- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
the elites and such never actually allied with us. it was merely a necessary alliance for the sake of us all, and as far as we know, is merely temporary.
even if it does hold up, the forces at earth know nothing of this. chances are, at least a few levels from halo 3 will have chief fighting the full original covenant like old times. at some point however, the arbiter will arrive (probably along with the flood) and we will be left with a multi-way war.
EVEN SO, it is doubtful that every single elite and every single grunt and every single hunter will all of a sudden just drop their religious beliefs that have been pounded into their head because an elite with THE MARK OF SHAME told them to.
chances are, we will be left with a situation like this:
humans vs. rebel covenant vs. loyalist covenant vs. flood vs. sentinels/forerunner
also, i'd just like to say that since none of the forces at earth witnessed the events at delta halo, there is no reason for people to believe the arbiter, he has everything working against him.
[Edited on 7/8/2006]