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Subject: Sierra-259 or Sierra-117? Which SPARTAN do you want to play in Reach?

Poll: Sierra-259 or Sierra-117? Which SPARTAN do you want to play in Reach?  [closed]
Spartan-259 - I want someone new!:  56%
(81 Votes)
Spartan-117 - Of course I want the Master Chief!:  44%
(63 Votes)
Total Votes: 144

In the Halo: Reach trailer, a Spartan says:

"This is Sierra-259, you got Spartans on the ground sir. We're not going anywhere."
-SPARTAN-259

I was wondering if anyone on this board had any ideas on who those Spartans are and what we are going to doing when we play as them. Speculate away.

Also, would you rather play as Spartan-259 or Spartan-117?

  • 08.23.2009 6:45 PM PDT
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i personally would like to play as both.

  • 08.23.2009 6:49 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

For the 100,000th time, Sierra =/=Spartan!

  • 08.23.2009 7:01 PM PDT

Hey, Listen Sucka! Listen Jack! You ain't nothin' but a piece a cheese without the corners! In other words you ain't neva gonna be a slice, bieatch!

I suppose some people don't know what a phonetic alphabet is, OMG Mastor Cheef is Sierra 117 iin Halo 3z , dat muzt mean he iz nawt a sparten unymoar

  • 08.23.2009 7:03 PM PDT
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As long as it's a very good story i don't care who you play as,but i know we must see master chief get on the pillar, nothing else matters in the end. Go bungie for creating one of the best gaming series ever.

  • 08.23.2009 7:24 PM PDT

Posted by: privet caboose
For the 100,000th time, Sierra =/=Spartan!


Except for the fact that it is the radio signature to report a Spartan. Which would be why Master Chief is always referred to over the radio as Sierra 117. It is also why Sierra 259 refers to himself AS A SPARTAN. Sierra stands for the letter S in the military phonetic alphabet, meaning it would be written down as S117 and S259. That serves as an indicator that it is a Spartan which is being referred to.

[Edited on 08.23.2009 8:21 PM PDT]

  • 08.23.2009 8:16 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Master chief isn't "always referred to as spartan 117" Infact, it was only twice. And no other spartan has ever been called Sierra either.

  • 08.23.2009 8:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Ushan
Because Muslims surgically implant organic bombs in their testicles, which in turn will be injected into women during sex, which will grow into BABY BOMBS!

There's a 99% chance that they're not Spartans.

  • 08.23.2009 8:45 PM PDT
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<<*J1M*>>

Well if you read Fall of Reach you would know that every Spartan II except John, Linda, James and the Gray Team were sent back to Reach to defend it. And since every Spartan II's number starts with "0" (i.e. Kelly-087) except for John-117 and Frederick-104. Sierra-259 is currently an unknown Spartan.

  • 08.23.2009 9:02 PM PDT

Posted by: privet caboose
Master chief isn't "always referred to as spartan 117" Infact, it was only twice. And no other spartan has ever been called Sierra either.


Um. Sierra 259. He is clearly a Spartan. HE CALLS HIMSELF ONE. "Spartans on the ground. WE aren't going anywhere"..... Clearly he is referring to himself as one of those "Spartans on the ground". DUH.

  • 08.23.2009 9:03 PM PDT
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In military terms "S" is Sierra. Hence Spartan-117 > S-117 > Sierra 117

  • 08.23.2009 9:03 PM PDT

Vancouver BC, Canada.

Playing as the Chief and the Arbiter in Halo 2 was cool, but it was too much of a change in character for my liking (going back and forth between 2 very different characters).

However, I think that playing as 2 different characters from the same background (in this case, Spartans), would be very cool. It would feel like you're playing as the same character throughout the whole game, but you're not.

  • 08.23.2009 9:45 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Doesn't matter. Neither of them talk.

  • 08.23.2009 9:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

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Um. Sierra 259. He is clearly a Spartan. HE CALLS HIMSELF ONE. "Spartans on the ground. WE aren't going anywhere"..... Clearly he is referring to himself as one of those "Spartans on the ground". DUH.


