The Battle of Installation 04 - Complete Timeline

[@VariksTheLast]

Zuka: You took everything from me! Chief with a SPNKR: *I don't even know who you are.*

[@joshuadarrow]

Yayap: aight, imma head out.

[@sirjess007]

Exactly. I didn’t know I killed an elite who had a major role throughout the campaign. Or, *We* actually for anyone who played the game Lol

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

The funny thing is that on legendary there's 2 elites there to face Chief down while the Canon only has the 1.

[@Chuked]

@@ugiustuskeiserus8066 because legendary isn’t canon, heroic is

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

@@Chuked In the book during the beginning of 343 Guilty Spark Chief picks up a shotgun before doing anything else. Those shotguns only spawn in on easy.

[@MathMasterism]

6:53 This scene in Halo the Flood, was such a badass moment for Keyes. The dude calmly asks a Marine's for his sidearm, examines it for a minute, then without a word suddenly fires it at seemingly nothing, only for a dead elite to suddenly materialize inside the pod.

[@tomsimpkins1211]

Keyes was such a badass honestly, it sucks that he had to go.

[@zarris2389]

@@tomsimpkins1211 that actually made me chuckle and smile cause captain Keyes is my favorite character in halo

[@ZionAkatosh]

Imagine the marines reaction to keyes is so good he killed a thing outta midair

[@Mars_over_seer]

Is it stated lore-wise, that spec-Ops have the weakest shields?

[@celticwolf1425]

@@Mars_over_seer idk I think its just gameplay

[@thevibezone2360]

This video doesn't describe the 8 different times my friend ended up killing Sgt. Johnson, which is definitely canon

[@foust117]

That's why the Flood have trouble infecting him. Fate won't let him die until it is his time to go.

[@theoriginalcosmicwanderer]

Damn, Really? I Only Accidentally Killed Him Once

[@kyleunderhill9126]

There is the first time I saw Sgt. Johnson. He literally would not die after I killed Keyes

[@shadowpersonoftheunknown6245]

Plot twist: Sgt. Johnson was never there to begin with. Chief was only imagining him and his interactions with others.

[@JonStark117]

The only way Sgt. Johnson is gunna go out...is with a *BANG!*

[@zacherybelcher8429]

That's hilarious that an elite who's life is focused around killing you is the one I always kill with a rocket at the last elevator in the game

[@mercury2157]

Zuka: I shall slay the demon and ensure the Covenant wins this war and completes the Great Journey Chief: lol I have SPNKr

[@Chuked]

@@mercury2157 chief: rocket launcher go brrrrrr

[@klennalbertb.delapena322]

Where did you get the rocket on that level?

[@501st_guy]

​@@klennalbertb.delapena322the armory which I mainly use for the engine room instead of grenades as it's quicker and safer when it gets chaotic in the engine room

[@therookie7401]

Respect for Sergeant Marvin Mobuto. He made it so far when Spark recruited him to retrieve the Index, he was in sight of it, but then he was finally killed by the Flood. He wasn't a Spartan, or even an ODST, just a normal Marine who managed to make it to the top floor of the Library killing countless Flood before being killed himself. All that remained was a pile of flesh and his Dog Tags. To quote what Chief said upon finding this: "I didn't know you Sarge, but I sure as hell wished I had. You must have been one hardass son of bi***."

[@bensambo449]

Cheers! 🍻

[@ethanjohnson2849]

This is an old post but of all the things I wish was DLC I wish that experience as a marine was that experience

[@CometX-ing]

I'm glad that Dust and Echoes managed to make it off the ring.

[@tommoorcroft2026]

Dustin*

[@def3ndr887]

Don’t forget Chips Dubbo

[@sentientpotato9342]

Dustin echoes*

[@Slender_Man_186]

Dustin Echoes always manages to pull through.

[@physical_insanity]

@@def3ndr887 And Gunnery Sergeant Stacker.

[@thatbr1t1shguy]

Imagine fireteam raven turned into a fps game. Like a halo 1 ODST if you will.....

[@nickm5419]

do that for an ODST 2!

[@jackstraughan24]

Bro

[@Mcree114]

It would have to be a prequel, like showing them fighting on Reach or several other fronts in the galaxy. That or a sequel taking place during current events, with Cortana or The Banished, and a brand new team that acquired the designation Fireteam Raven.

