Halo Conspiracy Theories That Will Change Everything From Every Halo Game

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Sometimes the Halo games leaves room for speculation. Whether it is unanswered questions, small details or big flaws, there is a ton of Halo conspiracy theories that might make you question what you knew about Halo. From Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, ODST, Reach and so on, these theories just make sense.
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[@laudo_au2418]

My shit be itching bruh

[@Colin-Sierra682]

Personal theory about armor lock: its a function that the Spartans can activate vocally or neurologically like we saw Chief try to do when he tried to delete the Weapon. So the can lock or unlock at will. The reason why the marines needed to u lock Chief in Halo 3 is because it was implied that they (in world at least) thought he was dead, though he was likely just unconscious and came to as they were retrieving him. In Reach I assumed a number of a few things were happening. First off, while mechanically the armor acts similarly to Halo: CE they're supposed to have different armor and mildly less in quality than Chief's. So the armor lock armor ability is an experimental upgrade to the regular armor lock. Or perhaps that is the armor lock systems on an older outdated set of Mjiolnar so they have to go through it that way.

[@Gabe94dotcom]

Nice

[@vivixxthatengimain9787]

sorry i like the vid but i think a hornet is lighter and doesnt have the speed of a pelican :)

[@novaleader7305]

Dude, that giant beam wobbled because of the 2 Banshees passing overhead, not because they were walking on it, you went full Smoothbrain, never go full Smoothbrain

[@Giddog40]

Honestly, engineers are generally pretty helpful creatures so I can 100% see one helping get Dare out of her pod and then “fixing” it by putting the door back, seeing as that is literally their favorite thing to do

[@DS-wl5pk]

Was about to comment how they like to “fix” things in lore. To the point of obsession, lol

[@thewestmadman4259]

I’ve always been on board with that narrative

[@mikkoarbelius9439]

@@DS-wl5pk not really obsession because it is their racial trait to just take apart everything and examine everything. that is why covenant has them as technicians. ps. they are scifi aliens so they are portrayed as typical tech alien race like every other covenant race is part of one stereotypical racial trait. elites as the honourable knights, brutes as battle crazed lunatics, grunts as the cowards etc.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@DS-wl5pk heck it would explain why the door was still attached.

[@pexleptic2672]

True ,If I'm correct i gotta reread my books tho but they made the brute choppers too

[@Twisted_Logic]

The "Keys is MC's father" one is on par with my brother insisting that Bowser was a girl when we were kids because he said "my dear" in Paper Mario and that's something only a girl would say

[@DeepRoot_]

😂

[@nicolae-alexandruluca7853]

Keyes to be chiefs father? You guys are insane, Keyes met chief when he was 6 years old on meridian. Before that he never knew of him, at the time him and Halsey never had sexual intercorse at least I don't think so. At the very least definitely did not have a child before meeting chief. And also his daughter fithing for her life? She clearly blasted through the window in the back to get johnson. If that wasn't for him than I don't know what is. Some of your theories are a bit intruded by small details showcased in the very games themselves altough I understand where you come from, you like plot twists, so do I, but they don't really work in halo at least bungies halo games

[@ness6714]

@@nicolae-alexandruluca7853 The joke is that it doesn't make sense.

[@Zionswasd]

Bowser is a girl... now that she put on that crown.

[@titaniumvulpes]

When I was a kid I was _absolutely_ convinced Ash's pikachu was a girl because when I traded _my_ pikachu from yellow to gold it was a girl. Same energy.

[@hylianglitchmobber7570]

As far as Jun splitting off from the rest of Noble team. Just listen to what Carter tells Jun as they split up. Halsey says "I don't require an escort commander." To which Carter then tells Jun to make sure nothing falls into Covenant hands. Carter sent Jun with Halsey to make sure she either arrived safely at Castle base so long as that was possible, and if it wasn't it's very much implied that Jun was to execute Halsey if capture seemed imminent. You can't just let the most brilliant human mind fall into covenant hands

[@Falx415]

Oh it's 100% what his main purpose was in escorting her, even Halsey caught on in that cutscene. It's standard Asset Denial, if it seems like you cannot prevent the enemy from taking it, you destroy it.

[@Seriona1]

This should be stated that the UNSC in Halo is based on the US military and you are allowed to asset deny by destruction to avoid falling into enemy hands.

[@ericj6636]

Ironic she ended up with the Storm Covenant in H4

[@innertuber4049]

The question still remains, why split up?

[@Seriona1]

@@innertuber4049 We basically explained it. Halsey is a very important person and if she fell into enemy hands, it puts humanity in danger so Jun was sent to protect her or kill her if necessary.

[@BroWithTheFro]

About the Heretic Leader: If you listen to the terminals that show Sesa (Heretic Leader) and Guilty Spark talking, you can see why Sesa opened fire on the Arbiter. The Arbiter and Heretic Leader were great friends. Sesa figured Thel (Arbiter) died along with the first Halo ring. He knew that Thel would be the only person that would believe him. BUT he expressed concern that if Thel had become an Arbiter, then he would be fully under the control of the Prophets. Sesa wanted Thel to see the truth but was unsure if he'd actually take it to heart. Unfortunately Sesa's doubts got the best of him and he opened fire on Arby.

[@somethingelseentirely5414]

Personally one of the most tragic parts of halo 2 for me.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@somethingelseentirely5414 yeah he should have known his friend better

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

Really? They show no indication in game that they even knew each other. Weird retcon on 343's part.

[@Knalxz]

It’s a retcon so most down take the terminals about seas seriously. They are there to flush out a nobody who existed to show Thels journey. Seas opens fire because it’s easier kill someone then to change their world view… wow that’s kind of a sad thing to realize

[@DeltaDanner]

@@Knalxznothing was to stop the Arbiter from getting killed immediately by Tartarus if he switched sides then and there too.

[@extremosaur]

The sniper rifle moved because Halo CE explosive physics were in play.

[@ZedByt]

Funny, didn't get exploded tho.

[@Fellovidual]

@@ZedByt a single CE grenade went off 3 cities over and moved the sniper

[@blingsing5383]

Meanwhile H4 grenades couldn’t warm toast

[@extremosaur]

@@blingsing5383 and they thought that was a good idea.

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

I miss when Halo nades we're a fireball kicking up a huge column of dust. Now they're orange water balloons.

[@novakrabby]

The phrase *"Your new armor shields are extremely resilient, very efficient"* is the best conspiracy theory Is it really true? Did "armor guy" scammed the whole UNSC and master chief?

[@johndunn1625]

the mk7 shield systems was built by Skillcraft. government contracts are a bitch sometimes

[@julianfarnam6246]

“Your armour and shields are stronger now” Well I don’t see an hp or armour bar at all, so that’s bs, and I just got 3 shot by a plasma rifle.

