In the new version there it states that reach comes under attack at 2542 and not 2552.
the battles for Sigama Octanus and Reach are now 2542
Cole is now a Fleet Admiral in 2530
Admiral Stanforth is now a Vice Admiral
700+ ships attacked reach
[Edited on 08.03.2010 1:53 PM PDT]
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This all makes sense now! It took them 10 years to go from Reach to the first Halo, because this is how long it's taken them to release H:R after the release of H:CE! So by this logic, it took them 40 years to find Chief and Cortana after H:CE, and the another 20 years for the events of H2 to start, thus MC is actually a robot, which is why we can't see his face. And it turns out that the entire time, the Halo's just shot a massive amount of confetti into space and played obnoxiously loud techno music! THIS MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW!