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(I'd just like to say thank you all for the feedback and appreciation
I'm surprised at how nicely received this little piece of work was, and maybe some time down the line, I might revisit this and do one 10x even better 
Thanks you all again, I appreciate the input )Two days of boredom, and I come up with this.
First time using Photoshop (for the background and effects) and SAI (for everything else). Given more time, I could make this look a little better. Example: It was hard to work with just pictures for the models. I wish I still had a working copy of Halo 3, that way i could have made a different pose for Master Chief. And Shepard... well that omni-tool kicked my ass for a bit because all the pics that I could use for reference weren't the angle I was going for at first :/ Ah well, I had to make do with what I already knew.
I'm actually surprised at all the warm reception
This was drawn for my friend who is a Halo and Mass Effect fanatic (as am I, lol)If I ever get the free time, I might return back to this picture and make a more grittier, darker picture. Maybe change the background to a battleground with Elites vs the Alliance. I MIGHT, of course. I'm still in High School, and moving in for college will take away all of my time :I
Ans as for who would win, well I believe that is up to you guys, especially since this comes down to an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.
(What I will say is this: Do NOT underestimate Shepard!)
This was drawn with a Wacom Bamboo Capture. I wanted to get a Create, better yet, a Cintiq, but I'm strapped for cash, and the Capture was all I could afford (and I sure could never afford a Cintiq. $3,000? Ha, I can't even afford an iPod.)
LAST UPDATE: I got used to doing some stuff in Photoshop CS6 and changed the background a bit. Also, I gave MC some lighting on him. I'd say this pic is pretty much "officially" done
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If I was to consider who would win, I would honestly call it a tie. Master Chief is by far more physically strong then Shepard but they are equal when it comes to combat knowledge and strategy. But where Shepard falls with Master Chiefs physical strength and more advanced armour, he picks up with his more advanced arsenal of weapons and his Biotic and Tech abilities.
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combat knowledge? no way, chief has more than 20 years combat experience against pretty much every type of enemy, guerrillas, tanks, infantry squads in urban combat and close in fighting, scarabs, the flood, sentinels, Prometheans, aircraft and individual fights. Shepard has less than half those years of combat and he wasn't trained since he was 6
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energy sword... end of story... chiefie mcchieferson wins the match
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Wow, pretty amazing piece, reminds me of a YouTube video I saw one time...
WARNING: MASSIVE POST
This is an old lurker account, and not my actual online name, but I actually thought of some reasons why Shepard would probably win. (Note: this is going PURELY by game mechanics, with some number tweaks so that Shepard's 500 base shields and health don't utterly eclipse Chief's 75 shield and 45 health, that's just unfair - anything that's in the EU but contradicted by mechanics will be called in favour of said mechanics - although certain things impossible in mechanics and don't contradict them, and are done in the EU may be available. Chief is in his Halo 3 incarnation, and Shepard an ME3 Infiltrator)
The Chief is trained in all forms of UNSC and Covenant weapon and vehicle use, and, while superhumanly strong and fast, both in thought and movement, is somewhat more frail than an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper when it comes to incoming attack, although that may just be the armour. Despite that, SPARTANs like him can power through any non-debilitating injury better than a standard human with minimal loss to combat effectiveness, even powering through broken bones and ruptured organs at times. (Mechanics source: Halo 3 Legendary Jackal snipers one-shot Chief, but ODSTs can survive with health loss in ODST, but Chief moves faster and has more powerful melee)
Shepard, as an Infiltrator, specialises in sniper rifles, but is also capable of efficiently handling almost any firearm he can get his hands on (with a 75 in carrying capacity) and piloting Cerberus' Atlas mech and also ancient diving equipment, as well as the Mako and Hammerhead. Shepard's reaction time is INSTANT, and situational awareness superhuman. By simply bringing up the power wheel, the player can take into account everything going on in a full radius of the Commander, even things that elude his eyesight, as well as setting up one power usage per squad member - with an unjammable (as of 3) radar. Shepard can also aim any weapon while doing this, and with the aid of cover-penetrating sniper rifles, perform 180 quickscope snapshots in quick succession that would make Linda jealous, even cutting down on reload times with judicious use of cancelling. Shepard's sniper rifles, unlike the UNSC rifle, cannot ricochet, however.
