Quote Originally Posted by The Glyphstone View Post
That could work in the Covenant's favor to a degree then, because it is standard Imperial doctrine to batter down shield with projectile batteries before firing lances so the shields don't get in the way. Until/unless they get some salvage samples, they'd assume shields = shields like every other energy shield in their universe and use standard tactics.
The difference as far as I can tell is that a lance would go through the shields like a bullet through tissue paper and the batteries would have to go through it normally.


Also source? I've never heard that as a standard tactic before. Particularly as some ships only have lances or are just very lance heavy.

I should point out also that some ships do have energy weapon banks that aren't lances. So they'll likely figure it out sooner then you think.