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Posted by: hotshot revan II
The book didn't explained that because that SWORD base artifact event never happened in Halo canon back in that time till 2010 with the release of Reach.
Or, an alternative solution, that event did happen, and is in the "Halo Bible," but it would not have fit within the storyline of the Fall of Reach because John-117 played no part in that storyline. FoR is told from mainly John's perspective (some of Cortana, Keyes, and a few techies,) and as such the previous knowledge of the actual battle is limited.
There is nothing in canon contradicting the Sword Base event, and in fact it helps to compliment previously established canon.