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Poll: Spartan Training Logs  [closed]
Yes:  93%
(25 Votes)
No:  7%
(2 Votes)
Total Votes: 27

Easter Eggs.

We all love them, right? Right.

I think that since Reach was the staging location for the SPARTAN-II Program, and was where they trained for the majority of their childhood and teenage years, this set of Eggs would be perfect for this game.

I remember in the novels Halsey going back over a training excersize in which the child-Spartans used their teamwork to take down a squad of marines wearing MJOLNIR Mk II armor in a pitch-black cave, in the flash of an eye.

Pretty cool, right?

For those who don't know who Halsey was, she was the mastermind of the SPARTAN-II Program. She handpicked the 150 candidates; her brain was also the blueprint for Cortana. In a sense, Halsey is Cortana, and Cortana is Halsey.

More or less.

Since this game will probably be about the fall (conquest) of Reach, and not a re-telling of The Fall of Reach, (which has absolutely nothing about the ground battle of Reach in it, and this wont be a First Person Captain game) we probably won't be seeing much of Cortana. The entire Battle of Reach, Cortana was in the Pillar of Autumn, which jumped away to Alpha Halo before the planet fell.

Surely there would have been more training (and combat?) logs stored away by Halsey for review. Narrated by Halsey. This would be the best we could get without having Cortana. I would like those as the new side-story. In Halo 3, we got Didact/Librarian. In Halo 3: ODST we got Sadie.

In Halo: Reach, it would be nice to have the Spartans' story.

[Edited on 09.25.2009 6:06 AM PDT]

  • 09.25.2009 5:58 AM PDT

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Yeah I'd find that interesting. Hopefully they'll do something along those lines. I'm sure they will.

  • 09.25.2009 6:03 AM PDT
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I hope, I was intrested in Halo 3's Didact/Libarian Side-Story and Sadie's Story too.
But hey, one can hope.

  • 09.25.2009 6:29 AM PDT

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Nice idea Cheehwawa. Why is it that every time i see you post in here it's a good idea?

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  • 09.25.2009 6:49 AM PDT
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Brilliant idea. If they make it similar to how they did Sadie's Story and keep up the quality, this would be a winner.

  • 09.25.2009 8:12 AM PDT

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Awesome idea. You just prompted me to buy and read the books, thanks! (:

  • 09.25.2009 9:50 AM PDT

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I didn't even have to read the post to put 2 and 2 together, the title, and a yes vote for this idea.

The Audio Logs in ODST were cool, but Sadie's Story itself was a little lame. This would be a very interesting way to put more back story and depth into Reach that non-book readers just would not get otherwise.

If they do a split Covenant/UNSC Campaign, I would say the Audio Logs for the Covenant side aught to be directly related to the reason the Covenant search for the Crystal on Reach. First hinting at an artifact, then eventually telling us more on what it is, and what it is for.

  • 09.25.2009 9:53 AM PDT

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Posted by: Sanjeev
Brilliant idea. If they make it similar to how they did Sadie's Story and keep up the quality, this would be a winner.
Definitely... Sadie's story was made bythe ILB crew. I would still like to see stuff similar to the Sadie storyline in this game (simple audio with flashes of images) as easter eggs made by them, but I would also like Bungie to make a "primary" alternate storyline where they showcase the Spartan's early training.

I doubt we will see any of it in gameplay (as I think the game will be about the fall of the planet Reach, not The Fall of Reach) and this would be a great idea to show us these scenes from the novels in-engine.

  • 09.27.2009 7:50 AM PDT

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Side stories and back stories alway make a game more enjoyable. Im well for it!

  • 09.27.2009 8:11 AM PDT

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I love the idea of more backstory material. I actually found the Terminals interesting in Halo 3.

  • 09.27.2009 8:17 AM PDT

Ok the story line should begin when reach was not atk. for the first level then the second level is where u get ready for the to kick the covenet ass with other Spartan then the whole war will be the middle part and last but not least all the event leads up to the pillar of autumn fleeing from reach and the begin of halo 1

so what do u think of my suggestion

[Edited on 09.28.2009 5:44 PM PDT]

  • 09.28.2009 5:42 PM PDT