[@nomecognome6713]

@@johndunn1625 I think we are lucky enough it wasn't made by 5minutecraft!

[@natayaway]

shields in the mark v are manually dialed in by the spartan (or ai) through their neural lace. they have to manually tweak each shield projector so they still maintain friction with their boots and gloves meaning it's a constant balancing act to maintain full body coverage, meaning some parts are weaker. this is also confirmed by chief backhanding a missile to deflect it, he had cortana divert the shields to his arm and hand. and his shields are is something that required a literal fusion reactor to power. chief's armor in halo 2 used a different power supply. definitely more efficient. but the resilience might be referring to how the shields maintain their power uniformly. instead of diverting the shields to specific body parts, they maintain full strength at all times and at full body coverage to prevent weak spots except the head. no balancing act, no diversion, and fast recharging would be a welcome change that earns a kind of resilience the mark v didnt have.

[@Qvartz_Lite]

He was in a particularly bad mood. There is a theory Lord Hood forgot to invite him to the ceremony

[@sharkman7651]

6 had a re-entry pack, it activates at a specific hight and immediately slows down his decent via thrusters. He hits the ground hard but not hard enough to justify his armor being locked. Chief did not have a re-entry pack so his armor locked. Also we see the re-entry pack in the cutscenes on 6s lower back and the camera angle that we see when he is limping is from the packs camera

[@jakep328]

Beat me by an hour haha cheers!

[@nebcyt-notenoughbraincells419]

Same thought.Emspeck reentry pack disengaged.Emspeck reentry pack disengaged.I need your overide...

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

Also chief seemed to be unconscious when they unlocked him

[@jacobweatherford4696]

Chief actually used a piece of the key ship he ripped off from it to help with his reentry hence that piece of forerunner metal we see in the first level of halo 3 when were standing in that crater.

[@MrPortal]

Also also aren't Chief and Noble 6 wearing different Armor models so comparing how they lock isn't fair to begin with??

[@crimsonkaiju7085]

The REAL reason Jun and Halsey separated from the rest of Noble Team was so that they could secretly put furniture and games in Noble 6's cave as a surprise present.

[@MrBlue99912]

Confirmed in the secret halo game Halo return of the six

[@Skylancer727]

Actually clones are perfectly stable in Halo, it's flash clones that are the issue. Flash clones are clones that were made to be of an older age immediately which means their bodies are more complicated to make and have knowledge loaded into their minds by force. Normal clones basically require the same aging process as a normal person.

[@David.santo777]

So someone in the halo world can just be secretly making a MC clone unknowingly or perhaps there is already one

[@Skylancer727]

@@David.santo777 in theory the spartan 5s could all be clones so nobody argues the morality of the process of making spartans being immoral.

[@jasondahfolf4325]

@@David.santo777 The thing is, only ONI will be the ones to really use it as living clones are an incredibly illegal to produce.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@Skylancer727 that would be better cloning spartan 2s the regular way and training them from child hood instead of abducting children though i feel oni would get some heat still

[@mayanksharma3651]

@@David.santo777 well halsey already keepa a collection of cloned organs and body parts for all the Spartan 2s

[@swamps2609]

When you mention Johnson meeting Virgil in the ODST epilogue you said that it happens a week after the main game but it actually takes place a month afterwards so it happens a little bit after Halo 2 ends

[@slyp5409]

Nope, it’s been stated that John was on that ship for 2 weeks. Tartarus was slain November 3rd, Johnson interrogates Virgil the 15th, and Johnson gets back to earth on the 17th starting halo 3

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Dare's Pod: Huragok are known to repair things and it is entirely within my suspension of disbelief that one simply "fixed" the door it had found blown open (as pod doors use small explosives to open)

[@ZedByt]

I've heard this before, it makes the most sense and also it would be trying to learn more about the ODST squad and use that to communicate.

[@5RndsFFE]

Huragok are notorious for fixing things, sometimes they however fix things incorrectly. I believe it’s in the Contact Harvest novel a Huragok repairs the mainframe for the Tiara. Entirely believable that a Huragok found a crashed pod with its door deployed and repaired it.

[@brianstabile165]

ODSTs also are bombs great

[@5RndsFFE]

@@brianstabile165 The explosives that are used to deploy the door on a SOEIV aren’t that significant, very similar to those used on a Fighter jets canopy.

[@brianstabile165]

@@5RndsFFEbruh it’s a joke

[@boomslick2436]

We need novelizations of Halo 2 - Infinite. Halo The Flood is great and gives more insight to Halo Combat Evolved, we need to get Troy Denning on this ASAP.

[@caelandrada8422]

I agree. I would definitely read and/or listen to a extra detailed version of the events of the halo games. I would like either that or maybe a proper halo movie. I dont see why its so hard to make one considering movies like Kong skull Island and guardians of the Galaxy prove you can do a lore rich and fun movie all at once

[@zippolighter4903]

@@caelandrada8422 People always want to put a spin on it. There are times where it works and others where it flops

[@vincentcanovas2580]

That would just be some third party writers view on what happened, not actual Bungie storytellers. Just like how pretty much all the books have directly contradicted games or were built on contradictory concepts

[@TheSharkKing45]

Can we add Timothy Zahn, RA Salvatore, Michael Stackpole to that list of Authors?

[@Samuel034]

I’m sure some fanfic writers have done high quality general theme stories, or their interpretation of a full game story. The problem is sifting through the other 90%+ that is just fanservice.

[@clydemarshall8095]

Noble Six had a reentry kit. It’s the backpack he has on in the Long Night of Solace cutscenes

[@caroldanvers7914]

Yes, I can confirm that. I remember seeing it when playing the mission.

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

Thank you lol.

[@David.santo777]

Is that really what that’s made for

[@GrOuNdZeRo7777]

@@David.santo777 Yes, I imagine it's sorta like a jetpack with a parachute.

[@David.santo777]

@@GrOuNdZeRo7777 good thing he had that during that half of the game😂

[@monkigunfromhalo6653]

One inconsistency that's always rubed me the wrong way is that on the level Tayari Plaza in ODST. Buck comes across dead elites that were presumably killed by the brutes on account of the great schism. Yet this mission takes place only an hour after the new Mombasa slipspace incident, and the great schism doesn't occur till the arbiter is betrayed on delta halo. Which takes place two weeks after ODST, due to how long it takes to travel in slipspace.

[@plague166]

I just assumed the elites were ones killed by marines and chief and the brutes were sent in as backup

[@OfficialFedHater]

That is explained by Truth merking Regrets elites that were already on Earth. Remember how there was nothing but elites in New Mombasa in H2? Then Regret leaves and Truth is in charge.

