- gamertag: [none]
- user homepage:
Posted by: ajw34307
...despite the fact it's not rated for atmosphere and is completely powered down in a Covenant warzone where there are swarms of Covenant air patrols?
It amuses me that - much like people raging with a single number given in a book written a decade ago - one line from the games has forever damned UNSC ships. Is it ever mentioned in the books?
However, isn't it possible that ships become rated for atmosphere? For instance, the Pillar of Autumn would have a poor Atmospheric Rating, requiring the use of thruster packs to attain enough lift to leave the atmosphere. Perhaps with Frigates, they are rated for atmosphere (as we see them flying in-atmosphere in both Halo 2 and Halo 3,) and the Marines questioning the fact were simply ignorant.
Posted by: ajw34307
Then the Autumn immediately flees to Halo, it did not stop off at the Circumference to pick John and Linda up because it's stated that it fled immediately.
And they could not have possibly been brought to Aszod via Pelican, right? I find this to be the most logical explanation, as John-117 is seen on the Pillar of Autumn in the cutscene of that level.