What Happened to the UNSC? - Halo Infinite Spoilers / Theory

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Halo Infinite's Campaign has asked more question about the state of the Halo Universe and Halo's worldbuilding than it has answered. With the ongoing nature of Cortana's Created Conflict somewhat confusing, and the UNSC Infinity having a... rough day... what Happened to the UNSC, and what will the state of the UNSC be moving forward? We'll cover all that and more for today's video!
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[@keshvinkumar5770]

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[@felps_4500]

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[@masamune1177]

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[@SuspiciousKoala]

After binging through every piece of released material, books, comics, etc.: Regarding the state of the UNSC: the Infinity was in scavenge mode. Their crew complement was minimal (thousands below standard), and supplies were thin. The weapons in game are all older variants of the AR and BR, and the Commando is an Insurrection-era weapon. (It's kind of strange that the Infinity is using an Army model rifle instead of a Navy/Marine one, as evidenced by the naming conventions established in prior canon and games. For an example: the UNSC Army called their rifle the MA37 for "Misriah Armory, field date 2437", while the UNSC Marines and Navy fielded the *same exact rifle* and called it the MA5--later replacing it for the letter variants. Military procurement is a messy, bureaucratic nightmare in the real world and has to be even worse in Halo due to the fact that they're spread over planets, ships, and stations.) The Infinity was also very short on Spartan personnel as well.

[@moanlyn8450]

why does the the infinity have Insurrection-era weapons though or are they from the banished

[@ToaDrakua]

@@moanlyn8450 Like he said, they scavenged them. From where? Venezia, probably. Anywhere that would have access to older equipment.

[@themadtacoeatingfool5228]

I don’t but that the pride and last hope of humanity had a scrap put together crew to go and face down their most dangerous opponent. That’s beyond dumb and beyond dumb writing.

[@FlipDarkFuture]

@@themadtacoeatingfool5228 That's because they literally had to escape Earth and have been on the run for months by the time of Infinite.

[@sethwalker5867]

Moron. We are Hundreds of years in the Future. They classic design in the best and only design.

[@justanabsolutemess741]

Wish that halo infinite had more to do with rescuing marines and stuff. Always just felt like we were on the Backfoot and already beaten despite me beating in the banisheds face.

[@devonjohnson8536]

Yeah same, I wish they had more variety of FOBs and the purple bases were actually able to be fully captured and slowly repopulated. Insane that out of hundreds of Spartans on the Infinity, we only came across a handful of them and all dead. Not really realistic at all. FOB defense missions would be AMAZING! Imagine rescuing marines, ODST and Spartans. Stationing them at your FOBs and having them defend it (Fallout 4 style) I feel like this implemented into co-op would be amazing. Have you and your friends defending multiple bases from banished attacks at the same time.

[@Lasershadow]

Yeah need more Farcry side missions here. Rescue soldiers, kill patrols, cap bases, grab goodies ALL THE WORKS!

[@IAsimov]

One detail I liked was that the more you do, the more the Grunt Propaganda Officer sinks into depression. By the time you beat the game, the Grunt officer laments you killed ALL of their leadership, best warriors, lieutenants, and destroyed their logisitics. He even cracks open the equivalent of vintage Grunt wine, no longer to celebrate, but to get shitfaced as he's talking to doomed morons that couldn't stop the Chief.

[@ZeroTwo--]

@@IAsimov at least he found out why the are afraid of someone named John

[@mirzubair8291]

@@devonjohnson8536 From a source where I read it said that Zeta halo is littered with dead marines and Spartans.

[@mikaelferrer1015]

I hope that the UNSC Eternity (the sister of the Infinity) shows up alongside the Spirit of Fire, that could be awesome and would be interesting to see in a new halo infinite game

[@kaiser4203]

I believe the eternity was scraped to repair the infinity after halo 4

[@angeltonny1746]

I mean doesn't that defeat the point of destroying the Infinity story wise, if it's going to be replaced by a similar ship? I get the spirit of fire being involved since they have experience fighting the banished and the ship itself offensively isn't that great.

[@Dark_Fusion19]

@@angeltonny1746 Unless 343 can come up with a really good reason how Spirit of Fire would get to Zeta Halo without an FTL drive, i don't see that happening.

[@Zomtism]

@@angeltonny1746 you say that like humanity will never again have ship like or equal to the infinity again

[@angeltonny1746]

@@Zomtism no I don't. I'm not against the idea of having another ship like the Infinity in the future but having the Eternity come in to replace the Infinity straight away makes the loss of the Infinity mean less.

[@deejnutz2068]

Kinda irritates me how the infinity went down. I don't believe it should have won against 4 banished dreadnoughts, but the fact that it went down by a surprise broadside ram that somehow wasn't detected, without firing off a single MAC, just infantilized the ship. Even with a skeleton crew the ship should have been able to detect and fire at least 1 volley of Mac rounds before the banished got within boarding let alone ramming range. For all intents and purposes the ship may as well have been powered off with the keys thrown out the airlock.

[@ee822]

The Dreadnought could have done what the Infinity itself did in either 4 or 5. Open up a Slipspace portal directly next to the Infinity itself in order to be able to slam into another ship as part of the opening salvo of the battle.

[@Zachary_McLaren]

@@ee822 I'm not certain any ship but the infinity has the slip space capabilities to be that accurate.

