: In Reach, I never put two-and-two together in the final segment with the Mac
: Cannon. Keyes actually says "Those Mac rounds won't crack their
: shields, steady Spartan." It wasn't until I re-read some of the books
: the other day that I finally realized that this was because the Covenant
: lower their shields to fire their plasma.

: You have to wait for Keyes' order to fire because it's the last possible
: second right before their fire their own plasma. Noble 6 literally shoots
: just in time.

: Random and everyone else probably already knew this... haha

What's cooler (and I missed for the longest time gawking at the Autumn) is that as the Autumn takes off, you see the Covenant cruiser actually impact the ground!