- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
If you guys have read the Halo Books (in particular "Fall of Reach") you'll know that literally seconds before the story of the original Halo game picked up, Reach was destroyed by the Covenant. The reason that the Pillar of Autumn found the Halo (Installation 04) was because they were fleeing the Reach battle from Covenant Capital Ships. It is possible that there will be flashbacks, but if they were not included in the first game, it's quite unlikely.