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Subject: Changes to the game that would correct the cannon.

So i decided to make a list of changes to Reach so that it complies with the books.

1. Reach fell in One Day.
A bit difficult as there are multiple night missions. However, the probe that lead the Covenant to reach was attached to the Iroquois on July 18, and Noble Actual takes place on July 24, so that would work. The mission times are as follows;

Noble Actual --------- July 24 07:26
Winter Contingency --- July 24 (no time or date given)
ONI Sword Base ------- July 26 11:26
Nightfall ------------ August 11 26:30
Tip of the Spear ----- August 12 08:00
Cut Scene ------------ August 13 20:07
Long night of Solace - August 14 12:48
Exodus --------------- August 23 15:34
New Alexandria ------- August 23 18:57
The Package ---------- August 29 26:16
The Pillar of Autumn - August 30 16:52
Lone Wolf ------------ August 30 20:00

Basicaly, I would confine the missions in to 3 days.

Noble Actual and the folloing 3 missions would take place on August 28, finishing with Nightfall.

Tip of the Spear too New Alexandria would take place on August 29.

The packadge and all the missions ofter that would take place on August 30, which is the day Reach was said to fall.

I know that it is not all in one day, but all this took place on just one continent Eposz, they could just say that the reast of Reach and all the deffending ships perished on August 30.

2. The Pillar of Autumn can not operate in atmosphere.
Ok, so then lets go to space!
This correction is more inkeeping with the book. Instead of the PoA being in a ship breaking yard, there is a space tether at a supplies depo at the edge of a city.
The level would play out exactly the same, only Carter would tell you that the pelican can no longer break atmosphere and you will have to find another way to the PoA.

You wouldn't actualy go in to the city, you would just aproach the Tether that was about a kilometer outside. So you ride the elovator up to the top where the ships dock, and wait for Keys to arive.

-You fend off boarding covies.
-Emile uses the mini-mac to blow shiz up.

Keys finaly turns up in his pelican, Emile dies, Keys asks you to join him but you say no, and go support him in the mini-mac while he hightails it back to the PoA.

-Keys makes it, covie ship blasts the elorvator, and you escape back to Reach in an escape pod or ODST pod (probably cooler)

Lone wolf mission begins, PoA problem solved!

3. Spartans ages are all wrong, and Alpha Company died.
This could be dealt with in 2 ways.

First, bungie just change their ages.
Also, they need to tell us how they survived Pegasi.
One story I think would be good is;

Carter, Kat, Emile, Jun and Thom came together during Pegasi and managed to escape, they had no way to contact their superiors so they used the Nav Database on the ship and flew to Reach. (this is why they think all of Alpha is dead)
The first commanding officer, aka: Holland, thinks that they are Spartan IIs and so takes charge of them and has them undergo his missions. Thom dies blowing up a covie ship, and Noble 6, the survivor of a Headhunter team joins their crew.

Halo Reach begins!

Obviosly, it needs fleshing out, A LOT, but i'm shure 343 could write a book or short storie detailing the events of noble team before reach.

On the other hand, bungie could change them from SIIIs to SIIs and say that they were SII wash outs, but were able to under go surjery to rectify their deformaties as technolagy advanced.


If anyone has any more Cannon issues, post them and i will come up with a solition to fix it, or post your own. :)

  • 11.24.2010 11:28 AM PDT

I don't care. I really don't.

These would work if someone used them except the S-III problem; they never participated in their respective companies operations as they were all pulled out after training just like the Headhunters. It's already fixed, no problem there.

  • 11.24.2010 11:41 AM PDT

not all would work but amajority would but it wont happen considering halseys journal has the dates they woudnt change it so the journals non canon anyway it all fits, just got to think outside the box

[Edited on 11.24.2010 5:33 PM PST]

  • 11.24.2010 5:24 PM PDT

Cannon? I thought Bungie used a slingshot?

  • 11.24.2010 5:31 PM PDT


Posted by: Venator82
These would work if someone used them except the S-III problem; they never participated in their respective companies operations as they were all pulled out after training just like the Headhunters. It's already fixed, no problem there.

no the age is still a problem

  • 11.24.2010 7:51 PM PDT

im still confused about cortana. its been a while since i read it, but wasnt she already on board PoA and with MC then they came back to help reach.

overall though i just think bungie just -blam!- up and through canon out the window!

FAILTACULER!!!!!!!!!

  • 11.24.2010 7:54 PM PDT

Because the covenant in the first half of the game was a secret attack force only Long Night of Solace and afterward have to be changed to August 30th.

Second, the ages are only a little off, and they did not take part in the battle of pegasi, they were removed to create noble team by colonel ackerson (who also wanted tom and lucy).

  • 11.24.2010 7:59 PM PDT