[@anodyne-4736]

The cutscene also doesnt show the full scale of the battle, as shown floating around the ring there are a ton of dreadnoughts. There's a possibility that they were able to take out a lot of ships before the ships got to ram the infinity. The banished deployed a large force so they were expecting heavy resistance. I hope some stuff gets expanded on during the next campaign expansions

[@halo007Mex]

After the impac, the Infinity was boarded by Atriox and his forces in 4 minutes, so Lasky order to abandon the ship

[@nihilityjoey]

I don't know how you could have deduced that from the scene we saw. The infinty could have destroyed many of those banished ships before being OUTNUMBERED. Not to mention everyone here thinking the infinity was somehow indestructible. It was a super carrier, ment to stay at the edge of battle providing a platform for its smaller frigates and support craft. It's obviously been under heavy fire and its shields were down. Haveing those banished ships (which look like they were designed for the job they are doing) ramming the ship and just smashing it up is not at all implausible or to be unexpected. The infinity has been made out by fans to be this indestructible ship, but the reality is this. She was a human ship, with human weapons, covey shields and other tech. The only forerunner tech her was the engines and on board systems like a holo deck etc. And when you look at like that, it's not hard at all to see how she was destroyed (or at least mauled to the point of being un functional.)

[@VarienIsBusiness808]

Wish we started off in the Infinity and fought our way through it, would be a great call back to Combat Evolved.

[@COMMANDandConquer199]

@D. Yeah, it was confirmed by a dev that they cut out 2/3 of the campaign because they ran out of time. They had a 6 year dev cycle, but it was effectively only 2 years of actual work because 343 is the most incompetent studio in gaming.

[@boopjackrex7598]

@@COMMANDandConquer199 no, that’s rockstar

[@COMMANDandConquer199]

@@boopjackrex7598 Say what you want about rockstar, but at least when they do release a new game it's complete and it works. They didn't qc the remasters that GSG made at all, but when rockstar themselves make a game, it works, and is a complete package. 343 has had the Halo licence for a decade and have released 4 shit games now. At least they fixed MCC, but god damn. How does a studio stay in business that can't make 1 good game?

[@TheNobleFive]

@@COMMANDandConquer199 The development cycle sounds a lot like Cyberpunk.

[@acardenasjr1340]

That probably what was going to happen, but had to cut the content.

[@orbitaltrooper7139]

I dont think reinforcements will be coming anytime soon because if you play the academy tutorial mission the spartan commander will say that both the infinity and the ring completely vanished without a trace so its probably gonna be a long while before they're found again

[@spartancecchi]

Explains why you see no planet near the ring after Chief wakes up from his 6 month sleep adrift in space 🤔 did the ring go through slipspace at some point?

[@samuelbishop3316]

@@spartancecchi It seems so. Even the banished have no idea where they are anymore.

[@Banana-Boi]

@@spartancecchi I've been wondering that for the past week now. That makes sense.

[@anodyne-4736]

@@samuelbishop3316 it's possible, Escharum did say at some point with the logs that they want to go home while making the ring their "new" home

[@Blue-bv1ur]

@@spartancecchi He woke up next to the ring so how could it have gone into slip space?

[@connorb1844]

Something interesting about the Created is that their level of influence is described as wide, but not tall, which contrasts with the Covenant and their vertical scaling of control (i.e. the glassing of planets).

[@HaloFlashMob]

idk what that means can you put it in simpler terms

[@unsureonagt3742]

Wtf does that even mean? Any money all 40 odd people that liked have no clue what you are talking about, glassing means a vertical scale of control? The AIs are wide or tall or some shit? Where did you find this out? I'd love to know.

[@phosphoros9107]

@@unsureonagt3742 It's strategy game terminology, don't worry about it

[@Jerry2die4]

@@slimerewoods5766 close if we use the same terminology from MTG.in MTG, wide means you can block and cover a lot, but doeant have much weight and can be crushed easily, and tall means you dont have much coverage, but what your do have, can handle whatever gets thrown at it. Like you said, wide most likely means a wide field of influencr and control, bit not tall, as in, an AI can really only blow up a base, not a planet. The AI might control the tech, but they cant do much with it overall, compared top the covenant, who didnt have access to much influence or control of humanity, but what little they could, they would throw all their weight to keep it, or completely annihilate it for himan use.

[@connorb1844]

@@unsureonagt3742 Basically think of it like this. The Covenant have a very vertical level of influence. Whenever they found a new species, they assimilated them, and once humanity was found, the colonies were glassed. Basically controlling everything they could and destroying what they could not. The Created, however, have a horizontal influence on the known galaxy. The Created could potentially appear anywhere, but they are not omniscient. In Shadows of Reach, both sides are wary of causing too much ruckus, lest a Guardian appear and force both factions into hiding.

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

The UNSC Navy really needs a upgrade The Marines and Army are well off But the Navy sucks hard most Loses are in space and the tide of battle usually changes when boots are on the ground

[@cortezdaslayer4347]

Sir the UNSC have a massive tech disadvantage, the covenant has existed for 3 thousand years so they have had thousands of years of an advantage

[@MrFuzyUnibrow]

They need to stop relying on frigates as their ship of the lines. They treat destroyers and cruisers like a visual luxury instead of actual assets for some reason

[@cowerdnerddespacito9518]

@@MrFuzyUnibrow yeah, frigates are good because they are cheap and can be made in large numbers quickly but the enemies of the UNSC are just bigger and more brutal and need beefier ships

[@KingCARROT19]

@@empirednw6624 Most of the carriers were protecting planets anyway, which sucks because I'm sure they could've turned many battles in their favor, but the UNSC just wasn't making many good calls in the war

[@handles_are_fucking_stupid]

Such a weird direction this series has taken since the third game.

[@sentinel-wraith9060]

Kinda happens when they try to reboot the series 2/3rds of the way into a story arc. Should have been reclaiming Ancient Human tech, the Mantle, and facing the final test of the Precursors. Instead, we got Covenant 3.0, a generic Halo ring, and minium plot.

[@Felix0587]

This. They completely retconned the lore after the 3/Reach, then changed the direction after ever new game. The writers suck. I used to be a huge fan of halo lore but I've completely lost interest. Didn't even consider getting into infinite. Don't care.

