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Posted by: Wolverfrog
Posted by: Expo
Posted by: Wolverfrog
I highly doubt that an Arbiter was created at Reach, died there, and then was replaced but a few months later by another.
PS - First person cutscenes have been in Halo for a long time. Its just that the Master Chief didn't speak in them. They're still cutscenes though, like the ones in Half Life.
The invasion of Reach was considered a major event, and I don't see why an Arbiter wasn't created. There wasn't also any criteria for a time needed before a new Arbiter would be created.
But you don't understand: the Covenant never thought humanity was anything more than an annoyance. Attacking Reach? Oh, just send a small portion of the fleet to deal with the Infidels. Its not a huge crisis.
It was only in the middle of Halo 2 that the Covenant suddenly realised the humanity was a bigger problem than it appeared, and by then it was too late.
So the Covenant wouldn't create an Arbiter just because they were attacking Reach.
An important Forerunner artifact was also there that needed to be recovered. Ripa 'Moramee, the Arbiter in Halo Wars, was appointed to 'conducting the war of extermination against humanity and uncovering Forerunner artifacts'.