- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Jeir
You guys are forgetting something. If you read Halo: First Strike, you would recall Dr. Halsey's time-bending slip-space crystal. Although the MC and the rest of the UNSC spent 4-5 days on the first Halo in warped space, they jumped back to Reach almost inmediately after they left By warped space, I mean that all those days they THOUGHT they had spent on Halo, were really a matter of hours. Dr. Halsey's explanation for this phenomenom was that the crystal had time-bending properties that would affect the very fabric of slipspace according to the users needs.
Also, if you recall Ghosts of Onyx, the Forerunners had developed capsules that would essentially "shield" their users by garrisoning them outside of "time" itself.
The very fact that Bungie used a similar exclipse effect on the Reach trailer as they did on the legendary ending had me wondering about this. Of course, Dr. Halsey isn't around, nor is her crystal. She's still inside Onyx's shield world, so this possibility is most likely proven wrong. However, the Forerunners have proven that they are capable of bending time and space to their will, so really one can expect absolutely anything to happen. Of course, Bungie has a tendency of surprising us with the option that nobody else could think of, so who knows what we can expect.
Don't forget: Reach wasn't completely glassed either, only the poles were if I recall.
In the books Reach was glassed except for one area. in that area was the underground facility were Dr Halsey was locked in, also it was were some of the remaining Spartans went to regroup. The only reason the covies did not glass it was to try an find the crystal that can bend S&T.