He is also cybernetically and biotically augmented after his brain death (and near somatic death) at the hands of the Collectors, wherein he was revived by Cerberus' Project Lazarus - although he doesn't know how to use his biotics, beyond the bonus power the player assigns. For the purpose of this comparison, this bonus power is Dominate.
The Chief is backed by Cortana, an AI nearing the end of her safe lifespan, who compliments his already amazing perception, reactions, and can also crack most computer systems for him - Shepard's slipskin hardsuit may be no exception.
Shepard, on the other hand, needs no help from EDI to crack hostile systems - his Sabotage power would not only mess with Cortana's systems, but also harm the internal workings of the MJOLNIR armour, causing shield or health damage to the Chief, albeit a lot less than if a playable (aka: not Tali) quarian were to do it.
Shepard's tactical cloak, while working better than the active camouflage that a SPARTAN can use against Reaper foes than aforementioned camouflage does against the Covenant and Flood, provides no defence against Chief's motion sensor, and is also discernible enough that the Chief could spot Shepard trying to walk to evade said sensor, leaving Shepard with only the cloak damage bonus to work with at close range. Chief's camouflage would be even less useful, though. Shepard's reaction time gives him unlimited amounts of time every moment to spot the wibbly outline - and there's no defence against Shep's radar.
Going over every point would take forever, so let's cut to the last two.
The Master Chief's MJOLNIR armour enables him to lock down his limbs and fill his suit with a special foam, as well as overcharging his shields, so he can fall from orbit and - provided he lands on a soft surface such as sand, walk away without permanent injury. If he hits solid rock, he's still screwed, however.
Shepard, on the other hand, can take far more. He's hit by Harbinger's main gun - a DIRECT hit, mind, capable of slicing apart any ME species, UNSC, or Covenant ship in one strike. He not only survives, he gets back up, his armour a useless char. He fights off several husks and the evil twin of Marauder Shields, and makes it to the Citadel - the landing is rough. He shakes it off. And then, provided you destroy the Reapers and get the best version of that ending, he survives a power conduit on the Citadel exploding around him, then the ENTIRE CITADEL being severely damaged, and then, finally, a fall back to Earth. (the Citadel has no rocks barring decoration that's not on that part, and he's lying in them - keep in mind the Chief's section) Keep in mind, he survived a fall from orbit after explosions, essentially naked. After being hit in the face by about a thousand Spartan Lasers at once. And that's not even getting into the hilarious brokenness of ME1's Immunity skill. Shepard wins on durability. By far.
Also, Dominate. All Shepard needs to do is mind control the Chief and fill him full of holes before Cortana realises what's happening. And on the off chance the Chief is immune... ^
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I always enjoy reading these "Star Wars vs Star Trek" kind of posts.
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you do know the halo games have problems regarding lore right? in every game the dmg for weapons is changed to fit the game, ODSTs cant take the plasma shots and the mjolnir armor can take the orbital fall, and no Shepard did not take a direct hit from harbingers gun, he got hit by the splash, and it wasn't his main gun, and husks are cannon fodder. so no Shepard is not better then the chief. also chief can operate just about any vehicle he can get into with Cortana's help.
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Master Chief would win, no doubt in my mind. This is because S117's armor and weapons are better. Not to mention his INSANE skill and luck. Shepard is cool, sure. But, Master Chief has survived ordeals that Shepard has never even been faced with ever. In Sheperd's case, the things he uses are used by some his enemies as well. So, he knows how they work. But, Master Chief is at a technological disadvantage against the Covenant. Shepard is also a a disadvantage against the reapers. But, the reapers aren't glassing entire planets in an instant. Master Chief faces an enemy that can destroy the universe if he fails and the flood, which would be able to do the same, but in a different way. So, he had to learn to adapt to any situation. Plus, Sheperd is just a man in a suit, while Master Chief is a genetically enhanced super soldier wearing superior armor. So, that's my answer.