[@Spartan-sz7km]

@@Mcree114 Buck was on reach, would be interesting to see the fall of reach from the eyes of an ODST

[@Fyrecide]

Might be cool. Unfortunately I highly doubt there will be any more spin-off Halo FPS games for a long while. Infinite is supposed to be THE Halo FPS game/platform for the next 8-10 years. No more numbered titles and no Halo Infinite sequel in 2 to 3 years like there used to be. They'll just keep adding onto & updating Halo Infinite via story DLC. It could potentially, and eventually happen via Infinite story DLC, which would be alright I guess. What has me worried right now is that this also means whatever Halo Infinite's multiplayer is, Halo multiplayer will be THAT for the next 10 years as well... or at least at it's core, anyway, with updates to game types, sandbox, and maps from time to time. That would be great and more than welcome if Halo Infinite's gameplay mechanics didn't look like very similar to Halo 5 (just neutered a bit in terms of toning down the ridiculous movement mechanics that made H5 so terrible). But who knows, perhaps multiplayer will actually be slightly different to the campaign that they showed off recently in terms of mechanics. They already said the grapple hook & drop wall items will be on-map pickup equipment like Halo 3 had, which is good news IMO. If the sprint, clamber, and "slide" mechanics are limited or even absent from certain playlists/playlist hoppers, Infinite's multiplayer may actually be really solid.

[@59hawks]

26:41: zuka: Ima gonna restor my honor Cheif with a missle launcher: nah

[@magdaciechocka3076]

Zuka 'Zamee was Zuko, before Zuko was even a thing...

[@SebastianUF]

Zuka: WAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@brazengo6763]

Guy didn’t even know chief was there

[@lastgreg8488]

I like how he tried to pull a Departed and failed

[@Taterz.]

wort wort wort

[@tehuselessguig3138]

honestly it took me this video to realize that they made Cortana stay in the control room during 343GS and The Library so that you could really be alone against the Flood and during the buildup of their introduction

[@vexile12]

And i just realised that cortana was the true enemy since ce if she didnt deliberately jump to the halo the covenant would never have discovered it

[@brianewing7542]

@@vexile12 if chief never finds the halo then thel never becomes arbiter and the great schism never happens and humanity is wiped out by the covenant

[@bobobluedog]

@@vexile12 sorry I'm late but the covenant already knew about the first halo before the autumn jumped to it.

[@Omega4Productions]

The Covenant discovered and were at Installation 04 waiting for the Autumn to arrive...they already knew it was there. Cortana and Keyes even discuss this in the opening of Halo CE.

[@jamztwink18]

@@vexile12 If humanity never discovers the halo rings the tide of the war never changes and humanity loses.

[@echo1180]

Dang I didn’t know fireteam Raven all died on the ring, RIP, sounded like a badass group of ODSTs if you ask me.

[@BoboMagroto26]

We’re gonna die… may as well go out in a blaze of glory

[@robertmurphy8510]

I mean 99% of all the human forces died on the ring luckily it wasn't for nothing

[@CyberSonic-V3.0]

Halo the Flood may not be my favorite book but I love how it made the battle of installation04 have more scale, there was a lot going on and I love it.

[@illmatic1026]

I read that book too 😏

[@slotholopolis2314]

They honestly should have just left out the chief portions. We know what happened already and it was very poorly written. Everything else was really great

[@justinlacek1481]

Only problem was how it portrayed the chief

[@magmat0585]

yep. It helps explain where the rest of the surviving crew is (which, considering the Autumn supposedly had 2200+ navy, marine, and ODST personnel, is gonna be sizeable).

[@letsgobrandon8101]

@@slotholopolis2314 I have an uncle that read these books despite being pretty old and not having any interest in video games whatsoever. Lol was good they put that stuff in there for him.

[@fawnfever6941]

Oooooh I’m excited. This is probably my second favorite thing in all of Halo, second only to the battle for the Ark

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

Anything after this fight?

