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Subject: How did Buck get to Earth so fast?
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In Halo: Reach, Noble Six helps Buck get out of New Alexandria. At the same year (2552) Buck is fighting the battle of Earth. Now a friend of mine who has read some of the Halo books told me that one of them said it takes years to get from Reach to Earth with a UNSC ship. So how did he get there so quickly?

[Edited on 11.21.2010 2:49 PM PST]

  • 11.21.2010 1:54 PM PDT

I'm not sure if the books contradict, but from what I remember reading the UNSC ships like Pillar of Autumn use slipstream engines that allow them to go faster than light. They can go about 15 light years in a week.

  • 11.21.2010 2:14 PM PDT

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Yes. Several UNSC ships do have Slipstream Engines.

  • 11.21.2010 3:02 PM PDT

"That thing about always darkest before the dawn? Sometimes you just need to turn on a light." - Preston Marlowe

Buck was making his way home on a UNSC craft that had slipspace engines when Master Chief was on Installation 04.

  • 11.21.2010 4:35 PM PDT
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i didn't even know noble six was in Halo:ODST

  • 11.21.2010 7:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: zigzag177
i didn't even know noble six was in Halo:ODST
He wasn't. Reach takes place before CE. ODST takes place during halo2 and halo3.

[Edited on 11.21.2010 7:46 PM PST]

  • 11.21.2010 7:46 PM PDT
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he does. You help him get into a building on a level that i don't know the name of

  • 11.21.2010 8:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Zoroark1214

Posted by: zigzag177
i didn't even know noble six was in Halo:ODST
He wasn't. Reach takes place before CE. ODST takes place during halo2 and halo3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-J0RrgtnwU&feature=relate d

  • 11.21.2010 8:06 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Reach takes place in late August, ODST takes place in late October. Reach is very close to Earth.

Problem solved.

  • 11.22.2010 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Zoroark1214

Posted by: zigzag177
i didn't even know noble six was in Halo:ODST
He wasn't. Reach takes place before CE. ODST takes place during halo2 and halo3.

proved you wrong :P

  • 11.22.2010 6:34 PM PDT

What a hipster.

Reach took place way before ODST. Buck was in cryo sleep for most of the time between the gaps, but he managed serve in both wars.

[Edited on 11.23.2010 7:01 PM PST]

  • 11.23.2010 7:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: F1N JP
Now a friend of mine who has read some of the Halo books told me that one of them said it takes years to get from Reach to Earth with a UNSC ship. So how did he get there so quickly?

According to alot of the Halo book try hards they say theres alot of mistakes from the game reach and the halo books story relateing togather so this could just be another one of those mistakes.

  • 11.24.2010 1:09 AM PDT