[@Lasershadow]

I think we are going to find out in upcoming DLC WTF happened to the Infinity and UNSC in general. Likely we will get a DLC that includes Lasky and Halsey fate with the Infinity. Personally I am expecting a Swords of Sanghelios DLC soon. Mostly because it would seem silly that the Infinity would go alone on a mission that could end the Cortana Threat once and for all. Plus the camera angles don't really show the rest of the battle at the opening cinematic. So I am expecting friendly Elites to come into play either we rescue or team up as capture points on Zeta Halo and form the allied front against the Banished and maybe later Endless. BIG IF might be that we will get a separate campaign with Thel 'Vadam and Rtas 'Vadum that occurs more or less around the same time as Master Chief's and ends with reuniting with each other... yeah that last one is wishful thinking but it was an fun idea.

[@shamrock3957]

I don't think Infinity is actually destroyed just severely damaged and crashed on Zeta. There it is possible that it could actually be fully repaired if there are Forerunner Constructors on Zeta which is a safe bet. Though, I would really like to see the Eternity show up in a "surprise I was completed" badass entrance way.

[@peternatorrr]

They were building a pretty big invasion force for the Ring. For the UNSC?...I don't think so.

[@jonathanpadilla5166]

I hope this happens especially a dlc with the arbiter and rtas vadum I’ve been wanting to see rtas back for the longest. And having the arbiter back is always a win 💪

[@globalchaos5154]

I don’t expect to see the elites or SoS in DLC for at least 2 years, I’m expecting 343 to drop playable elites on a DLC that includes Arbiter and the SoS but seeing as playable elites are far from reach atm then it’s going to be a while

[@shamrock3957]

@@globalchaos5154 2 years will likely be how long the first dlc or expansion takes to come out. Long as they come I'm good.

[@drewbuckley7435]

Unpopular Opinion: I hate how the UNSC was barely making a comeback after the Human-Covenant War, just to get destroyed by the Created. Its just tiresome, Plus we have 26 years of the Human-Covenant War that could be made into another Halo FPS.

[@Lasershadow]

Somehow I think the comeback for UNSC/ Humanity will have us uniting the galaxy. No one race to rule them all like the Forerunners or the Precursors. Just the all of us beneath the Mantle of Responsibility. Something shiny and pretty like that because in the end species is a thing that can be transcended by merely sentient intelligence or some such Federation-ville ideal. */shrug

[@Solaxe]

UnPoPulaR OpiNioN

[@CrusherBKC1]

They had a comeback in the Books

[@124085]

Why do people feel the need to regurgitate baseline opinions under the pretext of being "unpopular"? No, literally everyone feels that way. Shut the fuck up.

[@CyberMonkey03]

The whole focus on chief/cortana ptsd is ao lame to me, It feels like forced drama. I like Halo for the militaristic setting and cool lore, where are my marines riding into important battles alongside me? Big setpieces and high command giving objectives to help in the war effort? Imagine if Halo wars 2 didn't happen, without the Banished this campaign would have been horrendous for a Halo game. The combat and gameplay is a 10/10 tho

[@docwinters]

The world building problem was identical with 4-5 they relied way to much on the background novels instead of putting them in the game

[@2ndrangersww2]

Or they're just giving us the baseline information we need now in order or grow upon it later. They're pretty much trying to revamp the franchise after halo 4 and 5 without retconing them. They're giving us just as much information as chief knows. All we know is the current situation and we will know more as chief finds it out. If they just threw a ton of information at us all at once we'd be just as confused as we were with halo 4 and especially 5. They pretty much removed Cortana by deleting her, therefor getting rid of that story arc. And now they're beginning to build a new story with the banished and the endless. Sure it's aggravating not knowing what happened to the infinity or the rest of the crew, but I'm sure we will know in time.

[@PeachDragon_]

Game play aside halo infinite is still 343 trash, it's a good game but the story is absolute garbage, they don't tell you anything basically

[@elmichellangelo]

@@2ndrangersww2 were we confused when playing halo 2 and 3??i don't think so.

[@2ndrangersww2]

@@elmichellangelo I never said we were. And halo CE was the beginning of the story, it didn't give us much information about the lore of halo, just enough to progress the current story. Same as halo infinite. And halo 2 and 3 further build upon the lore. Think of halo infinite as the modern rendition of halo CE, except now we have 20 years of story and lore to help us fill in the blanks. If halo infinite overloaded us with information like halo 4 and 5 did, we'd be confused as to what was going on. It gives us just enough Info for us to jump back into the boots of chief and fight the banished. It's a soft reboot, not so much a direct sequel to halos 4 and 5. It's creating a new story without cortana or the didact, but still acknowledging that those events did happen.

[@Perroden]

Halo 4 didn't really have that problem tho, you can figure out what's going on without reading the books. H5 and infinite tho you don't know what the fuck is going on unless you read books

[@seawind930]

UNSC Infinity will be rescued and repaired in Halo wars 3 and we will be teased with the UNSC Forever that is 25 Kilometers long and carries 3 infinity class ships that it can launch from it's underside. Its MAC guns are so big that it uses Frigates as rounds and it has a Spartan 5 training ground/Gelato Cafe.

[@AgreeableSmile]

dont think they're gonna do that just yet

[@AgreeableSmile]

somehow i don't believe you

[@eschatondesign7218]

RIP Mortal Reverie + the other Mulsanne-class frigate that went down on the ring

[@masamune1177]

After finishing the campaign yesterday, I really want to know what happened to Laskey and others.

[@BrokenLifeCycle]

There was a recording stating that Lasky was sent off in a lifeboat. Whether he was recovered was unsaid. Who knows. Maybe those lifeboats are slipspace capable.

