Posted by: burritosenior
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Someone never beat Halo: CE on Legendary.
The 'hug an elite' ending was non-canon. It was intended to be humorous and was never part of the actual story. It never happened in the plot. Just a joke.
In the actual story, Johnson made it off with a few other people in a Pelican, then met up with Chief in his Longsword.
In the actual story as in one of the books? I haven't read any of them, nor do I plan to, but I HAVE beaten Halo on Legendary, and Johnson doesn't escape in a Pelican in the cutscenes. The last you see of him is when he hugs the elite, and the Pillar of Autumn explodes (Cannon or not).