Many people are getting confused as to what happened to Jun. As an owner of the new edition of The Fall of Reach novel by Eric Nylund and the Halo: Reach Legendary Edition, I can assure you that Jun did not die. [quote][/quote] [b][u]Exhibit A:[/u][/b] In the back of the book, there are extra pages of new information. One page tells of Halsey's Spartan bodyguard dying. This bodyguard was a Spartan. People say they think it was Jun. No dice. While both Spartans are linked to "The Package" in a bodyguard way, Jun was not the one who died. If you've seen "The Package", a short CGI film included in Halo: Legends, five SPARTAN-IIs go on a mission to rescue an important "package". This package is a cryogenically frozen Dr. Catherine E. Halsey. John, Kelly, Fred, Solomon, and Arthur fight Covenant forces in what are basically over-weaponized, stripped-down X-Wings. That's not the important part though. It was Thel 'Lodamee (The Elite who fought John in Energy Sword combat) who killed Halsey's [b]SPARTAN-II[/b] bodyguard, Sheila. Both The Fall of Reach and Halsey's Jorunal talk about this. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GowFRZvZaMg]The Package Part 1[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDWh1kKQBH8&feature=related]The Package Part 2[/url] [quote][/quote] [b][u]Exhibit B[/u][/b] Excerpt from The Fall of Reach: [quote]As you already know, testerday the UNSC declared the colony of Miridem lost. The fight had gone on for over two weeks and we killed a mountain of those bastards, but apparently not enough. During civilian egress, one of our evac craft [BL-9400493] carried a pseudocivilian the spooks consider Pri 1--CATHERINE ELIZABETH HALSEY. Not sure howthe hell that went down, and usually ONI has a good eye on where she is at all times, but there she was, on Miridem's surface, just as the Covenant started their thing. Apparently her S-II bodyguard was taken out during extraction, but the ship she was on still managed to escape. They even made it to the edge of the system safely, but a Covenant Interceptor disabled the vessel before it was able to slip. Everyone on board was killed except for her, so they obviously realize they have [i]something[/i].[/quote] [b]Apparently her S-II bodyguard was taken out during extraction[/b] Sheila was killed. Halsey's bodyguard. Now let's go back to the previous article in the book which tells it from the Covenant POV and confirms it was Thel 'Lodamee. Oh and one more thing, the Battle of Miridem happened in 2544. That was 8 years prior to the Battle of Reach. [quote][/quote] [u][b]Exhibit 3:[/u][/b] Excerpt from The Fall of Reach: [quote]In particular, any concern about Major Thel 'Lodamee...[/quote] Supreme Commander Luro 'Taralumee was writing to the Vice Cleric of Zeal at High Charity. As you can see, he was talking about Thel 'Lodamee (Well, DUH! :P). Note: Luro 'Taralumee was the commander who ordered the ship scuttled in "The Package". Major Thel 'Lodamee, a particularly brash Elite who was violent and full of the thirst to kill (This is known as bloodwrath), was the one who said, "Commander, you fool! A thousand hells await you!" [quote]During our siege, some of the vermin attempted to escape. We destroyed each and every vessel before they could even escape their world's gravity well, but one managed to find the system's edge. It was then that Thel left his battlegroup without notice in pursuit of this single ship with a small strike force. You already know what befell our fleet and the cost we have paid. Early estimates are somewhere near three thousand--all on the shoulders of reckless abandon. While Thel managed to slay a human demon--something we were surprised to find here--he came to understand that its purpose was to protect a military asset.[/quote] [b]While Thel managed to slay a human demon[/b] Again proving Thel 'Lodamee killed Sheila. I believe it was Admiral Preston Cole's fleet who attacked the Covenant battle group over Miridem. This would be the mention of heavy losses sustained. [quote][/quote] [u][b]Exhibit 4:[/u][/b] Legendary Video. For those who have watched the Legendary video on Halo Waypoint and actually sat through the whole thing, you know that they mentioned Jun surviving Reach. In the final cutscene of the mission, "The Package", Carter, Emile, and Six get in one Pelican and Jun is ordered to go with Halsey to Castle Base and protect her. Marty mentions here in the Commentary that this is where the sequel would come in. If there was one. They then all joked about Jun and Halsey having kids and that they would all be really smart snipers. [quote][/quote] [b][u]Conclusion:[/u][/b] So you see, Jun is alive and his fate will be decided later either in the re-print of First Strike or in a game made by 343 Industries (Very Unlikely). Any questions? EDIT: Thel 'Lodamee is not to be confused with Thel 'Vadamee. Thel 'Vadamee was known as The Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3. [Edited on 10.13.2010 11:06 PM PDT]