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Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
Spartans present at Reach.
As of debrief: the Master Chief and 24 others, total 25. These are all the surviving Spartans (33 survived augmentation, 3 KIA including Sam, 3 too distant to be recalled to Reach [Grey Team]) from the Chief's generation.
As of invasion: the Master Chief and 29 others, total 30. The 5 new Spartans added to the roster have unknown origins: some theories say that they are from a Class 2, or perhaps even some of the supposed "wash-outs" secretly being taken to fight covert ops missions behind enemy lines, their augmentation-caused deaths faked by ONI.
Chief splits Spartans into two teams: Blue and Red. Blue is composed of the Chief, Linda, and James. Red consists of everybody else.
In space, James is MIA and Linda is KIA. Chief recovers her body with the help of Johnson, Jenkins, and their squad, and returns to the PoA.
On the ground, 4 Spartans (Malcolm and 3 unnamed) are KIA upon impact after falling from their disabled Pelican. Fred splits Red Team into four splinter teams: Alpha, Beta, Gamma Delta.
Alpha consists of Fred, Kelly, Joshua.
Beta consists of 11 unnamed Spartans.
Gamma consists of Anton, Li, Grace.
Delta consists of Will, Isaac, Vinh, and 3 unnamed Spartans. The members of this team were all crippled in the drop.
Alpha: Joshua is KIA in the process of nuking a Covenant ship amassing troops below it (10,000). Fred and Kelly regroup at CASTLE Base.
Beta: Remain behind to defend the orbital defense grid generators. Unknown fate.
Gamma: The 3 Spartans rescue the highest ranking officer (Admiral Whitcomb) on Reach, and conduct hit-and-run geurilla tactics on the Covenant.
Delta: Will, Isaac, Vinh make it to CASTLE base but lose the 3 unnamed cripples in the process. They regroup with Fred and Kelly, and head into the Forerunner complex.
A week later, the Chief returns from Halo and meets Gamma and Whitcomb, and then head to the Forerunner complex to rescue the others. Isaac and Vinh are MIA after collapsing a column to try and isolate themselves from the massing Covenant infantry.
This is the known story about what happens with the Spartans on Reach. What we see in REACH will most likely be a NEW story, and since S-259 could ONLY have been a member of Splinter Teams Beta or Delta, and Delta were crippled, we will be playing as 5 survivors from Team Beta.
Possibly the same 5 Spartans which were added to the group between the debrief on the mission and the invasion of Reach.
Don't forget Sierra-230. Pay close attention to the FLEETCOM chatter in the Reach trailer to hear her. She's the Asian-sounding voice. James also might be in the trailer as there's a chunk of debris near the broken UNSC ship which upon closer inspection, could be a Spartan closer to our perspective than the ship.
[Edited on 11.06.2009 9:10 PM PST]