Why the Pillar of Autumn is WAY BETTER than you think
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The Pillar of Autumn is a beast of a ship... arguably Humanity's greatest. We'll take a look at the Halcyon Class Cruiser and more on today's Halo Lore video!
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*The Pillar of Autumn:* "Was I a good ship?"
*UNSC ship designers:* "No." (Create an entire class dedicated to her) "I'm told you were the best."
Oh, gosh. Almost made me cry....
Goddamn, I never played the game, but...I told myself I wasn't going to cry. I have to go.
I read the book a long time ago, and when I read that it was capable of fighting with 90% of it destroyed I had to reread the whole thing.
90%. I wondered why they didn’t build more like it, then I understood because they didn’t really need that strong of a navy.
And I’m glad they used the PoA as a basis for the Autumn class. Whether or not it can stand up to other ships, either covenant or whatever other sci-fi they bring out, IMO, PoA is a class on its own when it comes to resilience.
*goes to heaven amidst a nuclear fireball*
@@bogustoast22none25 come to think of it, humanity is able to build resilient stuff if we are allowed to. On a history note, Bismark took so much damage that nothing else on the upper deck was functional, but it still kept floating and refused to sink down. There are rumors it was in the end forced to sink in by it's own surviving crew in order to make the Allies stop firing and bail the ship - it may be just propaganda gibberish but we've got to admit, that ship was made to resist damage. We also learned from Bismark that resources are limited so you either go with the greatest ship yet you can't build many more and if you lose it, you're done (Bismark had only a sister ship and were both eventually sunk) or you build less powerful ships, but you can build an entire armada - like how US started pumping out ships when it got into the war.
Perhaps the same view UNSC had: you either allocate a lot of resources to a few strong ships yet you can't fulfill your role to protect the Human Space region, or go with weaker ships but more in number to achieve your needs.
"There was only one ship, they called it, the Pillar of Autumn."
Love this quote
Why was it not destroyed like the rest of their fleet?
Yes
@@redlieutenant nay... it was HERESY.
@@redlieutenant It fled as we set fire to the planet. But I followed with all the ships under my command.
@@redlieutenant It fled as we set fire to their planet. I followed it with all the ships in my command.
"At first, I was concerned with all the ordinance on board. One penetrating shot and we could explode like a string of firecrackers. But this ship doesn't have much empty space- its full of braces honeycombed titanium-A, and hydraulic reinforcements that can be activated in an emergency. She can take a tremendous beating sir." Lieutenant Hikowa
"Lets hope we don't have to test that,"- Captain Keyes.
I loved that bridge crew
@@EckhartsLadder I know I was pretty shook in The Flood honestly, Hikowa, especially and Ensign Lovell who went from a Ensign on a cushy sensor station to a pretty awesome bridge crew member.
@@sergioruiz733 yeah me too. I’m glad they made the effort at continuity between books
Finally a fellow book reader
@@alfredbyrd249 I have my really old worn copies from its original trilogy release way back when. I read these books over and over in middle school.
"Shipmaster their is one human ship! Cruiser-class"
"Fools, sending a single marathon against my fleet"
"Shipmaster, it's a Halycion refit..."
"FUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK"
Firefly? xD
Liked but then quickly unliked when I saw the likes on your comment were at 117. Let us hope it will stay that way somewhat longer.
😂
“And the horse you rode in on...”
- one of the most heartfelt mission in the og trilogy
Erwin avi👍🏾
It always felt like a heartbreak. The Pillar of Autumn feels as much of a character as Keyes and Foehammer
@@mixedbeatz16 I loved the Pillar of Autumn's concept and struggle when the first Halo was released and man.... I loved it again when I went trough her in the MCC release. And it's admirable how much punishment took before going down, it was followed and constantly shot at by an entire Covenant fleet section, got boarded in and still managed to land mostly in 1 piece on the first discovered Halo Array. I know that Covenant didn't dare shooting at it when it was near the Halo in order to not risk damaging a holy relic for them (as they perceive anything precursor related) but this ship managed to get there, in one piece, despite all the odds it had to face on.