[@nato.8169]

The Great Journey was a pretty great historic event

[@sillyduck5179]

I think it’s kinda funny that there’s this huge battle going on in the ring and meanwhile master chief is kind of just doing his own thing XD

[@Rodrigo.tf21]

master chief is also fighting a huge battle.... by himself

[@sillyduck5179]

@@Rodrigo.tf21 yea but nothing compared the the other battle, the silent cartographer you have around ten marines helping you, one of the largest skirmishes in the game. In the book, “the flood” then there are around 300 ODST trying to take back the pillar of autumn. Plus the numerous platoons of marines stationed on the ship.

[@normiewhodrawsonpaper4580]

Kinda makes sense? The spartans were trained to be the best in all regards so they were probably really great strategists so the best situation for them is to leave them do their own thing instead of restricting them in a path of kill that dude and that guy next.

[@sillyduck5179]

@@normiewhodrawsonpaper4580 yes it makes sense, I’m just saying I found it humorous.

[@apostlenik809]

Coincidentally, I'm currently in the process of finishing reading "The Flood" and Silva and the odsts or marines at Alpha Base actually adress that fact. They're like "we've been hauling this guy on the Autumn thinking he's our most valuable asset and now he's just off in some swamp doing who knows what, fuck him".

[@codeyvo]

I read Halo: The Flood, and at the time, I was almost confused whether the game was based on the book or the book was based on the game. The similarities in scenery and staging of the events made for a compelling read and it was one of the first times I've thoroughly enjoyed reading a novel.

[@Omega4Productions]

It's an example of a good novelization of a video game. It didn't just take the events and put them to the page, it focused on the events occurring DURING the game's events. I liked that it answered questions otherwise left unanswered by the game: where were the UNSC survivors based out of during the conflict on Installation 04? What were they doing while Chief was off on his missions? How did the Covenant view the humans and their efforts on the ring? What happened to the Autumn after it crashed and before the Maw? What happened during the Flood outbreak? What happened to the Truth and Reconciliation after we left it in Keyes? Halo: The Flood went above and beyond in answering those questions.

[@s-1348]

Replaying CE after reading the flood it's so fun, look it's zuka samamee! Oh, he's dead. And the over dramatic dead of Sam the crewman.

[@217adaptiveperspective]

"Hrrrrnngh, Supreme Commander, I'm trying to Hunt the Demon, but I'm dummy thicc and the squeaking of my undersuit keeps alerting the Humans." - Zuka 'Zamamee (September 21st, 2552)

[@Stratonetic]

@@217adaptiveperspective Zamamee? Zamamee?! Zamamee!

[@217adaptiveperspective]

@@Stratonetic Stealth themed game that's a prequel featuring Special Operations Officer Zuka 'Zamamee as the main character, and we get to see him blunder his way to CE

[@granmastersword]

@@217adaptiveperspective only to be killed very easily by Chief

[@Stratonetic]

@1993DJC They've always been faster achievement.

[@cobalt-6D]

A part of me always likes to imagine a tineline where the Covenant fleet didn't reach Installation 04 somehow, and Spark, for the first time in several thousand years, is able to talk to someone as a friend. He gives the Pillar of Autumn a tour of the Installation he's so proud of, the humans get to breathe for a moment at a safe place, and Spark, Cortana, and Captain Keyes get to catch up on thousands of years of lost history

[@raptorjesus3894]

It almost makes you wonder, if the humans ended up knowing about the flood, do you think they would have intentionally used it to exterminate the Covenant? The way I see it going down, they discover the flood and the rings abilities, and they decide to unleash the flood and order the ring to perform a slipspace jump into covenant territory (after studying it to acquire any and all knowledge it holds), they leave the defenses up and the Covenant take significant losses trying to board, then lose even more trying to capture it from the flood, then the humans, knowing about the arc and its ability to remotely detonate the rings, detonate 04 and wipe out the Covenant and the flood aboard it, in 1 fell swoop.

[@varlak9061]

Tbh you'd think they would have the aid of spark and have a better time on the ring

[@MistahFox]

Imagine if the Autumn actually received 343's hail. The entire Halo universe would be drastically different.

[@theoriginalcosmicwanderer]

They Actually Did, No One Just Bothered to Look at the Autumn's Messages

[@asomewhatdecentperson9190]

Cosmic Wanderer So you telling me the Halo universe would’ve been drastically different because someone didn’t do their job checking the Autumn’s inbox.

