Posted by: scotsoe
I read a thread awhile back that had a good theory:
Nova-1 was a contingent of marines from Charlie company, one of two, that were sent to retrieve the NOVA bomb. However, when the generators for the defense platforms with the MAC cannons were under attack, They were rerouted to defend them. Unfortunately, as people who read the book, all but 4 members of Charlie Company were annihilated by friendly carpet-bombing.
This makes sense, considering there's a person saying "Nova-1! Nova-1, do you read me? Nova-1?!"presumably that Nova-1(The leader of the group of marines) was killed in the carpet bombing.
It also works with the other person over the radio saying "There are still people down there!"
It also works with Sierra-259 saying "We've got Spartans on the ground, sir. We're not going anywhere.", because the Spartans found the survivors of Charlie Company and then defended the generators.
That sounds pretty damn feasible. Can anyone confirm if it's "Noble" or "Nova"? It's a bit staticky but I was pretty sure I heard Noble after a couple listens.
In any case, that is a very compelling theory.