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why did the covenant decide to glass reach?

  • 07.16.2009 12:12 PM PDT
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Gloss.

  • 07.16.2009 12:14 PM PDT
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dont you mean glass thats how the prophet of truth spelled it

  • 07.16.2009 12:14 PM PDT

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Gloss.
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*glass

Covenant glass every single human planet they come across.

  • 07.16.2009 12:15 PM PDT
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but how did they come across reach? and why didnt they glass all of earth not just mombasa?

  • 07.16.2009 12:17 PM PDT
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No it's gloss. In Halo3's campaign when the power goes out and the prophet comes on screen, he says they'll burn the planet until its surface is but gloss. OH. Yeah I see what you're saying. Yeah it's glass.

Maybe the covenant just don't like Mombasa.

[Edited on 07.16.2009 12:20 PM PDT]

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  • 07.16.2009 12:21 PM PDT
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this still doesnt answer my question. how did the covenant come upon reach?

  • 07.25.2009 9:42 PM PDT
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It was a tracking beacon on a ship from Harvest, I think one the Captain Keyes was on at the time. Also, they would havefound it anyway because the prophets have a device that shows them forerunner artifacts which, for some reason, includes humans.

That should explain it... also, dont bump so much.

  • 07.25.2009 10:39 PM PDT

Sure.

They glassed it because they thought that it was Earth, and you know, they want to wipe out the human race and stuff...

  • 07.26.2009 2:25 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ultra Pun
They glassed it because they thought that it was Earth, and you know, they want to wipe out the human race and stuff...



they didnt even know there was an earth until early halo 2

you fail!!!!!!!!

  • 07.26.2009 2:37 AM PDT

Sure.

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They glassed it because they thought that it was Earth, and you know, they want to wipe out the human race and stuff...



they didnt even know there was an earth until early halo 2

you fail!!!!!!!!

Let me try again...

They glassed it because they thought that it was our home world, and though that by detroying it they would be able to win the war with ease...

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Posted by: dare
this still doesnt answer my question. how did the covenant come upon reach?

During the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV in July 2552 (the 18th, I believe), the Covenant secretly attached a slipspace spy probe onto the UNSC Iroquois just before it left the planet on its slipspace jump most likely to Reach.

The probe gathered data, and after a few days, would perform a miniature slipspace jump that would transport the thallium nitride memory crystal to the Covenant, giving them the locations of the Iroquois for the past few days.

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Didn't they glass only mombassa because of the flood outbreak in that area. I think the elites did it as well but I'm not 100% sure. Can someone enlighten me?

  • 07.26.2009 7:26 AM PDT

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this still doesnt answer my question. how did the covenant come upon reach?

During the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV in July 2552 (the 18th, I believe), the Covenant secretly attached a slipspace spy probe onto the UNSC Iroquois just before it left the planet on its slipspace jump most likely to Reach.

The probe gathered data, and after a few days, would perform a miniature slipspace jump that would transport the thallium nitride memory crystal to the Covenant, giving them the locations of the Iroquois for the past few days.

This person got it right. So that should end any discussion with that question.
Posted by: dare
Why didnt they glass all of earth not just mombasa?

As with only the glassing of Voi (Not New Mombasa), there was a flood outbreak in the city, so the Covenant Separatists (Not the Loyalists) glassed the city (and undoubtedly parts around it, which could have affected parts of New Mombasa) in order to contain and eliminate the outbreak.

[Edited on 07.26.2009 7:47 AM PDT]

  • 07.26.2009 7:45 AM PDT

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already said



[Edited on 07.26.2009 9:07 AM PDT]

  • 07.26.2009 9:06 AM PDT