The more I think about it the more I start to tell myself that the UNSC, and not the Covenant, won the war in space in the end.
Yes I know it took three or four UNSC ships to destroy one Covenant ship, but overall I still think the UNSC had many major wins. The Unyielding Elephant, destruction of High Charity, the gas planet Admiral Cole nuked to cook the Covenant fleet in orbit, etc.... I really can't remember a time when the UNSC lost at least 150 ships or more in a single battle....
So overall, even though the Covenant won almost every engagement, when you add in Unyielding Elephant(500+ ships), High Charity (1000+ ships) and the fleet destroyed near the gas planet (300 ships) it looks like the covies lost a lot more in space than Humanity did.
Discuss.
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Yeah, I'm surprised the UNSC didn't invent a giant plasma pistol, mounted it on a cruiser, spam overcharged projectiles at the Covenant ships then bombard them with Shiva nukes. That would be a glorious sight to see. But in all seriousness, I think the UNSC won the war on space. Sure they lost almost all of their ships, but they did a number on the Covenant before they got to that point of the war. Only my opinion though. [Edited on 01.04.2013 1:55 AM PST]