- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Firstly, I strongly believe that we'll see additional spartans in Halo 3. We didn't see spartans in Halo: CE for obvious reasons during the reach ordeal. We didn't see them in Halo 2 because the MC wasn't expecting to have to kick Covenant butt and then immediately be back out in the middle of bum-bleepin Egypt-space.
I think, seeing as this is the grand finale, the invasion of Earth, MC won't be the only spartan fighting the important battles so if bungie wants our hearts to drop and our blood to pump, and we all know they thrive on that, we'll hook up with more spartans in a classic moment of gaming I'm sure.
As per your idea, however, to allow players a mini-campaign through Reach... Brilliant. Just brilliant. I personally would rather not see it as a Legendary reward, because I'd rather them finish the actual main-game and get it released, but I would absolutely LOVE to see it as downloadable content (and even so, it can still be a legendary reward). Never before has Bungie released any kind of single-player additive for downloadable content, Halo 3 is their big chance to add that kind of thing. Single player mini-expansion, etc. And frankly, the time frame you selected is by far the best idea I've heard for that sort of thing. A prequil mini-campaign in the Halo 3 (the finale's) engine. Awesome idea.