"Dear Humanity; we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"
—Avery J. Johnson
click it you know you want to
Am i the only person who realizes that Reach doesnt get entirly destroyed, only a strip near the equator remaind untuch so the covenant can attemp to ecavate for an artifact, an important one.
(beware for a great wall)
the reason the covenant came to Reach is becaused they followed a tracker that led them to Reach, and they found coordinants on an artifact found on sigma octavius VII, the same artifact that cortana used to find halo and draw the concusion that the covenant where heading to Earth, thus initiating operation first strike, this operation would involve a team of spartans infiltrating and destroying a covenant command and control space station, with the intent of stalling the covenant advance on Earth. this operation was a succsess at the cost of three lives, one spartan, a lutenant, and vice admiral stanforth, and a covenant flagship, the asendant justice. however four spartans, sargent johnson, cortana, and the covenant flagships slipspace drive survived and where able to make it to earth.
(the wall has just begun)
the olny reason the covenant didnt destroy earth when they attacked the first time was due greatly to operation first strike, which has its roots back during the battle of reach.
(wall end near)
however i support this idea 200%, i would be dissapointed if Bungie did't include this. also i have a new idea for a senario
(you fell down steps and lost sight of the end)
Humans:
Coming down in a modified warthog, the warthog has a closed seating area and reinforced cassis and windshield for orbital drops, you are briefed on your mission. "You are eliminate a covenant AA batery along this ridge, you'll be coming down hot, keys out." When the transmission ends, you find 3 Friend or Foe tags, your teammates, in two 'hogs, one in yours, and two in another, and the words "eliminate covenant AA guns" pulses onto the screen. The 'hog starts to shudder as the friction generated by 8 tons of 'hog and spartan entering atmosphere and causes the air to start to flame, heating the air drastically inside the 'hog. Then, as sudenly as it began, it ends. Then the 'hog impacts the ground and the screen turns black. Then it starts to clear. You suddenly find yourself in enemy territory with olny a few marines and your team. One of the marines says "Huh, a spartan, things must have goon to s**t here, well, assuming your after those AA guns, follow me." Then he leaves and you gain control of your character. You follow him into a tunnel that is littered with bodies, human and covenant alike, however you are thankfull to see some marines that are still alive and holding off covenant. Then the marine instructs you to help them hold off the covenant assult and destroy the entrances to the tunnel. The words "hold off covenant assult" appeares and you turn to face the covenant threat. Once you hold off the covenant assult the words "destroy entraces to tunnel" appear on screen. Then a marine asks you to follow him and protect him as he places the charges. You do so and are rewarded acsess to your goal, the AA guns. Climbing out of a hatch you are put 100 meters away from the nearest AA guns, you move forward and a team of marines follows you and your squad to assist in destroying the guns and to add extra fire power in the event of an inevetable firefight. Then when you destroy the last of the guns, you are awarded a scarab. The words " take down enemy scarab" pulses onto the screen. You comply and succsefully destroyed the scarab. Then you make way to the evac point. The mission is over and you are on your way to a large military base that is up in flames.
(the wall seems larger than before)
Covenant:
The Shadow you are in is making its way to a human military base. Over the com your field master states "Brothers, one last human stronghold stands in our way of getting to the luminous key. We shall destroy the filth inflicted by it and accuire the luminous key. May the gods guide us." the words "destroy human base" pulses onto the screen and 3 identification tags light up. Then the shadow stops and opens it's hatches. You step out and raise your beam rifle and move toward the base. You olny stop to snipe some guards. As you near the base, you start to lose sight of your weapon and arms, your active camoflauge has activated. You are told to wait for a gate to open as guards come out to investigate an "accedent" with some guards, the same ones you sniped. As they come out, you go in. You hunt through the halls of the base with your plasma rifle. Then you reach the ammunition storage buildings. A grin comes to your face as you trow a plasma grenade into it. Just as you throw the grenade, you instinctivly run away. the grenade expoldes and the ammo goes up in flames. Then a second building expoldes just after the ammo, the fuel dump must have gone up too. You then hunt down the rest of the personnel at the base, you head to aquire the luminous key. The words "locate and take the luminous key" pulses onto the screen as a nav point puts you close to it. When you find it a phantom comes and picks you up. The piolet informs you that the Anti-Aircraft guns have been destroyed, and deamons where responsable.
(the wall ends)