- Mid7night
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Your toast has been burned! And NO amount of scraping will remove the black parts!!.
Look, I don't want to get into canon/non debate with anyone, because most everyone will have a different opinion as to what they consider "worthy".
The ONLY information we have about the game is from the short teaser video, so let's just look at what we know from that...
Basic Facts:
1F. "Halo:Reach" will have something to do with the battle(s) on/around planet Reach, and will probably include elements from the books "The Fall of Reach" and "First Strike".
2F. The opening slogan is: "From the beginning, you know the end"
3F. The closing tag is: "FALLS 2010"
4F. There are two characters identified as "Sierra-259" and "Sierra-320"
5F. There is a character/team identified as "Noble-1" or "Nova-1" (depending on how you hear it)
6F. From the line "...SPARTANs on the ground..." it is clear that SPARTANs are involved in some way. It is NOT clear whether or not we will play as one or not
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7F. Fermion Remote Scanning Outpost is mentioned. That outpost is actually in the novel as well. (thanks Loaja343)
8F. Halo:Reach is a prequel.
Now, some conjecture about each point:
1C. Just because it's called "Reach" does NOT mean it will cover all the events from either books; TFoR or FS. It is also unclear when exactly we will jump into the story....at the beginning of the battle? The middle? Before the main fighting even? All this is still up in the air for now. This also means that the identity's of the "poster characters" are also highly uncertain. Are they SPARTANs? Probably, but not necessarily. Is one of them John-117? Maybe, but I would guess probably not. Is the sniper Linda? It's possible, but again that depends A LOT on WHEN the game takes place....something we still DON'T KNOW.
2C. All this means to me is that you know Reach is toast, even from the beginning of the game.
3C. Simply a play on words, alluding to the general timeframe for the games release, and poking once again at the fact that Reach "fell".
4C. Sierra is most basically just the letter "S" in the phonetic alphabet. In Halo3, "Sierra-117" was used as a callsign to identify SPARTAN-117, i.e. S for SPARTAN, therefore Sierra would be appropriate. This does NOT mean that Sierra-259 and -320 are SPARTANS, however it is HIGHLY probable that is the case. There is no logical reason for Sierra to suddenly be used to identify a different unit, especially given the 3-digit number that follows.
IF they are SPARTANs, how do we explain the high number-ID's? It seems most likely that they are of the fabled "second class" of SPARTAN-II's, however this is VERY speculative. There is VERY LITTLE said about "class two", which honestly is why it's the most probably explanation, because it means there's less pre-existing info to conflict with.
5C. "Noble-1" is apparently a unit of some great importance, whether it's a person, a ship, a team, is unclear. It appears that Noble-1 has lost communication capability, has purposely gone silent for some reason, or otherwise cutoff.
6C. There will definitely be SPARTANs involved in some way, and personally I think we'll probably play as one, however at this point that is NOT a sure thing. With just the teaser-vid to go from, it's still up in the air WHO/WHAT the main playable character(s) will be.
7C. No conjecture at this time.\
8C. We don't know what is meant exactly by the term "prequel", meaning we don't know what exactly H:R is a prequel to. Obviously SOME of H:R will cover things prior to Halo:Combat Evolved, however it is unknown where exactly in the Halo timeline H:R fits.
If we are to take the term 'prequel' in it's most literal form, that is to say "all of H:R takes place before Halo1", then we are limited to events that take place BEFORE the Pillar of Autumn leaves Reach. This would mean that John and Linda could be in H:R, but to what extent is still unknown.
However, if "prequel" is to be used more loosely, then some of H:R might overlap the timeline of Halo1, which is entirely possible.
Added point about the use of "Sierra":
Technically, the use of Sierra in the H:R trailer "predates" the use of Sierra-117 in Halo3, chronologically. Regardless of what "Sierra" means in H:R, "Sierra-117" is not the FIRST time the ID is used. It's actually the THIRD, that we know of.
Therefore, if "Sierra-117" is actually the THIRD time that moniker is used, and it's used to ID a SPARTAN, it would be logical to conclude that "Sierra" is the callsign chosen to identify SPARTANs.
Remember; until Bungie says it, NO ONE knows the tru7h. Please stop bombarding the forums with "proof."
~ Mid7night
[Edited on 07.29.2009 12:08 PM PDT]