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A spartan is probably comparable to a space marine scout with a refractor field and BS5, but WS3. Not saying he cant fight in hand to hand. But in halo hand to hand combat is not nearly as intense as it is in 40k.

Now this bears in mind. Is it a loyalist marine or a member of a chaos god legion? IE Berzerker, Noise Marine, Plague Marine, Thousand Son

Can you imagine the horrible things a noise marine could do with those 4 squid jaws on an elite

Standard Imperial Marine versus Standard UNSC Spartan.

If we get into probabilities about chaos marines vs Spartans then I don't have much hope for the UNSCs finest!
Or the Haloverse as a whole (",)

Yay! 9 pages!!

9 pages and counting you mean!

CrazyThang wrote:9 pages and counting you mean!

Exactly (",)

Solly wrote:Standard Imperial Marine versus Standard UNSC Spartan.

If we get into probabilities about chaos marines vs Spartans then I don't have much hope for the UNSCs finest!
Or the Haloverse as a whole (",)

Yay! 9 pages!!

Now...am I crazy enough to start a whole new thread based around this question. No, no I'm not.

I can't believe this is even up for discussion. Astartes don't even take the Sue meter up to 11, they take it up to like 13. They're freaking immortal monstrosities in thick armor with a list of abilities that sounds like an 11 year old tried to come up with a new superhero. ("Ooh, ooh, and he can spit acid! Oh yeah, and he can eat his foes to gain their memories!").

Granted Spartans are pretty decently high on the sue scale, but not so much more than your average sci-fi elites. They haven't even reached the "Jedi" section of the sue scale, let alone the "Space Marine" scale.

Space Marine, As long as the Spartan only hits him in the shoulders...

Giant friggin shoulderpads FTW

How is this even being discussed? It's like comparing a Guard Veteran to a space marine. Maybe 2 spartans could win, but not a 1 on 1.

Pika_power wrote:Superman could, considering he can shatter reality by singing. After all, he's a god mode sue.

Shinji Ikari could in his Eva Unit seeing as in their universe only another Angel or Eva can break through the AT field.

You guys obviously never read the halo books. Space Marines and Spartans are pretty much the same thing. They both move really fast, are extremely strong, have awesome armor, etc: And spartans in the books are just as over the top as marines in the books.

You might as well ask: who would win in a fight between a guy from north dakota and a guy from south dakota?

You can't even call them apples & oranges; It's more like red apples & green apples.

Wraithlordmechanic wrote:You guys obviously never read the halo books. Space Marines and Spartans are pretty much the same thing. They both move really fast, are extremely strong, have awesome armor, etc: And spartans in the books are just as over the top as marines in the books.

You might as well ask: who would win in a fight between a guy from north dakota and a guy from south dakota?

You can't even call them apples & oranges; It's more like red apples & green apples.

And you didn't take into account the Xbawx pauldrons of the Space Marine! He could just unsling one of them, scoop up the spartan and crush him on his other shoulder! Orange juice style motherf#*@!

IMO it could go either way...although the SM has better weapons than the Spartan the Spartans shield could give him an advantage. And i think the Spartan would be more tactical when fighting the Space Marine. Space Marines tactic in books at least is usually to shoot until your close enough to hit something with your sword...

Stop arguing this point, read previous pages, then post a kick to take it to the tenth page!

*kick*

Okay, this appears to have gone on long enough.