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"We sleep peaceably in our beds, because rough men stand ready to visit violence upon those that wish to do us harm."
"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all those who threaten them."
Posted by: Lord Snakie
Posted by: Precursors
It could be time compressed, or the incoming ships they were talking about could be the first ships that jumped below the grid and they were scrambling the ships back.[/quote]
The first ships to jump in did it in waves outside the defense perimeter, and then they moved into it and engaged the Super-MAC platforms. They were destroyed mainly before they could get any shots in on the planet, only buying time for landing craft to make the plunge so the ground generators for the Super-MACs could be taken offline. Only when the Super-MACs were down did the Covenant finally move fully in, and by that time the defense perimeter would have been irrelevant.
Yeah I'm thinking it's taking place when the covenant shifts battle tactics and go point blank. Although thinking back on it, perhaps the voice is taking place at a different time then the video.
Posted by: The BS Police
It's a Teaser Trailer, Halo 2 and Halo 3 didn't play out like the original trailers now did they?
I mentioned in my OP that it was possible that, as the teaser trailer, the goings-on could be different from what the real game would include. You should read.
Posted by: opogjijijp
Another minor inconsistency is that in the novel The Fermion detects the Covenant fleet while they are still in Slipspace and gives Reach warning. In the trailer, The Fermion is telling them that they are coming out of slipspace, and that they are below the orbital defense grid.
Opog, you remember too much. Anyway, yes, I suppose this is a good point. It's a minor inconsistency, but it brings to mind something reminiscent of an alternate reality. The actual events are similar, but different enough to make a marked change in events. I wonder if that could be what it really is? An alternate reality?