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11/23/2012 11:45:16 AM
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Help me out with the backstory on humanity's resurgence (SPOILERS)
So, after the end of Halo 3, we're supposed to believe 4 and half years have passed. In this time, humanity has not only built the Infinity, but started the Spartan-IV program and basically become the dominant military might in the galaxy?
What I mean is, humanity was on the verge of extinction. Entire colonies were destroyed, inluding Reach, the most important planet next to Earth. It was the home of the Spartan-II program and where the most "experimental" and top secret projects and equipment were. It was completely destroyed and "glassed".
Then, we have Earth. Not only was a major city destroyed during a slip-space rupture, but it fell to the Covenant, and after the flood arrived, we needed help with the Sangheili (Elites) to glass and contain the parts where it were.
So where did humans all of sudden get all that money to build fancy new spaceships? To restart programs that were too expensive at the height of our empire and power, and to make things better then before?
Where does all the new armor come from? How do Spartan-IV's have better technology than even Spartan-II's? And how did Infinity find requiem?
I mean, no one knew where the ark was, on the edge of the milky way galaxy. Humans couldn't venture so far, and that's why Chief drifted slowly.
Now I know a lot of you will say it's been 4.5 years, but think about it. Spartan-III's were a poor attempt at recreating Spartan-II's.
Also, how did Cortana not only upgrade Chief's firmware, but also use "nanomachines" to change his Mjolnir armor which was the pinnacle of UNSC technology? Also, how did DMR's and Armor Abilities which were experimental get off of Reach?
I get it, 343 started a new story, and there are a few liberties, but humanity wasn't even close to these achievements when we had all our colonies, money, and planets, and now, soon after being on the verge of extinction, we are ten times more powerful and better off than before?
Granted I haven't kept up with the new books, but I necessarily shouldn't have to. The games are the primary medium. Please discuss.
I'm guessing it's just what most game companies do, how enemies seem to regroup stronger than before with each sequel etc.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Madness87 I play the games. I shouldn't have to read the books or watch the cartoons to try and make sense of the story. But even so, the Ark was 25,000 light years from Earth and so far away that humans and the covenant had never ventured close. They needed the portal to go there. After Halo 3, only the Arbiter made it back before the portal closed and the Ark was possibly destroyed. So he was drifting with Cortana nearly 25,000 light years away. They explained it a bit too easily. [u]No he wasn't. The Chief got through the Portal, but Bias diverted FuD to Requiem's location. They explain this in Halo 3's terminals. Otherwise, how did he survive Halo?[/u] Again, Reach was the most important military planet. The answers are just too convenient. I mean humanity was on the verge of extinction. Reach was glassed. It took them 27 years to re-terraform it and start rebuilding. So we're supposed to believe in less than 4 and half years they are even stronger than before? [u]No, but in 4 and a half years, all other competition has fragmented and shot themselves to so much -blam!- the UNSC is the only ones still qualified for the top title. A few secret projects always help of course, but they're not the main reason.[/u] Earth had fallen to the covenant, the UNSC homefleet was totally destroyed, and yet 4.5 years later, not only do we have the largest ship in the galaxy now, but a fleet that was supposedly rebuilt but from where? Space elevators, orbital defense platforms were all gone. [u]No they weren't. We saw 2 ODPs actually obliterated out of 300, and only one elevator destroyed. Everything else is speculation on just how the Covies disabled them. And the Covies ignored several human colonies to get to earth, whose resources were quite usable. And we already clarified where Infinity came from.[/u] I try and go by the games, and they said if Reach goes, so goes Earth since it was at the doorstep. Earth was the cultural, political and social hub of humanity and Reach was the military might. So where would ONi get the resources? Where would they get people? If it took them 27 years to fix Reach and re-inhabit it and it was at Earth's doorstep. [u]The games also say that Earth was the most heavily defended planet in the UNSC, and the Covies only attacked select locations. Combined with the reconstruction efforts lasting over a 5 year period buffing the unknown number of ships from the resources from an unknown number of whole planets, resulting in a home fleet of unknown size, explain to me again how any problems can possibly be considered anything other than base assumptions?[/u] Thanks for the answers guys, but this is what I don't like about games that change hands. It's like everything that was at stake in the previous games didn't really matter much. Guess there is not much reason for me to post then either.[/quote] [Edited on 11.23.2012 5:45 PM PST]
