This makes me want to talk about how smart of a military-industrial-complex art project the original Halo Combat Evolved was before Microsoft flushed the Halo series down the toilet.

Everything was based on concepts from consulting actual military R&D experts.

They set up this really interesting fictional conflict where the smaller side (humanity) gets a fighting chance by using ballistic weaponry for concentration of force, while the larger side (space alien empire) uses lasers and stuff for efficiency.

It makes sense, the larger side could have gotten that big after empire-building behavior caused them to be limited by the laws of thermodynamics (can't get out more energy than you put in) so they decided to shift focus from firepower to efficiency, saving resources and mass for more people and vehicles and other equipment while continuing to spread as far as possible throughout the galaxy.

Meanwhile, Earthlings are depicted as having overcome our greed and developed a tactical advantage by focusing on defense instead of offense, equipping ourselves with enough traditional weaponry to compete with a seemingly superior force. It's an inspiring vision, especially since it has a stamp of approval from the war criminals that run the world today, while it's a depiction of humanity overcoming today's bullshit, and surviving because of it.