[@cyqry]

Truth had been planning his takeover for a while, having messed with Mercy's throne so it wouldn't activate defenses when he was attacked and refusing to send aid to Regret until it was too late (hence Rtas being pissed that he recalled their Phantoms, Truth had intentionally delayed their arrival and sending help), not to mention he sent a ship to glass the structure despite not having any real confirmation that Regret was dead yet. He'd also set up the Brutes to take over the Elites in various positions, how do you think the Covenant maintained a strong enough military to deal with both a Schism and the Human-Covenant War for a few months after the handover rather than immediately collapse? Like Asuka said; we only fight Elites as the Chief in Mombasa, but when Truth arrives he brings an army of Brutes. The remaining Elites were left behind by Regret, and Truth knowing that Regret was isolated and going to die soon decided to clean up shop. To him, the Elites were already the enemy, he didn't want the Portal to the Ark being in the hands of Elites nor did he want a sizeable amount of them left on Earth of all places being able to ally with Humanity.

[@Seriona1]

This is explained in the lore of Halo. Brutes and Elites do not get along together and they tend to beef when they are forced to command and control one another. You can explain this by simple being a skirmish between the races.

[@silentphotographer117]

I took it as a skirmish. It's not totally out there to believe that since the elites and brutes have been technically against eachother since (as far as we know in the timeline, planet harvest.) That the 2 stands had beef in that moment and just turned off comms and fought it out.

[@iunnor]

The first Halo 3 one, Chief was already inside when he said “Not close enough”. It would be a waste of time to turn around and travel back outside, find a Hornet just to fly into a window that he’s not even sure is there or what its made out of. All that while presumably fighting the flood because they were close behind him.

[@caelandrada8422]

What Elijah means is, if Miranda could have flown a pelican into the window, Why didnt chief just think to do the same instead of getting out of the vehicle and walking essentially a mile to stop the prophet.

[@thecricketeer301]

But how tf was ha suppose to know there was a window at the end Of the room like what if he went back there and it was just a metal wall

[@WespectRamen]

@@thecricketeer301 I agree, also she went in alone, she couldve had a marine co-pilot or a couple in the back with her. It wouldve actually been pretty epic to see them fight and get slaughtered. It wouldve made this death scene more dramatic and better crafted imo

[@Killdust99]

I always kinda head cannon it that when Miranda was “dropping by” so to speak, Chief and Arbiter were also running that gauntlet to get there at the same time.

[@novaleader7305]

@@caelandrada8422 cant fly though a window if you dont know thats an option

[@yomega69]

at 8:05 Sgt Johnson calls him "my boy" so I think Mr. Chef has three dads.

[@romulusnuma116]

More if you count all the clones

[@alloraptorgen2]

With the separating of June and Halsey I think it makes sense to transport 2 important “assets” separately. Think about it. Separate they have a lesser risk of both Cortana and Halsey being captured or destroyed. Separately if one gets caught the other still has a chance to make it. I think that is a pretty common tactic used.

[@olanmills64]

That makes total sense. Also, Halsey is selfish and the Spartans listen to her. She may have used the state of disarray of the UNSC to commandeer Jun to ensure her safe exfiltration from Reach, placing herself above the important mission Noble team had. I'm sure that in her mind, adding additional risk (by not including Jun's support) to Noble Team's mission is more than acceptable because she thinks of herself as being so important. Even though I think she's self-centered, she could still justify it as saying that she is an important asset in the fight against the Covenant and her safety is all the more important if the Cortana shard is lost along with Noble Team

[@alloraptorgen2]

@@olanmills64 Id say she is definitely important. Without what she did humans would have lost the war.

[@Lawlololololololol]

Also wasn't the Cortana that Noble had just a fraction of the whole Cortana? Shouldn't it make more sense for them to take it shipside regardless?

[@alloraptorgen2]

@@Lawlololololololol I’m unsure of that.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

There's literally a truism about this: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

[@samtheweebo]

The sniper rifle could have landed on or hit another vehicle flying around. Then gotten caught on the vehicle. Then slipped off when it was over another area.

[@justanotheryoutuber3532]

Yeah if mint blitz was playing

[@ZedByt]

@@justanotheryoutuber3532 lol

[@nebcyt-notenoughbraincells419]

@@justanotheryoutuber3532 mint is a legend

[@nebcyt-notenoughbraincells419]

Tru

[@Brian14879]

With the sniper rifle, I feel the strength the brute has to do with some of it. Brutes are way stronger and bigger than the typical human so he could chuck a sniper rifle like it was nothing. Especially a chieftain.

[@doomslayer1210]

He didn’t chuck it tho he used minimal effort and casually tossed it

[@7kingly241]

@@doomslayer1210 Well, brute minimal.effort is..humans max effort lol

[@AGleeBustHard69]

That strength was also mis-represented in that cutscene as he was the chieftain strongest in their clan swinging a bladed hammer/axe type weapon on a regular unaugmented ODST. That blade should have cut a huge chunk of his torso and killed him even with his sniper being in the way and his puny ODST chest armor that has storage in it which means its got hollow parts underneath and is not actually a solid chunk of metal. Also axes and hammers are generally designed to increase swinging force with their thinner handles and weight on just one end of the weapon further increasing the swing strength of that brute.

[@nomecognome6713]

After reading this comment I want to see a brute throwing hammers like that enemy in Super Mario

[@zahylon5993]

the rifle was tossed, then just bellow landed on a Phantom and kept going for a while. or a Banshee hit it and propelled it

[@Killdust99]

Alternatively: for Dare’s pod and radio, I used to see it as the Engineer could have been manipulating radio signals and maybe even fabricating them to lure people to that pod for an ambush

[@Iluvlollipops]

The data hive entrance, if Tahari plaza is the last level done, it's right in front of her pod.

[@Sigma-gb9yd]

Engineer's aren't hostile by nature. In fact, they are only ever seen being violent when you attempt to damage their shit. They are also known for being capable of taking apart and repairing things rapidly. So it is very believable that the engineer freed Dare out of curiosity, and Dare panicked and darted into the data hive, where she lost connection until she found a communication device way later in the game to contact UNSC forces. The engineer could have 'repaired' the pod by replacing the hatch, and was trying to repair the helmet when the grunts arrived, where it also panicked and hid. And since Buck was attempting to fuck with the stuff it wanted to fix, it tried to scare him away so it could continue doing what it likes to do. Fix things.

[@straygaming-u7i]

For the Sesa 'Refumee one. Everyone knows Sesa was probably trying to convince the Arbiter on that cutsceness but almost no one knows why he attacks him. We gotta remember that they were in a station that was in free fall, and it was in a gas giant. They were on a station that was in free fall in a gas giant, so Sesa couldn't waste time trying to talk it out with the Arbiter.

[@ZedByt]

He probably thought reinforcements were coming for him and the Prophets' loyal dog wouldn't be persuaded more easily, and was just trying to buy time in the first place.

