Halo Covenant Codex! Feedback please!

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**Blackhoof**

master of ordinance wrote:I had this great idea for BFG.

in one of the novels the covenant fleets can perform short jumps across the battle feils but their systems are down for a short amount of time afterwards.

so heres how it is.

The covenant ships may take an LD check just like all ahead full.
if they succeed then the ship may be positioned anywear on the feild facing any direction.
however once it has mayed this move it may not move shoot or launch ordnance for the rest of the turn. in the opponents turn it counts as having sheilds 0 and cant brace for impact.
this move may be used to disengage and "jump" off the board.
if it jumps into an asteroid feild it takes 2d6 auto hits(dont forget it counts as sheilds 0 till its next turn.

good idea- that will make the covenant fleet even more unque

**master of ordinance**

Yeah.... this codex isnt finished yet is it?

**Blackhoof**

not yet C:

mainly i am waiting for Sabreu to finish his review of it, since he appears to have a good grasp of the rules and balancing.

**Molten Butter**

The Covenant actually resemble the Imperium (Religious dogmatism, worship of past technology, technological stagnation), Tau (Naivety, coalition of alien species, visual style of vehicles), and Eldar (General visual style).

Also, for an HQ unit for the Flood, there's whatever the hell Keyes transformed into in Halo: Combat Evolved, and there's 05-032 Mediciant Bias from the Halo 3 logs. There's also the scrapped "Juggernaut" flood for Heavy Support. The creature feature idea is much better, but there still might be some people who want to play Flood armies.

**Dakka_boy**

How is the UNSC Codex coming along? Is anything posted, if so, is there a link? Other than it and the Covenant Codex, what other HALO Codexes are being worked on?

-- Dakka_boy

**Blackhoof**

it is on this vbery board. if it isnt on the front page try looking back a few. if you still cannot find it i will find a link for you

**master of ordinance**

http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page

Try this link-it goes strait to the biggest collection of Halo knoledge in the (known) universe!

**Blackhoof**

yeah, that site is wesome. i used it as my research base when i was first planning this codex.

**I_am_a_Spoon**

Hi mate, try this.

**master of ordinance**

new ideas.

Shade turret.....???pts

BS2 F11 S9 R10

Type-immobile

wargear

TWplasma cannons

options
may be carried by a spirit in lew of a ghost.

Brute plasma rifle R18" S4 AP- type assault 3

**TyraelVladinhurst**

master of ordinance wrote:new ideas.

Shade turret.....???pts

BS2 F11 S9 R10

Type-immobile

wargear

TWplasma cannons

options
may be carried by a spirit in lew of a ghost.

Brute plasma rifle R18" S4 AP- type assault 3

good ideas, how ever the brute plasma rifle is suppose to be stronger then the elite one

**master of ordinance**

S5 then?....

**TyraelVladinhurst**

master of ordinance wrote:S5 then?....

i'd say strength 5 ap 3

**Blackhoof**

i weas considering including shades, but i felt that the list was crowded enough already.

brute plasma rifles.... maybe, i will see how they fit into the list.

**TyraelVladinhurst**

Blackhoof wrote:i weas considering including shades, but i felt that the list was crowded enough already.

brute plasma rifles.... maybe, i will see how they fit into the list.

add them both in, cus shade turrets and brute plasma rifles make since

**master of ordinance**

Brute plasma rifle

R18" S5 AP-or6 TYPE assault3

Brute plasma rifles are good at inflicting damage but they arent as good at penertrating armour.

**Blackhoof**

Just letting you all know, I have ordered the mini rulebook from ebay and when I get it in a few weeks I will update the codex into 6th edition

Until then, does anyone have any basic suggestions for what I need to do?