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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Well, to be frank Chief's reentry in Halo 3... isn't that unique/impressive. I mean, red team did the same thing at the Battle of Reach with no chutes, or forerunner bulkhead/door to shield them.
My comparison personally with the re-entry scene is Halo 2 Chief leaping from Cairo vs Six being thrown from the Ardent Prayer(the corvette). To me, it shows Six thought the mission through. He kept his re-entry pack on through the entire corvette mission, even though the Pelican was going to be their way out. It shows he thought it through to have a back-up plan ready. And it paid off.
Chief jumped from the Cairo... well with little thought and zero way to survive an orbital fall. If the In Amber Clad hadn't been there, Chief would have ended up a green colored splat in somebody's yard. He got lucky (or plotshielded) in that scenerio because it wouldn't be easy to detect/keep him on sensors. Just like it was impossible for them to even detect James I think in battle of Reach.
1) Maybe you don't understand. Red Team jumped from a crashing pelican, Master Chief jumped from the re-entry of the Keyship. Large velocity difference. Also, that plate doesn't do a lot, the bulk of the Kinetic energy from the fall would transfer anyways.
2)Ever thought that a re-entry pack wasn't available? Of course not, because everything is Master Chief's fault. If Chief had one available, he most likely would have used it, Hell, every other time he enters vacuum he at least equips a thruster pack.
3)Do you understand the physics of falls? Hieght does not matter. The only thing that matters is velocity (Of course, height allows more velocity from gravitational acceleration, but to the point of terminal velocity height no longer matters). Hitting the ground at terminal velocity like he would from falling from orbit in that situation would carry FAAAR less kinetic energy than hitting the ground moving at the re-entry velocity of the Keyship. So, since Chief survived a much harsher impact, he would survive the fall from Ciaro station.