Admiral Preston J. Cole commanding the human flagship, Everest. You claim to be the holy and glorious inheritors of the universe? I spit on your so-called holiness. You dare judge us unfit? After I have personally sent more than three hundred of your vainglorious ships to hell? After kicking your collective butts off Harvest - not once - but twice? From where I sit, we are the worthy inheritors. You think otherwise, you can come try to prove me wrong." -UNSC Vice Admiral Preston Cole, At the Battle of Psi Serpentis.

Halo needs more space combat scenes... I loved the cinematic in 4's spartan ops

"Extremely fast speeds" is an INCREDIBLE understatement. They're fired at relativistic speeds to produce the most powerful impact force Humanity could muster.

*insert any johnson quote*

UNSC ground tactics would be a great follow up to this

Chief: Sir, Permission to leave the station? Hood: For what purpose, Master Chief? Chief: To give the Covenant back their bomb. Hood: Permission granted. *Chief pulls the bomb into an elevator* Cortana: I know what you're thinking, and it's crazy. Chief: So stay here. Cortana: Unfortunately for us both, I like crazy. *Just as Master Chief is about to open the airlock* Cortana: Just one question, what if you miss? Chief: I won't. *Airlock opens and pulls the bomb and Master Chief out into the vacuum* *A whole space battle with more good music is in session* *Longswords punch a whole in the Capital Ship's hull to give Chief an entrance* *Chief continues through and arms the bomb, then proceeds by jumping up and out of the Carrier* *The ship explodes and Chief lands on UNSC In Amber Clad* Johnson: For a brick, he flew pretty good.

Its funny how AI was an advantage for the UNSC and now...well...

As soon as he said Spartans boarding ships through extra vehicular activities. I had image in my head of a spray driving warthog out of a hanger door of a UNSC ship to a covenant ship. Don’t ask why.

Idea: do an episode where you describe your “perfect fleet”, with access to ships from Star Wars, Halo, Mass Effect, and/or other sci-fi universes. (37th try)

Loving these Halo vids. The reason why the Covenant’s computer systems were so primitive compared to the UNSC was because they got another wrong idea from the Forerunner terminals. They thought that AI and other advanced computer systems were bad because of the forerunner’s thought on Mendicant Bias and other AI that went wrong

Out of all the other people that talk about Halo, you do the best job explaining the lore by far! Great work and thanks for helping us nerds out lol!

3 Ideas I had for how the UNSC could have substantially improved their fortunes against the Covenant in space battles prior to Reach. 1--Develop EMP burst rounds for their point defense guns. This should not be that hard since ground forces had EMP burst grenades, same effect but scaled up for 50mm autocannons. The purpose is for targeting incoming plasma cannon and plasma torpedo rounds. These plasma rounds were so potent because the Covenant used magnetic fields not only for guidance but to keep the plasma rounds compressed and super hot. With dozens of EMP rounds bursting in proximity to these incoming rounds, the electromagnetic fields would be weakened or destroyed, causing failures in guidance and/or causing the incoming plasma to rapidly expand and dissipate into space without the constraining magnetic field holding them together. 2--Develop significantly larger version of MATOS pulse laser to be used as a large deck gun. We know that the UNSC had these pulse lasers before the war or early into the war, and we know they had power comparable to Covenant pulse lasers. We also know from Halo:Reach that if even a lighter weapon like an Onager strikes the energy projector on a Covenant ship while it is charged and ready to fire, it will badly damage, cripple, or outright destroy a Covenant ship. The large laser turret would be automated and with it's own sensor package (like a big version of Phalanx CIWS) and when the sensors detect a Covenant ship in weapon range (and a large laser should have a similar effective range in space as an energy projector) that starts charging it's energy projector, the turret automatically targets and fires on the energy projector, thus making the use of energy projectors against UNSC ships a risky proposition, as a well timed and well placed laser shot will disable or destroy them. 3--Warships able to receive beamed power from ground based generators just as ODPs do. This shouldn't be that difficult. Fit all or some ships (maybe only ships assigned to vital system defense, maybe even older refitted ships that don't even have their slipspace drives or many other systems and operating on skeleton crews) with the same energy beam receivers as the ODPs, and dedicate a few ground based generators (that don't need to generate nearly as much power as the ones that power the ODP's and their super MACs) and orbital power relay platforms (basically these would receive power from the ground and then have multiple projectors to beam power to a dozen, or two dozen, or maybe three dozen ships near the planet) and boom, you've got a defensive fleet that can operate within several hundred thousand kilometers of the planet that can rapid fire their MACs on full charge as fast as the MACs can be reloaded, or as fast as possible without melting the magnetic coils or burning out the capaciters, making planetary defense so much more potent. Think of that, even a bunch of cheap little frigates which can pump out 3, 4, maybe even 5 or 6 MAC rounds at full charge every minute while in the planetary defense role......plus the ODPs and their SMACs backing them up.

always loved the idea that the reason humans surpassed the Covenant was due to the innovation of mankind. The Covenant largely used the technology they had inherited as it was... but man clawed his way up.

