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Subject: Characters we can most likely rule out.

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
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Ok, im going to start this topic by laying out what the game will most likely be. I expect it to be a shooter where you take control of a Spartan/Team of Spartans during the battle for Reach. If thi is what the game actually is we can rule out a number of Spartans that WONT be main characters in the game.

Master Chief- The MC never participated in the ground war at Reach, he was involved in a mission on the Gama orbital platform above Reach. It is possible that you will play as him for a miion or two but it is not likely he will be a main character. Seeing as how he escaped from the system on the Pillar of Autumn before the ground war for Reach was even close to being finished.

Sam- Sam was killed long before the battle for Reach

Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.

Arbiter/other elite- I don't even understand how anyone can believe this. IT IS NOT AN ELITE AND IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE ARBITER!

Those are three of the most commonly speculated characters that will MOST LIKELY NOT be major characters.


[Edited on 06.01.2009 7:30 PM PDT]

  • 06.01.2009 6:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sled dog style
Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?

  • 06.01.2009 6:53 PM PDT

we have to remember that the game might very well take place before the trailer. It still could be linda and sam, even the chief. The battle could start half way through - or at the end.

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  • 06.01.2009 6:54 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
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Posted by: Sled dog style
Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.

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Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Of course, but she is the best with it, so it only seems natural that she would be holding it.

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but linda raped people stuff with the sniper. how could it NOT be her?!?!?

  • 06.01.2009 6:57 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
-U.S. Delta force operator on the Taliban.

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Posted by: Sled dog style
Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Of course, but she is the best with it, so it only seems natural that she would be holding it.


But unless it is earlier then it would not fit at all. For the events between the battle for Reach and Halo CE's events she is frozen in a cryochamber.

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Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Of course, but she is the best with it, so it only seems natural that she would be holding it.


But unless it is earlier then it would not fit at all. For the events between the battle for Reach and Halo CE's events she is frozen in a cryochamber.


Not trying to argue that it's her, just saying that it seems unfit for anyone but her to wield the sniper.

  • 06.01.2009 7:00 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
-U.S. Delta force operator on the Taliban.

Posted by: ZeroDefiance


Not trying to argue that it's her, just saying that it seems unfit for anyone but her to wield the sniper.


For all intensive purposes it probably is her. I REALLY hope Bungie doesn't crew around with the already set cannon.

  • 06.01.2009 7:02 PM PDT

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Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Since Bungie is trying to incorporate new ways of telling stories, I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to include both the space and ground operations of Reach in more detail. Also, it entirely possibly that it's not just limited to Reach. Maybe Sigma Octanus IV will be involved as some of the missions leading up to the fall of Reach.

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Posted by: DK daze
Dude I don't care and my grammer is perfect.I used "Big", as you recall it to mak is specific."to not do...",is incorrect beause "do" is present tense/perfect(or future) when it was a past tense.

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Wasn't fred the one who was left to drift in space, and was never found?

  • 06.01.2009 7:04 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
-U.S. Delta force operator on the Taliban.

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Posted by: Sled dog style
Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Since Bungie is trying to incorporate new ways of telling stories, I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to include both the space and ground operations of Reach in more detail. Also, it entirely possibly that it's not just limited to Reach. Maybe Sigma Octanus IV will be involved as some of the missions leading up to the fall of Reach.


Ye but even then, I doubt that she OR the MC would be the main characters. They may be featured in a handful of messages. But relating back to the name of the game it will MOST likely be concentrated on the ground war for Reach. Or at least that is my opinion.

[Edited on 06.01.2009 7:06 PM PDT]

  • 06.01.2009 7:06 PM PDT

soon i will get my xbl account back and and rejoin the halo ranks

how do we know the the story doesn't take place before reach and end on reach?

  • 06.01.2009 7:06 PM PDT

the game could be noncannon like some aspects of halo wars thus you cant complete rule these three out but if they do whatever hopefully not a spartan we wont have all the whining over armour permutations

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Posted by: AwesomeLouis
the game could be noncannon like some aspects of halo wars thus you cant complete rule these three out but if they do whatever hopefully not a spartan we wont have all the whining over armour permutations


Halo Wars was all canon. Cheesy way to justify it, but it was canon.

  • 06.01.2009 7:09 PM PDT

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Linda- Linda was with the MC during the mission on Gama station, she was critically wounded and put into cryotasis on the Pillar of Autumn.


Which begs another question, if the character holding the sniper on the right isn't the Linda, the who is it?


We don't know, im pretty sure that there would be more the one Spartan Sniper. Though I would Sort like to see a way to somehow incorporate Linda into the story.


Since Bungie is trying to incorporate new ways of telling stories, I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to include both the space and ground operations of Reach in more detail. Also, it entirely possibly that it's not just limited to Reach. Maybe Sigma Octanus IV will be involved as some of the missions leading up to the fall of Reach.


Ye but even then, I doubt that she OR the MC would be the main characters. They may be featured in a handful of messages. But relating back to the name of the game it will MOST likely be concentrated on the ground war for Reach. Or at least that is my opinion.


Indeed. We'll have to see how this plays out. However, if this turns out to be a full game rather than an expansion like ODST, then I'd think it'd be expanded more so to include significant battles before Reach as you can only flesh out so many levels out of one battle. In my opinion they'll logically add in or at least mention the events of Sigma Octanus since that was the battle the Covenant was able to track Keyes' ship (while on the topic how cool, though unlikely, would it be to see an actual professional visual representaion of the Keyes' loop) back to Reach in the first place.

  • 06.01.2009 7:09 PM PDT

The guy in the middle could be Johnson, look at the hat.

  • 06.01.2009 7:11 PM PDT
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The guy in the middle could be Johnson, look at the hat.


Johnson was also aboard the space-station.

  • 06.01.2009 7:14 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
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Posted by: I ZEROC00L I
The guy in the middle could be Johnson, look at the hat.


Johnson was also on the Orbital platform with the MC and Linda. I believe it was the first time Johnson and the chief ever meet. And Johnson goes with the chief and the injured Linda to the Pillar of Linda.

  • 06.01.2009 7:15 PM PDT

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Fred, Kelly, and Joshua. Linda, John and James were on the space op. So we may see them, but the first 3 we will most likely see and/or play as.

  • 06.01.2009 7:16 PM PDT

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The guy in the middle could be Johnson, look at the hat.


Johnson was also aboard the space-station.



Could be the Admiral too. Remember, he was on the ground until First Strike in the books.

  • 06.01.2009 7:16 PM PDT

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I got his sarcasm...one person has to implement sarcasm and then you get a pile of terrorist chipmunks crashing your party, not fun at all..

I doubt any of blue team will feature in Halo Reach. Ie John, Linda, James (the one who goes off into space) and Will won't be seen much in the game. Maybe at the start where CAPT Keyes briefs them...

  • 06.01.2009 7:18 PM PDT

They act all big and tough when their on camera with their friends and their guns. But when you break into their house in the middle of the night and stick a gun barrel in their face. They cry like babies and and piss their pants.
-U.S. Delta force operator on the Taliban.

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The guy in the middle could be Johnson, look at the hat.


Johnson was also aboard the space-station.



Could be the Admiral too. Remember, he was on the ground until First Strike in the books.


I doubt that is the Admiral, he didn't seem like the one to run out into the thick of battle with an assault rifle.

  • 06.01.2009 7:27 PM PDT

you can rule out masterchief, because the spartans talking in the trailer were on the planet reach, and master chief was still cryogenically frozen

  • 06.01.2009 7:35 PM PDT