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Subject: Timeline / What ever happened to question.
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I just read Halo: First Strike. The book which connects the story between Halo:CE and HALO 2, as Im sure you already know.

It starts on Reach where - covenant destroying planet etc.

Now after the M.C., Halsay, a Vice Admiral, 5 other spartens ( i think, maybe 6 ) and some others escape Reach with the crystal. they eventually find a covenant fleet gathering to attack earth. Which they duly attack first and destroy. Namely based around a covenant command centre named Unyielding Heirophant.

Now just before this attack happens Halsay, kidnaps Kelly and jumps away into slipspace - dont know where she went but is accounted as MIA.

After the attack of Unyielding Heirophant the Master chief, Lee( i think ), Fred and Linda survived and managed to head back aboard the ship, the gettysburg, with Cortana and Johnston headed back to Earth to warn etc.

Now what I dont get is throughout the halo trilogy, in terms of games for the xbox consoles, they have hailed john 117 as the last surviving sparten. But as I breifly pointed out, there were survivers, at least headed back to earth, in fred, linda etc. And espically as the story continues into halo 2 there are no mention of these survivors and that M.c. is the sole sparten left.

So really im looking for the gap fill here. What happened now to the spartens which travelled back to earth with john and why bungie have said throughout the trilogy he is the sole sparten?

Forgive me if ive missed something which is explained later in later books. Its been years now since ive read them and I have just started the Ghosts of Onyx. although Im pretty sure the ghosts occurs before the halo discovery, cole protocol is long before the flood, and contact harvest is obviously definatly before everything. So yeah unless there is something is ghosts which explains this.... if anyone can shed some light or clarify this for me.

Appreciated if answers are factual and not speculation.

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  • 09.04.2010 7:26 PM PDT

Eat, Sleep, Row

As soon as you read Ghosts of Onyx you will know. Have a good read:)

  • 09.04.2010 7:36 PM PDT
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just read the plot on wiki... maybe should have done that in the first place.

Thanks buddy

  • 09.04.2010 7:49 PM PDT


Posted by: Nivea_
just read the plot on wiki... maybe should have done that in the first place.

Thanks buddy
Well, what's the answer?

  • 09.04.2010 8:10 PM PDT
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The spartens who returned to earth were sent on a separate mission from the chief... As above Read Ghosts of Onyx

  • 09.05.2010 1:59 PM PDT