First time looking in the forums, there's so much here, with absolutely no content yet. So here it is, take it or leave it, if it's been noted or even done to death, please, disregard.
My theory.
Notice the promo banner, how they're standing in the curvature of the planet. Reminds me of where the surviving Spartans and Dr. Halsey end up.
I think it would be great, if Reach carries us through the other spartans shoes, all the way to the end of the novels, bringing us up to date, as it were.
In all hopes and dreams, it will be paving the road for Halo 4, if you will(now don't harp on me calling it Halo 4, call it Forerunners 69 for all I care), and tie up the universe in a nice and neat package.
Open ended stories are a very annoying thing to me. It's like reading a book and bam, someone ripped out the last 3 chapters. TV show's do it all the time, as well as some movies. People think it's intelligent and revolutionary, I still see it as a piece of garbage any hack could have written.
Anyhow, that said, I've been looking for info on what reach is, but there's so little. I know there's a MM and that's about it. If there's a gossip thread or seperate forum, I'd love to see a link.