*UNSC tactics* big booms let the Spartans take care of the rest then play dope ass music on the ships speakers

Cyanides tactics is just ramming into ships or passing by a ship then blasting it with broadside missiles

Eck makes the best damn videos on sci fi as a whole

The Last of the brave... Love that song. It reflects the UNSC's Struggle very well.

"May the force be with you" Whats this? Heresy in my holy covenent?

Awesome I've been waiting for a halo tactics episode

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We need more Halo on this Channel. The lore is just perfection.

I'm surprised that the UNSC never created boarding craft. I mean, there's examples of dropships being modified for boarding operations and ODST drop pods being used on enemy ships, but I have never heard about just regular boarding craft. You would think the UNSC would look into boarding covenant ships to either take over or nuke the ship

The mantles approach was destroyed by one mac round, one aging Spartan, a rampant AI, and a Shiva tactical nuke which could have gone off at any point during the assault. Id say that speaks wonders about what Spartans can do.

That corgi outro always makes me smile X'D

love the ending with the corgi

Please do a video on individual UNSC tactics. They are some of the more interesting of most science fiction universes and are responsible for turning the tide of a battle in more than one occasion in the 30 year war.

Pro tip as far as we know the second battle of harvests covenant ship isnt a basic cruiser but what is referred to as a battleship or super destroyer depending on the book. Probably on tier with assault carriers but currently its in a sort of canon limbo. Everything else in this video is spot on though, great video Eck

Absolutely love it Eck, all the Halo lore you’ve done has been awesome, keep up the great work!

The Covenant ship was a super-destroyer according to Cole.

ive been waiting for this so thanks

I have to say even though I am well versed in the lore of halo watching these videos is quite refreshing and a good watch. It's also a great way to get others into the lore and the Halo universe keep up the great work with the Halo and star wars vids.

The Yuuzhan Vong vs the Eldar. The Covenant vs the Dark Eldar. The Eternal Empire vs the Infinite Empire (inclouding all the droids and weapons they made that we see in SWTOR). Zann Consortium vs the Banished. The UNSC vs the Rebel Alliance. The Covenant vs the Infinite Empire (inclouding all the droids and weapons they made that we see in SWTOR). Jul 'Mdama's Covenant vs the Banished. Seraph vs T-65 X-Wing.

Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (281st try now, *_I._** WILL NEEEEVER EEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*

Just wanted to say I love the use of the Halo: Reach ost in the background. I feel like it's one of the best and an underappreciated halo soundtrack.

This was one of the most excelent halo vids I have ever seen. Damn well done!

Holy shit dude. I haven't been watching your content for a long while now. I remember being here around 10k subs, always loved the starships vs stuff. Great to see how much you've grown man! Keep up the good work.

You should do more Halo videos. Like maybe videos talking about the classes of ships in both the UNSC and Covenant Navy.

“Spartans could take down any enemy in front of them” So it could take down an entire Halo (with a capital because it’s suuuuuuuuuuper important)

This is awesome I love when you discuss halo

Yesss! I’ve been waiting for this! Love the work Eck!

The Covenant ship encountered at the second battle of harvest was a Super Destroyer not a cruiser .... but eh don’t sweat the small stuff

I didn't even know they had tactics. I just assumed that their entire role was to lose every battle they ever fought.

Awesome video man I would love to see one focus on ground combat next! and this would be a great new niche to fill for other universes such as 40K and Star Wars

Love seeing the Infinity coming out of jump and ramming that Covenant ship, that never gets old.

I believe it was a four-to-one ratio was needed for UNSC victory.

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The fact that the infinity is its own battlegroup is just great

So much work was put into this video

Type-47A(H2) scarab vs type-47B(H3,reach,odst) scarab vs Banished scarab vs Volatile scarab

Halo reach to 3 has the best ship names in all of fiction the long night of solace The pillar of Autumn Truth and Reconciliation Indulgence of Conviction Commitment and Patience In Amber Clad and the 343 just put UNSC and one word not so creative anymore

Brilliant work Eckhart!

Really good presentation. Kudos.

Elim Garek (Star Trek: DS9) vs Jango Fett - Who's the better assassin?

Where did the unsc find the power to fire Mac rounds,you would need a whole entire fusion reactor to fire one?

Please do a tactics video on the Keyes Loop. That whole battle is awesome.

Yay, space tactics. Please do more of these videos.

No. You should have said, "don't make a girl a promise, if you know you can't keep it" for the end isntead of the force.

