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Subject: The Man underneath the Helmet

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.

Master Chief was described as a little kid in Halo Fall of Reach as a very pale skinned, dark haired boy with freckles.

  • 09.18.2009 12:50 AM PDT

dark? I thought he was a blonde??

  • 09.18.2009 12:54 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.

Posted by: klegs iz beast
dark? I thought he was a blonde??

Nope, it's dark.

  • 09.18.2009 1:05 AM PDT

Hmm i must of mixed it up with another spartan

  • 09.18.2009 1:15 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.

Probably Sam.

  • 09.18.2009 1:16 AM PDT

Kk hes bald now lol

Who doesnt wanna kill funky looking spartans lol

  • 09.18.2009 1:21 AM PDT

Because it is extremely complicated to do. Considering the fact that when they first put them on they actually had no idea how to remove any armour.
Plus why would you want to remove them?

  • 09.18.2009 1:27 AM PDT

What?
I dont understand your post

  • 09.18.2009 1:34 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.

Without a helmet, the Spartan's shield would not activate, because it would burn the Spartan's face.

  • 09.18.2009 1:41 AM PDT

Well makes sense
Never knew that
Man that kills the idea lmao

  • 09.18.2009 1:46 AM PDT

This always bugged me. Despite bungie basically ignoring the chief as a person throughout all their games, it does not change the fact that he is a person with his own traits and feeling and eveything.

You read the books, and Chief is a real thinking person with emotions, feelings, thoughts. When you play the games, he's a lifeless shell, there simply as a device to move the story along. Sure bungie wants you to think "you're the chief", but the fact of the matter is, chief is his own person, and they completely ignore that.

That's why I hope reach focuses still on the chief (and his allies), and actually explains what he's feeling. I don't want an emotionless shell, I want John as I know him from the books. At this moment, the guy in H1-3 and the guy in the books may as well be a completely different person. All his friends/familiy die and...that's where it ends? He virtually becomes a robot after that. Halo 3 provided closure for the halo story as we know it, but it did NOT provide closure for master chief. That was the big dissapointment for me. The game represents the end...but it sure didnt feel like any sort of closure for MC.

Now, one could speculate that chief saving cortana was sort of like him saving the bit of "family" he had. Since cortana essentially is Dr Halsey, all his fellow spartans were more or less presumed dead. See, they included all the Halsey quotes in H3, but they dont go in to any greater depth with it. So what does MC think of this? He's a living thinking emotional person, TELL US! Show us!

I mean, underneath it all, was H3 supposed to be sort of tragic? MC seeing/hearing all thse images from his past, reminding him of what he;s been fighting for? Why doesn't bungie put more of this at the forefront of the story? MCs story, imo, is just as important as humanities.

[Edited on 09.18.2009 3:08 AM PDT]

  • 09.18.2009 3:04 AM PDT

I agree with you on the character of MC
he has a personality ingame and out
yes reach should show MC but they should make it like the odst campaign such as in a series of flashbacks so there is a diversity of characters
I kinda of liked it how you jumped around instead of being one steady character. Made the story in my opinion excellent

now about that shield thing mentioned in a earlier post
I think your wrong
elites and brutes have there skin exposed while shield are active
such as hands, feet, and yes part of there face
why can't a Spartan have no helmet?
I don't understand why it wouldn't activate
if it has to be sealed compeletly that makes sense but then that would change the whole armor layout ingame and how the shield system works

[Edited on 09.26.2009 1:58 AM PDT]

  • 09.26.2009 1:53 AM PDT
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  • 09.26.2009 2:52 AM PDT

Yup i agree with you

  • 09.29.2009 1:36 AM PDT

Betatesters are disposable.

Posted by: klegs iz beast
Throughout the Halo series everyone has wondered what the master chief looks like. Bungie said there is no one because they want the player to believe they are in fact the master chief. Well i have an idea. Since in ODST you have the option to take off your helmet, why not do it in Reach? Then when you take your helmet off its you. Games like Rainbow six and Fight night allow you to take a picture of your face and put it in the game. I thought why not in Halo. It be kinda cool and funny to do that. Who wouldn't like Sniping their friend in the face, then laughing because its really.. thier face haha. Plus everyone can mess around and maybe put arnold and even chuck norris as their spartans face. Yes i brought up chuck norris.

hey its just an idea
you can agree or disagree


You're so dead. Chuck Norris is going to kill you for posting his name without asking him. And now i'm going to die too... damn, life is hard.

Well, if you could bring your own face in Halo, that shure would be fun. But I don't believe thats going to happen. MCs face is something that never will be revealed - like the Voice of Gordon Freeman. Poeple get used to things like that, so you can't change this stuff suddenly. This only concers Singleplayer, so it still would be a great idea for Multiplayer :D
(You would just have to pay 800 MS Points for that...)


@ the thing with the shields
In the novells its stated, that the shield technology in the MJOLNIR armor is superior to the armors the covenant wear. Also theres a lot of useful stuff in the helmet, like the visor (connected to the weapon), the com devices and so on.

[Edited on 09.29.2009 2:14 AM PDT]

  • 09.29.2009 2:09 AM PDT

Sharks with friggen lasers!

Your right, I forgot about that, at the base of the neck, but I didn't think that gave a hud on the eyes.

How come Buck, Romeo, Dutch, Mickey, and Dare have HUD's in their eyes?

  • 09.29.2009 2:58 AM PDT

dude no offence but this idea sucks balls because the setting the "style" of graphics would clash with the face plus i can tell what most people who play halo look like

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  • 09.29.2009 3:14 AM PDT

Posted by: LockedTigerBill
I would make it your face then have my friends kill me and over and over!


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  • 09.29.2009 3:15 AM PDT

how about make our own customizable face like in fight night round 4 instead? that would make more sense but the whole idea seems like something that will never be in a halo game.

  • 09.29.2009 3:50 AM PDT

Forever Forgers

Live and let live.

People would upload pr0n... Wouldnt work, better the way it is.

  • 09.29.2009 4:02 AM PDT

< i figured i'd shoot my way out , you know ...mix it up a little.>

i agree with you that would disgrace the memory of all the Spartans that went MIA " if you are a fan boy like me then you know Spartans don't die, poor SAM. chuck Norris cant be a spartan because he doesn't exist in the future because Bruce lee zombie breaks his neck in 2012 its a well known fact .

  • 09.29.2009 4:08 AM PDT

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