- Cmdr DaeFaron
- |
- Fabled Legendary Member
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: manwith
Actually Halo: CE, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, Halo 3 and Halsey's Journal support Halo: Reach as canon.
At what point do any of those say "oh the battle was a month long," or "yeah, the Autumn was on Reach when we know Halcyon-class cruisers aren't capable of entering atmosphere," or Halsey was all like "screw Operation: RED FLAG, I'm going under SWORD Base for about a week instead".
Battle actually only truly started after LNOS/Tip of the spear. Even then it was small compared to the incoming fleet on the 30th.
We know Halcyon class cruisers are not rated for atmosphere, meaning they can't go into atmosphere and hold themselves up (such as a frigate could.) For it to enter atmosphere and dock doesn't seem that major an idea.
Between sword base and the package, Halsey was actually quite busy. She went and briefed the Spartans on their mission, and did other things she did in the book as well. She returned to sword base to gather the Cortana fragment, and on leaving, went to Castle base. Makes more sense then "Halsey was stuck under Castle base the entire time."