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Posted by: blarghonk2
Halo Reach story theory
Okay, so here's a theory about Halo: Reach, and what the story may contain.
For people to understand my theory, I'm going to have to explain the basics of slipspace travel, and a few of the events of First Strike. If your familiar with halo background, you may want to skip down a bit.
For those of you that don't know, slipspace travel is a bit complex, and I'm just going to explain the parts relating to my theory. First and foremost, before the events of Halo: First Strike, it was believed impossible by all known species in the Halo universe to perform a slipspace jump near or in a strong gravitational field. The UNSC ships do not have precise enough slipspace engines to perform an in-gravity jump, and whilst the covenant have the technology to perform an in-gravity jump, they don't have the knowledge until Cortana takes control of a covenant ship and discovers the ability. A covenant AI managed to broadcast this information to the rest of the covenant ships, giving them the ability to make jumps like the Prophet of Regret did in Halo 2. This was discovered many weeks after the destruction of Reach, and the point at which Halo: Reach is speculated to take place.
The theory
Now, this is all based around a few lines from the beginning of the Halo: Reach trailer.
Unconfirmed reports of an in system slipspace rupture.
That's impossible, check your source.
Reading multiple pings below the orbital defence grid.
This can't be happening.
There's no mistake. It's them.
As you can see, an unidentified enemy has managed to jump underneath the orbital defence grid, which is well within the effect of the planets gravitational field. My point is this. At the point in time that Halo: Fall of Reach is set, neither humanity nor the covenant had the ability to make slipspace jumps into gravity affected areas. Based on this fact, Halo: Reach cannot be based around Halo: Fall of Reach unless Bungie seriously warps the background.
Based upon my theory of the slipspace jumps, and the assumption Bungie won't change the background, two conclusions can be made.
1. The game takes place after the events of Halo 3, when Reach has been rebuilt.
2. The game is based before the events of Halo: Fall of Reach, based around a battle on Reach against a previously unknown enemy.
When you add in the mysteries of Spartan 259, most likely a Spartan-III, and the similarity between Reach in the trailer and the planet seen in the legendary ending of Halo 3, it makes sense for it to be based after the events of Halo 3, most likely continuing many years after the chief was lost in the void.
Yes, that is true, but remember that most of the community has not read the books. So when it is mentioned to people who read all of the books it is very easy to see, the other Halo fans probably will not care about the fact that it does not play the exact plot of the Human-Covy war.
Either way the game looks awsome and i can't wait to get it along with ODST.