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Posted by: privet caboose
Posted by: Tasoki
Posted by: privet caboose
Here is a compilation of errors that we, the universe elite, have created in light of Halo: Reach's launch. Note, that this is STILL a work in progress, and will be upgraded as new breaks are located.
Error: Reach was invaded on July 24th.
Proof: All Halo media has always stated Reach fell in one day, and that day was August 30th.
Sources:Ghosts of Oynx, First Strike, Fall of Reach.
Error: Alpha Company was wiped out completely during Operation: PROMETHEUS in 2537. Carter, Emile, and Jun should not be alive.
Proof: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx goes into quite a bit of detail on Operation: PROMETHEUS. Spartan-III Alpha Company (comprised of 300 Spartans) were sent to K7-49 on a mission to destroy plasma reactors the Covenant were using to liquefy metallurgical components.
The operation was a success, but it is explicitly stated that it cost the lives of every Spartan-III on the asteroid because they got cut off from their Calypso-class Exfiltration crafts and completely lost their unit cohesion.
Halo Reach chooses to ignore this. Carter (A-259), Emile (A-239), and Jun (A-266) are a part of Noble Team when they should have been dead years ago; Bungie have given us no explanation on how they escaped at all.
Sources:
- Ghosts of Onyx, page 83-87.
- Halo Reach
Not to be a pain, but in Alpha Company, they were different spartans, Carter, Emile and Jun weren't in Alpha Company. I just read pages 83-87, didn't mention any of them so there is no proof that they were in the group.
That's kinda the problem. There's not a single mention of Noble team at all in the novels, yet they're these "super special best of the best" Spartan III's that we've never heard a damn thing about. Not to mention that, but they're ages would've justified some sort of comment from Kurt in the novel.
The proof that they're from Alpha Company is right here on B.net. Look through the "Personnel" section of the Halo Reach page.
Isn't there some retconned shenanigans that states that the members of Noble Team were pulled from those missions for "special training" or something? I mean, it's obviously retcon shenanigans, but I'm pretty sure there is an official stance on it somewhere.
What has always struck me as funny is why Bungie decided to tell the story that they did in Halo: Reach. I mean, Bungie was certainly aware of the lore discrepancies Reach would create, and they opted to tell the story anyway. I'm just curious as to why they opted to tell Reach's story knowing this, as opposed to doing the actual story of the Fall of Reach. It'd be cool to know the reasoning.
[Edited on 08.03.2011 2:25 PM PDT]