Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25606723-20151127143941/@comment-26084195-20151211061125

1. Forerunners, easy.

2. Covenant. Not quite as easy, but still. First of all, the Covenant uses plasma tech, which is substantially more powerful than lasers. Second of all, the Covenant in fact do not have a smaller fleet than the Empire. Also, the destructive power in each ship is substantially greater. Take a single Covenant battlecruiser, point it at a planet, and give it a little time. That one battlecruiser could render the entire surface of the planet totally and completely uninhabitable, for a very long time indeed. An Empire cruiser could in no way do that. Furthermore, the Sangheili have what are essentially lightsabers, but more widely distributed. Oh, and energy shields on their soldiers. Oh, and guns that fire target-tracking crystals that link up to create big explosions. Oh, and a rocket launcher that literally fires a nuclear fuel rod. Oh, and a massive Scarab battle walker that could wipe an AT-AT off the map.

3. You are correct in all cases of comparing the UNSC and the Republic.