I'm no english native speaker, so I always wondered what the rest of the expression is 🤔
@@einsteinyh The full expression is "fuck you, and the horse you rode in on"
A ship that can lose 90% of its armor and remain in the fight would look like a zombie, you keep shooting and it doesn't go down
It reminds me of the Bismarck battleship from WW2 the British put thousands of pounds of rounds into it and it just kept fighting
@@Linki8uu kinda. It was mostly combat ineffective for much of the later fight. Shells just aren't great tools for sinking ships, and battleships had absolutely absurd torpedo defenses.
Pillar of Autumn reminds me more of USS Johnston during the battle of Samar. If you're unfamiliar, that's the one where a small fleet screen for some escort carriers consisting of destroyers and destroyer escorts charged two battleships, multiple cruisers and destroyers and drove them off long enough for the escort carriers to escape.
Reminds me of the MCRN Donnager Class at the Season 5 Finale of The Expanse. Despite being SEVERELY damaged, she was still fighting with PDCs and even 1 Railgun still being operational... until being back stabbed. Donnager Classes have been on the bad end of the stick but they will still be BEASTS in my book :D
@mandellorian I know. Her crew still possessed unrivaled testicular fortitude for charging the incoming Southern Force. And thanks to the misidentification (in part due to the Japanese fleet's belief that nothing lighter than cruisers would charge down their force) Johnston survived long enough to blow the bow off a cruiser and shoot up the superstructure of several others.
@@Linki8uu Slight over exaggerations there pal.
"You always make your shield at least as strong as the strongest weapons you know... even if they are not your weapons."
Unless it is a glass canon type
The old battleships were all designed with armor capable of withstanding their own primary guns fire.
You mean ESPECIALLY if theyre not your weapons
Never introduce a weapon onto the battlefield until you are able to counter it yourself.
@@aquariandawn4750 ok sun tzu
Remember the ones who gave us a chance. Remember Reach.
Can’t like it’s at 117
Okay, but can we please take the time to appreciate just the pillar of autumn?
@@gpheonix1 The Halcyon class were some of the finest ships produced by the UNSC.
Prophet: "When you first saw halo, were you blinded by it's majesty?"
Arbiter: "No, but ngl, the autumn was pretty distracting
The Pillar of Autumn has a real life counterpart, the destroyer USS Johnston. It was captained by, Ernest E Evans, who was a total badass. The Johnston was part of a small task force facing off against a MUCH larger and more powerful Imperial Japanese fleet, and they were the only thing standing between the Japanese and the vulnerable American landing forces. Tens of thousands of lives were at stake, so Evans turns his ship around and charges straight into the maw of the vast Japanese battlefleet. The Johnston managed to torpedo a heavy cruiser (a ship over six times its size) crippling it, before getting in a gunfight with another cruiser. The Johnston traded blows with the much larger ship, sustaining numerous hits which damaged its engines and several gun mounts, but in exchange managed to maul the cruiser so badly that it was unable to continue fighting, and had to break off. The battered Johnston then moved in on another heavy cruiser, intending to intercept it before it could strike the vulnerable American carriers, getting into a point blank knife fight with a Japanese destroyer (a ship comparable to the Johnston) on its way there. It set fire to the Cruiser's bridge, but was unable to engage it in time to stop it from landing several hits on one of the fleeing carriers. The Johnston broke off to engage an entire squadron of Japanese destroyers who were heading to make a torpedo run on the surviving carriers, despite having half of its weapon mounts destroyed and its speed limited by damaged engines. Now, engaging an entire squadron of 8 destroyers by itself, the badly damaged Johnston managed to inflict enough hits on the leading two ships that they were forced back and were unable to get off an accurate torpedo salvo, which saved the thousands of sailors on the carriers from a watery grave. Eventually, completely surrounded by cruisers and destroyers who pounded the Johnston relentlessly with gunfire, the crew was forced to abandon ship shortly before the Johnston sunk beneath the waves. The Japanese admiral was horrified at the heavy losses being inflicted on his forces, and combined with the poor visibility, he was convinced that he was facing a much more powerful fleet, and ordered a full retreat to prevent further losses. The Johnston was recorded as having been sunk three times that battle by the Japanese, twice as a heavy cruiser, and once as a battleship.