[@doomslayer1210]

actually between halo 2 and 3 Chief was on the key ship trying to kill truth for 2 weeks then he failed because a damn jackal sniper gave away his location just as he had truth in his sights and that’s when he jumped off. Can’t say why he was on there for 2 weeks unless it was just flooded with covenant and he had to take breaks

[@olanmills64]

The ship is gigantic (like much taller and wider than ten skyscrapers, and it was a type of ship Master Chief had never been on, with no tactical support). It would be like invading a small city on your own and looking for a single room somewhere. So it's no surprise it would take a long time to hunt around. Real questions: What did he eat and drink?. Does his suit's waste handling systems work for that long? He must have smelled pretty bad after being rescued from the jungle lol

[@olanmills64]

As for why he was on there for two weeks: The slipspace travel to Earth simply took that long He didn't want to try to leave until he got to Truth Even if he wanted to leave, there may not have been any way to do so (ship was in slipspace)

[@mj3541]

@@olanmills64 I just realized that Chief never took off his armor a single time between the beginning of halo 2 and the end of halo 4. Imagine being one of the engineers that took of his armor. They probably suffocated from the smell.

[@olanmills64]

@@mj3541 haha yeah, people sometimes joke about that

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@mj3541 incorrect. On the way to delta halo there’s a time gap. Then there’s a time gap after Floodgate, and the transition to the ark takes a month. Also 4 isn’t canon lul

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

They really need to bring back Johnson with the explanation being it's classified.

[@V.rosequartz]

Yes, imagine he appears out of the blue, people are asking how the hell he’s there and all he says is _”That’s classified.”_

[@danielbeckman6742]

I'd buy that. But, I'm currently rereading Contact Harvest, starring Sgt. Johnson. It would make a good game if they ever made it.

[@Baconator984]

Some of these theories can easily be explained away, but that one at the end about the games' naming conventions, rock solid.

[@mojothehelpermonkey1176]

I really like that in order to coupe with 343 games we had to create theories that they never happened

[@Gibblets411]

We should almost study what happened during 2008 onward. So many franchises began turning for the worst. I honestly believe it has to do with the woke crowd inserting themselves in positions of power within entertainment. It's the only explanation that accounts for everything from Star Wars to Halo, being strictly worse.

[@DMAN699669]

With the drop pod i think an engineer probably resealed it because if you've read the books, you know engineers love to figure out how things work and fix things, they're so innocent and helpful i bet that one that Romeo shot was trying to tell Buck that it knows where she is and it breaks my heart

[@cyqry]

For the sniper rifle being tossed and the "wind", I want to disagree with the idea that it was calm weather. Remember that the Rookie's missions take place several hours later, long enough for the wind to have died down. We see during Buck's mission that there is pretty heavy wind (most likely to reference Dante's Divine Comedy where the first level is described with strong winds) and its possible that those strong gusts were still present enough to throw the sniper rifle further than what we see.

[@Wolfman-fs6bi]

Johnson exsists wherever and whenever he is needed. He is such a badass that time and space have no hold on him.

[@GeminiKnight76]

Johnson is the Chuck Norris of the Halo universe. Change my mind.

[@johndawson123]

I think that at the beginning of Halo 3 the reason his armor lock didn't unlock was that at the time he was unconscious which is why after it's unlocked he doesn't immediately get up it's after he wakes up that he reacts. I'm pretty sure Master Chief would have unlocked his own armor if he was conscious.

[@payton.a.elliott]

Noble 6 didn't use armor lock to survive the fall from orbit, he was wearing a re-entry pack.

[@milowolfface9392]

They split because having 2 INCREDIBLY valuable assest run through a battlefield is crazy. Especially when 1 is a normal human and the other is in a small metal canister. I know which Im taking through the battlefield. Also because they very clearly had different end points. Also, the pillar of Autum KNEW they would be followed. Cortana herself says it in CE. Really dude? MC and Arby would have no clue whats at the back of a miles long ancient Building made by a race of beings who built giant death rings. You try to guess what billion year old buildings from species outside of our galaxy look like. Clearly there is a window in the back though. I assume she thought a pelican with its sheer mass should be able to punch through a wall or 2 and got lucky with a window. For sure the safer bet would be to run through the building. Also, for the odst 1. The first. I thougth you were gonna say the engineer was trying to communicate with buck. That would of been a solid theory. But that one is really impiled to actually be the case. Love ya dudes, but man. I was expecting gold from you guys like always. Dont take this heated comment to badly. Ya set the bar high so to see filler hurts. Love ya

[@Freelancer837]

Yeah, this video really feels incredibly clickbait-y with how they're basically all just joke theories he pretends to take seriously

[@nomecognome6713]

Or they just looked up the weirdest theories they could find

[@ZedByt]

Also, for the Reach one, Elijah says "was there some other huge story ark that we don't know about, that Jun had to go do in between these missions?" YES! Halsey literally only brought Jun not to protect her or save one of Noble Team, but to train the Spartan IV's! That whole "ark" is like 2 different books, and gets mentioned in a bunch more. He was one of the two founders of the program, and trained Palmer as well. It's literally on the wiki, which takes a lot less time to figure out than measuring distance between NMPD HQ and Rookie's sniper find.

[@Freelancer837]

@@ZedByt Halsey didn't bring him for that reason. At this point, she didn't even know exactly what Noble Team were since she believed that no more Spartans could be/were made without her. It's not until Ghosts of Onyx she even finds out about Spartan III's entirely. Carter sent Jun with Halsey to protect her but to also make sure that no matter what the Covenant wouldn't get their hands on her. Jun was tasked by Carter to kill Halsey if it came down to it. As for what happened next, with Halsey, we see what happens in The Fall of Reach and First Strike. For Jun, the developers would later confirm basically Jun climbed up a space elevator and found a vessel to get off of Reach. Jun later becoming an instructor for the Spartan IV's is completely unrelated to him going with Halsey.

[@flyingpizza98]

13:48 Jun went with Halsey not to keep her safe, but to keep her knowledge from the covenant. if you remember the dialogue when Jun leaves, Carter says "Jun, make sure nothing falls into enemy hands" to which Jun says "I'll do whats necessary, sir." Jun was there to kill her in case the covenant captured her, which was why she was opposed to having Jun escort her

[@lobocharity]

For the hectic leader I feel like maybe deep down he thought that even if he told arbiter the truth that ultimately he would reject it and kill him regardless so he started to shoot while arbiter had his guard down. It makes sense seeing as even after arbiter eas betrayed he refused to believe the grave mind when they told the truth about halo for a bit.

[@hasansabahgaminganimemovie7679]

Sgt johnson being a clone is my favorite theory in this video .

[@CanadianSamuel]

The Keyes being Master Chief's dad is funny considering that Keyes was the one who kidnapped John when he was six.

