- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It's not a legitimate question to ask.
Anyone with a half a brain can see that from the beginning of the first book to the end of Halo 2, Master Chief has been set up to die, just like Neo in the Matrix.
A few of the facts:
- He always wins at any cost - winning does not mean living, this mentality is clearly explained in the books as he watches his SPARTAN brothers and sisters die.
- He has unparalleled strength and ability, and keeps fighting - all struggles have to end, even the struggle to survive, and Master Chief would willingly sacrifice himself if the situation demanded.
- He's a superhero and a has a martyr personality, just like all the other SPARTANs.
- It's hinted at all the way through that John operates on luck, not on strength, speed, or intelligence. Luck always runs out sooner or later.
- The story itself demands that the either the ringworlds activate, or the entire story has been some kind of gigantic administrative -blam!--up, and the flood are really nice folk once you get to know them. When the halos are activated, goodbye everything except Cortana...