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Well look man just call me Lucifer and next time you see me have some sympathy and some taste or I'll lay your soul to waste. Name the song that's from and I'll buy you a case of mescalin vodka.

  • 06.03.2006 7:47 PM PDT
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Dude.. i cant express how good it is... argh.. you made this all up right??? this is amazing nice work!!!

  • 06.03.2006 8:10 PM PDT

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Whoa! Your name is Lucifer! That is so freaking coincidential that I was just talking about that! -blam!- weird man.

  • 06.03.2006 8:31 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

It would have been coincidental if he was post number 666. That would have freaked me out. And I have no idea what your song is explosive.

  • 06.04.2006 3:18 AM PDT

"I hope nothing, I fear nothing, I am free"
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of martyrs" - Hasan al-Basri
Black Chapter, for all religious and political debate that doesn't fit in the Flood.

It's sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones, covered by G'n'R later on...

yeah, he's hilarious in waynes world, he's amazing on stage though, i was two rows back :D

any ETA on update?

- Primum

  • 06.04.2006 7:11 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Ooooh, hard to say. Hopefully tonight, but don't bet your life on it.

  • 06.04.2006 10:55 AM PDT
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Hey Rainman, I'm new to this forum thing and I just wanted to say that your story KICKS ASS. Reading it reminds of the other HALO books, it's that good. Anyway can't wait for the next section.

  • 06.04.2006 5:53 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Well damn that's right sympathy for the devil... one of my favorite songs. How did you know that?

  • 06.04.2006 6:52 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Hey rainman what state are you in?

Wait you'll never get this one. What song is "I can see that you're fifteen years old. No I don't want your I.D." from.


[Edited on 6/4/2006]

  • 06.04.2006 6:56 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

If its not a Dean Martin song, chances are I don't know it. And sorry about the utter lack of update.

  • 06.05.2006 3:11 AM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

If the next chapter does not come out today I will nuke your home state as long as it's not NewJersey or any of its neighboring states.

  • 06.05.2006 10:49 AM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Threatining to detonate a nuclear weapon results in a penalty of one day for the next update. The next time you threat violence on account of the story, its a week. I will not have this thread locked. Period.

  • 06.05.2006 1:26 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

-blam!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.05.2006 4:20 PM PDT
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The Covenant will never win....Unless I play on thier side.

Ill be friends with anyone who 1. Likes Halo games and 2. Hates Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Hey I thought i'd make an appearence its taken me 10 20 min. sessions to read every single post in this forum!!! So yea I already pmed u b4 and I have the entire story so far saved to my comp. Just saying ur an awsome writer and if explosive gets the next post delayed again....o yea darn no violence threats .....um....I'll........be very angry. *sigh*
Again u should denfinately get this published.

Also about the mystery ensign it cant be Hasley because (quoted from The Fall of Reach page 15) "she wore a white jumpsuit that matched her pale skin and had tied her dark hair into a simple, elegant knot."

Edited for the millions of spelling mistakes I made.

[Edited on 6/5/2006]

  • 06.05.2006 5:15 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Well lets just say that fake my own death and blame it on Rainman if I don't get a new chapter.

  • 06.05.2006 6:49 PM PDT
Subject: hey man keep up the good work

ill see you online in X-BOX LIVE.
(in halo of course)

hey this is Gammertag: Drunk Jedi i hope to play you in halo i am quite good at snipers and ctf if my favorite.

but anywase you are a really good writer i love your work i am such a halo nut i own and have read all three halo books i have the art book and figures lol i can even read the covenant letters in the special edition version of halo 2 the conversations from the universe, i am lvl 23 at halo online and wish i had the halo christmas and valentine cards. i even have limited edition halo 2 balloons, pen, lanyard, and a bunch more stuff you get the picture. but back to the point you should think about a career in writing and maby get your fanwork of this story published i would add it to my collection. i am such a sucker if you just wrote halo 2 on something i would buy it. i dont know what else to add but i am out of here i have exams in the morning...



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  • 06.05.2006 7:59 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

Posted by: Rainman89
Quoted from the story, pg 22

She was very pale, and her dark hair was in a non-regulation bun.


How does that rule out the Good Doctor?

  • 06.06.2006 3:17 AM PDT

"I hope nothing, I fear nothing, I am free"
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of martyrs" - Hasan al-Basri
Black Chapter, for all religious and political debate that doesn't fit in the Flood.

I haven't a clue on that song ED, and i knew it was sympathy for the devil because i have both the rolling stones greatest hits and G'n'R's, that and i know all the words :P

well... i can wait for an update, it's not like i have much else to do other than complete FFVIII...

*puts garage inc. on and starts head banging*

- Primum

  • 06.06.2006 7:50 AM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Well the picture of Amanda Tapping on my wall says "The song is Stray Cat Blues" A song from the same album Sympathy for the devil is on (Begger's Banquet)

Why not jus bleeding tell us if it's Halsey or not? Besides she was never in the navy.

[Edited on 6/6/2006]

  • 06.06.2006 12:33 PM PDT
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Read about the Forgotten Spartan I Program
Butane: To protect the world from devastation!
sir_brilliant: To unite all people within our nation!
Rainman89: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
sir_brilliant: To extend out reach to the stars above!
SpaceGhostFlyer: Jessie!
Butane: James!
sir_brilliant: Team Rocket blasting off at the speed of light
Butane: Surrender now or prepare to fight
sir_brilliant: Meowth, that's right!

