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LONG, BUT GOOD STUFF:)
(Spoilers for those of you who haven't read First Strike)
Many people have asked the question, how will Master Chief save earth? It's been explained by theories dealing with the Flood comming back, the Covenant Alliance breaking up, and even the Forerunners returning. What I have yet to hear, and there is a plethra of evidence to support it, is a theory dealing with Forerunner technology, in particular, the artifact in First Strike that caused time anomolies.
If you've read First Strike, then you may have noticed the time/date issues. If you haven't noticed, I'll give you a quick run down. Before Master Chief rescues the remaining Spartans on Reach, and while he is enrout to Reach on the stollen Covenant flagship, the date is Sept. 23, 2552. At the end of the book, after the remaining Spartans on Reach have been resuced by the Master Chief, the date is Sept. 13, 2552, some 10 days before they were even rescued??? For those of you who need to see it with your own eyes, turn to Section 3 (Rescue) and look at the date log on the captured Covenant flagship while it's in slipspace. Then, look through all the date logs from Section 3 untill the end of the book , or atleast until Sections 6. Interesting isn't it! These dates aren't missprints, there is a consistent line of events to explain it. It has to do with the strange artifact found deep under ONI headquarters at Reach. If you remember the artifact, then you should remember that it manipulated the space and time around it. One example of this would be the strange events that occured while the Master Chief and his rag tag crew were in slipspace on the stollen Covenant flagship. Also, you should recall the strange things that happen when the Spartans on Reach find the artifact ( I don't want to give to much away for those who haven't read the book. ) The basis for my theory is built on this time/date issue, which is why I have tried to explain it. So here is my theory;)
I'm thinking, that if more of these artifacts are found on earth or some other human colony (which is likely considering that several Forerunner "objects and structures" have been found by the Covenant in the Human colonies), then ONI, or more likely Dr. Hasely may find a way to harness the powers of the artifact/s. We know that the artifact/s can manipulate time and space... my whole point in the top two paragraphs was to show that. Couldn't it be possible that Master Chief could use one of these artifacts to go back in time. Why go back and time? To save ALL the Spartans on Reach!
I know, I know, you're probably thinking, why not just go back in time and stop the war to begin with? How would the Master Chief, or even all the Human forces stop the war? The Humans never had an advantage, weapon, or chance to defeat the Covenant in the past, especially in space battles, which is how the Covenant advanced to Earth. We know that the future only holds destruction for Humanity, if things keep going the way they are. So, the Master Chief couldn't go into the future to get some "Supper Weapon" because there wouldn't be a future! So then you might ask, how is going back and saving the rest of the Spartans going to defeat the Covenant? I would say, getting all the Spartans back won't defeat the Covenant, but they would have more than a chance of saving Earth... which is all that is left of Humanity. Spartans won't make a difference in a space battle, but they are the closest thing to perfection when it comes to ground warfare. The Covenant won't glass Earth, there is to much evidence pointing to a full ground invasion. So bringing the full power of ALL the Spartans to Earth could easily change the tide of battle for Earth! As for defeating the Covenant, I think it will take a combination of several theroies... especially the ones dealing with the Flood and the Covenant Alliance System:)
I know there are several holes in this theory, but wether the Master Chief will go back in time to save the Spartans or not, I think it is highly possible that some sort of time trarveling event will occur in Halo 2. Why would they put it in the book if it wasn't going to lead to something?
[Edited on 5/12/2004 1:36:52 PM]