P.S. Just realized something. Two games where one guy in a futuristic suit is protecting humans from aliens, and both main characters' name is John... Mass Effect ripped Halo off.
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Reapers don't jut glass worlds but destroy them and harvest the population for making reapers(happened in mass effect two where we learn this)
And the reapers are more ruthless than the covenant could ever be
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If the suit can enhance the user enough, it doesn't matter if the other guy is a supersolider in his less-sophisticated power armor.
I did not relate to this Chief vs Shepards match, just pointing it out.
Btw, it always made me wonder, how Jim Raynor from Starcraft had a kiddo, named John, who was sent to a special, secret part of the military, at a young age. Makes you think of crossovers.
Btw, the idea is too general, for Me, to be a ripoff from Halo. Going with that, take away the futuristic suit part, and Halo just ripped Doom and Duke Nukem (but rather Warhammer).
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cheif was abducted at age 6 by the miitary, physicly augmented, and was the leader of the 33 spartan IIs. i think the cheif would win.
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AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!
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i would like to point out that though master chiefs armour is stronger his weapons are not in comparison to shepards which shoot at 0.1% the speed of light offence shepard holds the key advatage whereas master chief holds a key advantage in defence its just who would hold out the longest would win in a fight each other
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energy sword, makes firearms useless since you're... well... you're dead :/
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Omni-Blade Diamond Carbide also your dead, moot point for blades they would both rip through armours
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good luck doing that when you're dead... read the whole comment it's not that long silly
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You have to look at the other sides, depending on the class, there's a lot of opportunities that Shepard can take that would make him win easily, so saying that is extremely stupid
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yeah but sheps shield recharges faster to make up and he would usually have some sort of power that benefits the shields
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Well, judging on the picture... MC is going for the head. Because Shep isn't wearing a helmet! =\
We also have to remember, while Shep is sleeping around, the Master Chief is killing aliens, training and doing all he can to save the Human race.
Over all, I think MC is the better soldier and would most likely win this fight.
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Shepard destroyed a threat much bigger than religious aliens, plus he obviously has a life because unlike master chief (who was forced to be militarised at a young age) has no regular life.
but overall with all the ability shepard has he can kill chief before he even has a chance to swipe his energy sword
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well... nope... he wouldn't even be allowed to draw a weapon before his head was neatly severed with an covenant energy blade... sorry but the equip time of weapons also plays a role in this and the chief just has his crazy ass magic weapon which doubles as a dildo... ie it is super light, super quick, super deadly, super unfair, super unbalanced and will be the reason for his victory in most cases...
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Your very biased in this
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you're*
and no not really... i just know some facts that are less known to most peepz. and of course it would also depend on what MK armor the Chief would be wearing at the time
something like mark V or VI would probably be too heavy for Shepard to use his magical mind pwrs to lift him... read ze manual for the games. his armor is apparently two tons... so yah... not so much biased as you think.
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your saying his energy sword can cut shepard's omniblade in half? and from what i see your trying to prove anyone who is on shepard's side is wrong you must be biased. the omni blade would slice through chief's armor with ease and don't forget omni blades can be applied to both forearms. shepard doesn't even need to draw an omni blade out like a regular firearm let alone a energy sword so shepard would most likely get the first strike and when this cause chief to stumble back then shepard would just finish him off. overall the omni blade would easily subdue chief
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let me elaborate, the chief doesn't NEED to be in range of the omniblade to win, ever heard of the unbelievably unfair sword lunge? nope... apparently not, the chief wins as long as he gets within 3 meters of sheperd. btw i am not biased in the slightest, not after halo 4 or should i say halo fail ;_;
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your just talking about gameplay mechanics, that is used for the balance of the game (a powerful weapon with only around ten hits), so you can't really use that as a argument.
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you were talking about gameplay mechanics that wouldn't be able to accomodate a 1/2 ton bioengineered warmachine on two legs... i think we're pretty much even eh?
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I guess if your finish then i'm finished
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How about we just agree that it'd be a battle that'd last for all eternity
And that they are both badass mofos?
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Just to clear things up, the arguments in the discussion were not out of hatred, so yeah we're cool.
