- soulguard
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Seeing that my thread is slowly dieing, and thanks to Rampant Truth sparking a need for me to do a little research, I am going to put together a little list of things that are need to know.
This is unlike Mr_Clarks little questionnaire, but more of a "Side Trilogy did you know". I will start in order according to timeline.
Pre-History
* The "Prophets" were called "Law Keepers" within the Forerunner Empire.
* The Reclaimers were made aware of the Law Keepers betrayal during the final days of the Flood-Forerunner War.
* After the war, only two human/Reclaimers were left: Litran and Bitran. They, with the aid of the Ark, recreated humanity.
* The Seed ship was activated, and thusly repopulated the universe with all "selected" members of the Empire. The Law Keepers adjusted the Seed ship so that their race would "retain" their memories.
* The Ark was preprogrammed to land on "Dessaranth", the onetime home of Humans, it had been destroyed when the second moon crashed into the planet. The Ark repaired the atmosphere making it habitiable once again. Litran and Bitran renamed it,"Earth".
* The Ark was used by the Reclaimers as a training ground. Only one Reclaimer was allowed to train within it every generation. They not only learned combat, but they also learned the entire history of the Forerunner Empire.
* For several thousand years, the Reclaimers guarded the Ark and kept it secret from "normal" humans. It's secret was never revealed. The last reclaimer to protect the Ark was Elena. The Ark had been moved 3 times in the course of a hundred thousand years. Elena did not train any of her children to be Reclaimers, but the soldier gene continued throughout her decendants. Only female could pass on the gene, men could display the gene's traits, but they could not pass it on to their children.
Pre Halo Timeline
* One of the selected children of the Spartan II program is Kelly, a decendant of Elena; the last true Reclaimer. Doctor Catherine Halsey, Project leader, declined her as a candidate because of her families lineage and political influence. However, to her surprise, her family requested that she be placed into the project. Kelly's mother dissaproved, but her family found them and Kelly was trained as a spartan.
Halo Timeline
* Kelly meets John at the Reach training facility. They share a common bond, unknow to them both. Doctor Halsey is aware of their unique genetic makeup, and that they are "special". It is unknown at this time, that most of the Spartan's are in some way connected to the Reclaimers. Most are off branch decendants of Elena. (or some of the Watchamen)
* The combined intellect of Siren and Cortana, find a way to travel back in time and upload themselves into a Military ship. They force the ship to jump to a nearby Halo, hoping to stop the Covenant from finding humanity and saving John and Eric Raynord. They're attempt to destroy the lone ship is a failure and the Covenant learn the location of Harvest. The Human-Covenant war begins as the ship finds Harvest.
* Young Eric Raynord, Kim Peters, Melanie Peters, and a group of their friends, enlist in the UNSC to help fight the alien threat to humanity.
* A world wide draft is begun on Earth, after several colonies are wiped out by the Covenant. Everyone who is able to fight is called into the military to begin prepping Earth for it's defense, in case the Covenant somehow find Earth. The "Cole-Protocal" is created. Roselyn Santos is drafted, but thanks to her father's political connections, she is rejected from the military and told to continue her Lacross Career. She becomes world famous but feels that she has to do something for humanity besides be a destraction from the war. Using her Engineering degree she joins a Weapons company; "PCI Industries". The company is selected by ONI to build the MJOLNIR Mark, V battle armor.
* Eric, Kim, and Melanie enlist in the “Enhance Marine Program” or EaMP on Troy. It is actually a coverup program for Colonel Ackerson's Spartan III research grant. They survive the surgical portion though a lot of their friends do not. They are then elevated to the rank of ONI Special Operations; Codenamed "Black Ops". Under the ever watchful eye of ONI, the Black Ops run secret spy missions on the Covenant. They snuck onto human worlds that were "glassed" by the covenant and watched as they dug up forerunner artifacts.
* Releasing that traveling in time was a big error, Siren and Cortana create a new path in History by altering certain events. Cortana unknowingly takes the Pillar of Autumn to Halo, and with the aid of the chief they find a way to unleash the flood, after realising the the Covenant had found a way to contain them. Cortana is unaware of these acts, but somehow conscious that she has done this before. She knows that sacrifices will need to be made if humanity is to survive the events that are about to transpire.
* Troy is attacked by the Covenant. The Black Ops are in range to assist in the evacuation. While attempting to protect hundreds of civilians from the Covenant, severall black ops are killed, including Senior Chief Petty Officer Kim Peters; the squad leader.
* The Chief arrives at Alpha Halo.
* The Black Ops repel boarders after escaping Troy, and then seperate in Eric's attempt to save his last friends. They are all repositioned on Earth within the Marine Core. Eric is stationed at a desk job overseeing the security measures for the MJOLNIR Mark VI. He is once again reunited with Roselyn Santos.
* Alpha Halo is destroyed. The Chief groups up with the few survivors and return to Reach. They meet up with several surviving Spartans, including Kelly and Doctor Halsey. Halsey and Kelly soon go missing, as the Chief and the others discover that the Covenant have found Earth. They encounter the "Unyielding Hierophant", the base of operation for the Prophet of Regret's fleet. They destory it and slow down the Covenant's attack on Earth.
* The Mark VI is approved by ONI after several tests by a retired Spartan.
* The Chief recieves the Mark VI armor.
* Upgrades to the Mark VI weapons systems are demanded by ONI, after the Chief does several "Field missions" to see what the Covenant are up to since the destruction of the Hierophant. The Master Chief returns to Cario station after the quick Mission and finds that a ceremony is about to begin.
* Halo 2 begins.
--More coming soon---
Let the speculation begin. ^_^
~Soulguard
[Edited on 8/29/2006]