- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: MaxRealflugel
One thread in particular keeps throwing numerous theories around with little outcome as to the Spartan identities, but here's a more educated attempt.
Far left: Will
Everything I know says it's Sam, but when Reach fell Sam had been dead for 25 years.
Reason: One thing that puts Will here is the fact that we have no physical description of Will anywhere. So he could in fact be around the same height as Sam-034, and he was regularly featured alongside John, Fred, Kelly and Linda.
2nd from left: Kelly
Reason: John grew a full head taller than Kelly and the picture shows this well. In addition she is the fastest Spartan and the frame of the silhouetted Spartan portrays an athletic and agile Spartan.
Central Spartan: John
Reason: The stance and height all seem to match our old friend the Master Chief. This gives light on the reasons why Catherine Halsey was able to tell her Spartans apart from one another.
4th from left: Fred
Reason: The figure is set slightly back from the one believed to be John which means if both were stood side by side their height would be almost identical. Both Fred and John are very similar in the novels and this also shows in the image above.
Halopedia extract on Fred's description
Fred had black hair which was shot with streaks of silver after his augmentation, and he was not too short or tall (Little shorter than John-117) and neither too muscular, nor too slim.
And we also have the combat knife.
5th from left: Linda
Reason: The main reason for this conclusion is the sniper rifle, Linda was unmatched in her proficiency with one. Perhaps Bungie have decided to have the character kneeling to hide any obvious female traits. But what we do know is that if any Spartan deserves to hold that weapon it's Linda.
Thoughts?
That's interesting, but the thing is John and Linda never drop to Reach when it get's attacked. He never gets back to Reach at all. Not until after he leaves the first Halo, that is. John, Linda, and James headed for the space dock to make sure NAV data didn't fall into the hands of the Covenant when Reach was attacked. James' Thruster Pack was shot by EVA Elites when he, John and Linda crashed into the Space Station. He flew into space uncontrollably and was presumed dead when John lost contact with him. Linda's vitals had flatlined shortly after she took a few plasma bolts when trying to leave the space station with John. (She was later revived, but that wasn't until after John had found her in cryo when he had destroyed and escaped from the first Halo) John wanted to take a dropship to Reach to retrieve the surviving Spartans (if any) after his Space Op was complete, but the planet was already being glassed by then and Captain Keyes denied his request. Maybe the Spartan in the middle is Fred since he was always second in command and lead the Ground Op when The Spartans dropped to Reach. Or maybe I'm wrong... who knows? lol. =).
[Edited on 08.11.2009 6:15 AM PDT]