[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ninjakenzen The only way to go is to make them like Reach's Noble Team. I for one would say that's a terrible thing. Because no matter how awesome the story and character development is, the final transformation to Halo:Reach would absolutely kill it. [Well for me anyway.] It's like comparing old disney to new disney. Mulan to Hannah Montana.[/quote] Exactly! Reach had potential. The initial teaser trailer was AMAZING! It created enormous hype for me, on the same level as the Halo 2 teaser with the Chief flying out towards the Covie cruiser... I was so excited for it because I had read TFoR many times over and had always wished that, if the movies actually got started again, they would start with TFoR, OR, that they'd make a game about it...either one would have been awesome, and we got a game, so I was stoked. [And that's another thing now...if they go through with the movies again at some point and end up doing Reach...which story will they adapt? The Fall of Reach, or Halo: Reach? Ugh...] So, in the teaser, we only had audio to discuss and figure out what the story will involve, and we apparently have Spartan's using call numbers that are out of range of any Spartan 2 class we knew of in TFoR...so that wasn't good... Then Bungie releases the dreaded 'silhouette' image of the team of Spartans that will apparently be a part of the game. The characters in this image have [i]seemingly[/i] obvious features about them that, with near 100% accuracy, resemble those of our one and only Master Chief John-117, AND his team. On the far left, we have a silhouette of Spartan (some people though it was an Elite too) that is clearly the biggest in the group and is holding something big... This should have been Sam, who was known to be a head taller than John, and also a heavy weapon specialist. Second from the left, we have the smallest looking Spartan, who should have been Kelly, the fastest Spartan. In the center (typically where a LEADER would stand in a cliche group shot) we have a Spartan holding what looks like an assault rifle. Tall, but not the tallest...this should have been John. Second from the right we have another average looking Spartan, holding something in their hand which looks like a knife. This should have been Fred since he was known for being skilled with knives. Lastly, on the far right, we have a Spartan holding a sniper rifle. This should have been Linda, who had a reputation as being the best sniper. What happens next? Bungie takes the silhouette away (and gives us names) to reveal the true identities of these Spartans, and with that, came immense disappointment [from me]. I was shocked, to say the least...that Bungie would ignore their own story like this. "Noble Team," they called them...a secret team of Spartans that apparently no one knew about (eye-roll). And they weren't JUST Spartans...they were Spartan 3's! A generation of Spartans that NEVER TOOK PART OF THE REACH BATTLE! I mean c'mon Bungie...if you're going to ignore your canon, at least try and make the transition subtle and not obvious? Make it about a team of made up Spartan 2's at least? For years I had been led to believe that Bungie cared about their story. As more books continued to come out after TFoR, I'd read interviews from Bungie about how involved they are in the writing process, and how they make sure that everything in the books is consistent with all details of their story and universe. I loved that about Bungie. I loved that they were PROTECTIVE of their story, and wanted it to be the best it could be... But then...Reach...Reach is where that all fell apart. Bungie made changes that were UNNECESSARY... The Pillar of Autumn on the ground, Cortana, Noble Team in general, Spartan 3's being on Reach...Spartan 3's MEETING DR. HALSEY...UGH!! It pissed me off so much... So...my reason for not wanting a book on Noble Team is this... It would only serve as a reason to destroy the canon further. We already know Noble team was made up from nothing...so for a book to be written about them is just digging the hole deeper. Yes, books can flesh them out and give them more personality...but if they shouldn't exist in the first place, writing anything about them is just further insult to the original story.