[@icarusgaming6269]

lmao I'm pretty sure Keyes calls at least six other people "son" in the novels

[@Lierofox]

Keyes calls Private Kappus "son" in the cutscene in 343 Guilty Spark "[...] it looks like these covenant worked pretty hard to lock it down..." "Just do it, son!"

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

Halsey went to castle base. There she was still busy with another research project. The battle of reach wasnt over with the autumn leaving the surface. There was still an ongoing space battle and all the remaining ground troops where basically trying to salvage all remaining projects on the planet.

[@iainballas]

18:58 Noble 6 had some kind of 'reentry pack' from the Sabre if I recall correctly. It's even shown in game in playbacks of missions.

[@AlbanAshcroft]

To clarify it was a full on survival kit to help with re-entry. Thats where they get their weapon from meaning that the kit was meant to not only help the saber pilots survive re-entry should they be shot down, but also would allow them to survive in whatever situation they found themselves in upon landing. It's similar to real life ejection seats where a pilot will be given a base set of gear needed to survive and evade capture until they can be retrieved.

[@ramrod1290]

No, we’re not doing this stupid multi verse theory to give 343 a cop out. They’re fixing there mess. Slowly but surly.

[@greatkhan7278]

I was hoping you might cover the conspiracy around the "unidentified ship" that dropped into the Sol System, hours or a day before Regrets fleet arrived, and only stayed a few minutes before disappearing again.

[@yogoo0]

Part of the reason why it was so easy to infiltrate high charity was because the gravemind allowed it. During cortanas captivity she managed to keep a secret from the gravemind. She managed to evade him for 17 days so the gravemind decided that John would be able to get the information. Also the gravemind had clearly moved to the control building on the ark so it was no longer inside of High Charity. In fact High Charity would largely be useless to the flood after it was crashed into the surface. So between the gravemind trying to figure out the secret, moving off high charity, high charity not being strategically important, and knowing that being in control of the ark is more important than stopping a single spartan. Once the gravemind finds out that the secret is literally the only thing that can stop it the flood start flooding. The reason why John got out was because he lit high charity on plasma fire and the arbiter came to rescue him.

[@jonathancole5179]

Did you not see high Charity dropping flood enemies in the last mission?

[@StrikeAxl]

The sgt Johnson one had me dying because I've always pondered on it ever since I was a little kid. To be fair, when he shows up on ODST it say it's one month after the slip space rupture, not one week. It still is hard to make sense of it as it took regret 2 weeks to get to Delta Halo from Earth. Then they all spent what I would assume were a couple of days on the ring. Halo 2 implies that the events are happening at the same time, so chief was getting in the dreadnought as the arbiter was killing Tartarus. 2 weeks to head back to Earth for both, but the dreadnought made a stop on Io while master chief raised hell inside lol (per the comic Halo Uprising). While the arbiter and Johnson b lined for earth. That's the only logical explanation.

[@halord588]

I believe the gravemind in halo 2 received negative reception at the time. Critics thought he felt out of place so bungie didnt include him in halo 3, other than his tentacles and when he speaks to chief.

[@Killdust99]

15:35 I always viewed it as an Optimus Prime kind of thing. They weren’t expecting the character to get so popular and with how many Marines are recycled it wouldn’t be to hard to assume it could just be a different sergeant

[@alexstephens6980]

On 20:07 when the gravemind hits the pelican I've never notice Johnson bugs out😂. does this always happen?

[@trentdd15]

That's the first time I've noticed Johnson's body flying out of the pelican on that cutscene great eye 😂

[@jimbootx]

“Did chief have a major lapse of judgement?” Leave my boy alone haha but that shot of him with his shoulders hunched over made me die

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

Master Chief is Captain Keyes's son. Therefore, the Chief didn't save his sister Miranda because she stole his legos when they were children. 😂

[@gipsydangeramericasmonster9632]

On the whole “who is master chief’s dad”: that’s something we’ll never know. When both keyes and the armory marine use the word “son”, they’re not using it in the familial way. Rather, they’re using it in the “i’m older than you” way. Something along those lines. You can poke holes in the theory rather easy.

[@Blox117]

these guys arent very smart

[@masterchief9743]

Thank God ur here to enlighten us.

[@Dan_Tactics]

The books explain the armour lock on several occasions, in great detail. Its like a well timed airbag to kick in just before impact, which relies on not only MJOLNIR shields, but all of the suit's systems to work in conjuction with the help of AI. Even then, it wasnt a guarantee of survival, but a best chance. I always thought that the Engineer in ODST was trying to get the Rookies' help and attention by simulating Dare's voice since it found her helmet, and it was a way to communicate with the team. Unfortunately, it got shot and killed before it could be understood of its intentions. (It probably knew that the humans were the reclaimers and wanted to get help in removing the fail-safe explosives on it that the Covenant wires them up to). Ive never aeen the timeline on Johnson, but im sure its just am oversight on accuracy since Bungie grew to a large developer, and who knows how much content was cut from the game story-wise, to meet deadlines. Perhaps project Orion was actually just Sgt Johnson cloned a bunch of times since he was the best of the best before the Spartan-II project. I always figured that they had to get Dr Halsey off of Reach for the books, and more stories to be written with Jun. I cant remember if they were both written into the events of the Thursday War trilogy of novels... its been quite some time. But i do recall that they were rescued by S-II Kurt Ambrose and some other Spartan-IIIs that escaped Onyx.

[@MrChromeJob]

Noble 6 is wearing a pack on his back, I think it's something like an atmosphere re-entry pack or something along those lines. You can see it in the cutscene before Jorge yeets him out into space, and I believe it's what he pulls the magnum off of when he gets up. Chief's armor is Mk. 6 and is designed to survive landings from atmosphere, Noble 6s is Mk. 5 and wouldn't have been able to without said pack.

[@fishyfow3767]

I think the whole lockdown armor lock Master Chief goes into in Halo 3 is an extra safety measure for Mk. VI Mjolnir, maybe Spartans have actually died from Mk. V armor lock fails

[@manhphuc4335]

About the Bungie timeline thing, one of Bungie old game, Marathon was literally about a god like cyborg jumping across timeline trying to stop the universe from destruction from eldritch entities. It's also a part of the wider universe of multiple games. Halo CE was originally part of the Marathon universe until it took of so much. Honestly, I want Bungie go and remake Marathon.

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

Bungie recently announced there's a new Marathon game in the works for 2025, so if there ever was a likely time theyd revisit the trilogy, it would be approaching.

[@denizo9263]

Are you happy?

[@JitteryJackanape]

I have literally never thought about the idea of Chief and Arbiter crashing a vehicle through that window until just now. My guess is due to player choice on how to beat the scarabs they didnt want to have a scene of you flying through the window to break continuity. But, idk. Now when i see that moment of us fighting through the covenant to get there ALONGSIDE THE FLOOD im gonna think about how this went to shit for Keyes. And johnson getting fucked up.