[@marshalsoult3860]

i expect the halo wars 2 outdated unsc ship to arrived and The last remaining ship capable to fight the banished

[@360Vestige]

@@marshalsoult3860 If the Spirit of Fire is the last remaining ship capable of fighting a united Banished fleet, the Spirit is screwed... The top of the line Infinity and her escort couldn't handle the Banished fleet, Spirit was outdated from the get-go of Halo Wars 1, add in countless engagements without the opportunity for thorough drydock repairs, no resupplies in God knows how long... She'd be toast.

[@marshalsoult3860]

@@360Vestige hit and run tactics and find strategic ways to hit the banished hard. teaming up with the elites of thel would also help

[@sentinel-wraith9060]

If the Infinity was worfed, the Spirit of Fire, a badly damaged support ship without a slipspace drive and massive casualties from both the Ark and Shield World 0459, has no chance.

[@steven8231]

Really hope the spirit of fire and red team are still chilling fighting the banished and flood on the ark

[@Prankester6856]

It's might be already over as in Halo infinite atriox died at zeta Halo so there is the fact that he defeated the Spirit of fire and got of the ark and came to zeta Halo

[@Angry_Peanut_52]

​@@Prankester6856No, Atriox is alive. In the end credit scene of infinite, Atriox found the cylixes of other Xalanyns.

[@macwelch8599]

Poor Infinity got shredded in the opening scene

[@tman9619]

Yeah that bothered me considering the Pillar of Autumn was able to last against the Arbiters fleet for at least awhile you would think the Infinity could at least take out a few of the ships and not get taken out in a matter of moments

[@Lasershadow]

Possibly. Only reason to think so is that Infinity going boom took out that destroyed Ring Section.

[@hazydoom69]

@@tman9619 the brute boss of the game actually talks about how they killed the infinity. They pretty much popped into real space right on top of the girl and before she could even react they rammed her with several of their dreadnoughts immediately crippling her.

[@pingaspuff2909]

@@hazydoom69 Thank you so much for clearing that up, after finishing the campaign it still bothered me how Infinity could be taken down so quickly, even against such a large Banished force

[@tman9619]

@@hazydoom69 oh okay I didn’t see that part yet that makes more sense now but damn I honestly really liked the girl hopefully her and her sister ship make an appearance next game

[@trevorhawkins1626]

I know it won't happen but imagine if the Spirit of Fire, upgraded with new shields along with a new slip space drive came to Zeta with a huge UNSC fleet to retake it. I know it's a long shot buy one can dream

[@Destroyer_V0]

Upgraded where and how? Spirit of fire showing up, certainly. If anders can figure out how to open a portal from the ark to any section of the halo array, then it's possible.

[@trevorhawkins1626]

@@Destroyer_V0 Idk how itd be upgraded but the Spirit is able to simultaneously repair 10 ships, so its not a long shot to think thatd they be able to steal Banished tech in the time it's been chilling at the Ark. Would be cool if it made an appearance either way imo, it'd just make more sense if it was upgraded so it wasn't immediately shot outta the sky haha

[@LEGOMANIAC419]

After finding out what happened to the UNSC, between the Created and the Banished, does anyone else feel a parallel between this to what happened with the Forerunners and the Flood? Like, the Forerunners imposed an imperial piece upon the galaxy with their Guardians, keeping their protectorates weak and unable to gain any strength that would threaten the Forerunners' hold on the galaxy. Because of this, when the Flood showed up, all these different species that the Forerunners had kept safe were left totally vulnerable, as they couldn't fight back against the Flood like ancient humanity had.

[@thegamerboy1000]

But humanity at that time was fighting the Flood on one front while also fighting the Forerunners

[@josephcharles4549]

@@thegamerboy1000 Humanity was still nowhere as strong as the Forerunners. 20,000 planets at most vs 3,000,000? Nah. The Forerunners at the beginning stages of their war with Humanity took Earth back then. They also basically turned off slipsace for Humanity cutting off many worlds and systems from each other (which the Flood later did to the Forerunners funnily enough). Humanity were also allied with the Ancient Prophets. Even if they fought one front Humanity would not be able to change their outcome though it is impressive they fought two.

[@existentialselkath1264]

I just want to know what happened to Roland. He didn't seem to side with cortana, but obviously the infinity wouldnt want to take that risk so is he deleted? Or just locked down somewhere?

[@nickel-bolas951]

Roland is a true bro, I hope he made it. I hope we see more of the friendly Smart Ai like him and Isabel in future content.

[@lykan2]

I personally was half expecting that the Spirit of Fire would show up, the UNSC surely could use her now as well as RED Team.

[@acehigh79]

The only issue is the Spirit of Fire no longer has her slipspace drive. But if the Guardians are out of play, and they can open a portal on the Arc.....it's possible. Wouldn't mind Red team and the Spirits crew getting into the proper battle instead of a side operation. Especially if they can link up with Blue team to go find Master Chief.

[@heianorge6426]

@@acehigh79 but we all know what happens if red and blue spartans meet each other... (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXW2eoCvl7yclck)

[@leetningvancleenf5843]

Had Chief just handed over that chip, none of this would have happened.

[@redrover1172]

Then the didact would have composed all of humanity.

[@billycraig6740]

@@redrover1172 Had cheif and cortana looked more into the signal, they wouldnt have woken the didact up

[@redrover1172]

@@billycraig6740 they were acting fast, trying to stop infinity from getting pulled in, not like they had hours to analyze the signal.

[@billycraig6740]

@@redrover1172 i know i know

[@cryptosporidium1375]

Trevelyan is in the same state as it was in the Human-Covenant war… a small team of spartans in a slipspace bubble that dialates time.

[@SeraphOC]

Yeah, you would think that the UNSC would have pulled the Spartans from Onyx, all hands on deck kinda thing.