Piorun energy.
"I didn't hear no bell"
- Pillsr of Autumn (probably)
Pillsr 💀
They literally took the most durable ship in the fleet and gave it several times the firepower of a destroyer, a reactor capable or powering all of that, the most powerful AI humanity had, and a captain that had beat a covenant fleet that would have been an even match for 10 UNSC ships. Of course the Autumn was incredible
“They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever cruiser I wanted. You know me. I did my research, watched as you became the ship we needed you to be. But you had something they didn't, something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Honeycombs. (And maybe a bit of luck.)”
Lmao xD hahaha 💯💯💯💯🔥
The Autumn. Such fond memories, Huh Eckhart? Reminds me. It's been a while. Maybe it's time for another epic scale collab?
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regards Ghosty
In a world where the PoA survives:
"Brute ships, staggered line. Shipmaster, they outnumber us three to one! The humans are moving the Pillar of Autumn to join us in battle."
"Then it is an easy fight."
The shipmaster would 100% be at the helm of the pillar of autumn
I didn't know that I needed to know that the Pillar of Autumn had game. Damn, might've left behind some young ships when he left the shipyards. RIP to an OG.
I mean, where do you think the new Autumn-class cruisers came from?
Not even being shot out of the sky could put down the Autumn. The Autumn not only destroyed Halo and the Flood, the Autumn pushed the Covenant over the edge and ultimately signed their death warrant.
-Supposedly an outdated ship.
-Actually more effective than newer ships perhaps DUE to its older structure and such, just by slapping a new burst-fire MAC setup onto it.
I see the Machine Spirit of the Swordfish has chosen to grant this ship its fullest blessing.
Can we call it the BR MAC?
The Machine Spirit had put in all the effort.
Outdated doesn't mean it can't kick your ass
The Pillar of Autumn is legendary.
Still, my favorite vessel has to be the Spirit of Fire. The idea of having a vessel that can carry enough supplies to sustain an entire invasionary task force plus it's own factory and army, as well as facilitating the repair of allied vessels, and do all of this operating independently for multiple deployments without reprieve...
Chef kiss, I love it.
Hence why it a big part of 2 Halo games.
My favorite games
The Pillar of Autumn. The Spirit of Fire. Man, I am loving these naming conventions for human ships in the Halo Universe!
@@TheSuperRatt Covenant ships and stations are just as good. _Truth and Reconciliation, Ascendant Justice, Long Night of Solace,_ and the _Unyielding Hierophant_ just to name a few.
The ship naming conventions in Halo are truly something special.
This ship good? the ship that had an entire ship class named and made after it because of how good and practical it is? Yes yes it is very good
Why the pillar of autumn is way better: “because it had a muffin button”
Edit: also congratulations on the 800K subscribers!! 😎👍🏼
I am glad I am not the only lone who looks at those
But I didn't install a muffin button!
@@asimplenobody7797 then where did I get these muffins?
@@jasonrosser95 but did you survive the crash on installation 04 by covering yourself in a shell made of muffins?
@@asimplenobody7797 Of course, they formed a seal around the Master Chief. It was Science.
“A dozen superior covenant vessels against a single halcyon class cruiser? With those odds I’m content at 3....make that 4 kills. Sleep well?” Cortana
Oh I'm really gonna sleep well knowing that the Pillar of Autumn killed A THIRD of the Covenant's fleet!
I don't know how I didn't even know it did that much damage before going down. That's pretty amazing!
Brings a tear to my eye sir. Well said.
@@Christopheromoan And it did that much while alos almost crippled if I'm hearing Eckhart's right, how much would it rock if it was at full strength since the beginning.
@@thevgmlover because the covenant weren't using their main armament in fear of damaging the Halo: They settled on destroying it by boarding (...) and in the meantime the POA was just firing at will with whatever was left of her weaponry
The single largest tactical advantage the pillar of autumn had was..