[@yomama3622]

The dialogue kinda suggests Jun was assigned to Halsey not so much for her protection but to kill her in case she was going to fall into covenant hands. I mean Carter literally says “make sure nothing falls into enemy hands” and Jun replies “I’ll do what’s necessary sir”. That’s basically him saying yeah I’ll kill her and myself if needed. Halsey even refuses the escort, but she’s a scientist, she doesn’t understand how valuable tactically she is.

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

Noble six used the re-entry unit (that backpack you have in the previous level). It gives the user a shield when entering the athmosphere. That way even a marine could technically survive a fall from space. Naturally forerunner dreadnoughts dont have space parachutes so chief decided to tackle one of the doors and skyboard instead. And the armor lock that we have as an ability ingame is reverse engineered by the covenant.

[@EclipsePheniox]

Ok, the first one I may have an explanation for. The Covenant were closing in on Dare's pod and brought in an engineer. But after it got it open, she managed to get out but not before losing/ damaging her helmet. Knowing that humans don't leave each other behind, the Conveant set a trap for the rest of the team. As for the reason, Dare didn't communicate, either her radio is short-range or was damaged so she needed to find an extender to boost her signal. Second, maybe he calculated that getting to the Hornet, or another aircraft, would have taken too much time. I mean the hornet is kinda slow for aircraft. It's not a fast-moving drop ship like a Pelican and even that, the glass which Miranda crashed through may have been too hard for the Hornet to shoot or fly through. Yeah, don't have an explanation for that. An engineer could have dropped it, it could have landed on a banshee before dropping. There are a lot. Yeah, no weak. Some people just use son as a term of endearment or friendship like mate or dude. That sounds plausible, not to mention it also clears up some problems with the books. Don't think so, he probably got left behind. I think this one can be easily explained. Basically, it's asset denial and mission priority. Halsey wasn't needed for the mission to the Pillar of Autumn so there was no need for her to go. Even then, if they had both Cortana and Halsey on the same ship, that's a higher risk that they'd lose both of them. To use another franchise, in the 40K Cain novels, Cain explains that it's Imperial Guard procedure to have the two commanders of a regiment to be deployed on separate ships. That way, their effectiveness isn't hampered by the death of the commanding officer. It's the same situation when Halsey and Cortana spit. But it's also due to the fact that Halsey isn't needed for the mission, not to mention she would be in higher danger of getting killed or captured. If they split then the Covenant would have to prioritise one over the other. The heretic did say that he would rather die by the Arbiter's hand. So for him, it was a matter of honour. He wanted to die by a warrior's hand and not a Prophet and their lies. Well, Johnson is a survivor of the Orion/ Spartan I program. As for the in-game thing in H1, probably recycled voices. I think Johnson's escape was documented, correct me if I'm wrong, as for him getting from Delta to Earth that's likely due to priority. After killing Tartarus and getting the info from Spark, it's likely that they made their way to Earth as fast as they could. This could be due to a portal that Spark opened up, or slipspace. But both assume that Truth's ship is slow. Which it could have been as he may have not understood the controls of the ship. I would argue that due to his Spartan arguments that he may not need to wash as often, but I do think she's lying. Ok so armour lock. Six's armour is an older style of armour so the armour lock is most likely a feature that allows the Spartans to walk once they've landed. It could also be argued that the reason why Chief's needed to be unlocked by someone else, is due to that he was unconscious and needed a third party to check his vitals. If he woke, it would have unlocked. As for the ability, I'm thinking that is both a shield buff and override. Because armour lock is a survival feature, in that it freezes the Spartan, the designers of armour lock used the extra protection from the feature and added a shield boost for even more protection. It's possible that it was reacting to another threat like the sentinels. But yeah it is strange. It could have been a move to make them think that he is weak so that when they come for Cortana, he can take advantage. I don't even know where to start with the last one as it's just so weak. So I'll leave it.

[@Yackass]

16:10 the cutscene with Johnson takes place 1 month after odst, not 1 week.

[@PcCAvioN]

Cortana chose to be brought to 117 at the end of reach. Halsey was focused on bodily safety, cortana needed to get to the chief, no matter how dangerous also it's been proven that women prefer the body scent of men high in testosterone, lol

[@ZedByt]

Because everyone knows you can smell the Spartan's BO through their space-rated sealed thick-ass armor.

[@bignuts7405]

@@ZedByt they must love the smell of green

[@crazydudeqqqw]

Chief’s armor lock is most likely an archaic form, as his armor is an older version of Mjolnir than what Noble 6 has access to. As far as Spartan VII is concerned, the inside of the armor fills with a special foam that stiffens around the body to absorb the impact of the landing. Since the foam hardens, that’s most likely what locks Chief into position. Newer spartan models likely use a different method for armor locking. Source: Read it in one of the halo series books. (The first one I think)

[@doomslayer1210]

The suit he gets in halo 2 is better than 6’s armor tho. 6 had mark 5 Chief gets mark 6 in 2

[@ZedByt]

@@doomslayer1210 The IIIs' suits were different, though and fitted with different stuff. A whole different type of reactor iirc, designed with a self-destruct because of what IIIs were trained to be. Also, Six has a reentry kit that he put on in Long Night of Solace, lol.

[@gaiamission7200]

no its not, nobles armor is MK4 (version B a prototype with shields as the original MK4 did not have them. and the armor lock system from that game is a prototype shield overload system unrelated to future armor lock systems as detailed in the halo encyclopedia) chiefs spartan II team gets upgraded to MK5 for RED FLAG than chief gets a MK6 suit for halo 2 onward, until infinite where he gets a MK8 GEN3. armor lock was introduced in MK6 to let spartans survive long falls with less damage. the feature was added because of a disaster that happened when red team split off from the chief to defend reaches power generators, keeping the orbital guns online. their pelican was shot down and many died or were severely injured jumping off. ultimately causing all but 5 or so spartans to die during the fighting for these generators (as is detailed in the fall of reach and first strike) now it is true they have impact gel in their suits, to reduce the damage of high energy impacts, but this system was designed to stop bullets from breaking ribs, because even a stopped bullet still hits you like a truck, often causing cracked ribs and heavy bruising IRL. and to keep them moving through things like objects being thrown by explosions hitting them, or a brute or elite (canonically stronger then they are) from just punching them until the person in the suit is pulped without any damage to the outside. it was overpressured during the landing in the fall of reach to give them a better chance, this caused many suits to blow the seals and gaskets for the system restricting how fast and strong they could move until it was repaired, but letting some of them survive the reason noble was fine anyway was his M-SPEC re-entry pack, a backpack mounted shield generator that makes a heat shield and parachute-ish device out of energy shielding, it appears (because his backpack was not, you know, on his back) that it broke off just before he hit the ground, injuring him but making the fall survivable (fun fact, the MK7 armor, never featured in the games, but in a few books and a cannon easter egg in dead or alive. had the ability to make shapes with its shields as well, it would have been used to form airfoils so spartans could glide significant distance, survive orbital falls with no assistance. as even the chief needed that door to surf to survive re-entry and even extend their shield for use as a melee weapon)

[@ollie459]

@@gaiamission7200 quick correction, Reach's is not MkIV its MkV[B], MkIV is the armor worn by Halo Wars' red team Edit: Grabbed my copy to double check a couple things you said, page 79 clearly shows Infinite's armor is MkVII not 8, so that blurb about it not being in a game is wrong, though it does indeed have shaped energy shielding as stated on page 84 on the breakdown of Chiefs suit but this is obviously in reference to it taking the form factor of his armor using waveguards, page 81 under Shield System.

