- DRST13497A
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- Exalted Member
I think Halo: Reach is back even further in time, based on when the Covenant invaded Reach, first sighted on SlipSpace probes at around 0447 hours, August 30, 2552 by the Fermion Remote Sensing Station. For those of you not familiar with the Halo novel: The Fall of Reach: here is a briefing on what's happening at the time.
Around this time, Spartan II's are plentiful. Reach has come under attack and all ships in-system are ordered to defend Reach. The humans' most powerful asset, twenty "Super MAC" orbital guns, can obliterate Covenant ships with a single well-placed shot. These orbital guns are powered by fusion reactors deep within Reach. The Pillar of Autumn, with all of the Spartan II's on board, makes it to the engagement. The majority of the Spartans are sent topside to protect the fusion reactors from the Covenant ground invasion. Master Chief, along with two other Spartans, board a space dock in the effort to destroy a navigation database to prevent the Covenant from finding Earth. One Spartan is lost to an explosive thruster pack, and the other is burned down by plasma fire in the space dock. This leaves Spartan 117 as the only remaining Spartan, as the Spartans on Reach were killed when the Covenant glassed the entire planet.
Discuss.