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Okay, since the original teaser trailer came out, we've been having this discussion: Who are Sierra 259 and Sierra 320. Some people said, immediately, that they must be Spartans, based on our experience with Sierra 117, or Spartan 117: Our very own Master Chief, protagonist of the Halo Trilogy. Yet, a bunch of dudes believed that this was not the case.
Personally for me, I didn't know. Simply Put :)
Anyway, I was just surfing around and dug up this gem.
An argument by people who believed that Sierra had to mean ONLY Spartan was that we've never seen anything else designated with Sierra in Halo ever.
Well, that's wrong apparently.
I Love Bees has the answer. Before, you stop reading, let me tell you to please keep reading on.
A character by the name of Major Standish had located a Forerunner artifect and was keeping it hidden. An ONI operative, Colonel Herzog found this out and to preserve this secret, Standish killed Herzog.
Now, here is the interesting part, in the Halo Graphic Novel, which let me say right now has been said to be completely canon before by the proper dudes, mentions Herzog and says a certain Sierra10852 was executed for killing Herzog.
Now, this Sierra10852 is believed to be Standish but it's besides the point.
Sierra10852
Here it is. Use of the 'Sierra' designation outside of a Spartan.
Now, I know haters and certain very adamant people will come on and say "OH BUT I <3 BEES WAS NOT CANON LOLZ FAIL" but that was the initial sentiment. Since then, I love Bees has been regarded as somewhat canon by Bungie Employees, with several thingos incorparated into their own games, such as the Chatter in ODST. Moreover, two of the key characters in ILB, mentioned above, was later mentioned in the Halo Graphic Novel, widely considered canon. Also, the new Halo Encyclopedia alludes to I love Bees being canonical.
THEREFORE, for those who didn't read ANYTHING....
The use of Sierra10852 in the Halo Universe is canon.
What's it used for? Apparently, Marine contacts. Code names. Probably high priority dudes.
If I am right, then Sierra259 and Sierra320 are important figures (as if we couldn't figure that out before} but really, they don't have to be Spartans.
And this makes more sense from the standpoint of a game. People were speculating that they may belong to the 2nd Class of Spartans, though we've been repeatedly told, time and time again that that project was cancelled in favor of the Spartan 3s. Hell people speculated that these were Spartan 3s, though none of them have such designations. My own theory was that these were Spartans that apparently "died" during augmentation but were just diverted for special ONI Black Ops missions.
Truth of the matter is, it would be extremely hard to explain any of that to the average gamer who never dove into the extended fiction of Halo, which would no doubt make up the most of Reach's potential buyers. Bungie's not stupid. They wouldn't take the risk.
Therefore, now that I have found these new evidence, I am convinced that Sierra259 and Sierra320 are merely dudes with high, very high priority.
So...There you go.