- Uriel S167
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After reading the Journal of Dr. Halsey (no less than 5 or 6 times, so good and so bored... lol) that came with the Legendary Edition, I think that 343i could easily introduce more Spartans into the Halo Universe, thus giving you options like Reach did.
My reasoning:
There several entries in sequence where she states that she was getting tired of having to work under ONI's eye.
Then she states that they took her research notes.
Then she expresses outrage that ONI created the Spartan III's without her knowledge or permission.
The Spartan III's were almost as strong and fast as Spartan II's, with the difference being so negligible as to be almost non-existent.
ONI knows how to create Spartans, and with their performance on Harvest, Reach, and with the Master Chief's impeccable service record in the UNSC, I personally think ONI would be more than willing to resurrect the Spartan program.
As far as Halo 4 goes, 343 only said Halo 4 wouldn't have UNSC or "Purple" in it. Nothing about Halo 5 or 6. If Master Chief were able to send off some type of slipspace message back to UNSC territory (and who knows how long Chief has been in cryo-sleep), then it would be very easy for them to then locate Chief and send in some sort of back up.
Story ramifications of that would also be interesting in that what if in retrieving Master Chief, the UNSC accidentally gives away their position in the Orion arm of the galaxy to this new enemy. If that were to happen, since Humanity made peace with the Sangheli, what if they reached an alliance? Then you could have a Human-Elite alliance against a common foe, not just the Covenant (or going by the Lore/Books, the remnants of the Covenant that the Sanghelli continue to hunt down).
I can see it happening.
Besides, at the end of Reach it shows the planet being re-terraformed 30 years later. I bring this up because someone asked me a little bit ago saying that since Reach had been glassed, where would ONI and the UNSC train these new Spartans. It wouldn't be too hard to imagine that they would rebuild their main military facilities and rearm Reach as well as add extra fortifications. On top of this, even though 95% of the Spartans died at Reach (some survived on[in?] Onyx), their valor and sacrifice, as well as military prowess would more than justify restarting the program. Plus, who better to find and rescue Chief than Spartans?
I know that by the official Canon, after 60 years they haven't found Chief, and so they made a memorial for him and all of the Spartans. But they are still looking, always looking for any sign of Chief.
Again, I know that Halo 4 is not about the Human-Covenant War, this is about Master Chief. However, the Spartans and the UNSC (along with ONI) are almost inseparable. One always supports the other, and are most always present with the other two.
Thus it would be plausible to add the Spartans back into the Halo universe as a sizable military force in the UNSC, and thus make them playable (and customizable) in another Halo game.
Discuss, I am interested in others thoughts on this.
[Edited on 07.28.2011 11:12 AM PDT]