[@Brandelwyn]

@@ZedByt ii's also had self destruct in their mark v's

[@Falconx003]

I really like the split timeline theory, that one is quite intriguing and I think I will just adopt that as canon now

[@cyanimation1605]

Even then, there's 4 versions of Fall of Reach. The original novel, the rereleased/revised novel, the comic, and the movie.

[@KRawatXP2003]

I think Jun split up because if covies got a trail of them it would lead to the UNSCs most valuable assets.

[@jessicawrjght]

Keep up the great work! Love the videos!!

[@MDMcVay11462]

Why was the Spirit of Fire able to hold off the Banished, but in Infinite, the ship only lasts 5 minutes

[@TheTacoKing13]

It was ambushed. The infinite didn't have tike to react to the attack and 2 ships ramming into it. The Spirit of fire was hiding the entire time. Staying out of range

[@addison1024]

To add on to what Tydrin said, I'm pretty sure I had heard somewhere (potentially unreliable) that Cortana took out the infinity's shields before they got away

[@mekboy7403]

The Spirit has the strongest plot armor in the galaxy. Best guess we have is that the Banished at the Ark wanted to take the Spirit intact to use its resources for themselves which is why its only attacked by Banshees. Atriox however wanted the Infinity taken out so they didn't BS around with it and just ambushed it with a fleet and boarded

[@massachusettsthemercenary4963]

I feel like this is a joke video, but I still believe colonel Robert watts is chief’s dad

[@KaiserALT]

I dont think either are chiefs dad. Addressing someone as “son” isn’t uncommon.

[@Connor20318]

People call people son all the time, doesn’t mean that they’re their father.🤦🏻‍♂️

[@BluBearGaming]

yes it does

[@kebien6020]

Wdym? Obviously it makes more sense that Master Chief has 2 dads. They even say at 7:58 that the theory has no gaps.

[@BluBearGaming]

@Saul Goodman ig I can't argue with Saul Goodman

[@ScreamoCat]

I don't think you've released a bad video yet, production is through the roof, it's always entertaining, seriously. Props.

[@Goblinqing]

Great video as usual

[@nfwrambo]

The bungie timeline theory is also aided by the fact that this is the same studio that made marathon infinity, the entire plot of that game is about jumping between like 5 alternate but similar timelines

[@coffee0093]

My theory: when ragdolls spaz out in multiplayer, its because of the armor malfunctioning when the user dies/is too weak. One of the books mentions a regular marine putting on spartan armor and basically bouncing all over the place because he wasn't trained/augmented to use it

[@ThePrimordialArchon]

The jun and halsey story is explained in a book and jun almost dies

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

Johnson survived CE by hitching a ride on a Spirit dropship the Thirsty Grunt was flying back the starship to get the food nipple. He's the only other character with a real plan to get off the ring at that moment and the Spirit's ability to rapidly embark/disembark troops means he could've picked up Johnson and the Elite and been spaceworthy with seconds left on the clock. (As seen in the final Legendary cutscene)

[@Spice-Bound-Mediation-LLC]

Regarding Halsey in Reach. Halsey volunteered to stay on Reach as apart of Operation: WHITE GLOVE. This was a operation designed to deny Covenant access to UNSC data, tech, and anything they could use against the UNSC. Technically Noble Team was assigned to Operation: WHITE GLOVE as the destruction of sensitive data that they were officially sent to deal with during their return to SWORD Base is apart of Operation: WHITE GLOVE. Halsey's role in all this is to make it to CASTLE Base where she was tasked with destroying several AI to prevent the Covenant from getting to them per the Cole Protocol. Why specifically Halsey has to be the one I don't think we're given a clear answer other than she volunteered. However it's odd that someone of Halsey's importance was basically volunteering to die (The Pillar of Autumn was the only way off Reach so she had to know this was a one way trip) to destroy AI though I have a theory as to why she had to be the one to do it. CASTLE Base has had all its personnel evacuated by the time Halsey gets there. Castle Base being a very secret facility probably has very strict security protocols things like passcodes, access badges, or other security measures. Halsey would have access to this base and have nearly full run of it given her status and position meaning she may be one of the few people who can get into this base. Normally the UNSC would probably be able to get other people who are less important inside but many high ranking officials are dead or evacuated from Reach I.E. the people who could do this and we know the facilities staff are all gone when Halsey arrives which are also people who may be able to let someone else inside to destroy the AI. This leaves us with pretty much just Halsey who's both alive and on Reach still with the ability to get into CASTLE Base an accomplish this mission. As for why Jun has to go with Halsey its the same reason Halsey has to go but he's not there to destroy AI. Halsey is just as much a security threat as the AI in that facility if captured, Jun's mission is to prevent the Covenant from getting their hands on Halsey, Carter says so as they leave. TLDR: Halsey has an important mission that must be done per the Cole Protocol and Operation: WHITE GLOVE to destroy AI and Jun's mission is to evacuate or kill Halsey per Operation: WHITE GLOVE.

[@timothysanders568]

My personal theory about Dare's pod is that throughout Buck's mission, you're not talking to Dare. You're talking to the Engineer mimicking Dare's voice. There's still plot holes to it, but it does explain why "Dare" knew the covenant were near the pod, and we know the engineers were not willing members of the covenant

[@TheAlexTheBolt]

If I remember correctly, there's a comic that explains what happens to Jun and Halsey after they split off from the rest of Noble. Yes, splitting up divides their strength, but it also makes it less likely that one of those groups will be followed. As for armour lock, I'd assume Chief couldn't disengage his armour lock himself because it seemed that he'd lost consciousness upon landfall.