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Why not just bleeding tell us if it's Halsey or not?


Because that would just ruin the suspense. And I hate to ruin the suspense.




Chapter 19
1237 Hours, December 18, 2525(Military Calendar)/ UNSC Cruiser Connecticut en route to the UNSC Remote Scanning Outpost Sophocles, on the edge of the Titan System


Simmons’ men were briefed in the Reach Military Complex’s amphitheater. The UNSC lost contact with Harvest; the ships sent to investigate were attacked and only one returned. Admiral Cole is going to throw the sons of -blam!-es the biggest party the human race has ever thrown and your all invited, etc etc. The brief was highly patriotic, and the men were eager to test their limits. Simmons on the other hand was perplexed by the situation. He was pretty sure, nay; positive that this was what Dr. Halsey had been hinting at for months, and CPO Mendez had all but given it away.
Within twenty-four hours of being briefed Simmons’ company was on board the Connecticut en route to the scene of the action. Admiral Cole had his flagship, but Simmons was glad to be aboard this cruiser. It had just rolled out of the docks at Reach, a pinnacle of human technology. It wasn’t only the ship that made Simmons secure, but the fact that the UNSC’s greatest weapon was aboard the Connecticut. While Simmons was surprised to find the Spartan’s were aboard, he was remarkably relieved. Apparently the Spartans had actually seen some action with the enemy. At least, that was the scuttlebutt.
He had only seen Fred in passing, but Simmons would have recognized him anywhere. A few days after the first sighting, and there had been no sign of Fred or any of the other Spartans. Simmons was beginning to think he had daydreamed the whole thing, when he received a summons to the main briefing room. The ship’s briefing room was full when Simmons got there. More officers than you could shake a stick at, and three Spartans.
“As many of you know, the Harvest colony was lost some time ago, and Admiral Cole succeeded in taking it back. The results were less than encouraging.” The ship’s Captain pulled up the main viewscreen and provided an image of what had once been the Harvest colony. The majority of the men in the room gasped at the ravaged planet. One Lieutenant shed a single tear. Destruction on that scale was not pretty to behold.
“Our main objective is to evacuate the colonies in the Titan system and return them to UNSC controlled space. This,” the Captain said, showing a lengthy JAG edict, “is the Cole Protocol. It basically states we cannot allow any sort of navigation information to fall into Covenant hands. All ships’ databases, colony computers, heck, every kids’ palm computer has to be purged or destroyed. That’s where the Marines come in.”
“Your role will be to maintain order during the evacuation process and make sure the necessary purges go off without a hitch. In the unlikely event the Covenant should appear, UNSC HighCom has dictated the rules of engagement as such. You are to shoot only after being shot at, and your primary objective is to secure the lives of the civilians. The lives of your men is your secondary concern, and inflicting casualties on the enemy is your tertiary goal. To brief you on engaging the Covenant, you will receive a presentation from Major Mitchell at 1500 hours today. We arrive in-system tomorrow morning. Be ready to head planet side by 0600. Dismissed!” The Captain saluted the men, and they returned it promptly.
As everyone was filing out, Simmons fought his way over to Fred and John. “Sir!” Fred exclaimed as he caught sight of Simmons approaching. All three Spartans immediately saluted and Simmons returned it in style. “At ease Spartans. How are you doing? Haven’t seen you guys in a while. Since right after the augmentation in fact. Was it successful?” Simmons was eager to know if the Spartans had managed to achieve the physical prowess he had come to rely on.
“Yes sir.” John replied. “Dr Halsey told us the results were far more than she anticipated. She said she wished she had done more studying into the results of your augmentation. Oh, and she sends her regards.” John had, if possible, become more military formal since their last meeting.
“What have you been up to recently?” Now Simmons was just plain curious.
“You know. Same old, same old.” Fred answered mischievously.

  • 06.06.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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I like the story....I just hate that its not actual BUNGIE stuff


anywayz keep it up

  • 06.06.2006 3:12 PM PDT

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Well ok I won't kill fake my own death. The chapters are getting shorter though that was a nice little break from playing Quake 4.

  • 06.06.2006 3:58 PM PDT
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The Covenant will never win....Unless I play on thier side.

Ill be friends with anyone who 1. Likes Halo games and 2. Hates Sony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Join the UNSC spec ops

"Aaaah Quake 4" *falls to the ground twitching* *then starts playing Halo 2* "ahhh much better".

About the Hasley comment sorry about that i guess I thought the book would say the hairstyle the exact way you described it.
Also could you give me the chapter of the Fall of Reach this is in?

Ok back on topic interesting tie in with the story, however would you care to give me a tie frame of when this is happening compared to other events? I know its after UNSC has retaken Harvest but is there a more specific reference? If not thats ok.
BTW great fanfic and keep up the outstanding work. =)

  • 06.06.2006 4:55 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Yeah well although I enjoy it I'm really doing it for the gamerpoints

  • 06.06.2006 5:18 PM PDT

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read the forgotten spartan by rainman89

Well I have a combinatio ndvd vhs that was made by polaroid but unfortunately I have a PS2 so umm... let ye without sin cast the first stone.

  • 06.06.2006 8:25 PM PDT