Galactic Empire vs Covenant?

Question

Alright my question is who would win in a war, the Galactic Empire from Star Wars or the Covenant from HALO. Assume there is no Rebel Alliance, Zann Corsortium, or UNSC to distract either side, and the Great Schism didn't occur where the Elites left the Covenant. It's just a straight up war between the two of them. I believe the Empire would win just because they have millions of ships and the Covenant have thousands of ships. However, my friend pointed out that the Covenant use Elite boarding parties against fleets. Now I believe an Elite boarding party would get shot down before it got near an Imperial Star Destroyer, but I need a better position to argue against my friend with this. Also, assume it 2525 in the HALO universe and say 5 ABY so that the Empire have Death Star 2 which can target frigates and capital ships and reloads every minute or so. Also, Darth Vader has his Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. Emperor Palpatine has his flagship the Eclipse, also a Super Star Destroyer. The Covenant have two Forerunner Dreadnoughts they can use aside from their standard technology. Neither side knows where each others planets are aside from one of each.

Also, there are no Sun Crushers!

With all of this taken into consideration who would win in a fight Galactic Empire or Covenant. My friend also argues that the Arbiter is stronger than Darth Vader, and that Covenant glassing beams would wreck the Death Star, which I doubt since Death Star 2 withstood the Executor crashing into it. Also, the Covenant have their Supercarriers and all that stuff. Supercarriers are actually longer than Super Star Destroyers.

So who would win Empire or Covenant. Please back up your answers with facts to support your decision don't just say Empire or Covenant, support your decision.

And no Raptor Jesus is not in this fight so keep him out of it.

Also, keep in mind the deciding factor is space combat, not land combat, plus Star Wars: Empire at War shows that Stormtroopers are more than capable of hitting someone, they just had to look bad for the movies even though in "reality" they are as competent as the clones from the prequel if not more so.

Don't say that stormtroopers never hit anything because I'm not talking about the way things looked in the movies, but instead about how the stormtroopers acted in Empire at War and in other video games, since HALO is also a video game. Stormtroopers were a competent fighting force that struck terror into civilians across the galaxy and keep in my mind that there were BILLIONS of them. Also, the Covenant in HALO had around a total fleet of, at the most, 50,000 ships in total, whereas the Empire had 25,000 Imperial Star Destroyers alone which are the size of Covenant carriers. Then you also have the fact that this is not a single battle, but a war between two factions that would probably last decades. So who would win? Keep in mind the deciding factor is space combat not land combat.

Answer 1

The Covenant. simply because they could glass and use there Plasma to melt Galactic empire fleet. they also have energy shields around there ships. Also the Covenant are more Holy so god would be on there side and would call upon the rapture destroying the galactic fleet and the worlds and leaving the Covenant unharmed.

Answer 2

The Empire has superior shielding, superior ships, superior weaponry and superior numbers. Their economy is huge and they can recruit billions each day from their large pool of recruits. The Empire spans the whole galaxy, and they only need to direct 1% of that resource to obliterate the Covenant fleet. To the contrary, Stormtroopers are actually very overpowered, the only thing keeping them from hitting their targets is plot shielding. The Empire also has 2 Dark Lords of the Sith on their side, remember? Palpatine and Vader would literally just smash the Covenant ships together. Another thing is, if the UNSC ships can destroy Covenant ships with their ballistic weaponry, the Empire would blow holes after holes every few miliseconds or so into the Covenant fleet.



The Empire just floors the Covenant.

Answer 3

If there never was a UNSC, then the covenant would have fleets of forrunner ships and weapons and the HALOS. The covenant could have a tactical advantage there, and also remember they have energy shields for their ships and Elites and some brutes. But the power of the force for darth vader and the emperor, and the death stars could be a problem and maybe a stalemate. Also I doubt that Star destroyers are the size of a covenant super carrier

Answer 4

In terms of space combat alone, they would probably be evenly matched. However, with the Death Star in hand, the Empire will surely have the upper hand since it has the ability to blow up planets. Also, let's not forget that Sith Lords have the power to use the Dark side of the Force. Hence, the Arbiter is definitely NOT stronger than Darth Vader. If you've played Force Unleashed, you would also see that one with strong command of the Force is able to bring down an entire starship. So, I would conclude that the Galactic Empire would emerge victorious in an all-out war. Of course, the Covenant could always activate Halo, or release the Flood, which would wipe out both sides of the war and end up in a draw. (hehe)

Answer 5

Ok, I have a lot to say so I will be back later with my statements about BOTH sides. I grew up on star wars and have gotten deep into halo reach. I will give a statement for now though, if the two were to cross it would be a long and savage war....not quick at all...for either side...

Answer 6

The covenant win. But only barely. They are very similer in technology. I would be happy to send a long drawn out essay looking thing and message it to you on why if you would like. I woul like to piont ojt from your question that in canon it was made known that only a portion of the cove a t actual fleet was used agianst the humans. Also i am sorry but for the sake of the argument i would like to piont out that the movie overwrite everything on canon as said and legal by the creater of sw. Also the games of halo are overwritten by the books in canon for the sake of gameplay. You wouldnt want to die after only two shots in the campaign would you. And i would recament taki g out the forerunner ships as they have tetraton weapenry and would one shot even the exucuter.