[@michaelramon2411]

I have to say, I know a lot of people didn't like Halo 5's ending, but I feel like skipping over the entire Created war was a big missed opportunity. Master Chief fighting a desperate hit-and-run war, raiding different planets and installations, rallying humans and teaming up with any Covenant willing to do so, battling a mix of Prometheans, Cortana-following Covenant and hostile UNSC units (either remote-controlled or manned by humans who have sided with Cortana). All while Chief is trying to find a way to end the war without deleting her. Doesn't that sound pretty epic? I suppose it's entirely possible that Halo Wars 3 or an ODST/Reach type game might cover some of this, but right now it just feels like an entire game was missed between 5 and Infinite.

[@kjj26k]

It's not just the story, most Halo players really don't want to ever fight Prometheans again.

[@calebroca5134]

@@kjj26k yeah they were the worst

[@Perroden]

@@calebroca5134 naw they were better than most of the enemy's.

[@Perroden]

Ya i loved the Prometheans and there weapons. And i hate they were tossed to the side OFF SCREEN completely forgetting what 5 set up making it and 4 feel pointless as well as hw2

[@willkiecana3413]

I’ve always loved your outro with your dog haha it’s perfect.

[@B6CB]

So now Guardians are free to use and we have exact copy of Cortana but without PTSD, well I guess I found our "ultimate weapon" for Halo 7

[@epicmickey2351]

Cortana literally destroyed Sydney, Australia, which is the headquarters of the UNSC. I imagine things are a bit hectic right now.

[@epicmickey2351]

@Cú Fiáin damn. The Earth is occupied, the Infinity is fucked? Idk where the Eternity is, hopefully would save the day.

[@dragerdet]

Yeah earth is fucked

[@sentinel-wraith9060]

@@epicmickey2351 It's scrap metal. It was never completed and was stripped to repair the Infinity. The Infinity took over 20 years to build.

[@enrath4078]

I thought it was obvious that Yap Yap the Destroyer singlehandedly took down the Infinity

[@sillybob9689]

Better not upset Yap Yap or you'll be Yeet Yeet into oblivion.

[@shadowtear101]

I believe the Prometheans with the exception of the guardians are still active as I think warden eternal himself is still alive and out there. As for the created we might get a future update on them see their current status now that Cortana is gone.

[@drearyplane8259]

Dear God I killed the Warden enough times already...

[@Hastur_the_King_in_Yellow]

One thing that's infuriated me about the Halo sequels is that if you just play the games, you get the skeleton of a story and often don't know what the hell is going on. When I played Halo 4, I found myself asking: Who are these new Covenant? Why are they discussed as though they are established characters with at least one game behind them? What are they doing here? Why did the Forerunners turn humans into automatons? And if you want the full story, you have to read all the comics and buy all the books. That, to me, is not only indicative of poor storytelling in that you had to have to provide context in a different form of media, but also shows a different yet no less insidious form of monetizing the story. I know that people are going to point out that this has been happening since Halo was in it's infancy ('First Strike' answering the question of how Chief, Cortana and Johnson escaped Halo), but I will counter with the fact that those books were **not necessary** to have full comprehension of the story; they were an enrichment, not an essential. That has not been my experience with the sequels. In addition, there were not several storytelling avenues that needed to be pursued in order to have all the relevant context. That is why I have started to drift away from Halo, because it pains me to see what it's become: A janky, seemingly-unfinished mess of a story where you have to buy part of the pieces in order to know what's going on, and with developers that seem more intent on nickel-and-dime-ing the players through microtransactions in the multiplayer mode. End of rant.

[@ericbooth3393]

I know right?! That first elite I encountered in my first play through of Halo 4 had me hella confused. I thought the elites were our allies? Why was nobody answering that question throughout the campaign? Why did they look like Brutes? I hated it too. That’s just one example of the narrative that bothered me

[@montypython5521]

Really? I felt that 4 was the only one of the new games that didn't require outside reading to understand .

[@FlipDarkFuture]

Pretty sure you weren't paying attention, because they spell it out in 4 that the Covenant on Reqiuem are a remnant being led by Jul M'Dama. And they're here searching for the Didact. None of that is comic or book material, it's literally in-game.

[@ericbooth3393]

@@FlipDarkFuture We had no idea who Jul ‘Mdama was until Spartan ops. At the end of Halo 3 it was made quite clear that the elites no longer believed in the Covenant religion, and had a peace treaty with humanity. So walking into Halo 4 to fight a new faction of elites who are still religious, searching for forerunner relics and a forerunner God, was sorta confusing. It’s only through the expanded universe that we are told these elites came from a different planet, a different phenotype. There was never any indication given for this being the case in the campaign.

[@theravenlordmasterofthevib8991]

@@ericbooth3393 does all of humanity follow one religion? No. It’s completely unrealistic to expect all the elites to abandon the religion of the Covenant all at once. It makes sense that there would still be some that believe in it, and it’s not unrealistic that one persuasive elite would be able to convince other like-minded individuals to join his cause in rebuilding it

[@juzoli]

They revealed suspiciously low amount of information about UNSC Infiniti, about all the people we know were stationed on it, and the rest of the fleet. The death of most named people from earlier games are not confirmed. I would guess they are saving it for DLCs, or maybe the next big game.

[@sentinel-wraith9060]

This is supposed to be a game for "10 years", so probably DLC.

[@zaepher3176]

You’re the first person I’ve seen that mentions the downed guardian on the ring, thank you it’s been driving me nuts!