My Man Captain Keyes! He was a tactical mastermind, his battle record was insane.
Can you say: “Keyes Loop”?
@@SchneeflockeMonsoon I love that tactic
@@SchneeflockeMonsoon is that the one where you lead the plasma torps back to their source?
@@krieghart5515
It’s the only human tactic to ever win a battle without superior numbers. One light destroyer vs four covies: 2 heavy frigates, 1 carrier, & a destroyer, if I recall. While he killed the three, the carrier ran. He took no damage from major enemy fire, and yet ended it disabled beyond any capacity.
@@krieghart5515 no it's the one where he jettisoned armed nukes behind the ship, then slingshotted around a moon, baiting the enemy vessels to wait for you when you come back around, at which point the undetected nukes will reach the covenant ships, and you'll have line of sight to detonate them. It's all kinematics. As a final F U, cut all power and disengage unshielded systems so that no beta radiation from the explosion emps your ship systems
"A dozen Covenant superior battleships against a single Halcyon class light cruiser. Given those odds I'm content with three...make that four kills."
-Cortana
Considering that most of those Covenant battleships were roughly the same size as the Autumn, who’s really superior in this fight?
I'm a simple man, I see "The pillar of Autumn", I press like.
I'm a simple man when I see someone make a comment about the pillar of autumn, I like it
@@fossilco.artrelateddocumen331 I’m a simple man when I see a reply to a comment when I see the pillar of autumn I like it I like it
@@ohionumber1247 i am a simple man, i like being it
POA is a callsign for a generation
All the dislikes are all the Covenant that had to face The Autumn
Nah, if they faced the Autumn, they are probably space dust >.
@@Spinikar The autumn must leave some to tell the tale
The thumbnail changed from "THIS THING F*CKS" to "THIS THING ROCKS"
Remember Reach
#THISTHINGFUCKS
Captain Jacob Keyes smoking his pipe: “Couldn’t have said it better myself son. It quite literally fucks.”
I see you also saw the first version of this video’s thumbnail
@@FullTonMedia Me three.
@@JMObyx Me four
I loved how the POA held out against so many covenant forces during the first halo game.
Edit : 280 likes! Thank you!
Ay we at 343
Right? Even after getting her ass kicked at Reach, she took down 4 CCS cruisers over Halo before crash landing, something pretty much unheard of.
@@LCM-vo1rj not really. The Halcyon class was known for their durability being expensive af due to all the cross bracing. PoA had a 3 shot MAC. Cortana makes the note that 3-4 kills was likely.
@@LCM-vo1rj, it's at least a little bit justified by the ship's overall design.
@@VegetaLF7 yeah man the Pillar of Autumn was a badass, survived most of the human convenant war as well as the old insurrection wars. Had the main cannon stayed online Cortana would have probably massacred 8 more.
Because the covenant didn't want the Autumn to crash into the ring. That's why they boarded instead of just blasting it immediately
That thumbnail alone is a reason to like
This is exactly what I was going to comment
It's right up there with, " the Millennium Falcon is the best ship design fight me"
A png of the ship?
@@haydnkennedy7364 it used to read "this thing f*cks"
3:30 I just realized that the UNSC was basically using line infantry tactics
I mean, they kind of have to since the MAC guns are all stuck forward facing.
@@kabob0077 i get that but it shows how technologically the UNSC was overwhelmed that the tactics difference was line infantry vs blitzkrieg.
Pretty sure that was from the Battle of Sigma Octanus, which with the context of that battle, required the UNSC to engage in a line battle to win.
I've always wondered how the Human-Covenant war would have gone if the UNSC had access to the same technology as the second trilogy.
@@robertnelson9599 depending on the numbers of the ships they could’ve drawn it out longer with fewer planets lost but the Covenant way outnumber humanity. It’s also gonna depend on if the anlance class frigates (the ones that had plasma weapons) are mass produced or the Strident class. Then there’s wether or not Infinity will be involved alongside with her sister ship Eternity assuming it ever gets built
"this ship fucks" most Canadian thing you've said
Is that an eastern Canadian thing? I've never heard that out west
Actually i think that means "This ship fucks people up" so prob an american thing.
