[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] the real Janaka [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SpArTaNo9 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] the real Janaka Arr, this is too tempting.. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SpArTaNo9 Uh, you know that the Pillar of Autumn was able to land on Reach because of those yellow thrusters right?[/quote]The thrusters were there to explain why it was able to take off. Does anything imply that they helped it land, or how the PoA's structural integrity suddenly was able to withstand the planets gravity when taking off? Or are you being sarcastic? [/quote] Nope, The Pillar of Autumn is a Halcyon class cruiser which is one of the strongest cruisers that the UNSC has. I'm pretty sure it's able to survive a planet's gravitational pull.[/quote]Ok, so why the endless remarks on the whole [i]ready for in atmosphere[/i] stuff, if it's a none-issue, is it just mentioned for teh coolz? If Halcyon class cruisers are able to go in and out of a planet such as Reach's atmosphere, how come it isn't a thing, why don't the do it all the time, surely it must be more practical? Why are they buildt in space from the beginning? Why do they have space elevators?[/quote] How would getting in and out of atmosphere be more practical than use pelican dropships? I don't think it is. While getting into an planets atmosphere might be easy getting out of might be a little problematic to do, since escaping from the gravitational pull aquires a ton of energy. The ship might have to use a months worth of fuel to get out of atmosphere, and this ofcourse cost a ton of money. That's probably why the PoA in Reach has aditional trusters to get out of atmosphere. Also the ship may be able to withstand the gravitational pull at first but they will probaly deteriorate after multiple entries thus making the ship not ready for atmosphere. And for the question why build a space ship in space? Because they can and it's easier. Stuff doesn't weigh as much in space as on a planet. And since a titanium bike already weights about 9kg, a titanium plate with the size of a house will be to heavy to handle on a planet. Building the ships in space will probably go faster, cheaper and better because the titanium plates can be hold in place better in space.