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Subject: Will You Still Defend Earth From the Covenant Invasion In Halo 3?
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In the trailer, according to Bungie.net, the Covenant have already taken over Earth. I'm wondering if this trailer takes place during the middle of Halo 3, and if you will be able to defend the Earth from the Covenant Invasion (that winds up exceeding) or if this is the beginning of Halo 3, and if Bungie just decided to skip the whole Covie invasion that took place between Halo 2 and Halo 3?

  • 05.09.2006 1:34 PM PDT
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Well, thinking of it this way, halo 1 ended on a spaceship, hanging out alone in space surrounded by the enemy, hopefully headed for home but without hope of ever getting there... Then popped into much later at a party on a MAC gun.

Halo 2 ended no a spaceship, with masterchief surrounded by the enemy on that ship, headed for earth... Something tells me someone's writing a book....

  • 05.09.2006 1:38 PM PDT
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I think MC will be defending the earth from the invasion. With the size of the covenant fleet even the MC won't be able to stop all of the fury of the covenant invasion.

  • 05.09.2006 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: Teh_Tiak
Well, thinking of it this way, halo 1 ended on a spaceship, hanging out alone in space surrounded by the enemy, hopefully headed for home but without hope of ever getting there... Then popped into much later at a party on a MAC gun.

Halo 2 ended no a spaceship, with masterchief surrounded by the enemy on that ship, headed for earth... Something tells me someone's writing a book....


First Strike explains how he got back

Also, only a small portion of the Covenant is even aware that a rebellion took place. You will probably fight more elites, but not for the entire game.

  • 05.09.2006 1:40 PM PDT

I hope we see Chief getting to Earth in the ship, finding Earth heavily under attack. While you fight your way through the ship, you'll see/hear things about earth losing/having lost the fight.

  • 05.09.2006 1:41 PM PDT
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This is just an idea, but it would be kind of cool if the Halo movie filled in the gap. Anyway awesome video, can't wait for 2007!

  • 05.09.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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I hope this trailer takes place towards the middle of the game, it would be nice to defend earth for at least a couple of levels. Especially with the way Halo 2 left off.

  • 05.09.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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Oh and did anyone else draw the parallel between that awesome wallpaper one of the artists did for Halo 2 before she left? The one where Master Chief is in the desert with the tanks and warthogs? Lol ya this is just my mind working over time on the awesome news and trying to draw connections.

  • 05.09.2006 1:49 PM PDT
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anyone notice the gun master chief is holind its not the battle rifle its looks to be the ma5b from the original halo game

  • 05.09.2006 1:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: TRULYFORSAKEN
anyone notice the gun master chief is holind its not the battle rifle its looks to be the ma5b from the original halo game


Yea, it definetly is the AR. Pistol next?

  • 05.09.2006 3:46 PM PDT
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It looks more like you are fighting an ocupation then defending against an invasion. So middle of the game? Or even perhaps towards the end because I would asume the giant mo fo in the end of the trailer is the arc and that would seem to be a climatic part of Halo 3.

Also, about the whole, only part of the covenant knowing about the rebelion. Don't they have super liminous subspace style communication? And how large is the fleet? The fleet surrounding High Charity was damn big, was that just a fraction of their fleet? Hot damn if it is.

  • 05.09.2006 3:50 PM PDT
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Well Gamespot and LA Times reported that a Bungie employee told them that the trailer takes place about 1/3 into the game. So I assume that you will be able to defnd Earth from a massive invasion/see what's going on with the Arbiter, before this cutscene happens.

  • 05.11.2006 2:07 PM PDT