- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
As of right now, the only elites actually allied with johnson and miranda is the arbiter and all the elites present at the battle with tartarus.
While master chief understands that there is a civil war going on (i believe he witnessed it on the level high charity, correct?), he doesnt know that a small section of elites has decided to join with johnson and miranda and likely other humans in order to save all of their lives from the destruction caused by halo.
so what does all of this mean? It means that master chief is on a forerunner ship controlled by covenant on his way to earth, where a massive covenant fleet that isnt aware of the civil war (i doubt covenant communications are instantaneous) is wreaking havoc. This means that in the early parts of the game as MC we will likely still be fighting grunts, hunters, and elites on earth or wherever it may be. that is, until the arbiter arrives and ttells everyone that they have been fooled.
EVEN THEN, it is doubtful that all the grunts/elites/hunters will decide to throw away all the years of religion and loyalty that has been pounded into them. plus, we dont know if the human commanders will accept the new covenant rebels as allies or merely another faction in the war. then again, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
so what we will likely have in halo 3 is a situation similar to this: master chief fights in space/earth etc. against all of the covenant like he has in the past 2 games, then at some point the arbiter will make his way to earth (probably after several levels of fighting brutes and drones and flood) and then he will manage to sway some of the older elites and other covenant to his cause. then a civil war will take place on earth while the humans and covenant rebels will bbe trying to fend off the covenant. this will take us to about 1/2 or 3/4 of the way through the game. then the flood will make it to earth (maybe they hitched a ride on the covenant rebels' ships) and then it will basically be a 4-5 way battle for the ark depending on whether 343 considers us as obstacles in the way of initiating containment procedures :p
quite exciting if you ask me.