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Subject: While Re-reading the Fall of Reach...

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

I noticed 2 things I haven't seen before:

1.) A certain feature in the book cover: It has 4 Spartans fighting in a city. Now, originally, I had thought this was just showing Spartans fighting on Reach (because of the name, it'd fit). But, the Spartans never fought in any city on Reach, nor in any other place in the book (Cote d'Azure can be excluded, since they didn't really do any large-scale fighting).... That may be nothing to some people, since many book covers do not accurately depict what is inside the book (hence the expression, "Don't judge a book by its cover."). And it also may be nothing, since it might just be depicting a battle not described in the book.

.......but.....

I began to think that maybe it was Earth they were fighting on. This actually makes more sense than you might think. 4 Spartans. There are 4 Spartans that will fight on Earth (presumeably) in Halo 2 (I exclude Kelly, the 5th, because I don't think she'll make it back from whatever mission she is on in time to fight that battle). This also may be nothing to some people, since the Spartans usually divide themselves up into small teams.... but one, and only one, is holding a Sniper Rifle........ Anyone else think it may be Linda? I think this cover (although they are wearing Mark V armor, rather than Mark VI) is a foreshadow and possibly a confirmation of fighting side-by-side with the remaining Spartans in Halo 2. Many people already believe this, but it hasn't been confirmed. I just think this might be interesting to some.

2.) Admiral Cole's campaign to retake the Harvest Colony took 4 years. 4 YEARS! That seems a bit long for a space-based battle to me. Anyone want to clear this up for me? Sure, it may have taken a while to assemble a fleet, but not that long... I'm just a bit confused.

  • 05.08.2004 2:54 PM PDT
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Didn't FoR come out right after Halo 1 came out? Anyways, you may be onto something.

  • 05.08.2004 2:57 PM PDT
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The background of the four spartens isn't nessecarily a city. It could be one of the orbital MAC generators. Although i think they do fight in a city on Reach, and find the first hunter.

I could be wrong.

  • 05.08.2004 3:18 PM PDT
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when they fight the hunters, that is on sigma octanus, not reach. i think the pic is just of them fighting infront of the orbital mac generaters, but i really wish it was a foreshadowing thing for halo 2

  • 05.08.2004 3:23 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

And when the find the Hunters on Sigma Octanus IV, they were inside a building, which is why I excluded that. They never really fought on the streets.

But note that the shows several skyscraper-like buildings.... I don't thing an orbital gun facility would look like a skyscraper, or several of them (with many windows and all).

  • 05.08.2004 4:43 PM PDT
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You may just be on to something.....

Good thread.

  • 05.08.2004 4:51 PM PDT

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I wrote this perfect already but this dam sever thing reply on this site anyways says error that happens 2 me like every dam day wtf u guys need to fix this sever and fix the dam errors!!

So anyways u will fight with other Spartans. I bet all u guys read and seen every video and pic of Halo 2 YES? Ok well there is a Print Art pic that shows Master Cheif and 4 other Spartans Master Cheif is holding 2 SMGs and 3 Spartans are holding Battle Rifles and one is holding a Sniper Rifle. So what u guys might say I never have read a Halo book and as some of u guys might say that Linda is the best Sniper and she is uses a Sniper Rifle all the time well 1 Spartan is using a Sniper Rifle so that might be a hint. And u guys say that there is 5 Spartan including Master Cheif I think the names are Master Cheif,Linda,Kelly,William,and I forgot the other one. Well if u guys seen the pic as I bet u all did u guys will know what I'm talking about the pic is in this Website and I'll give u guys the link just in case.


http://www.bungie.net/SlideShow.aspx?Path=/games/Halo2&Sl ideshow=PrintArt&Slide=2

I hope that link works I look at that pic so many times and I thought it was like Muilt-Player in till I read this Tread and it hit me I have a 80% chance its true and I do think its true.
















  • 05.08.2004 5:03 PM PDT

Play as a team win as a team or die as a team!

Right now I look at the pic closer and it has a number thing next to Master Cheif's leg it says 4 2 9 or it could be H 2 9 I don't know maybe its the date they made that pic.

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all i see is a pic of a gorilla with a cowboy hat on but i know what pic you are talking about though

edit: i zoomed in on the numbers and it just looks like a logo, not actual numbers. mc (john) has 2 smg's, theres another with a sniper thats probably linda, theres 3 others with a battle riffle but i dont know there names

[Edited on 5/8/2004 5:13:01 PM]

  • 05.08.2004 5:09 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

Didn't someone already point out that the background characters in that pic were ODSTs, and not Spartans?

  • 05.08.2004 5:17 PM PDT
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now that i think about it, the armor mc has doesnt have that pack thing on the back that the other people in the backround do, and also their helmet doesnt stick out on the top like a spartans helmet does, so your most likely right, they are odst's

[Edited on 5/8/2004 5:23:26 PM]

  • 05.08.2004 5:19 PM PDT

With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.

Yeah, they are ODSTs. Their armor looks different--particularly the helmets--than the MC's.

  • 05.08.2004 5:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shai Hulud
Didn't someone already point out that the background characters in that pic were ODSTs, and not Spartans?


Um...I think that you might be thinking of First Strikes cover...Not The Fall of Reach. because on the fall of reach's cover, the other people are clearly wearing Mjolnir.

  • 05.08.2004 8:05 PM PDT
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he was talking about this, not the book cover

[Edited on 5/8/2004 8:11:01 PM]

  • 05.08.2004 8:08 PM PDT
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Ok, i didn't look at the pictures, mabye I should learn everything before I post.

  • 05.08.2004 8:11 PM PDT