Quote Originally Posted by Triscuitable View Post
The Covenant get their resources from Forerunner artifacts that humanity was never able to translate because the Covenant kind of blew them up.

Superheated plasma wouldn't dissipate a ship, rather it would melt it.

If there are no Halo rings, the Covenant won't be present. They have no reason to be there, they are clearly outmatched, and they won't bother. Thus, in order for the battle to occur, the rings must be present.



The Covenant have no need to be present should the Great Journey not be possible. They'd keep a low profile, to say the least.



Yup. Completely forgot about that. The Halos still contain, y'know, the Flood though. Regardless, they have a tendency to explode. A lot.
Are you saying the Halo Installations have a tendency to explode and/or at random? That doesn't seem right to me. And even if it is the Flood who reveal themselves and proceed to envelope the Galaxy, the Covenant still lose, and the way I see it, the Imperium still wins, seeing as they have a much better chance of taking on the Flood (Talk about a threat worthy of the Space Marines).

There's potential there even for a massive psychic conflict between the Gravemind and some psykers and Inquisitors (perhaps even the Spirit of the Emperor himself). Imagine if the telepathic link which connects the Flood were to be broken or shattered by the combined efforts of the Grey Knights and the Ordo Xenos,