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CoD is a good game, even if the Halo series are better in some aspects. Anyone who insults either is just bad in that game. Grow up.
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Posted by: privet caboose
Error: Pillar of Autumn on Reach.
Proof During the final level of Halo: Reach, the Pillar of Autumn is on the planet, and isn't in space, preparing for the Prophet mission. This COMPLETELY destroys much of Halo's canon. If the ship wasn't in space, than the Spartans of Red Team would have never jumped to the planet, meaning that the 4 spartans who died, would have still been alive. Which could have hanged the outcome of the battle. PLUS, the space op to destroy the Circumference's NAV data wouldn't have happened. So Chief, James, and Linda had no reason to NOT be part of Red team. So the chief wouldn't have been on the Autumn, so Halo: CE wouldn't have happened.
Why schedule a mission to capture a prophet, when there's a full scale invasion of Humanities second most important planet?
Sources: Halo: Reach, Fall of Reach
Operation RED FLAG may have been initiated anyway after the UNSC and ONI recognized that Reach was becoming a losing battle. According to Jun, Spartans Red, Gauntlet and Echo Teams were evacuating civilians. This prompts Kat to ask if they had already lost.
If this is the same Red Team led by Fred, they could have done some ground engagements, evacuated the civilians, and attended the meeting for RED FLAG. With Reach practically in it's final days, the UNSC may have decided it would be more viable to send the Spartans they had left on an operation to capture a Prophet.
The Spartans in Red Team and Blue Team board the Autumn and prepare to flee. They get a signal from the Circumference, which could very well be part of the initial 66% of the UNSC fleet that arrived at Reach, possibly to do recon in space. During the battle it may have gotten damaged and gone aboard the space station to get repaired. However, before repairs could be finalized the station is being targeted by the Covenant. The AI could fail to wipe the NAV databases, Blue Team is sent in, and Red Team could still go planetside to protect the Orbital MAC generators.
Meanwhile, the Autumn could land at Azsod and recover Cortana's fragment. And before anyone calls into question about Chief being in the cutscene, it's an obvious Easter egg considering you can only see him by shifting the camera.
Autmumn leaves Aszod, picks up Chief, Linda, and Johnson and his men and leave Reach.
In the end, it would seem the only changes would be in circumstances, ie the meeting occurring during the battle and not before.
How do people convince themselves of this crap? So let's assume that they decide to send all the Spartan IIs off to capture the prophets, given that they realize Reach will fall and they needed an advantage to force a truce...WHY THE HELL would they make the Spartans come back?
There were more than 20 Spartan IIs on Reach during the entire invasion, starting from July 24th to August 30th. Spartan IIs are the most elite operatives the UNSC had on hand, and yet somehow Noble Team was given the most important missions prior to the arrival of the Covenant Fleet, and the Spartan IIs instead get civilian evac? Are you serious? That's like using a tank to open a locked wooden door. That's bad story telling...