Think about it the UNSC (tier 2/3) has Spartans as their most bad ass mother-blam!-s, who are far stronger and better then normal humans. So do you think ancient humans (tier 1) had their version of super soldiers? And if so could they take on Prometheans such as the Didact?
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I think the ancient humans only had half a planet because its better than no planet at all.