[@TheParadoxGamer1]

@@asomewhatdecentperson9190 Fuckin HR man

[@JACCO20082012]

That’s what happen when you have diversity promotions.

[@brianstabile165]

Cosmic Wanderer I did

[@Dexieboi2013]

"I wanted them to include the shower scene because it was a humanizing moment for the master chief" ya sure about that? Or did you secretly wish to take a shower with masterchief?

[@onyxxvenom9198]

Who wouldn’t?

[@STEELEAGLES2019]

Bro i bet chief got that WAGON

[@MikeJones-qn1gz]

You don’t?

[@shieldmaidenarreh4265]

I would love to take a shower with him lol.

[@CommissarChaotic]

@DAGGER Body odor is caused by bacteria breaking down sweat and is largely linked to the apocrine glands. If that is correct, then Chief shouldn't smell that much since he has the gel layer which regulates temperature which means sweat shouldn't form since there is no need to. But smell from external sources like say Flood, or blood guts and tears that got onto his body in some way...

[@Thorvald9666]

I remember reading in the books that only a piece of welded sheet metal separated the humans and flood at alpha base. This was documented while Jenkins was still a combat form running through the network of tunnels underground.

[@ryanschreck45]

William dietz and Eric nylund were two of the best things to ever happen to halo

[@coledreyer5287]

+1, The novelization of Halo CE is such a fun read

[@gub4941]

Much more props to nylund though

[@simioneitor1975]

The Flood was awful though.

[@ryanschreck45]

Master Chief How? It brought so much more depth to the story than the game could. You got to see how the actual battle of installation 04 unfolded in the timeline rather than big man in green suit shoots up the place. Seeing how the crew of the POA survived and operated was a neat part to the story

[@simioneitor1975]

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[@Remus-z6y]

I always wished you could’ve saved more marines. I always tried to keep all the ones I fought with alive and to just learn that none (expect for Johnson and friends) made it was just heartbreaking for me. I always loved halo’s marines!

[@FiendTheatre]

the marines you meet on 343GS were all homie... pretty hard to deal with their screams while being picked off 1 by 1 through the swamp :(

[@scifiismyjam4387]

I read the Halo book "The Flood" Recently and it has to be the funniest ive read... The whole sub plot of this spec ops Elite planning increasingly absurd and pointless traps to kill master chief with his reluctant Grunt sidekick is some of the goofiest stuff in Halo canon. Its like scifi Tom and Jerry lol

[@Vash_Carrison]

Damn. Halo 2, ODST and Halo 3's timelines are gonna be like 2 hours combined.

[@aultmanfilms4590]

@creeper gaming um… no. They’re completely different

[@the99throgue25]

@@aultmanfilms4590 I think he means in the timeline

[@SirBigWater]

@@creepergaming3280 Halo 2 I believe was over a month or so. ODST was a few hours.

[@xrstevenson]

25:52 yeah the LT definitely made the right call, the ship had a PROTO-GRAVEMIND on it's bridge. Signifying the Flood couldn't get anymore comfortable than it was with the ship, there's an absolute zero percentage that the Flood were wiped out

[@TheKusa5]

I love Zukas story throughout the battle of alpha halo, constantly shadowing John before just being killed uneventfully in the maw

[@LennoxParsec]

26:25 Lieutenant would've been a hell of a Spartan IV. There'll be another time...

[@braydonk3287]

When bro? She dead!

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

Truly, if she were any better, she'd be a spartan

[@LAV-III]

@@braydonk3287 then find her corps, reanimate it and shove a few cybernetics and extra organs into her. Oh and give her some kickass armour too.

[@ElvhenRogue]

@@LAV-III So they do to her what Cerberus did to Shepard in Mass Effect

[@autumngottlieb3071]

@@LAV-III She got incinerated by a plasma torpedo. *In slipspace.*

[@autumngottlieb3071]

28:54 Personally, that's my first guideline in dealing with canon conflicts. Primary sources always beat secondary sources. On these grounds, I had several issues with some of the numbers in Warfleet.

