Posted by: theBurgerface
I see what your going at, and it does make sense. But at the end of Halo: ODST most of New Mombasa is glassed already, and the portal is mostly uncovered.You're implying that Truth could access the portal from the surface of the portal. I'm implying that you have to go underground in order to access the underside of the portal. Which is why I think Truth went down.
The Post-Credits cutscene is 1 month after the drop. Does the battle of Delta halo take 1 month? If it does, then how is there still parts of New Mombasa left for Truth to come and check it out.According to HBO, Halo 3: ODST begins on October 20th 2552.
The ODST story takes place overnight, so it ends on October 21st 2552.
It takes roughly a month for In Amber Clad to arrive at Delta Halo, and we know this partly because we've learned from various sources that slipspace travel is not instantaneous, as well as the fact that Cortana sends a message out about the Gravemind on November 3rd 2552, when it's received by Dr. Halsey.
On December 9th 2552, the Chief re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
That's about 2 months of time (roughly 2 weeks per jump) between ODST's ending and Halo 3's beginning.
So yes, there is a lot of time between Regret's exit and Truth's entrance. However, Truth arrives at Earth for the first time with the Chief, so the only window of opportunity he has to explore is whilst the Chief is unconsious.
Does that also mean Truths fleet arrived on Earth 1 month before Truth actually did? Wouldn't the Humans be in serious trouble if that was the case? As in there would be no human resistance left on Earth? Unless the fleet was preoccupied with digging up the portal. But still, how would the portal take 1 month to dig up, when they dug up a huge portion of it already under such a short amount of time?This is the only image I could find of the portal in ODST. I personally find this non-canon and misrepresentative of time. Bungie will have done this for two reasons:
1) To make it recognizable to the everyday person from far away (essentially the player who sees everything cinematically and only plays the games, so doesn't understand the concept of "There are 2 months between New Mombasa and Sierra 117")
2) Reusable model; just had to retexture it.
I don't believe that it was that uncovered in that short space of time (a single night? Come on).
[Edited on 08.03.2011 12:45 AM PDT]