{{
`${userDetail.user.displayName}${userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode ? `#${standardizeBungieGlobalCode(userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode)}` : ""}`}}
{{getUserClans()}}
11/12/2010 9:22:49 PM
439
Halo Reach Did not Destroy the Canon
Anyone else agree?
There are quite a few time gaps in TFoR, plenty enough to have everything in Reach (the game happen). And anyone who says that the UNSC should have detected the Covies coming, well since I just finished reading the book I can where you're coming from, but you have to remember that the only two times it was mentioned they detected anything they mistook the Covenant battle group for an asteroid or small planetoid at first, so the Super Carrier and Corvette in Reach could have easily gotten there without having the sensor stations detecting them.
Now there's still the problem of the ships slipping past the outer defenses, but that's still doable, and it's entirely possible that they had limited stealth technology.
A lot of the "problems" are also fixed in Halsey's Journal, haven't got to read that yet, but I plan to borrow it from my friend who got the Legendary Edition of the game.
Anyway, this is a place for intelligent discussion, so feel free to share your ideas about the "inconsistencies" created by Reach, or just discuss the rest of the cannon, that's fine too.
-
[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GrnDragn [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AlphaZero X [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GrnDragn [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AlphaZero X Do the stories being told suddenly become crappier because of a few date mishaps? No. So what's the big deal?[/quote] A few date mishaps? They dragged the whole time line out for a [i]month[/i]! And that's just the tip of the iceberg.[/quote] So what? Fall of Reach was written without the foreknowledge that the Halo Universe was going to get much much bigger. It's still a good book. Would you rather them just write off the whole novel series because of some inconsistencies? Look at Robotech. 21 books. All completely disregarded so they could destroy that entire canon by making a crappy 90 minute movie that sucked, badly. That was a bit drastic, I thought. Reach vs.FoR hiccups weren't that big of deal to me. You guys are so hung up on the "Reach fell in one day" being changed, when it's been made fairly clear throughout the rest of the novels that the Covy ain't wiping out any planet completely in 24 hours, especially if it has Forerunner toys on it. It's not like they started saying the Spartans get their powers from Midochlorians all of the sudden.[/quote] They changed so much more than the dates. It's not just the time, it was the fact that it disregards previously established Halo Canon, all so that they could make a mediocre campaign.[/quote] There is nothing disregarded at all, the date of the Fleet of Justice's arrival is pushed back to the 14th, and the UNSC lasts two weeks against it. Granted, there are some things that need adjusting with this new timeline, such as the dates involved with the Red Flag Op, but nothing is disregarded, and much of the events of TFoR can, and still do, happen. And whether the campaign felt mediocre or not is a simple matter of opinion, no two people will completely agree. I feel the campaign was a worthy sequel and throwback to Halo:CE.