What if Sierra 259 is a marine around a group of Spartans? What pronoun would you use? (The answer is "we") He uses we because they are all in the same location together (Reach). It doesn't have to be a marine either. It could be a squadron of pelicans or longswords, etc. So you don't know if it is a spartan. Nobody does (except Bungie of course).

Sierra stands for many things in military code. I don't know why you people keep on making the jump from Sierra to Spartan.

But, if I'm going off the assumption that it is a spartan, I would choose neither. MC only gets to board a broken ship, which would only encompass a campaign level.
The Demon you know is better than the Demon you don't know.

[Edited on 08.23.2009 10:02 PM PDT]

  • 08.23.2009 10:01 PM PDT
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My PRECIOUS!

wow dude, in the video, he sayes "This is SPARTAN 259." quit being stupid. they area ALL spartans.

  • 08.23.2009 10:15 PM PDT

Posted by: Ushan
Because Muslims surgically implant organic bombs in their testicles, which in turn will be injected into women during sex, which will grow into BABY BOMBS!

Posted by: Simek1
wow dude, in the video, he sayes "This is SPARTAN 259." quit being stupid. they area ALL spartans.


He says Sierra you ignorant knob. Go read the books and brush up on canon before you make idiotic statements. That goes for the lot of you who think they are Spartans.

  • 08.23.2009 10:19 PM PDT

(;3=

spartan 117 wasn't even on reach when the battle was happening he finally comes back to reach (after he escapes the first halo) after the battle is over with so i doubt we will play as him (but there might be a cut scene when the chief fights on gamma station and destroys the Nav data

[Edited on 08.23.2009 10:24 PM PDT]

  • 08.23.2009 10:23 PM PDT

God is Lord

I would like to play as chief because we all have come to know and love him. But its not gonna happen. We will never play as the chief again. (confirmed by bungie)

  • 08.24.2009 12:13 AM PDT

I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.

I want to play as Thel 'Vadamee.

  • 08.24.2009 12:15 AM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Posted by: Tucker 051
Posted by: Simek1
wow dude, in the video, he sayes "This is SPARTAN 259." quit being stupid. they area ALL spartans.


He says Sierra you ignorant knob. Go read the books and brush up on canon before you make idiotic statements. That goes for the lot of you who think they are Spartans.


Marry me?

  • 08.24.2009 12:28 AM PDT

and i want to play as spartan 034 SAM the best spartan (my opinion) you should get to use him till he dies obviously like the training of the Spartans are in it with deja is in it aswell

  • 08.24.2009 12:51 AM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Sierra 259 is most-likely a Spartan III because the Spartan IIs only went up to 150 or so. I'd take Spartan IIs over IIIs because they were stronger.

  • 08.24.2009 3:10 AM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Posted by: Plasma Prestige
Sierra 259 is most-likely a Spartan III because the Spartan IIs only went up to 150 or so. I'd take Spartan IIs over IIIs because they were stronger.


Wrong, Spartan III's had completely different call signs.

EX: B029

  • 08.24.2009 3:13 AM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: privet caboose
Posted by: Plasma Prestige
Sierra 259 is most-likely a Spartan III because the Spartan IIs only went up to 150 or so. I'd take Spartan IIs over IIIs because they were stronger.


Wrong, Spartan III's had completely different call signs.

EX: B029


All right, so it can't be a Spartan II or Spartan III. So, I am guessing he isn't even a damn Spartan which kills this thread. He says we have spartans on the ground, not directly that he himself is a spartan. He doesn't say Spartan 259, but Sierra 259 which doesn't necessarily have to be a Spartan. Or, if all this fails, the trailer is just messed up and Bungie didn't think any of this through.

  • 08.24.2009 3:18 AM PDT

Posted by: Ushan
Because Muslims surgically implant organic bombs in their testicles, which in turn will be injected into women during sex, which will grow into BABY BOMBS!

Posted by: privet caboose
Posted by: Tucker 051
Posted by: Simek1
wow dude, in the video, he sayes "This is SPARTAN 259." quit being stupid. they area ALL spartans.


He says Sierra you ignorant knob. Go read the books and brush up on canon before you make idiotic statements. That goes for the lot of you who think they are Spartans.


Marry me?


*Green acknowldgement light*

  • 08.24.2009 3:58 AM PDT

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