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Subject: Reach Timeline Theory

i can only count to jagermeister.

Ok, so here is a theory. I was reading a thread on how Master Chief would have to go thru time to get to the battle of Reach when I thought of this.

*Disclaimer*
I have not read any of the books, and all I really know is stuff from the games and what I have read here on the site, so feel free to punch as many holes in this as you can.

Everyone assumes that we are going back in time to play through the battle of reach that took place right before Halo: CE. I say Why? What prevents this from being after halo 3? It could be about re-taking reach, or running around on reach ODST style to find clues about the forerunners or whatever else they come up with.

Another point- The flood is pretty much done with, but who said the fight with the Covenant is over? The prophets from the games are dead, but if you remember in Halo 2 there were other prophet-species guys sitting around at the judgement of the arbiter. Plus, in the Halo Wars timeline there is mention of other prophets before Truth. Who's to say that another Prophet wasn't waiting for this to happen so they can take leadership of The Covenant? Reach could be about Humanity & the Elites (along with whoever else decides to join) embarking on a campaign against the remaining covenant, starting by taking back that historic place where it all began.

Now, I'm not saying I believe this, just that I thought about it and I want to see what you guys say. It would definately be a curveball for bungie to throw for Halo: Reach to not be about The Battle of Reach.

  • 08.04.2009 6:31 PM PDT

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Meaning it is not after Halo 3.

  • 08.04.2009 6:36 PM PDT

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i think bungie are doing a star wars. make the last games first, then tell the storys of the first. also, all 3 prophets are dead.

prophet of truth - you climb aboard his floating chair and beat him to death on halo 2

prophet of mercy - was killed by the flood on halo 2 when he was trying to escape on a forunner ship

prophet of regret - arbiter kills in halo 3

  • 08.04.2009 6:37 PM PDT

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Posted by: Caronongan
Master Chief doesn't time travel. Halo 3's Legendary ending will be continued on the next-gen console. Halo: Reach is a prequel and I'm 90% sure it's going to be about "The Battle of Reach" where all the spartans but MC are reported KIA or MIA.

That's just my guess.


Kelly survived, Fred Survived, Will survived, Grace survived, Anton survived, Li survived, Linda survived. I probably missed some other to. :/

Oh and on topic. Reach is glassed. So it is pretty meaningless to take back at it's current state. :/

[Edited on 08.04.2009 6:42 PM PDT]

  • 08.04.2009 6:41 PM PDT

i can only count to jagermeister.

Posted by: IcanHazSausage
i think bungie are doing a star wars. make the last games first, then tell the storys of the first. also, all 3 prophets are dead.

prophet of truth - you climb aboard his floating chair and beat him to death on halo 2

prophet of mercy - was killed by the flood on halo 2 when he was trying to escape on a forunner ship

prophet of regret - arbiter kills in halo 3
I know those prophets die, but there was also a Prophet of Restraint and a Prophet of Tolerance before Truth and Mercy according to the Halo Wars Timeline. All I was saying was there are more than just the 3 and there could be one after them.

I guess the whole 'prequel' thing kinda ruins my theory. Oh well, thanks for the replies!

  • 08.04.2009 7:11 PM PDT

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The game is confirmed to be a prequal and a first person shooter on Xbox.com. There was nothing on Reach to re-take. It was all glassed except for a part of a mountain chain, and by then, the atmosphere would have boiled away. Also, the planet in the legendary ending looks absolutely nothing like Reach.

I think that the planetoid at the end of H3 is the Dyson Sphere which the Spartans are trapped in. It was located entirely within slipspace, but like how Delta Halo going into standby disrupted the Onyx portal, the Ark detonating could have caused the Sphere to drop into real-space (at least temporarily, to allow species to enter it as a backup for the Ark).

  • 08.04.2009 7:21 PM PDT

i can only count to jagermeister.

Hmm good idea. I just assumed that the planet at the end was reach, which created the problem of MC time travelling and stuff. No matter what happens I can't wait to find out!

Also, I've heard the term 'Dyson Sphere' thrown around before. Is that a made up thing or is that an actual theory in real life?

It makes complete sense that MC would be at the Dyson Sphere because the portal collapsed after entering slipspace but before MC made it all the way, thus he could be in slipspace still right?

  • 08.04.2009 7:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: Caronongan
Master Chief doesn't time travel. Halo 3's Legendary ending will be continued on the next-gen console. Halo: Reach is a prequel and I'm 90% sure it's going to be about "The Battle of Reach" where all the spartans but MC are reported KIA or MIA.

That's just my guess.


Kelly survived, Fred Survived, Will survived, Grace survived, Anton survived, Li survived, Linda survived. I probably missed some other to. :/

Oh and on topic. Reach is glassed. So it is pretty meaningless to take back at it's current state. :/

Will died fighting a hunter, Grace exploded from a brute shot, and Anton and Li died in an explosion in slipspace.

And to the other dude telling which Prophets died, it was:
Truth: Arbiter; Halo 3
Regret: Chief; Halo 2
and Mercy: Flood; Halo 2

Also, like everyone else said, it has been a confirmed prequel so quit with these time-traveling theories.

  • 08.04.2009 7:55 PM PDT