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Understanding the time bending affects of the crystal
It is important that you understand that the crystal does not cause time travel. Its effects can look like time travel, but it is really not. If you are confused read the two timelines below.
When the events appeared to occur First Strike:
August 30th: Reach Falls
September 23rd: MC and Other Halo survivors capture the ascendant justice
Time anomaly: Reach Survivors are rescued
September 13th: The Unyielding Hierophant is destroyed
This looks like time travel, but here is when the events really occurred:
August 30th: Reach falls. When the POA enters slipspace the crystal "slows Down" time for it.
September 7th: Crystal is found by Dr. Halsey and Reach Survivors. They are rescued by the Halo survivors. Crystal activates when Cortana jumps away from Reach. This causes time to "speed up" for occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg
September 12th: Crystal activates as Locklear destroys it. Pieces of it are squeezed outside the ship and also "speeds up" time for the occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg
October 18th(estimate and Guess): the Gettysburg Ascendant Justice arrives back at Earth. While only 36 hours passed for the MC, over a month passed on earth.
October 20th: The Covenant attack earth
This is what is happening in the two timelines above: The crystal is slowing down time for the Master Chief and the people aboard the POA when it leaves Reach. This means that several hours on Reach is days for the MC on the POA. The time anomally is caused by the differences in the mission clocks of the Reach Team and the Halo team. Since the Reach Team was not affected by the time warping powers of the crystal, therefore they had the correct time. The time anomaly occurs until Dr. Halsey figures out what happened.