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Posted by: Sector Z 157
Fix the Canon? Halsey was supposed to have no knowledge of a Spartan III program until after the events of Halo: CE. Attempting to fix Reach is impossible. In my mind Halo Reach will NEVER be canon.
{Halo Wars, Halo CE, Halo 2,ODST, Halo 3, and All Novels} = Canon. They follow a linear story which rely on eachother for support.
Reach =/= Canon. Reach just throws a wrench into it. Even Halo Legends' Spartan 1337 is more acceptable.
Actually, Halo Wars raises more discrepancies relating to the Fall of Reach.
In The Fall of Reach it's stated that all 33 surviving Spartan II's with the exception of Gray Team had been gathered at Reach, then Halsey states that in the last decade 2542-2552; 3 Spartans had been KIA and one had been wounded too severely for active duty.
This leaves the number of Spartans at 28, with only 25 being at reach. It is also mentioned that 27 Spartans headed to Reach's surface, this is implausible seeing how James, John and Linda had been above Reach and thus were not counted. This leaves the number of Spartans in Reach as 30 although this doesn't take the MIA's, KIA's and WIA's in count.
Then Halo Wars comes along and introduces 3 other Spartan II's, Alice, Douglas and Jerome. In order for The Fall of Reach's numbers to be correct, the 3 would have to be present at the battle but the Spirit of Fire never (or still hasn't) made it back to human controlled space, seeing how the Flood was never known of until Halo Combat Evolved.
Also, in the Halo Wars timeline its mentioned that 25 out of the 28 surviving Spartans are in Reach with Gray Team being left out of the count. This means that Red Team made it back to Reach in time for the battle and thus, raises the question, why didn't humanity know of the Flood if they made it back?
EDIT to add more.
Then we have the Halo Legends discrepancy with 8 more Spartan II's being introduced and then killed. Cal, Solomon, Arthur, Daisy, Joseph and two other Spartans that commit suicide after finding out about their flash clones and Sheila whom is killed before The Package takes place.
If Samuel, Kurt, Sheila, Cal, Arthur, Maria, Randall, Solomon, Daisy, Joseph and the two Spartans that suicided along with Gray Team are taken out of the count then we have only 16 Spartans in Reach. Add Jorge to the Mix and The Pillar of Autumn would had released 15 Spartans, 3 to Gamma Station and 12 to Reach.
[Edited on 04.28.2011 3:26 PM PDT]