[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hylebos [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Helljumper 02 The spiker shouln't be in reach as reach is set before the brutes came into the main picture, it was an invasion of elites, grunts and jackels/skirmishers. I read an article on halopedia telling what date(roughly)the dfferent species joined the covenant. [/quote] Except that Brutes were on harvest. And Brutes are in Reach. I defer you to my Spiker thread which is floating around if you would like the evidence.[/quote]Only Eric Nyland's novels are authentic Haloverse there, buddy, and according to him, at the time of CE, Brutes were only doing internships as ceremonial guards.