Did humanity really win the human-covenant war *only* by sheer luck? Of course luck played a role, but humanity destroyed Alpha Halo and assassinated Regret, which were key events leading to the Great Schism, often cited as humanity's sole saving grace. Not to mention that the UNSC prevented the Covenant from firing the Halos on 3 separate occasions, full stop.

If that's not the case, wow what an unsatisfying story it is to have a pathetic weak humanity on the defensive for 27 years, achieve nothing and survive simply because The Covenant just arbitrarily decided to commit civilization suicide lmao