[@cas9564]

These timeline videos are wonderful because you manage to very clearly and cleanly show the timeline of events in a way that's consistent and engaging while also showing that literally so much was happening concurrently all over the course of like 3 days. Like holy shit, it never fully got through to me that the crew of the Autumn were doing THREE FULL ASSAULTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

[@claviusbase5275]

Keyes was such a badass captain he definitely didn’t deserve to die the way he did R.I.P Jacob Keyes

[@heftymagic4814]

I LOVE HOW HALO CE IS BASICALLY ONE BIG RACE ITS SO FULL OF ACTION GOING FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION UNTIL IN THE END YOUR MEMORIES AND COMRADES ON THE RING, DESTROYED AND GONE FOREVER ALL LEFT IN DUST AND ECHOES

[@chonkychief1400]

Woah Woah dude chill. You don’t have to scream

[@Chuked]

Halo ce is on par with half life 1

[@jacobgay4032]

Cortana said at the end something about Dustin echos? Would really love to meet him in game eventually

[@ImperialHell172]

Damn I loved this, all the stories taking place at the same time, all the soldiers and named characters, and the fact it happens in about 4 days damn haha

[@airplanemaster1]

"Nothing but dust and echos" is such a raw line

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

Man, this battle had so much more depth than I thought! My only POV was from MC, but now knowing of all these other crews and fireteams, wow! It's like watching a whole different battle. It's kinda sad though, knowing almost everyone died. :(

[@jacobgay4032]

Except Dustin echos

[@jacobgay4032]

And Johnson

[@benjaminrobledo5466]

@@jacobgay4032 🤣

[@light-of-far-galaxies3155]

YEAH THE BATTLE OF INSTALLATION 04 ITS HAPPENING EVERYONE CALM DOWN

[@silvy3047]

I wish every game had a book like The Flood

[@HaloCanon]

Me too. For a few years, the books were my only way to engage with Halo, so you can imagine how sad I was when I found out there was no novelization of Halo 2.

[@silvy3047]

@@HaloCanon So many details to be fleshed out, like what Keyes and Johnson were up to and maybe some of Truth's thoughts like in Contact Harvest

[@coltforceplayz5285]

@@HaloCanon Halo: The 2

[@autumngottlieb3071]

I'd buy a Halo 4 novelization *exclusively* to read the scene where Hood finds out about Del Rio abandoning John on Requiem. Bonuses would be a) an actual explanation for how a single nuke destroyed a Forerunner flagship, b) Character development for Palmer, and c) maybe some short perspectives of Spartan-IVs who aren't idiots.

[@1ULTRAKNIGHT]

@@autumngottlieb3071 Honestly, a brief third person account from the POV of one of the Spartan IVs that retrieve the Chief in the forests of requiem, could have be really cool. Accounts of fighting prometheans and covenant alongside him.

[@Garrettsharpbob]

Bro you missed the most important event. You know when Stacker and Chipps Dubbo escape together?

[@Chuked]

Chips dubbo is so legendary he repaired Foehammers pelican in a matter of moments and used it to escape with Stacker... absolute legend

[@infinitespace2520]

@@Chuked Nah, Chipps and Stacker just jumped off the ring and their absolute badassery created a slipspace rupture that sent them straight to Cairo Station

[@xxpiexx3366]

@@infinitespace2520 no they just waited there and when it exploded they flew like a brick all the the way to cario station

[@halinaqi2194]

Cardio station *

[@thegrub3497]

@@halinaqi2194 dont try to be smart if you aren't

[@thechroniclegamer4285]

I’ve been planning on writing a halo story of my own, and it takes place a little bit before reach, so the time frames are very helpful

[@dopejoel]

I've played Halo CE God knows how many times since it came out and have even read the book. Your delivery was SO engaging it was like being told the story for the first time all over again!

[@whydolotwordwhenfewworddot8431]

The fact zuca zamame was killed literally instantly in gameplay made it so much better, you said it as if it was a fair fight but he got one shot instantly

[@VegetaLF7]

Rocket to the face usually in my runs, and I believe it was a grenade rolled into the elevator pit in the book.

[@theconnorwarman5138]

Only a few minutes in and I can already tell a significant amount of effort went into this. Thanks for making this great content, creators like you and HiddenXperia are doing more to keep the franchise alive then anything else at the moment. At least, that's my observation.

