#Pillar of autumn movie#
#Pillar of autumn mac#

It was decided that the SPARTAN-II's would embark on a very risky mission to capture a Covenant vessel and take it to the Covenant home world where they would capture a Prophet, one of the leaders of the Covenant. However, the Autumn was reassigned and was chosen for a highly dangerous and top secret mission that required a daring captain and a ship that was capable of withstanding tremendous damage.Įver since the war with the Covenant started, humanity had been suffering tremendous loses and ONI and the top brass of the admiralty had been seeking a way to end the war. The Pillar of Autumn was originally supposed to be decommissioned and then scrapped as the newer Marathon class Cruisers were seen as more attractive options. They were able to take tremendous damage before their main components would fail and this was in part due to their honeycombed Hull. While the Halcyon class of cruisers were described as old and lacking mobility and firepower they had one redeeming quality they were extremely tough. The Pillar of Autumn was a Halcyon class cruiser that was in service with the UNSC and it is where the first level of Halo takes place. It would be assumed that despite the fact that Archer missiles can single-handedly disable UNSC ships (unshielded) the method of how the warhead does it's damage is probably HEAT rather than HE or FRAG, which means it's usefulness in this particular campaign isn't going to be particularly fantastic.Overview Longsword escorts around the Autumn

#Pillar of autumn mac#

Limiting the use of the MAC gun and any forms of major explosives through Nuclear devices hampers any form of major eradication methods the UNSC has at its disposal. Spartan teams still require some degree of conventional force reinforcements ( You can't just send in MC and cross your fingers in orbit)

You wouldn't really want to drop ODST's blindly into the facility as they'd get surrounded too quickly. Rhino's and Scorpion's won't be of much use the second they're inside facilities. However, some points to take into consideration: They are also able to run CAS missions with a high degree off accuracy. If Longsword interceptors can do what they can do in Arma 3, bombing campaigns could render heavily infested areas rather meaningless, assuming there are enough munitions aboard the PoA. Pelican dropships are able to pick up and drop off virtually anywhere, should there be a need for a localized concentration of assets. 'Special applications' forces able to deploy planetwide to support conventional forces where need be. While Halo might not have as flashy arms as Aliens universe does, in this case it's a matter of having more overwhelming odds in terms of forces and capabilities.Īble to keep the PoA in orbit indefinitely, not needing to (or is even able to?) land planetside.Ī fairly substantial conventional armed force that's well equipped, trained and maintained. The ship also had 216 SOEIVsīasically, a fully fledged invasion force is aboard the PoA compared to the handful of Colonial Marines aboard the Sulaco.

In terms of infantry, there were 800 Marines and 400 ODSTs.Ī number of vehicles were also carried by the Autumn including five Longsword Interceptors, 12 Pelican Dropships, two D96-TCE Albatross, 20 Scorpion Tanks, and 60 Warthogs. The complement of the Autumn was quite extensive. Whether or not the PoA could eradicate the threat entirely, surely isn't really up for contention. More so, I'd imagine a greater degree of protocol and procedure for the UNSC would prevent a foreign entity boarding the ship given military protocol and the sheer number of eyes that the Sulaco did not have the luxury of.

#Pillar of autumn movie#

This will likely require a considerable amount of time to fulfill as the resources that would otherwise be available to them would most likely be drawn elsewhere supporting conventional forces.Ĭouldn't Cortana just, seal off sections of the ship where the Aliens are present? A fairly major plot point of the Alien movie was human error leading to the Xenomorph boarding the ship without anyone seeing wasn't it? I only vaguely remember the key details here. The rescue of Newt sounds more like something you'd need a Spartan team for over the brute force of conventional forces.