Hello there

Part 2 please! I loved it!

Just subbed after watching for awhile awesome content my dude

Could Halo survive and kill Scp 682? 5th try

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For some reason I just love that tactic of using the energy shielding of a covenant ship to contain and condense a nuclear blast. “Nuke it from the inside, they said. The energy shield will do the rest.”

I have been waiting for this

Should definitely go into those other tactics you mentioned at the end in another video

Great, would love more tactics videos.

Great vid! I frickin Love halo

A day in the core is like a day on the farm every meal is a banquet every paycheck a fortune every formation a parade I love the core!

The dog "scene" was the best part of the video 😂

I love this video, this is how all series should have space combat, each side having unique strengths and weaknesses and using whatever they can to their advantage. This is how it should be done.

Yes! My Halo-themed wish has been granted.

I love your videos, especially Halo. I have a pretty good idea for you. Halo guardian vs Mass Effect reaper. I think that analysis would be amazing

The one I wish you would mention is the tactic of UNSC refit stations, such as that of the UNSC Cradle, to absorb incredible amounts of damage as a shield in between MAC salvos for their battle group.Such as that at the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV.

"Dear Humanity... We regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"-Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson, the only human to have witnessed both the beginning of the war and the end of it.

Always the happiest to see halo lore videos. Thank you. :) (Also huge question, if the Nova bomb's were so powerful, and only took around six nuclear warheads to make, why didn't the UNSC create a whole lot more of them?)

There's one mission from Spartan Ops where Fireteam Crimson is flanked by a covenant cruiser and Fireteam Shadow deploys and destroys the cruiser within minutes. If Humans get into those Covenant corridors they can do a ton of damage.

Fascinating.

Would love to see a top 5 bombers video

Well I'm on time for this video.

And if we had Gundams we'd have been invincible.

Coles Last Stand, Keyes Loop and First Strikes battles, please!!!!

Cool video

3/4 of all UNSC forces were routed to Reach. Even then they were outnumbered 20 to 1. Remember Reach!

In Halo Infinite multiplayer there is a map that shows a Muslanne class frigate firing a laser, this shows that humanity not only reversed engineered covenant tech but also utilized it in their smaller frigates. The Paris class frigates MACs were pretty much too weak to damaged a covenant ship and had to rely on being in large groups and even then they would need a larger ship to deal the killing blow. Now the Muslanne replaces the MAC gun with a brightlance reflex laser which is used to take down a ship’s shields making it several times more effective in space combat than that of the Paris-class frigate and other frigate types with the same frame now it takes either 1 Muslanne and 1 Autumn class cruiser to take on a covenant capital ship or 1 Muslanne frigate with a good strat and missile + nukes to go toe to toe with a covenant warship

1:35 Mac's also called railgun's

Luv ur vids.

I have a question. Why didn’t Reach have more ODPs? Earth had 300 while Reach had 20. Even if they couldn’t financially field more ODPs, Reach was capable of building maybe 80 ship based Macs and treating them like ODPS with 2 more ground based reactors to power them.The ODPS could’ve taken out the Destroyers and Cruisers while the smaller Macs would’ve taken out the frigates and carriers.

One thing that would be nice to see is ground tactics, like how reach was mainly

May the force be with the dog at the end

I really love these videos, does anyone know if this guy has made any unsc v covenant ground tactics videos? Or if there are any out there at all

Another weapon the UNSC used on Covenant ships after the shields had been brought down by MAC barrage was deck guns / naval coilgun turrets (basically weapons similar to Onagers or Mini-MACs) which, despite being nowhere near as destructive as a MAC, could substantially damage an unshielded Covenant ship. Some UNSC ships (apparently only Prowlers) did carry their own pulse laser cannons which appear to be of comparable strength with Covenant pulse laser cannons, and though it's unclear whether it was a H-C war era weapon or a postwar development, at least one Prowler class also sported an EMP cannon, for all intents and purposes a much scaled up version of the weapon found on the Gremlin combat support vehicle in the Halo Wars games.

EckhartsLadder could you do a video on the unsc infinity it would be amazing

Essentially, the UNSC ran into the problem of needing to outnumer their enemies with manpower and ships they didn't have. Funnily enough, if the Flood hadn't shown up and wrecked High Charity (at the same time as the massive civil war) humanity would have been right fucked... thanks gravemind. No hard feelings, right?

The UNSC MACs are listed by MKs, modifications and types. For Example the the MAC gun on most UNSC warships during the human/covenant war was the MK 2 (with some modded like the Pillar of Autumn’s)

Nice use of RVB artwork by the way. Then again I suppose there aren't many scenes of UNSC craft engaging in void combat is there...

i love that halo shows how badass humans are. some day, maybe, we will be the super powerful aliens invading.