[@riptidespiritwolf]

6:25 "His grunt troopers" WRONG!!! a random squad of minor and major grunts led by Yayap find zuka

[@jackdarcy6294]

you forgot the part where chief and cortana find and rescue dustin ekoz

[@jordanstamey]

I love this so much! Would you ever do an episode on the timeline of The Battle of New Mombasa with the extended lore?

[@paulreilly3082]

I don't get how right before the Silent Cartographer takes places there's a raid on the Autumn but in Two Betrayals Cortana reveals the location like she's only finding out then 🤔

[@Ikcatcher]

It's wild how the entire mainline Halo games takes place in just four months

[@theoriginalcosmicwanderer]

First Five Games that is

[@VegetaLF7]

Seriously. The back half of 2552 is just full of some of the craziest events in the entire Halo timeline.

[@FatalPurpose]

Why is Halo lore so addictive? Awesome video

[@PokemonWally343]

Thanks for the information covering Halo CE and Halo: Fireteam Raven, haven't really wrapped my head around Halo even after reading a video on the lore. Once again, keep up with the great content :)

[@golimaar5101]

Somehow the thought of Master Chief resting and eating warms my soul

[@tavianarmstrong974]

IT brings me great sorrow to see jenkin's end. He signed on because of harvest and johnson and fought for 28 years from young adult to seasoned veteran to meet his end not even seeing the war end.

[@Barrobroadcastmaster]

I appreciate the addition of Fire Team Raven. They're a good group, and it's a great arcade game that even includes the Flood Juggernaut forms.

[@dennist8290]

Damn man why do all the cool and badass teams and characters have to die in Halo. Raven team was awesome and I can't tell you how upset I was when they died

[@HaloCanon]

Funny thing, one of the stipulations Bungie made in exchange for signing off on "Halo: The Flood" was all characters dying (other than Chief & Cortana, of course).

[@RoyalFusilier]

"With respect, sir, this war has enough dead heroes."

[@yasywiller6374]

If noble 6 was still alive the covenant would die in a couple months

[@matthewsquires6372]

You should do harvest next.

[@KyleMack71]

Dude, CE is such a god damn masterpiece. Especially Firetime Raven adding some visuals for the other stuff going on in the novel.

[@danielhardman234]

Wasnt the reason the flood had trouble infecting johnson to do with him being a spartan 1?

[@HaloCanon]

Indeed it was.

[@adarkwind4712]

@@HaloCanon uhhh I thought it was due to his plasma irradiated system basically making his nervous system be out of wack. And that having come from being to close to plasma explosions. I think it was Halsey that told him he could either give his body to science or continue on because it was likely they wouldn’t be able to actually find a solution. Could be wrong it’s been a long time but I could’ve swore it was that.

[@rossmullen7826]

@@adarkwind4712 that was a cover-up. The augmentations that Johnson was given during the ORION Project (SPARTAN-I) made him extremely difficult to infect.

[@adarkwind4712]

@@rossmullen7826 cover up from whom the only people who would be privy to the information would’ve been Johnson and when he told Halsey.

[@rossmullen7826]

@@adarkwind4712 the ORION Project was EXTREMELY classified, not even Dr Halsey knew of the program. The ORION Soldiers were given the fake Borons Syndrome disease to cover up their augmentations. Halsey thought it was the Flood infection form that fucked up Johnson's nervous system but it wasn't. His nervous system was already fucked up because of his augmentations.

[@Daniel-The-Researcher]

I have been waiting for a video that covers all the events on Alpha halo, I was a bit confused, thanks. You should continue doing timelines. 👍🏻

[@coltforceplayz5285]

In Halo: The Flood, Marvin Mobuto was said to have died when he saw the Index but what if it was when the Index was on the bottom floor but unreachable at the start?