[@ps-1476]

It would be epic if the UNSC on Zeta Halo gets their reinforcements in the form of a fleet led by the UNSC Pillar of Autumn II, that would be nostalgic as hell, even if I think a lot of people unfamiliar with the extended lore will blast it for being too 'fan-service-y'

[@BigChapDidNothingWrong]

The Pillar of Winter

[@damienmaymdien6367]

Structural Support of Spring

[@theenclave7391]

There is no more UNSC Fleet its been 99.9% destroyed along with the shipyards that built them.October 28, 2558 the UNSC was largely immobilized by the Created when Cortana and her Guardians took over Earth and most human colonies. meanwhile the Banished havea full fleet and CAS-Class Assault Carrier's an 2 CSO-Class Supercarrier's its GG

[@KingCARROT19]

@@theenclave7391 Nah fam, UNSC was able to survive the Covenant and they were at least 10x larger than the Banished

[@Prankester6856]

@@theenclave7391 that still might have the Unsc eternity (sister ship of the unsc infinity)

[@Wailot6]

I hate the fact that they just deicide the UNSC are on the on square one again for... reasons. It reminds me of Star Wars the force awakens how we suddenly were back with the empire again or Jurassic World when we just got a fully functioning park out of nowhere The one thing that really is on square one is worlsbuilding

[@Keemperor40K]

If you go to Halopedia, on the entry regarding the Created, it redirects you to a post in Halo waypoint, which specifically states that the Created have ceased to be a unified force and indeed are not only scattered in small remnants somewhere, but also most of their power is effectively gone. Cortana destroying herself somehow did something to the Domain and probably cut off most of the rebel AI's from the Domain, and those not cut, where destroyed. This has allowed the UEG and the UNSC to begin a rebuilding process in the wake of the end of the Created threat. As of right now its mostly a clean slate for the galaxy, with the UEG/UNSC rebuilding from the blackout caused by the Guardians, the Insurrectionists beginning to recoalesce into a more unified front, as the power and reach of the UNSC has been severely diminished. The Shangheili continue their post-covenant war recreation of their society, but its a long process and finally the Brutes are rallying behind the Banished as a show of unity and need of security after the destruction of Doisac. This is setting up an interesting multi-polar universe for Halo, with between 5 and 6 major factions that will all be relatively even in power and capabilities in the near future. The gains the UNSC had obtained as the clear winners of the human-Covenant war and having the most stable post-conflict government, meant that they effectively where in a position to become the overwhelmingly superior force in the near and long term future. But the Created having so heavily attacked the UNSC, took all of this momentum away and left the UNSC in a sorry state, from which it is just beginning to recover.

[@MonkeMane]

Laskey is hiding in a cave with noble 6 and Jorge

[@grandwielderofdeadmemes3029]

Could you do a video on twilight imperium? I think it would be really cool.

[@bradyboy7092]

In the campaign eshurum said it took only 4 minutes to neutralize the infinity he didn't say destroyed

[@battleboat12]

Considering the order was given to abandon ship and pretty much anyone that could got the hell out of there I’d say the ship is probably destroyed and if not is basically a sort of crashed stronghold somewhere on the ring there are a couple of far off rectangular objects in the distance I’d be willing to bet one is the infinity too far to reach by ground forces in the initial conflict by maybe something explorable in the future.

[@mirzubair8291]

@@battleboat12 plus 90% of the crew are dead so its really no use if they even find Infinity most likely they will salvage what they can and make contact with other UNSC forces. And I am sure that Atriox would leave zeta halo with his endless and beat the crap out of the spirit of fire back at the ark while releasing some endless for MasterChef to deal with.

[@battleboat12]

@@mirzubair8291 probably honestly if anything I’d se maybe going to the infinity to either grab tech, intel, weapons, or long shot a hyperdrive to gtfo

[@SolidAvenger1290]

Despite how much the UNSC has lost going into Halo: Infinite (R.I.P Infinity), I believe there's a small biblical reference to how exactly the major role of the Spirit of Fire (Halo Wars )will play going forward alongside Chief's/the Weapon's story arc. (Plus others as well who 343 hasn't clearly provided thus far nor confirmed are decease) Side Note: I guess 343 got the idea of the Infinity's downfall in Halo Infinite from Star Trek DS9's episode, The Jem' Hadar - The Odyssey's Last Stand (Early Dominion War) The SoF's story through both Halo Wars titles reminds me of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey (a similar yet indirect reference to my previous note) while at the same time it has the potential to share the role of being the UNSC's version of Noah's Ark. Hint: In Halo Wars 2, they briefly blunted Atriox's attempts of using the Halo Ark and their role could be a big factor in upcoming titles. In terms of how exactly other brand new/advanced UNSC Naval fleets will do against the Banished, hints of the remaining the Created, and possibly the Endless are still very unknown. Though if a scenario would occur the UNSC would fight much better than how they did during the Human-Covenant War, but with Atriox given he successfully ambushed the Infinity, & numerous times beat Spartans one on one shows he's a character the UNSC can't take for granted even with the advancements in technology. In a small way, Atriox reminds me of Spartacus with hints of Hannibal's way of strategy

[@deuu7045]

Imagine once the coop campaign comes out and you play as your own Spartan

[@stangerr0267]

I think how the game started was problematic. You don't really understand what's going on then you watch Chief lose to Atriox because the banished are attacking... just because. Like what happened to the Ark? The Spirit of Fire Crew? Arbiter and everyone else? The way Halo 5 ended and trying to make the Banished the main bad guys just does work well story wise

[@WPSent]

Me and a buddy are also wondering how did the infinity loose to the Banished? In 4 we see the Infinity road kill a Covenant ship without breaking a sweat. We have some ideas, but nothing in game really seems to speak towards that. Also, how in the hell did Chief survive 6 months in space in just his suit?

[@Lasershadow]

Banished are the new Covenant baddies. I'm sure we'll get some more info on things with upcoming DLCs.

