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Subject: For those who haven't read the books....

Watch yourself. -Relic24

First and foremost, I'm tempted to ask why it is that you would be so excited and active on forums, particularly this one, without having first read the books. Really...Why speculate on what -could- be there when it is, just a few wonderful pages away?

Now, to start:
I haven't read all the forums here. So, for some of you no doubt what I am about to say is a bit of a repeat.
I understand that the books aren't dead on Bungie. However, they bear Bungie's seal of approval and the Halo logo. That enough is proof that these books are accurate, and should be taken as fact when it comes to the Halo storyline.

Now, let's start off with the basics:
Halo Reach will not have anything to do with the master chief, or him coming back. For any of you theorists who use pictures and hints, I'll throw one at you. At the -very- beginning of Halo: combat evolved, you hear Cpt. Keys ask Cortana if the covenant followed him from Reach. Bam....Reach was before. So, from the gaming perspective, there's your proof.

But, really, that's not why I'm here. I'm here to educate the un-read about what Reach really is.

Let's start at the beginning. Reach was THE military stronghold of the UNSC. It was where the Spartans were trained, it was where most of the spartans fell, and it is the only planet that's defenses matched that of Earth's. (Orbital M.A.C. cannons, etc.)

The Pillar of Autumn, from the first Halo, was a ship fully loaded with Spartans and weaponry. Their original mission? Hijack a covenant warship, go deep into covenant territory, and kidnap a Prophet. All in a days work for a Spartan, right?

As the team was preparing to leave, they got a distress signal. All and every UNSC ship was to make all haste to Reach, no exceptions.Keys guns them to the battle. There, the UNSC fleet engages a massive Covenant armada. Chaos ensues.

Two major events occur. First and foremost, the battery and shield generators on the grounds are threatened to be overrun by Covenant ground forces. Should these fall, the orbital M.A.C. guns will cease to work, and the planet will fall. Secondly, and just as important, a disabled UNSC cruiser is spotted. Inside there is a stealth vehicle, courtesy of ONI, that has a fully capable, un-destroyed AI. The issue? If the Covenant gets this vehicle, they get the star charts of the UNSC. Get the star charts, and the location of earth is given away.

Spartans are worthless in space, but deadly on the ground. Thus, they break up. The Master Chief handpicks two other Spartans to go and eliminate the AI from the cruiser. The rest are loaded into pelicans and launched earth side.

In short, the Master Chief makes it into the cruiser. Of the three (Master Chief included) that land, only two make it out. Of those two, one is put into a coma (I believe it's Linda...But, if someone knows better, please correct me. It's been a while since I read the books.). Master Chief gets back into the ship, cryo-freezes Linda, and shoots away to parts unknown. After all, Reach is falling.

Meanwhile, the Spartan team going earthside is hit. Hard. The landing goes awry, and it comes to a full-on drop with no pods. The survivors move to the nearest generator, where they hold up and prepare to face a wave of covenant. You know, hundreds of wraiths, thousands of ghosts. Flying V's of Banshees fifteen deep...The usual.

-That- is Reach. The Spartans, doomed to fall, hold off waves of covenant. Not only that, they strike the enemy at their core, save generals, and head deep into the mountain to find Dr. Halsey...Following that? Read the books :p

Sorry, I couldn't resist nerding. Thought some of you would like to hear about the facts (At least, how i remember them.). Anyone with something to add, by all means, please do so. Any questions? Drop a line here, I'll see if i can help.

  • 09.12.2009 10:14 PM PDT

oh death was never enemy of ours

i have a helpful hint for people who didnt read the books, Read the frikkin books

  • 09.12.2009 10:22 PM PDT

wow
what a mouthful

  • 09.12.2009 10:22 PM PDT

(;3=

well well an educated man on the forums *claps*

  • 09.12.2009 10:22 PM PDT

Caboose -1


It looks like a Puma?!?

Read the "First Strike" ma friend explains AND talks bout Cheif and Cortana..Which where in the Flagship that they captured with Johnson and Haverson and two tohers..

  • 09.12.2009 10:23 PM PDT

Watch yourself. -Relic24

Lol. Yeah, I know it's not at all short.

I just thought it might be nice to give people an actual historical account. It seems that all people ever get is one-two liners that kinda just barely touch the idea. Better to just have a thread that people can go to and get an actual idea of what happened.

  • 09.12.2009 10:41 PM PDT
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Halo Combat Evolved
I got dem BrAiNDAwGS in me

I have all the Halo books and only read 3/4's of fall of reach. I just get the books and never read them, lol.

  • 09.12.2009 11:28 PM PDT

(;3=

im on ghosts of onyx thats my last book and i just cant find the time to finish it haha

  • 09.13.2009 9:31 AM PDT

Watch yourself. -Relic24

I liked that one. You learn that brute choppers were based off of farming equipment :p

  • 09.13.2009 9:41 AM PDT

(;3=

Posted by: RELIC24
I liked that one. You learn that brute choppers were based off of farming equipment :p


thats contact harvest

  • 09.13.2009 9:48 AM PDT
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Online free version of the books?

