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Posted by: OblivionGhost1
If you don't believe me, here's the story according to the Halo: CE game manual (page 5):
"On Reach, a secret military project to create cyborg super-soldiers takes on newfound importance. The soldiers of the SPARTAN-II project rack up an impressive record against the Covenant in test deployments, but there are too few of them to turn the tide of the war.
Existing SPARTAN-II soldiers are recalled to Reach for further augmentation. The plan: board a Covenant vessel with the improved SPARTAN-IIs and learn the location of the Covenant home world. Two days before the mission begins, Covenant forces strike Reach and annihilate the colony. The Covenant are now on Earth's doorstep. One ship, the Pillar of Autumn, escapes with THE LAST SPARTAN-II and makes a blind jump into deep space, hoping to lead the Covenant away from Earth."
Emphasis on the phrase, "last SPARTAN-II." This is, as far as I know, all Bungie has said about any of the other Spartans (except for the one in DOA4.) The other Spartans in the novels don't count, because the novels were written by fans, not Bungie staffers. The novels don't adhere to the games completely, and the games certainly don't have to adhere to the novels.
Of course, if Bungie changed its story itself, feel free to say so.
I guess that means that anything Shishka says is BS too, eh? I mean, he's just a fan? Eric Nylund wrote the books under contract and supervision of Bungie, making him a Contracted Bungie employee. Bungie and Microsoft wouldn't have placed their logo's on it if it was some printed fan fiction. Besides which, Bungie wouldn't let some fan, take their copyrighted ideas and publish it for profit...
The books are cannon untill Bungie says otherwise, which they haven't, unless you have a quote I haven't seen.
That quote says he is "the last SPARATAN-II", not the "only remaining SPARTAN-II", which could mean "last combat capable (taking over a Covenant ship and finding their home planet) SPARTAN-II)" your 'proof' doesn't convince me of your point, it is just an opinion based on a single fact that in itself isn't to clear in its own meaning.
[Edited on 5/29/2006]