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11/12/2010 9:22:49 PM
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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.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Alf stewert [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AlphaZero X [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] GrnDragn 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] I don't agree, having read all the books, Cryptum through Evolutions II, in the past 2 weeks. The campaign was great. I can look at Halowiki for the battle of Reach, and the timeline works out just fine for me. I don't bother worrying about semantics such as when the BR was introduced and all that. It doesn't disregard anything, it's just fitting more stuff in. The back of the box for "Halo Combat Evolved" says "You are the last of your kind". So does that totally over screw ALL the books because, hey, the game box said I'm the last, so non of the books are canon, because I'm supposed to be the last, right? That's the same type of wall you'll run into if you're sitting there obsessing about Reach falling in one day. August 30th becomes the day Reach fell. And reading the books, again, makes it highly probable that no human colony fell in a matter of 24 hours. But if you want to box yourself in to things said rather early in the franchise's development and stick with them to the bitter end, be my guest. Next Halo book please.[/quote] Nice point, Alpha, I couldn't agree more, I may only be so open minded to the changes Reach introduced because I'm a comparatively new member of the fandom, but it is still always a much better idea to not entrench oneself too deeply in an early development in a constantly evolving series. Reach falling in a couple hours when other colonies lasted for much long, for instance Harvest, I know there were several battles there, but the UNSC forces lasted for much longer than 24 hours in the most of their battles. I mean take Earth for instance, that lasted for a good long while, yes the UNSC did up the defenses after Reach fell, and it is humanities home world, but if it can last that long it makes no sense for Reach to fall in a couple hours. [/quote]exacly rech falling in a month is scary in a way imagine this your on the other side of reach the navy you all fine but you see the army moving arou alot you leave it untill August 30th when 700 ships attack you think wow the army ONI didnt even tell the whole of reach covenant was attacking the viery terrtory, or take into the marines account they wipe out the last of the advance party they cheer untill they get word of the 700 covenant ships swarming in. Your heart would sink to the depths of hell,[/quote] It's scarier if a planet falls in a day! It shows that the Covenant are something to be feared. Not incompetent dolts.
