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Posted by: greatestSheriff
Posted by: DonVinzone1
Posted by: greatestSheriff
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Doesn't explain how exactly the old battle fits in. They want us to believe that the SIIs were completely unaware of what was going on until the 30th, even though there was a giant fleet glassing the planet on the 14th?
I think they still need to clarify: the events that started on the 30th in the book now start on the 14th (when the fleet arrives), and instead of all going down in one day, it is extended to two weeks, and ENDS on the 30th.
If they just told us that, I'd be happy.
Still doesn't explain what MC was doing while the POA was docked, because he sure as hell shouldn't be sleeping when the battle is still happening.
I do like the "bait" idea though. They pulled back all their defenses, tried to make reach look weak. Maybe for example, they did that so the covenant wouldn't feel the need to send in a "real" fleet. But then a full fleet arrived (they were completely unaware that the covenant had found what they wanted weeks ago - the artifact - and were already preparing a massive fleet.) So everything was scrapped.Maybe when the small fleet that was attacking part of the planet was kept in secret by ONI. Even to the SPARTANs not taking part in the fighting. All evac groups were probably sent to ONI Secured Sites. But when blam! hit the fan and The Covenant attacked New Alexandria, the secret was out.
Doesn't seem to unlikely.
As for the dates:
Like I've said numerous times now: Reach (the game) is a reconstruction made sometime after Halo 3, probably based upon the little data and video they could recover from the destroyed planet of Reach several years later.
Due to this information more than likely being in very bad condition, the result of putting that info together (Reach) isn't nearly as accurate as one would like it to be.
This may cover the inconsistencies in the timeline.
The "bait" idea can still hold up, as Reach in the book also wasn't very well protected, at least not as good as it should have been.
That still doesn't account for PoA being on Reach. I know that. Thats the major gripe.
However if the scenario would be, if Chief (and Linda) did the equivalent of their mission at the end of FoR on Reach itself, and not in space. Them boarding PoA before we arrive, and the Spartan in cryo being a wounded Linda (and Chief simply not showing up in Reach). Then that would still conflict with FoR, and with any logical reconstruction of the events (as Cortana has had info on the PoA, and made it to Earth shortly between CE and H2.) but it would mean the effects of the inconsistenty would be significantly smaller. At least, in my opinion, as I recognize you can't expand a universe without having contradictions with stuff written 10 years ago...Or, that can be just an Easter Egg and is not supposed to be taken seriously. Chief and what was left of Blue Team were still aboard Gamma Station on orbit. Possibly, when the Autummn left Reach, it sent a Pelican to pick them up oor something.
True, and to this day I consider that to be Chief in cryo as a good easter egg. But if we are coming up with plausible scenarios here, than I am more than willing to promote it from being an easter egg to something serious, and take side in the "it's Linda vs it's Chief" debate that was going on about it ;)
Your theory sounds plausible too, surely could have happened like that as well.