- chickenlittle
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You all need to stop. Right now.
Time travel will not happen.
I will reference a little novel here called: "Halo: Fall of REACH", by Eric Nylund. This novel is Canon. Nylund has been endorsed multiple times by Bungie, and has multiple novels[Halo: Fall of REACH, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx].
Halo: Fall of REACH details the battles near and on REACH, from the fleet battles and the overwhelming of the UNSC orbital defences, to the overrunning of the UNSC ground forces.
In particular, I'm speaking of Spartan 117's actions in this time frame. John(Spartan 117) was sent to an orbiting station to destroy a ship's intact NAV data(contains information on all human worlds), along with Linda(Spartan 058) and James(Spartan ###)[Chapter 35, Page 306]. In the ensuing events, said NAV data is destroyed, James is flung out into space, John and Linda meet up with several Marines, and Linda goes flatline. Spartan 117 goes back to the Pillar of Autumn with Linda's body, Sergeant Johnson and several Marines. Pillar of Autumn jumps out of the system, cue Halo: Combat Evolved.
During this time, the rest of the Spartans head planet-side to defend key locations, such as the Super MAC platform power generators, and are subsequently overrun.
Assuming Bungie allows this novel to retain its accuracy, and don't essentially say "-blam!- you!" to Nylund, Spartan 117 would not come back in time. Doing so would significantly change several or even most events in the Battle of REACH, possibly changing the outcome, and even possibly preventing Halo: Combat Evolved's events from happening as well.
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Proof of the Halo novels being Canon:
Interview of Joseph Staten by HBO's "Halo Story Page"
HSP: Would the books make the cut?
JS: The books are, for better or worse, part of the canon. In the future we may choose to revise or flat-out ignore some of the less appealing ideas (Johnson's biological immunity to the Flood, for example), but folks should treat them as defining elements of the Halo universe.
Joseph Staten Interview
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I would like to take this time to thank you for reading this all the way through, and hope this can talk some sense into some of you.
In addition, please feel free to point out any inconsistencies or incorrect facts I may have included in this.
-Chicken