I'm going to be a productive member of the community and actually contribute to the threat at hand. Good observation btw, allow me to place my personal input.
Posted by: ImmortalJoshua
LOL Bungie, it's funny when you goof and nobody seems to notice.
I have discovered something that will most likely be placed onto Halopedia and will burn into the minds of people who read this thread.
So here it is.
During Noble Six's final stand on Lone Wolf, we see at one point he/she takes of his/her helmet.
As soon as the helmet is taken off, we see this. Since this is a location on the level, I decided to find it.
I found it. I used the landmarks in the image to find it: the rock, lightpole, and that barrel thing in the background. We can see that the rock and lightpole are in the next couple of shots (from the helmet's point of view.)
So this is the spot where Noble Six dies. But I found where Bungie goofed.
Notice that once I move the camera higher, you can see the mountain with the split in it. That same mountain is BEHIND the helmet during the last scene.
So, unless an Elite decided to grab Six's helmet and throw it a good hundred feet or so, Bungie goofed. Or retcon.
I will provide more screenshots and edit this OP. For some reason my other screenshots are not coming onto my recents
It is likely Noble Six survived the initial conflict and wandered for awhile before bleeding out or being glassed, one or the other. It isn't stated either way when he dies exactly. Who knows, maybe he found a Forerunner structure to take refuge in, or some other freak accident, and left his helmet?