Reach's deaths were so avoidable, it's stupid. Emile didn't know how to radar and let an Elite sneak up on him. "I'm ready, how about you?" No Emile, you clearly weren't. Jorge totally could've thrown something at the detonator to ignite it, whether it be a grenade or a gun or something. He could've thrown it and then jumped off. Carter definitely could have jumped off the Pelican right before it crashed into the Scarab. Emile and Six literally did it ten minutes earlier. I don't care if he was "hurt". He was a Spartan, God damnit, he could've taken it. Kat got sniped. I'll be honest there wasn't much they could do about that. Her death wasn't sad though since it happened way too fast. Lastly, there was no reason that the Pelican couldn't have waited for Six. He could have jumped on the Mac, fired it at the cruiser, and then hopped back onto the Pelican. No problem.