- MickelPickel
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: MickelPickel
I don't understand why some people outright refuse to believe there will be UNSC tech or presence in Halo 4. Covenant I can understand, but the UNSC is a definite possibility.
Because it is CHIEF'S story. He is there to confront his destiny. It is his story; he is the main protagonist and the main character sent to confront his destiny. I don't see why that doesn't mean he won't have any help along the way though. Master Chief is head honcho but he has always needed a supporting cast to nudge him in the right direction and I doubt all of his buddies will be forerunners/precursors/floating blue lightbulbs/etc. From a storytelling standpoint the Chief has always needed allies and the UNSC fits this role like a glove.
Posted by: raganok99
It wouldn't make sense at all because of two things: Frankie said "no purple" and this is new trilogy, you do not need to play last trilogy to understand. It means that there will be no covenant or UNSC, period. We will fight is: Forerunners, Precursors or Flood.
Another reason is that Encyclopedia stated that nobody managed to find MC in 2589. Another source shows that UNSC even tried to find him by 2610 but no avail. It proves that UNSC/Covenant will be not there at Halo 4 as well. Also location is unknown as well, and probably far away such as 10,000 to 50,000 light years away.
While you don't have to play the last trilogy to understand Halo 4-6, in my personal opinion, I don't think the UNSC is too hard of a concept to grasp quickly without playing the last few games. In Halo CE it didn't take me long to understand that the UNSC/crew of the Pillar of Autumn were good guys fighting the "bad guys" (then the Covenant; now something else). As I previously said the absence of the Covenant is completely believable; no purple is perfectly fine with me.
I would assume that any contact with the UNSC would become similar to a Spirit of Fire scenario, would result in all hands lost (besides Chief of course), or would be covered up by ONI on a massive level, especially if by Halo 6 Chief ends up KIA. If he became involved in something as big as Halo 4's description denotes (universe saving and whatnot) it might be of ONI and the UNSC's interests to cover it up to some degree. But I digress.
Humanity, for all we know, may have improved its tech to the point where it can reach distances like 10,000-50,000 light years in smaller intervals of time. Or, conversely, they aren't as far away as previously thought. At this point there are too many variables as to where Chief is to make any informed judgements as to whether it is possible/impossible for friendlies to make the slipspace jump out to him.
[Edited on 07.25.2011 7:33 PM PDT]