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indeed it wasn't, i honestly feel like they are way too badass to ever fight one another, too good for that, they'd just brofist and kick alien ass, reaver (or was it reaper?) ad covenant indiscriminately XD
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they would probably go to the nearest bar and become drinking buddies
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without a doubt, also dibs to you for not pointing out my avatar during that entire "pointless argument" not that often bronies are treated with respect and without any immature accusations or insults ^^
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no harm done, bronies are good people just like everyone else there wasn't any reason for me to insult you or your avatar.
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The kind of person every brony wishes that every non-brony was like. You have earned over a thousand points respect!
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MC VS Shepard seems to be opinion based all around. The truth is, we can't really compare the universes, because they are different games. For all we know, the tables of damage are completely messed up.
But sense you're taking Mass Effect's side, I guess I'll defend Halo's.
"Shepard destroyed a threat much bigger than religious aliens". Man, you're not giving the Covenant a lot of credit. They weren't just religious zealots; they were an interplanetary empire consisting of whole species, trillions of individuals. Not to mention, the Covenant's fleet is far larger than the one(s) from Mass Effect's.
But the interesting thing is, the Covenant wasn't the only major threat, the was also the Flood. And do I really need to describe that?
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he also survived the detonation of a half built halo, which is actually designed to annihilate everything living in the galaxy :/
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okay I was exaggerating there. but a race of machines who were basically the oldest lifeforms who build their population over empires of aliens that risen across time would seem more powerful than a massive alien syndicate. flood has the ability to infect just about any race in mass effect but the reapers are a different story
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I'd say it depends on class.
Soldier Shepard vs Chief? Chief wins since he has WAY more experience, while Shepard has Adrenaline Rush and may keep up with Chief the Chief ALWAYS sees that way and with more training. It could be a draw though if Shepard brought some real heavy firepower to the field (M920 Cain anyone?) and the effects of ammo powers (Cryo Ammo, Inferno Ammo and Disruptor Ammo) could pack some heavy punch and NEARLY beat Chief. All depends on the guns either party has. Close Quarters would be tricky since Shepard would always have the Omni Blade, making that equivalent to Chief's strength and evasion abilities, though even with the Energy Sword Chief might not come on top. I'm gonna say to Chief... for now.
Infiltrator Shepard vs Chief? Chief wins since he has enough experience with "cloaking and snipers" to deal with it.
Engineer Shep vs Chief? Shepard could probably get through Chief's shields easily but even then there's no guarantee since Chief bested a UNSC Air Strike (Skyhawk) I doubt Chief would lose but possible.
Adept Shep vs Chief? Most likely Chief if told about biotics before hand and even then without knowing... Chief. Warp? Easy to Dodge. Pull? Even if levitated Chief would keep shooting. Singularity? He'd move out the way. Throw? Just slows him down.
Vanguard Shep vs Chief? Charge + Nova + Shotgun + Inferno Rounds/Cryo Rounds would work beautifully. Even with Cortana helping Chief (In reaction time) I gotta give it to Shepard on this since Charge would immediately put Chief at a disadvantage since it's essentially too fast to follow. To Shepard then.
Sentinel Shep vs Chief? Tough one since it depends on Shields ALOT. Whether there is a plasma pistol or not is important. And Cortana would be a big factor (Could stop shields from being overloaded? Idk) also Cryo Blast and Warp could be a good follow up combo if it hit. So... tie?
I'm gonna say a Draw for the most part since canonically Shepard WAS exposed to biotic power and despite not being a tech specialist in combat Shepard is good with technology, hacking, etc. Thing with Shepard is that he/she could do ALL classes to lesser degree but chooses a specific field and training despite having the potential to be all. It depends on what skills Shepard has got, the weapons Chief has and whether Cortana is with Chief.
A fight for the ages regardless though.
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You seem to be a very fair person in comparing Chief and Shep. Congratz for that! X]
The thing is we also have to remember, there are multiple games. So is it Shep vs Chief from Halo CE, or Chief from Halo 4? So many possibilities. <=\
But as you said, a fight for the ages regardless.
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Chief from Halo 4 and Shep from ME3.
Thank you for the compliment.
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