[@lrballistics]

For the armor lock thing, a huge thing to consider is that Noble are SIII's, while Chief is a SII. You could make the assumption that the same armor lock equipment that was given to Noble Team was also given to Jorge, hence why he has the reach-type AL and not the H3-type AL

[@kerosoldier]

i can already solve your "Master Chief has 2 fathers" theory. A man calling another "son" isnt a sign of paternity, but rather simple endearment or the fact that they are older. Both Gunn and Keyes are older than Chief and therefore called him son simply due to that fact. Plus have you read Fall of Reach in which Halsey and Keyes find Chief as a kid?

[@maniatice9143]

If I remember right, there is actually a week gap between halo 2 and Chief's free fall to the forest, so Johnson could have been there to talk to the engineer.

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

The best part of the Legendary ending with Sgt. Johnson and the Elite was, as they were hugging, the Elite reaches down and swueezes Johnson's ass.

[@DylanSissel]

For the armor lock one, noble 6 was shown yo have a reentry pack on his back throughout the mission, so that probably made the fall a lot easier on him

[@OfficialFedHater]

Noble Six had a re-entry booster pack to make the fall survivable, Chief is just a Chad who surfed down on a metal plate. Also there's another time when Six and Jorge are in the falcon going through the shield, they lock their armor before impact and just get up.

[@TheEvilLordExdeath]

The reason why I think Sesa 'Refumee/The Heretic Leader attacked is because he knew he was going to die either way. There were far too many Covenant ships circling around the falling mining facility, even if he escaped he lost all of his man, had nowhere to go and hide from The Covenant. He also succeeded in planting thoughts of doubt into The Arbiter.

[@Loch_Ness_Lachster]

“Oh yes theory make so many sense” So Miranda Keyes is Johns sister now, and chief has 2 dads lol Imma kidding

[@guidomista7960]

Sergeant Johnson isn’t a clone, he is just built different.

[@HaloWarlord88]

I believe there was a version in Bungie’s planning where the gravemind tentacles were thrashing about during the escape. They must not have had enough time and resources to pull off that feature within the game.

[@angelbelmares126]

Wtf you mean "less of a distance than what chief got thrown" 6 was in orbit chief was in atmosphere chief got the less distance 😭😭

[@Soliye.]

I think perhaps the engineer opened Dare’s pod. She got out and took her helmet off thinking maybe the floaty purple guy was friendly? Then got attacked by other covenants. Her helmet got damaged after dropping it while fleeing or getting to cover. She either ran away or killed the enemies (don’t remember if there are dead bodies around the pod). At this point she had no way to contact Buck or the rest of the team. She got to where she was initially heading and found some gear (her headset) to communicate with Buck. However it was you (recruit) who was the closest and who received her message and found her in the lab. So maybe the alien you find holding her helmet was the one that helped her escape. She went off coms bc of that. I also doubt she would voluntarily put Buck in unnecessary danger by calling him to a fake pod. She had her helmet on while dropping regardless. Plus she did sound extremely sincere when telling Buck she was stock and covenants were on their way. This would explain why the pod closed intact and why the engineer had her helmet. But really her pod being closed was more just for the suspense of finding the pod empty more than making sense.

[@itsonlythatguy]

"Keys being chiefs dad" is as air tight as a shoe box with holes in it lmao.

[@NinjaEsprit]

The noble team split up actually makes sense. It's about splitting asset losses. Halsey and Cortana have a better chance of at least one getting there if the split up noble team was the safest route but Halsey was a back up.

[@WarriorWOLF13]

The Heretic explains in a terminal that if Thel Vadamee had become the arbiter then he would be lost to their cause. He didn't actually think he could swing the views of the Arbiter.

[@tylerjohn4607]

As for Jun and Halsey, I assume Halsey also know the exact info Cortana did and they wanted two chances to get the job done. I assume the two got off-planet on a smaller vessel like maybe a Prowler while the Cortana took the easier to spot but much more heavily armed Pillar of Autumn as their way off planet.

[@CastledCard]

Counter point with Miranda and Johnson: Miranda shouldn't have YOLO'd it with literally zero backup

[@connortaylor4970]

For the armor lock question, if I remember right Master Chief's armor and Noble's armor are different generations, could be they add/alter how features operate. Like Chief's armor could be the experimental version of armor lock, like a last ditch life saving operation, for Noble's they could've realized how great the idea was and upgraded

[@mushroomfish300]

20:04 one of the less prominent abilities of Master Chief is that he can teleport. In this cutscene when the tentacles knock Chief and Arby off, if you look closely, master Chief flies out of the window and still ends up on solid ground. This also raises a question on why he didn’t just teleport to save Miranda.

[@caseyhamm4292]

one thing i will say on the armor lock side of things: the whole of noble team are actually “more advanced,”newer spartans, being spartan-iii’s while chief is just a spartan-ii. that might explain why their armor lock functions differently

[@ろうにん浪人]

For the gravemind thing, there might be a few reasons why. One is he thinks the chief and arbiter could still be useful, he did carry both aribter and chief at the same time and did not even bother to infect them (he had PLENTY of time in his monologue) so maybe he was playing the long game with them. Another is he only used the tentacles to attack the ship, and didn't want to actually attack his own forces. It's kinda hard to not hit things when you're a giant tentacle monster. If we want to do a retroactively and add in the mantle from 343 studios, then it's entirely possible the gravemind was testing the chief and/or arbiter. The flood still know about the mantle, and may even be the war side of the precursors.

[@Boom__6678]

So, for the Johnson thing, they don't actually show if he dies in Halo 1, and in the Book (Halo: the Flood) all the Johnson 'Clones' are given different names, and the only Actual 'Johnson' is the one in the 343 guilty spark, in the Halo: The Graphic novel, Johnson is shown to fight his way out of the containment facility, where he eventually meets up with the only other Group of UNSC forces to escape installation 04, as shown in Halo: First Strike, as for the ODST thing, I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly that final scene is a month after the drop, not a week, so, I'm pretty sure he had time to return to earth with Arbiter and Miranda, and for Halo: Wars 2 those were mostly non cannon, as Arbiter Rippa Moram'ee, and Seargent John Forge were dead by the end of Halo wars 1, but if we wanted an excuse for johnson, we could say, because installtion 08 was unfinished, he could have slid off, and because of a Forerunner reason, he was teleported to safety, and either pulled a Captain America and Froze time till the Spirit of Fire showed up, or was surviving on The Ark and never met up with the UNSC research outposts. for the Jun and Halsy thing, Halsy was just as important as Cortana, but ONI probably didn't want her on the Autumn, the only question is: Where did Jun Go by the events of Halo: First Strike? that's really my best attempt to answer some of these.

[@DefaultGray]

For armor lock, Halo 2 shows that the chief pushes his equipment to the limit and even breaks them. So he probably broke his lock function and just sat there waiting for the UNSC to ping his location.

[@cartho1103]

Halsey needed to escape Reach. Cortana needed to go with Chief to find Halo. Thought that was kinda obvious from the story.