Call it what you will. we've had at several points in the story line, implications about certain UNSC R&D that never quite made it to the production floor. I'm curious if there are plans(Or would be consideration) to give any of these a late/end-game research that hits mass deployment. Off handedly I can only think of two tech's that never quite got all over the place Sabre's, and Spartans.
Mind you, I'm talking mass deployment, not "Yes, we know how to make a railgun" but rather "Yes, railguns are now standard issue to every trooper". So in the vein of Marvels good old "What If..." line of comics: Ideas!
- Sabre deployment
- Replaces longswords with equivelent sabre squadrons on all ships
- Admittedly, that ones easy to puzzel out.
- Spartan Integration
- Replaces ODST drop pods.
- Signifigant bump to speed and/or damage?
- Increased delay before flood successfully capture ships? (Can that be done)
Now the last one there may be a stretch. I have no idea if it can be done, but it seems to me like spartans bring a bit more "A" game to repel boarders drills, or at least ought a.
Perhaps "Cyclop Garrison" In lieu of the top tier hull repair/poll increase?
What else? I know I'm forgetting interesting things that never got fleshed out adequately.