Canadians are too polite, no offense if i am offending anyone
@@codys6409 Definitely a midwest thing minimum. Manitoba, Sask and Alberta. It's a hockey/liquor culture term. Imagine someone saying "Buddy over there fucks" in a heavy Canadian accent and it all makes sense.
Source: I'm a Winnipeger and say that all the time.
Fun fact: I was just playing Halo 1 when this dropped
Me too haha
Legend
What level
@@cadynjacobson3300 the second one, after you get off the autumn
@@SolidusJack thank you for answering my question hope you have a good rest of your day
It's a shame it was destroyed in Halo Ce I loved the Pillar Of Autumn more than the infinity.
Who didn't
“This thing F*CKS!”
Well, that’s one way of saying a single Halcyon-class cruiser kicks ass three....make that four times more than you would think. 😉
Yeah, I thought for sure it did say that earlier. Guess they changed it.
I was looking for this comment. I knew I wasn't seeing things
The one thing I'll say about Halo is that most of the stuff that humanity used are things that I could see us using today. Like there's literally no reason that we shouldn't have a Pelican in our time now. Maybe not capable of orbital flight but we could totally make the Pelican now.
I mean thats literally what the osprey vtol craft is. A pelican with props instead of thrusters.
Praise the Do 31
I have to say i always loved the visual design of the UNSC ships in Halo, it has a similar appeak to ships like the Naga or the Rokh from Eve Online: streamlined, industrial-looking, robust and so on, its amazing.
Whenever I do a halo binge I love seeing reaches legendary ending and then transitioning into ce anniversary being like oh hey I know what happened here 😂
I love that ending so dope!
Video Title- Why the Pillar of Autumn is WAY BETTER than you think
Video Thumbnail- "THIS THING FUCKS!!"
Just take my view and like already Eck,
Edit:- Why did you change the thumbnail? It was better the first time.
I think this is the most I've ever learned about Halo
If you’re interested in more halo stuff, I’d recommend checking out installation 00 👍.
Uh-oh, somebody hasn't seen BDGs Brakedown of every HALO-Novel...
@@jebnordost7487 .... I may or may not be that person
The pain of watching early is having to wait for all the great comments :/
Before even watching the video, my thoughts are that a giant railgun with hangars, point defence systems, armour, and engines strapped on sounds much more practical than many of the things I've seen in sci-fi.
Covenant: Wait your coming closer to me instead of running away?
P.o.A: I cant beat the shit out of you without getting closer!
Halo manages to put so much of a story even in a single ship. The Halcyon being brought back due to the changes in warfare is a great narrative.
And everyone loves a ship that takes a beating and keeps going
Look, we all know why Cortana chose the Pillar of Autumn. SGT. Johnson was aboard it, and he knows what the ladies like.
Thanks for the Ship, HE, never gets me anything.
That remaster switch never gets old :')
Do you think if the ship hadn’t been destroyed at the end of the game, would the UNSC have tried to salvage her?
maybe not salvaged her as a space capable vessel, that landing had to break her spine amidst all the other damage. however, it is likely that if the UNSC could drive and keep the covenant away from 04 and put the flood back in containment, PoA would have been formed into a primary base of operations if for just the various equipment and facilities she had aboard.
If the ship hadn't been destroyed at the end, the UNSC would've had a bigger problem with a Flood outbreak.
@@AJadedLizard well my theory would have been they found another way to kill the flood
@@trinalgalaxy5943 the autumn BOUNCED when it landed. According to the accompanying book 'the flood'
@@horrificpleasantry9474 the fact that the ship is in a recognizable state after its landing is a credit to its designers and builders. that being said the amount of unseen damage and the fact that she was never meant to land on a planet would likely keep her from ever leaving unless it was under tow to the scrappers.
