ok whoever made this thread is stupid case the arbider became the arbider during the begining of halo 2 ok now reach is way before even the first halo game master cheif is like 30, then in reach mastercheif is in training after some people obducted him and threw him in the spartan program at the age of six reach is the differnt point of view at the same time as mastercheifs training to be a spartan however elites are the first things to attack humans ok and grunts and jakels and hunters but brutes were introduced in halo 2 and didnt finally take over untill halo 3. odst is in between halo 2 and 3 get the story down this is not all in order ok bungie has jumped around a bit and what i have written is certain evidence that elites will be in halo reach if they are going to be in campain why would you take out elites in multiplayer there are other gametypes other than team swat elites have a drawback too that if you shoot them with a smg or somethimg that rapid fires its going to be easyer to kill them becase elites are way bigger than spartans [Edited on 12.14.2009 5:56 PM PST]