[@WPSent]

@@Lasershadow I get that part, but I want to know how the Infinity which is this super ship, got pwned so quickly. While DLC might answer it, I hate that kind of deal.

[@Perroden]

Exactly I'm glad there are others who don't just blindly defend the open scene as flawless when it's the exact opposite

[@thomas.02]

Infinity, Lasky, Atriox's masterplan, not to mention the Endless... so many questions. I only hope 343 can give us good answers

[@stephennugent9958]

On the halo ring there is wreckage in the distance & I just want to know is that a Guardian?

[@androssthered1157]

Check Halo Infinite's achievements, finding all spartan logs awards you with Rubicon Protocol. The next halo novel coming out in March, The Rubicon Protocol. Based on the pre- Infinite game UNSC forces that are stranded on the ring.

[@thomasspangenberg5328]

I'd love an explanation video laying out (or at least trying to) everything that happens leading up to Chief waking up in Halo Infinite. Such as: when did the Banished, the Infinity, and Cortana arrive on Zeta Halo? When/how was the weapon deployed onto the ring and how long until she confronted Cortana? And how long between that happening and when the Infinity gets attacked and the Chief gets spaced? I don't know if there's enough info to answer all of these questions, but I'd really like to know.

[@jakeh8780]

That’s going to be covered by Halo: The Rubicon Protocol.

[@jakeh8780]

It’s going to cover the 6 months of UNSC resistance before master chief wakes up.

[@PURODANNY]

That guardian probably caught the infinity before it crashed landed because you noticed how Cortana didn't like the infinity being attacked when she was speaking with atreox

[@cherrygaming741]

“Only using dumb A.I” Roland: :0

[@MasterCog999]

Ok Ecks, I have been doing a little bit of digging but I don't seem to find anyone talking about this; what happened to crimson squad. I know not many people liked spartan ops, but I enjoyed have my own spartan again and I wonder what happened to the squad that we were all a part of.

[@keshvinkumar5770]

#AskEck how do you think Thrawn would rebuild his fleet? I believe that he would follow a carrier style fleet by having ISDs modified for carrier operations and escorted by smaller ships like Arquitens. The Starfighters will do the heavy work.

[@nickowen7406]

Better yet, how would thrawn rebuild the unsc fleet

[@willlasdf123]

He predicted that carriers would be the future (just like real life) and that the future would belong to multi-role strike fighters like the Defender (just like real life). To your point I think the ISDs (maybe a fictional ISD III) becomes a fast armored fleet carrier, and completely loses it massive casemate secondary battery (just like with real world battleships) and instead gets a huge anti-star fighter point defense compliment (like late war US battleships just covered in AAA). I think it retains the lower caliber but more numerous ISD primary battery to shred the smaller cruisers that make up the backbone of rebel ships of the line. He completely does away with the largely ceremonial and psychological dreadnoughts with the highest tonnage ships being the various battlecruisers that form small hunter killer squadrons with Tectors that sortie in the rare instance of the rebels pulling together multiple larger Mon Calimari cruisers that are best handled by other capital ships, but that's probably a rare occurrence. Basically, the fleet looks just like the end of WWII. Carriers are king, but in the rare instance someone is going to sortie with a concentration of capital ships, it probably doesn't hurt to be able to win the uncommon Battle of Space Surigao Straight

[@thirdenvoqation7735]

@@willlasdf123 Problem with space combat scenarios is that fighters don't make sense for the likely engagement distances and advancements of weaponry. A good SciFi series (book or TV) to depict this is the Expanse which is frigate/destroyer and larger ships. Why waste money/time on fighters that can be easily destroyed due to low armour or limited weapons or ammunition (assuming realistic physics and design ideology) and all probability your pilot killed which is another factor against them is the cost of pilots training and time. Realistically if you're going down the carrier route then you're looking at drone carriers or similar. However simple ballistic CIWS or similar systems would basically shred them before being able to engage, hence it'd be simpler and easier just to launch missile or torpedo salvos against your enemy to overwhelm or destroy the targets. It's a nice fantasy to envisage a bunch of fighters leading a cavalry charge against capital ships or targets but realistically you'd just be cannon fodder against larger calibre weapons or missiles and that's excluding laser or plasma tech. Whilst I realist you reference WWII, modern technology is way beyond what they had then combine that with AI or more limited 'smart' computer systems then humans just can't compete nor would likely be able to handle the stresses/forces of Newtonian physics would demand of them (excluding IDs or AG). I don't know enough about Halo Slipspace engines, but can't they just jump in dump metric ton of ordinance at the enemy and jump back out? That'd be the most logical way of engaging in combat, and you'd end up with AI's predicting/counter-predicting the jump points to have the munitions exploder or acquire their targets. Stealth would be a highly desirable feature to mitigate long range acquisition, so thermal and profile signatures would be reduced so all those flashy lights may give away thermal signatures same with those engines. Flying in space is hard, and I wouldn't want to be in a fighter that's akin to being in a flying coffin unless you're doing sub-orbital type combat.

[@cocoapebbles10]

Gotta say the lack of side characters was really felt throughout this campaign. While I wasn't the biggest fan of Locke and Osiris, I was really hoping to see them in Infinite along with Palmer, Laskey, and Halsey. The game felt rather empty throughout.

[@Perroden]

And I'm not a fan of any of the new characters

[@WW1Historian]

I always loved the idea of the camp in the Mortal revarie

[@Kirostratus]

It’d be interesting to know if Jun made it off Laconia station before it was destroyed, the last we heard of him in Bad Blood he was still on that station.

[@zacharys8141]

It may be misplaced optimism but I would guess the station wouldn’t have exploded instantly like it was depicted self destruct usually takes longer unless for some reason it was rigged with explosives.

