- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Hmmm
After First Strike came out, Halo sites everywhere were convinced, by their webmasters and writers, etc., that the events in the book would lead Halo 2 to pack in a whole lot more plot lines, compared to what was known to us before
From Halsey's rubix cube of a mystery, to the crystal on Reach; First Strike, and even like you said, the other two books, seem to be preamble for the real meat of the Halo universe
Halo 2 is going to have to bring closure to some, or most likely all, of the different subplots that were created and birthed from the books, games, and everything else that comes out from now until November 9th
And to add to what you were talking about with "new life", look no further than Sarge's story; the Chief saw him die on the video feed from Guilty Spark, and yet he finds him on a dropship in the middle of a debris field, with a story that was still in question when First Strike ended
And because the SPARTANS are the peak of human technology and military achievement, it'd be easy to place money on any bet involving all the storylines and plots within the game, to somehow relate all the way back to the Chief himself, and even Cortana
I hope I caught on at least a bit to what you were going for :)