[@halinaqi2194]

It was near the end if I remember right, he got mutilated to the point the flood could infect him so chief only knew his name from his dog tags

[@halinaqi2194]

Couldn't *

[@coltforceplayz5285]

@@halinaqi2194 yeah that’s makes sense, I was just wondering since in The Library the Index is right there

[@testtickles8878]

If only they made a halo game like the ODST and halo reach live action cinematic, the sprinting effects hud, brutal battlefields and a killzone kinda vibe with the war and destruction look

[@mortman200]

I hope you do one of these for the Battle of Installation 05. The timeline of events for that campaign are really weird and there's some stuff that I recall seeing but I was unsure if it was still canon (like a few other frigates following the In Amber Clad)

[@michaelirizzz121]

Thanks for doing the battle of Reach & now Installation 04! Amazing. Great book/game. Had no idea 11:51 was the Truth & Rec's shipmaster, badass :) you should do the battle of Installation 05

[@acemaster038]

Didn’t realize that the ring attempted an emergency jump. That explains Halo: Nightfall. Never really paid attention to the movie

[@danrivas09]

I feel as if this video should be a book of its own as well as a video, combining all of the events from the current canon literature. Would be an awesome upgrade to the already existing books.

[@Neon9th]

Marvin Mobudo made it that far in The Library....badass

[@charliechuckles2195]

Great great vid! I've honestly always had an issue with the story of fireteam Raven and how it fits in canon. If I had written it, I would have made the control room levels plot be that they are dispatched to help rescue fireteam Zulu hours after they split from the chief and then discover the flood in the control rooms region and have them support him from above so it doesn't break canon. The next change I would make is at the last level. I would have fireteam Raven escorting echo 419 and then fight from the air and after they survive the crash, hold off waves of flood until the ring explodes. Would have been a good opportunity for us to see foehammer.

[@Autumnz2005]

Oh my god I’ve been wanting this forever, thank you for these awesome battle timelines king. Keep it up!

[@Dwyer-nl9fz]

Bloody brilliant mate. I never knew there was so much more to this story. Keep up the awesome work.

[@fishnutz5196]

Love how that elite was trailing chief the whole time just to get blown up in a second on an elevator hahaha

[@zom3433]

I hope this also happens for halo infinite, that would be pretty cool. A timeline with different stories

[@tyguy3876]

"takes a pistol shot to the head & miraculously isn't killed" You're dam right

[@tristangarcia632]

Man I never got to play through Fireteam Raven.... Makes me sad that they fought only to die...like most of the crew Expected it....but I still feel bad

[@ADL21]

This is kinda small but you mentioning that Chief got to sleep for 10 hours, eat some food and take a shower made me really happy. Cuz playing the game in a few hours just makes it seem like He was just going non stop form cryo sleep to blowing up the ring. I'm glad he at least got to sleep and eat cuz damn did he deserve it.

[@entombedentity7059]

"Rest can be as deadly a weapon as a pistol or a grenade."

[@LilacStarbloom]

7:00 you didn't describe *how* Keys killed him, which is a huge disservice to the man. While sitting in a lifeboat, he notices the shimmer, calmly turns to a marine and asks to see their sidearm, then just casually domes the fucker and hands the gun back. True chad

[@sandmanlxv]

I absolutely love these timeline videos

[@saberfaber3203]

Pls make more of these timeline videos they're so cool

[@dackpetersen7573]

Not to be knit picky but McKay's model hairstyle is against military regulations, but still cool to have a idea of what she might look like.

[@bbbnuy3945]

lmao.. cuz military regs 500 years in the future the rules might have changed a little?

[@dackpetersen7573]

@bbbnuy3945 According to the book, McKay's hair is supposed to be even shorter than John's.

[@spike-rf2dc]

That elite had a whole story and revenge arc only to be cut down unceremoniously in .02 seconds with a rocket launcher

[@coledreyer5287]

Ian these are so well done! Such a treat to watch and gives such clarity to how all the media ties together. Absolutely a superb job man!

[@HaloCanon]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@SunDedGon]

Canon, you sir, are the nerd of nerds. And that's a damn compliment. Your contributions to the franchise will keep it alive and relevant long after the final chapter. Thank you for preserving the greatest legacy in gaming. Also, 343 should christen a UNSC vessel in your name. In fact, it should be a tradition to do so on behalf of all Halo historians. To name many characters & ships after legends of lore such as yourself in future releases...

[@autumngottlieb3071]

I'm going to submit "UNSC SuddenlyOranges."