Its like putting all your points into endurance and defense
Your gonna be basically invincible
Bro, your presentation and video/audio skills have been fuckin rocking lately. Good job, man
Really appreciate that man
It's not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward
Y’all ever just overclock your starcruiser by firing all 3 reactors at once
One thing: The only reason the autumn managed to destroy 4 covenant ships, Was because the covenant were deliberately concerned about damaging the ring, So they decided to board instead. Because they were being to careful the autumn was able to down 4 ships.
yes but that was also caused by a power struggle between Thel and some idiot prophet
The Pillar of autumn is like the A10 of UNSC Space Flight
Sees the Pillar of Autumn:
Aw hell yeah!
For a sec I thought you said "Hell Naw"
Imagine if the Autumn got updated with a ship upgrade seed like the Ace of Spades...would probably be like a micro version of Infinity.
This is the earliest I’ve been to one of your videos
Now THATS a thumbnail
Fleet battle between
Grand admiral Thrawn vs. Ender Wiggin
Each one has an equal sized fleet with equally capable subordinates, and since Ender is from a different universe each has equal understanding of the technology they’re using. They are in command of Star Wars vessels. Pick a famous fleet of your choosing I’d suggest death squadron.
Wiggin hands down. Thrawn is good but no one beats the Speaker for the Dead
Yes it survived a whole covonent fleet
I Just happy that he made another halo video finally (more halo plz)
I still remember when halo the original first came out in commercials way back in the day. Haha good times
Right! Then you know RvB came out oh Sheila. Those were simpler times
@@brendanmartin4489 You ever wonder why we're here?
@@teamcybr8375 No, I never fucking wonder why we're here! (RvB character, think it was tuck lol)
Me and my buddy just started playing Halo 2 legendary for the first time, Cara station was all right but outskirts took us 2 hours and we ended with nearly -10 thousand points
You could skip a good chunk of the level
@@HotCheetos1995 no cheating
It’s great to see more halo vids from Eck. I’ve missed these
That Thumbnail very abrupt lol.
Respect and keep up the epic work.
This guy gets it, really wish the game showed how amazing the pillar of autumn was, o well.
Yooo, congrats on the 800k dude! Its very well deserved, hope to see more Halo content soon!
Congrats on 800k! Glad to see you getting the notability you deserve❤️
The Halcyon class cruisers take the phrase "hexagons are the bestagons" to the next level.
Very good breakdown! I think this is your best Halo Video to date! Glad to see your knowledge and understanding of the Halo universe is expanding well.
7:46 They weren't kidding about the POA's state-of-the-art reactors. At 300% power the ship's graphics suddenly went HD.
One thing most people miss is that the Pillar of Autumn wasnt just a Halcyon class cruiser, one of the first cruiser type vessels constructed, she was also one of the first of the halcyons. this little detail is important as after the first several were constructed, the honeycomb structure was removed due to cost reasons. If she had been in a later flight, we likely would have been on a different ship and she would either be a wreak or scrapped.
I also find it funny that Hood commanded her early in the war when she was a glorified troop truck.
So essentially the Autumn and other ships of the Halcyon class were like the Rocky Balboa of the fleet able to take a lot of punishment and keep going.
10/10 title to draw people in. Amazing videos
Dude you freaking slayed with the thumbnail. Up top my guy- 🖐️
✋
I fuckin love halo lore, they have some of the dopest books. Fall of reach and ghosts of onyx were my favorites, but there are so many good ones
I could've sworn this video had a different thumbnail the first time I saw it...
It is also an upgraded UNSC Halcyon-Class Cruiser which holds 6,000 troops on board.
Compared to the *UNSC Spirit of Fire* which held 11,000 UNSC troops and the *UNSC Infinity* which held 17,000 UNSC troops, it still was a pretty effective Cruiser for the UNSC fleet along with the UNSC Marathon-Class Cruisers which also held 2,000 - 3,000 UNSC troops each.
Look at the thumbnail...
Me: *YES YES YES YES* ゴゴゴゴ
I agree with this so much that it is now canon master chief kick "spartan" locker in the nuts
(by halofollower, watch it. It is now canon)
If the Infinity had a more classic design it would be so much better and would really feel at home after the human covenant war
A little surprised they didn't start building more of this class during the war. Especially when the upgrades were developed.
