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Posted by: Torch105
Some of the vechicals, weapons, and the Spartans are not cannon.
Wrong, it's all canon save for some "Gameplay and Story Segregation" things which should be fairly obvious.
For example, the Plasma Rino. If the UNSC has the plasma rino, why weren't they using other plasma based weapons?
Yes, the prototype plasma Rhino. By far the biggest stretch but explainable.
This is not official but it comes from an employee of Robot; what if the plasma Rhinos used Wraith plasma mortar cannons? Not "based on" or "reverse engineered from" but actual recovered Covenant weapons. This fits perfectly because it maintains that the UNSC doesn't have weaponized plasma in the same sense as the Covenant.
If you remain skeptical I'll just have to teach you some principles of technology. It is much easier to make something work than to learn exactly how it works. Making a lightbulb work is as easy as putting an electric current through it, making a lightbulb is considerably harder.
Sure UNSC scientists may have no clue how exactly a plasma mortar cannon makes a plasma mortar shot but getting it to do so is probably takes little more than some control signals and a source of plasma.
The Weapons, Spartan Laser was never used in combat till some time after Reach I believe. I don't believe the laser was still in testing and not to be used in combat.
There is no source to confirm your belief, in fact there is no indication whatsoever to even hint at when Sp'lasers (M6 Grindell/Galilean Non-Linear Rifle technically) were developed. My guess is that it's based on the same technology as the pulse lasers used by UNSC Prowlers which would make it entirely feasible for Sp'lasers to exist in 2531.
Now the Spartans, to my knowlege, there was no Spartan II's that where ordered to fight on Harvest, I believe they where just finishing there training and getting the new Mark 4 armor. Besides, the Spartans where created to defeat the Inserectionist, not fight the covenant. This changed some time later.
You would be correct, however Halo Wars does not in fact have any Spartans at the Battle of Harvest (1st, 2nd, or 3rd). Rather, Red Team (the largest Spartan-II group, they often splintered in sub-groups named after letters from the Greek alphabet) was deployed to the defense of Arcadia in early 2531. This would have been about 5 or 6 years after they first received their Mjolnir armor.
EDIT:Posted by: snaky jones
Now then Halo Wars may be confirmed to be canon,I accept that but what im saying is that many of the facts do not fit in with the halo canon,now simply ignore that it has been 'confirmed as canon' and realise that somethings merely dont fit such as why a ship tasked with mopping up covenant resistance on a mostly glassed planet
The Spirit of Fire being tasked to investigate why exactly the Covenant would continue fighting the UNSC over control of the mostly glassed planet Harvest is perfectly feasible.
Every fact fits into canon perfectly save the obvious gameplay related exceptions (Mjolnir Mark IV with energy shields for instance).
[Edited on 10.30.2009 7:25 AM PDT]