Halo (series): Difference between revisions

* ''[[Halo Wars]]'' series

** ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''

* [[Holding Back the Phlebotinum]]: Why the UNSC does not field their emerging [[Deflector Shields|shield technology]] more widely. [[All There in the Manual|According to Dr. Halsey's diary]] that accompanies the [[Special Edition]] of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', humans have a very good understanding of shield technology now, but it is limited by two major related factors: size and power. As the volume of area to be shielded grows, the power requirements to maintain the shield increase exponentially. Shielding an entire starship would require several times more power than that ship can generate. However, shielding an infantryman or small vehicle has more modest power requirements, albeit still much more than an infantryman or small vehicle would typically have a power plant capable of producing. Humanity can make small enough power generators in the form of micro-fusion cells, but [[Awesome but Impractical|they are rarely cost-effective to produce]], making each one almost the cost of a small starship. However, the [[Super Soldier|SPARTAN-IIs]] already incorporate such a device into their [[Powered Armor]] by necessity, making adding shields to their existing systems relatively trivial. As for The Covenant technology they reverse-engineered their shields from? Humanity still has no idea how '''those''' things are powered, and from all appearances [[ClarksClarke's Third Law|lack an obvious power source altogether]].

* [[Hot Scientist]] --: Given that Cortana is based on her, Dr. Halsey probably qualifies.

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] --: Chief and Cortana. Or Keyes. Or pretty much any other human character.

* [[Humans Are Special]] -: Hinted at strongly throughout the games, but ultimately confirmed in ''Cryptum''. {{spoiler|Humans were not actually related to the Forerunner, but were a separate species that was active at the time of the Forerunner's war with the Flood. Humanity fought a war with the Forerunner [[Grey and Gray Morality|because they were forced to expand and the Forerunner perceived this as a threat]] and the Forerunner won. Humanity had also managed to discover a means to destroy the Flood, but because they were fighting the Forerunner at the time, they refused to give them that information and destroyed it when it became apparent they were going to lose. The Forerunner took the few surviving humans and "degraded" them to Stone Age levels of technology to preserve the species while trying to figure out how they were able to defeat the Flood, but were ultimately forced to fire the Halo rings. Afterwards, the few surviving Forerunner concluded from their errors in judgment that humans may have been the better choice to serve as the caretakers of the galaxy, and set up their systems to recognize humans as Reclaimers for when they eventually returned to space.}}

* [[Humans Are Warriors]] -: Many species of the Covenant believe it, especially the Sangheili, and the Gravemind believe that Humans are a greater threat to the Flood than the Covenant, who he only see as arrogant good-for-nothing fodder.

* [[Humongous Mecha]] -: The Scarab.

* [[Standard Sci -Fi Setting]]

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