  • 09.13.2009 9:49 AM PDT

Watch yourself. -Relic24

oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B

  • 09.13.2009 9:51 AM PDT

(;3=

Posted by: RELIC24
oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B


it ight ( i remember to much from the books except dates i cant remember dates)

  • 09.13.2009 9:54 AM PDT

The Muffins Has Engulfed You

Posted by: chrissy8th
Online free version of the books?
you are a little desperate pervert, get a girlfriend and u wont have to do this. every one report him and dont click the link, its some website where the more ppl that click on his link, the more photos of p0rn he gets to look at.

[Edited on 09.13.2009 9:56 AM PDT]

  • 09.13.2009 9:55 AM PDT
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Actually my girl friend and I are doing this getting a kick out of how badly internet nerds freak out over soft core po­rn­ography.
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Posted by: chrissy8th
Online free version of the books?
you are a little desperate pervert, get a girlfriend and u wont have to do this. every one report him and dont click the link

  • 09.13.2009 9:56 AM PDT

Watch yourself. -Relic24

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Posted by: RELIC24
oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B


it ight ( i remember to much from the books except dates i cant remember dates)

Lol, I'm much the same. I know way too much about Halo...And couldn't be happier

  • 09.13.2009 9:57 AM PDT

The Muffins Has Engulfed You

Posted by: chrissy8th
Actually my girl friend and I are doing this getting a kick out of how badly internet nerds freak out over soft core po­rn­ography.
Posted by: guitarpunk17
Posted by: chrissy8th
Online free version of the books?
you are a little desperate pervert, get a girlfriend and u wont have to do this. every one report him and dont click the link
yes, you and your imaginary girlfriend spend your sunday on the halo forum posting links to soft core -blam!- so u can se what we say, im sure.
*reported*

[Edited on 09.13.2009 10:00 AM PDT]

  • 09.13.2009 9:58 AM PDT

The Muffins Has Engulfed You

Posted by: RELIC24
Posted by: Josephson
Posted by: RELIC24
oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B


it ight ( i remember to much from the books except dates i cant remember dates)

Lol, I'm much the same. I know way too much about Halo...And couldn't be happier
back on topic, i read all the books, just dont remember much, might have to re-read em now =P

  • 09.13.2009 10:02 AM PDT

Watch yourself. -Relic24

Posted by: guitarpunk17
Posted by: RELIC24
Posted by: Josephson
Posted by: RELIC24
oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B


it ight ( i remember to much from the books except dates i cant remember dates)

Lol, I'm much the same. I know way too much about Halo...And couldn't be happier
back on topic, i read all the books, just dont remember much, might have to re-read em now =P


Yeah, I kinda want to too. Particularly with odst coming up...Maybe re-read harvest, get into the standard soldier mind set so I can rage

  • 09.13.2009 10:08 AM PDT

(;3=

Posted by: RELIC24
Posted by: guitarpunk17
Posted by: RELIC24
Posted by: Josephson
Posted by: RELIC24
oh....right lol.
Onyx was learning more about the shield worlds and the spartan 3/4's.
My B


it ight ( i remember to much from the books except dates i cant remember dates)

Lol, I'm much the same. I know way too much about Halo...And couldn't be happier
back on topic, i read all the books, just dont remember much, might have to re-read em now =P


Yeah, I kinda want to too. Particularly with odst coming up...Maybe re-read harvest, get into the standard soldier mind set so I can rage


i think they need more books on johnson because there isnt any filler on what he was doing between harvest and reach which was around 20 something years.

  • 09.13.2009 1:49 PM PDT

its nice to finally read some posts with some sense. everywhere i go people are talking about the chief time traveling back to reach after halo 3, which in my opinion is ridiculous and would ruin bungies storywriting credibility. even more its been confirmed as a prequel but some idiots still cant comprehend that.

  • 09.14.2009 10:17 PM PDT

The Bring Back Bloodgulch Group have many members looking for more its kind of an unofficial petition to Bungie to bring back Bloodgulch in Reach http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/bx3g/Group/GroupHome.aspx

I have read the books and still think there could be some Time travel aspect to it.

  • 09.14.2009 10:20 PM PDT

but its a PREQUEL. and supposedly the only device capable of time travel, a forerunner artifact, was destroyed in one of the books. the ghosts of onyx if i remember correctly. plus these idiots are saying things like "while the chief was on the ship at the end of halo 3 in cryo sleep the ship went through a blackhole and the chief traveled back in time." if bungie did something like this i would never play another one of their games.

  • 09.14.2009 10:25 PM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

Posted by: RELIC24
I liked that one. You learn that brute choppers were based off of farming equipment :p

I just hope there's a Brute vehicle in Reach that is based off of a blender.

  • 09.14.2009 10:41 PM PDT