[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] anton1792 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GhostLink2401 The faction of Covies we fight in 4 is supposed to be more of a rag-tag group, right?[/quote] I'm not sure it was ever supposed to be, to be honest. Fans seemingly just made that up to avoid the fact that the conclusion and final setting established in the original trilogy, as well as the Arbiter's character arc and the work the player did therein, has been overturned and thrown in the garbage. They are far too large in terms of numbers, ships and resources; far too well equipped and organised, and experienced, and aggressive, to be some rag-tag faction that has broken away from the main body of ex-Covenant society. I all likelihood it is just the old Covenant reformed in near totality and back to business as usual in spite of everything to the contrary of that possibility.[/quote] Wrong. Glasslands says that the elite home world only had a hand full of ships and those were beating up to hell and back, yet we still in 4 that theres not a scratch on these ones.[/quote] Chief was able to take out a Covenant Cruiser with one Archer missile. Previously it's taken at least 3 MAC shots and hundreds of missiles to do such a thing. I doubt those ships are operating at peak capacity.