- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well I'll throw in my little postulation about all of this
1) all the Spartans are alive that were at the end of FS by the time Halo2 rolls around. Fred, John, Kelly and Linda are all together (was Will alive at the end of FS? I can't remember) Plus, in TFoR Mendez said that 3 Spartans were too far away to recall. Now, if that little tidbit was unimportant then Nylund wouldn't have taken the time to write it, but he did so it must be significant. Now lets do some quick math. . . add the total number of Spartans, subtract twenty, raise that to the fifth power, multiply by quantity cosine45 times sine30. . . and we get 7 spartans (everything after adding was a joke if you didn't notice). And what is 7 class? Bungie's magic number of course! Now we have 7 Spartans who participate in Halo2
Next big point, remember in FS when the Spartans went into the tunnels around that forerunner gravity crystal, some of them had their parts replaced by newer ones and each received some upgrade in one area or another (doubled shielding, better motion tracker, etc). Now this part of the book was just screaming spoiler at me. Anyway, if you haven't guessed already, I'm betting that in Halo2, we get to choose 1 of the 7 Spartans (or be forced to choose between a few that aren't indisposed for the next mission or whatever) and benefit from their little upgrades depending on our choice. I believe this would make things a bit interesting and make you think about what kind of Spartan would best suit your playstyle.
Time. . . will tell.