[@drewdavalos2746]

Do the battles of Reach, New Mombasa, and The Ark! Seriously u should do more of these videos they rule

[@benreilly9513]

I wonder if the removal of the shower scene is because later sources (and earlier sources, see also the scene in Halo: The Fall of Reach where Sam says Kelly can't give him her armor because it takes a team of technicians to get one in and out of MJOLNIR) made it clear that one can't just get in and out of MJOLNIR by themselves.

[@lettuceman1186]

Man, holy hell were the final hours *hectic*!

[@PELTIER5]

It's funny how the halo tv show could have used all of these stories to make the first season of the tv show

[@brambo3011]

Excellent video! There's a lot of stuff I didn't know about in here, makes me want a halo game dedicated to all the other characters fighting in the background like Fireteam Raven. Could you make one of these covering the battle of Earth? I'd love to see the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3: ODST laid out in this format.

[@FlamingRecon99]

Nice! Can listen to this when driving later!

[@Cameron088]

26:21 Mckay did not sever the line, instead, she let the flood infected Jenkins free with a frag grenade. Jenkins activates the grenade, blowing up the line and everyone there, causing the Truth and Reconciliation to crash back down.

[@LennoxParsec]

Nop. McKay was in doubt about to where was her loyalty: The UNSC or the humanity. Jenkins then begs her to do the right thing, convincing her to sacrifice her own Company & herself.

[@samparisi7827]

They should remake Halo with this whole timeline included in a more story driven way, with the gameplay we love of course

[@russelwestbrick3907]

This was a great video. If you plan on doing more of these than my suggestion would be the complete timeline of the battle of the ark.

[@ModBay]

I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to do these. They are truly great! Thanks.

[@GhostRydr1172]

17:00: so you're telling me, Cortana had no time to explain why she had no time to explain? 😂

[@HaloCanon]

Well...I.....huh...

[@elgoblindo2795]

I’ve watched this video like 9 times, it’s neat

[@FlamingRecon99]

Amazing video Toa!

[@rvallejos31]

Great job! And I loved how this was brought to live with the help of others members the Halo Community...that´s the way!

[@McKillahGuerilla]

I dont know why Halo doesnt have more spinoff games. Its a massive universe with alot of stories that could be turned into other games, and I would think its a cash cow

[@justin_38]

Microsoft got Gun-Shy after Halo Wars flopped on release

[@alfredforbessealy524]

17:10 when seeing this scene for the first time I thought cortana was going full skynet and expected her to become the villain

[@Ileanwhenitalk]

26:40 well that was anticlimactic lol

[@nasanasa3415]

Snow DAY

[@SiphonRayzar]

I'm sure this will get drowned out, but Field Master Noga Putamee doesn't die during the attack on the UNSC convoy, as described at 14:42. He survives that battle, but does die later, during the Covenant Siege on Alpha base, killed by a Scorpion tank blast.

[@drewdavalos2746]

Okay... I just wanna point out the entire thing is basically Thel: “no! You cant just destroy a sacred ring!!!” Chief: “hahahaha Pillar of Autumn make Halo go boooom!”

[@thatonescenefromamericanps5434]

Cringe

[@Chuked]

When you first saw Halos rings were you blinded, paralyzed, its rings? “No” Dumbstruck? Than how did the humans manage to land on the ring and desecrate it with their FILTHY FOOTSTEPS???!!

[@CelloMaster2000]

This comment wasn’t that funny bro. Sorry

[@racer927]

I can only imagine what the Sergeant was saying as he escaped the Flood. Johnson: What's wrong, ugly? Don't like the taste of badass?!

[@meowmeowmaxx]

that's EXACTLY what he would say

[@BMLA00]

Honestly I think Master Chief's armor from Combat Evolved is the best looking one.

[@theoriginalcosmicwanderer]

MK V Mjolnir

[@BMLA00]

@@theoriginalcosmicwanderer Thank you, I couldn't remember the name of the armor lol

[@masonhall3617]

Chief being thought to be the last SPARTAN II gets confusing when you realize that Linda was on board the Autumn as well.

[@VegetaLF7]

She was also critically wounded and basically on the verge of death. It wasn't until Dr. Halsey was later able to flash clone replacement organs and surgically transplant them that Linda was able to be revived and returned to fighting condition.

[@Seriona1]

Linda was in space, Cortana ejected her pod right before they made contact with the Covenant.