- Plasma Prestige
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Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."
- Albert Einstein
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Posted by: StealthSlasher2
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Posted by: ZedFish
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This has obviously been changed in Reach, but the canon has not been demolished.[/quote]This is the conclusion that I roll with for Reach. Changed, but not destroyed.
Thank you. It's good to see someone thinking a little more open-mindedly about the plot, and comparing it to- rather than judging it by- the book(s).
I am trying to unify the canon. I'm tired of people bickering over which canon takes precedent when in reality both can coexist as one single entity.
Using both book and game can you fill in the rather large time gaps in between with a logical sounding explanation as to how everything else proceeded as planned in spite of the large time gaps?
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're saying. Could you rephrase please?
Can you fill in the events in between the key events using both game and book and come up with a logical sounding explanation for events to still ultimately unfold the same way they do despite the time gap.
In other words, taking the events of the 30th as an example, can you come up with a reasonable explanation as to what occurred in space around Reach involving the Autumn that enabled it to drop down to Reach and pick up the package. Constantly keeping in mind the capabilities of both the UNSC and Covenant fighting for nearly a month long among other factors to consider. Such as the inability to extract Red Team, why John was in cryo, etc.
There are multiple time gaps strewn across Reach. I noticed your post in the unexplainable errors thread, and I think you've missed the shift of focus as to what's the problem. In this case it's how tight the story telling of Reach as a whole is now once everything is taken into consideration, and whether that progression is logical to be passed off as good story telling as that whole.
Another example of the mystery gaps that needs to be filled in. Halsey's Red Flag briefing, the MJOLNIR testing with Cortana, and even the authorization to divert military assets to really put the Chief to the test all still happen within the story of Reach with both book and game combined, and then finally the Autumn launching on its mission only to turn back to the doomed planet. The gap comes in with explaining how these events went on unhindered despite Reach having already gone to hell.
Do you get where I'm coming from? So utilizing both game and book (books really when you factor in Halsey's journal) can all those gaps be filled in? Can you explain the logic behind the Autumn taking off for the Red Flag mission on the 30th only to turn back to help it even though Reach had been under siege for some time?
I understand now what you're saying, thanks for clarifying.
Can I do this? Probably not, at least alone. I'll address some of the points that I feel I am able to however.
For example, how did the Pillar of Autumn land on Reach? Well, there was a massive battle going on in space between the Covenant and UNSC; hundreds of ships on both sides of the conflict. I don't think it is beyond believable that the Autumn would be able to land on the planet while this massive battle was occurring. After all, the Autumn was in space while Blue Team was on Gamma Station, was it not?
Also, if you could elaborate on some of the points you made in the fourth paragraph, then I could probably address them better.