The good refit package wasn't developed until almost the end of the war. Prior to that, Halcyons were very underpowered cruisers. Most of the existing hulls were either scrapped or lost in combat long before the Autumn got turned into a super ship.
Love your videos, and they are like worthy on their own. But the one thing that always makes me click "like" in the end, is that outro. XD
The true purpose of the Pillar of Autumn was to deliver many Spartan 2’s such as Master Chief, with many advanced AI’s, such as Cortana, supported by the best of the best UNSC ordinance & personal had to offer, deep behind Covenant lines, do capture a Prophet alive, to force a Cease Fire in exchange for the Prophet returned alive.
The Invasion of Reach botched these plans, but in Humanity’s favor, lead to the end of the Human vs Covenant War.
You are adorable 💓
Great video, I love the ending cute doggo as usual!
It is a few kilometers longer than claimed and has a cloaked narrow bridge section in the middle
One of my MOST favorite ships in the Halo series.
MOST DEFINITELY liked and enjoyed watching this one right here!
The opening battle of Halo is one of the only two examples I know of the UNSC causing more casualties than they take in a space battle.
(The other being the one with the “Keye’s loop”)
Clearly the main advantage is Keyes.
Well there was also the time Admiral Cole single handedly annihilated an entire Covenant armada by insulting their religion and challenging them to come and face him like a man before detonating a *massive* bomb that wiped them all out together...but yeah, Keyes is a badass too
4:28 “Fall of Reach” is the only acceptable cannon. No retcon bullshit. -_-
If bungie had wanted nostalgia, chief rescuing Johnson from a space station in orbit before leaving the system would have been a great level to work in
Amen.
Congrats on getting 800k subs!
An interesting video. I didn't know that the Pillar of Autumn was that survivable. I mean, it survived the opening battle in Halo CE, but I always thought she was more or less fresh out of dry dock at the start of the battle, I didn't know she'd been slugging it out over Reach as well.
For survivability, the UNSC were right, at least when it comes to kinetic weapons. To quote the almighty Phlydaily: 'No armour is best armour!'
Basically, if you've got a rod of tungsten moving at several miles a second, that's going to be hard to stop or deflect. If it penetrates, it'll cause a lot of spall damage, it'll fragment, and you'll lose a large chunk of the ship in the exit wound. It's better to have a thin hull and just let the penetrator pass through without significant opposition, hoping it doesn't hit something vital.
Against plasma, this goes out of the window. Instead of a high penetration weapon that does damage deep, you have a weapon that does most of the damage fairly shallow. The thick armour of the Autumn would be able to tank more damage, the superstructure would be able to hold her together, and the redundancy would ensure she could return the favour.
We will always remember and lift a glass high for the Autumn and her fearless crew for without them the universe would be a very different place in halo
Thank you Captain Keye's you will never be forgotten
Good work mate almost at a million :)
Congrats on 800k subscribers
Great to see you doing more halo
Great content and quality man! Hope your copyright BS issue gets resolved soon
Strange watching an eckhart video knowing he called me an idiot in one of his halo 3 streams the other night lmao
Video idea: top 10 bow mounted ship weapons in the star wars galaxy.
None will surprise you.
The Pillar of Autumn be like: I didn’t hear no bell...
The original design of the halcyon was perfect for battle against even covenant plasma weapons, I refer to her battle with the sniper supercruiser as proof, and sure tactics were the deciding factor but the ship tanked a hit from the supercruiser when others blew up with one hit
Awesome video Eck, I’ve been waiting for this one since you mentioned it in an earlier video! What would you think about a video exploring if Operation: RED FLAG had gone through as intended? The Pillar of Autumn, Captain Keyes, the Master Chief and other Spartan-IIs setting out to capture a Prophet to try and force an end the war?
I just got to the part of the video when you mention Operation: RED FLAG hahahaha
I literally clicked bc of the thumbnail. Whenever something is described as "it fucks." That's how you know it's heat
God I love your Halo content, please do more!
I really love when you make Halo content.