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Quote taken from the Spartan 259? topic by TheCyberFreakSierra 259 means Spartan 2, 059. That's Malcolm-059.
John-117 has referred to himself as 117, but never 2-117. According to this theory she would be a Spartan 3? This is unlikely.
Additionally, that person on FLEETCOM say there are Spartans on the ground. Malcolm was at Reach and he made it to the ground but only as a smear across the surface of the planet. Malcolm died on impact when dropping onto the surface of Reach.
Ok lets point out flaws in your logic.
In the trailer this voice in question says " This is Sierra 259, you got Spartans on the ground sir, were not going anywhere".... So people are saying Malcolm dropped to the surface of Reach, died on impact, then stated his ID tag, NOT possible therefore its not Malcolm.
Who decided that Sierra = Spartan?? Exactly, Im sure people are familiar with the Military Phonetic Alphabet code :
A: Alpha
B: Bravo
C: Charlie
D: Delta
E: Echo
F: Foxtrot
G: Golf
H: Hotel
I: India
J: Juliet
K: Kilo
L: Lima
M: Mike
N: November
O: Oscar
P: Papa
Q: Quebec
R: Romeo
S: Sierra
T: Tango
U: Uniform
V: Victor
W: Whiskey
X: X-Ray
Y: Yankee
Z: Zulu
1: Wun
2: Too
3: Tree
4: Fower
5: Fife
6: Siks
7: Seven
8: Ait
9: Niner
0: Zeero
Yes people, Sierra = S not spartan.
Sure Spartan start with s, but sierra in military talk is purely for ID and code purposes, S could cover everything from a Vehicles ID to an individual marines ID, its main purpose is so that they don't confuse the letter s with say e, because over radio transmission you get static interference making it hard to hear whats been said. So when they hear Sierra, they (being the people on the other end of the radio ) know they're are referring to the letter S.
And let me break down what i think is meant in that radio transmission:
"This is Sierra 259..."
marine stating his ID over the radio com
"... you got Spartans on the ground, sir"
Marine stating that the Spartans have landed (dropped) on the battlefield
"... we're not going anywhere."
Marine stating that his reinforcements (Spartans) have arrived and that they are ready to kick some covie ass.
The Spartans were probably dropped in as reinforcements to help protect a certain location which could be what they were referring to with the Winter Contingency..
" Winter Contingency has been declared, all units are mobilized and ready"
then its followed by another Sierra
" this is Sierra 320, prep'd for combat insertion"
Now that to me sounds like a Spartan but then I'm turned off by the fact that Master Chief never through out Halo 1,2 and 3 referred to himself as Sierra 117, it was always " This is Spartan 117..." only over radio was he referred to as Sierra but that was never direct to him that was always to either Miranda Keyes or Lord Hood, and then again at the end of Halo to when MC was on the Forerunner Ship with Truth and they had Exited Slip-space he said
" This is Spartan 117, can anybody read me?"
Lord Hood
" Master Chief? Mind telling me what your doing on that ship?'
Chief
"Sir! Finishing this Fight!"
So clearly they have no problem saying Spartan or Master Chief over the radio, so then why would they say they are Sierra when all they need to say is Spartan or Master Chief whatever.
And so that all means that Sierra 259, = the ID tag of S259 (whom ever it is)
it doesn't mean Spartan Class 2 0-59, that's too complicated