Posted by: ImmortalJoshua
Posted by: JesseJH
The invasion of Reach was severely downplayed. I saw no Mac Guns in orbit above Reach, and barely any UNSC ships. When Jorge sacrificed himself (Didn't make sense to when there were marines.) to take down a Covenant Supercarrier, (Which by the way a ship that size would not last long above Reach because of all the ships and SMACS that SHOULD be present.) There were like 5 more Covenant ships that came out of slipspace. I'm sorry but... The battle of Anchor 9 was so quiet. There should have been hundrens of different Covenant vessels, and there were not.
Reach is the Hub of the UNSC. And the fact that it was poorly defended in the game by a few frigates, a handful of Sabres, and one Halcyon, (WHICH SHOULD NOT BE ON THE GROUND.) was pathetic. Reach is not Harvest. Reach should have been heavily defended by hundreds of UNSC ships of all different classes, and SUPER MACS.
Nothing in this game fits. You can argue all you want about Blah Blah Blah
game is automatically canon. I don't really care.
But what you can't argue with me is that the book was way more epic than the game. AND it made more sense.
1. Do you have any idea how huge a planet is? And do you know how small MAC stations are compared to a planet? Just because you didn't see the MAC stations doesn't mean they weren't in orbit, like 50 miles away or so. Also the Super Carrier could have easily destroyed any MAC station near it. This would explain the lack of MAC stations in the area. A small strike force would easily be undetected by the Super Carrier, the Frigate was just a distraction.
2. The ARMY guys died on the Corvette. Jorge was the only one left. If you're playing the game on Legendary, which is most likely what the books are on, then your ARMY guys are gonna die.
3. The Anchor 9 situation was a small skirmish. That's why Phantom gunboats were sent in, most likely boarding craft. Also take into account the possible 100 Banshee/Seraphs that attacked the station.
Actually I read somewhere that the troopers who board the corvette are UNSC Air Force commandoes