- ImmortalJoshua
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I started up the heated debate on whether the SPARTAN-II in the cryo tube near the end of Reach is really Linda.
I created the Moa XING avatar pic.
Also I earned the All Star nameplate with this submission to Week 14 All Stars http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline11/bwu_0415/art/likea boss.jpg
Ok so there has been several people complaining about some canon "errors" from Halo: Reach. Uses information from various Halo media, I have provided the best explanations for these "errors" After you have read this thread, there is no excuse to go off and say Reach is not canon.
While there are some minor ret-cons Bungie made, they are not severe whatsoever. Also it should be noted that the Fall of Reach has had several ret-cons already. Big deal if a couple more are made. 95% of the storyline of the book is still the same.
Reach's fleet
August 12
Tip of the Spear occurs.
At least 1 Frigate is destroyed.
Noble Team retreats along with all UNSC forces.
BTW John is in the planet at this time. It is interesting to note that in the Fall of Reach John says that his home will not fall. While the Covenant are never said to be on the planet, it is never said that they weren't on the planet in the book.
August 13
60% of the UNSC fleet is on route to Reach. Arrival within 48 hours. Most likely case is that the local Reach fleets begins to fight off the Super Carrier and suffers huge loses. The Super Carrier is significantly larger than a Cruiser, which is already bigger than Halcyon class Cruisers and Frigates. The Super Carrier most likely has shields extremely stronger than it's smaller counterpart. The fleet retreats.
During ONI: Sword Base, a Orbital Defense Platform destroys the Corvette. While it is never stated that ODPs can be moved, it is likely to assume that it is geo-synced and cannot be moved. We see that on Long Night of Solace, that Anchor 9 is relatively over the area where Sword Base is. Therefore, it can be concluded, that the debris in the distance is in fact the ODP mentioned during Sword Bose.
August 14
Operation: UPPERCUT occurs. The UNSC performs a low level strike to take out the Super Carrier. This minimizes overall loses and resource use.
NOTE: The Covenant seen until the end of Long Night of Solace are from the Fleet of Valiant Predence.
Another Covenant Fleet arrives and possibly destroys the rest of the local UNSC fleet.
Most likely on Aug. 14 or 15, the 60% UNSC fleet arrives and puts up a fight with the fleet.
Reach wasn't the only planet in the system attacked by the Covenant
It should be noted that the Battle of Tribute occurred sometime in August. Tribute is in the same solar system as Reach. Dutch was present during the evacuation of the colony, and witnessed the near-total destruction of the UNSC Navy escort fleet in orbit as they protected civilian refugees. This escort fleet was most likely made up of the local fleet.
The Pillar of Autumn on August 30
Just read this
0616 Hours: Blue Team performs their operation on Gamma Station
0637 Hours: John retreats with Linda's body to the Pillar of Autumn
0647 Hours: The Pillar of Autumn is contacted and is ordered to land on Reach and retrieve the rest of Cortana.
1652 Hours: B312 gives Keyes Cortana and the ship leaves the system as said in The Fall of Reach.
There. Now don't talk about the inconsistencies of timeline.
Number of Spartan-IIIs
This one is also just a simple ret-con that some people can't seem to get over. Ok there are HUNDREDS of S-IIIs for each company. It's not hard to believe that at least a dozen are taken out for various other assignments (Noble Team, Headhunters, etc.)
It should be noted that Kat and Carter are the only surviving members of the original Noble Team. This means that Noble Team was first formed sometime after Beta Company's graduation. This also means that Jun and Emile did not join Noble until some time after. They could have been Headhunters before then.
If I see any other canon errors addressed by some people, I will address them here and attempt to fix them to the best of my ability.
[Edited on 07.13.2011 10:57 PM PDT]