[@TheOyeah55]

Now that im thinking, during the first time Infinity arrived on Zeta Halo, based from the story Cortana is still alive and during the attacked on Infinity Cortana and Atriox just talked about the consequence of defiance soo when Lasky, spartans and marines take refuge on Zeta Halo Atriox showed how he killed Masterchief then ask her the same thing she asked him.. When Cortana sacrifice herself shouldn't be there's audio log expressing like what happen to the ring? what's that giant exploding? what's that bright light? etc like that the aftermath after her sacrificed and so far we only know the ring broken after that but what happen with the UNSC refugee?? there's couple plot holes in this game that need to be tell least in audio log if not cutscene but i hope they fill the plot holes in the DLC

[@stapuft]

i wanna know how the banished managed to beat the ai's personally.

[@arthurbrandonnielsen]

Brute force, pun intended

[@mirzubair8291]

@@arthurbrandonnielsen Atriox is not an ordinary brute bro.

[@arthurbrandonnielsen]

@@mirzubair8291 I know that. I just couldn't resist the joke

[@bjiornbjiorn]

I got the impression that the UNSC had already deployed the weapon on Zeta halo and that Cortana wasn't actually in control of the systems when Atriox arrived. I have nothing concrete to back this up but it would fit with what we know. For instance, if Cortana had been in control of the ring then why didn't she know that it was Atriox rather than the Masterchief who had come to see her.

[@stapuft]

@@bjiornbjiorn iunno, from how she was talking to guy at the end, it seemed like whatever happened, the brutes were the ones that did it, not the unsc, like weapon said, all that stuff happened before she could do anything, so she couldn't do her mission, which is why she didn't delete herself. i was HOPING that was because cortana was still "alive"....but....alas...

[@montgomeryfitzpatrick473]

Can we get 343 to bring back Thicc Halo 4 Cortana/Weapon?

[@Mike-ul1xn]

In future Halo media, I'd love to see the UNSC integrate enough covenant and forerunner technology to make the classic frigates maybe not dominate, but definitely be able to stand and hold their own against adversary ships.

[@rickyrackx8928]

Do a video on how the Banished successfully destroyed the Infinity

[@smartmouthriveria]

The ending with the dog is way to funny !!!

[@Digital2pulse]

What would make sense in the future is that Arbiter arrives to assist the UNSC on the halo ring along with Rtas 'Vadum commanding a carrier or fleet after hearing what happened to Infinity, that can serve as a good start for arbiter and chief's reconnection

[@Cyro_2235]

What happened to the UNSC? What happened to the Infinity? What happened to Lasky? ....the nessecity for those videos is just sad. Infinite should NOT left us with THAT many questions!

[@jenshep1720]

it didnt, lasky survived. its in an audio log.

[@Cyro_2235]

@@jenshep1720 i didn't ask if he survived, I asked what happened to him! Lasky was an essential part of the recent 8 years of halo! Halo 4, 5, Spartan Ops, Forward into Dawn...and now they just IGNORED him in the last, big installation of the franchise after he was the one they ended the cliffhanger with?? That's just awful!

[@jenshep1720]

@@Cyro_2235 maybe theyre planning something big involving him, theres supposed to be tons of dlc.

[@Cyro_2235]

@@jenshep1720 thats no excuse for such a lousy Main campaign! They cant just answer everything in DLCs! -.- especially not when we had to wait for 6 years!

[@jenshep1720]

@@Cyro_2235 didnt say it was, im just speculating. i mean, the campaign is 12 hours long. normal for a game with this price tag would be 40. they said itll be a 10 year game, and that there will be dlc. therefore, its reasonable to assume theyre gonna release story dlc. not a fan though - just having a 40h main campaign would be much better. RPG'S!

[@aofdemons5391]

Thank you someone brings it up!

[@user-MidwayDisc]

It feels like 343 is leaving the overall Halo galaxy in a worse state then it was at the end of the Human-Covenant War. UNSC Military is practically gone, whole worlds have been reduced to primitive levels of technology by the Guardians, Banished and other groups are raining terror throughout the galaxy, various rouge Created AIs, and add to that the looming threat of the Endless coming.

[@thorshammer7883]

#AskEck *(Attempt 896)* *Factions versus battle:* The Imperium of Man - *(Warhammer 40k)* *Vs.* The Forerunners - *(Halo)* I'm still going strong Eckhartsladder.

[@Smitty19966]

Halo 4, 5: Navy put up a good fight Halo Infinite: I take that back, Navy got it's butt kicked

[@deshonbrown7284]

Rip for Infinity

[@moppypuppy781]

Captain Lasky abandoned his ship and crew to die at the hands of the Banished. Lasky was the _first_ one to abandon ship and didn't order everyone else to abandon ship until _he_ had escaped.

[@redrover1172]

Not true, the ship was already being evacuated, when they got Lasky to a pelican he gave final orders for all remaining crew to evacuate.

[@erikcarrillo7378]

I sincerely hope spartan ops returns thats one of the few things i liked the most about Halo 4.

[@woofwoof6419]

I hope they add more lore on the Mulsanne Class. From the name, it sounds like a direct replacement to the Paris.

[@reffa2858]

6 months and the bulk of the UNSC hasn't found out about the Banished trying to take over a halo.

[@mortman200]

It'll be hard for the UNSC to get reinforcements to Zeta Halo because the ring jumped to an unknown system during or following the Banished attack on infinity.

[@HeavenlyDemonicEmperor]

I need more space battle cutscenes in Halo man they are so cool

[@davidos8760]

I love your videos

[@selectthedead]

Something I still wonder is what happened with Ellen Anders from the Spirit of Fire? Because she was going with the Halo to Reach and was intercepted by a Guardian. So still no one knows of Cutter's survival in the wider galaxy.

[@billycraig6740]

The ring she was on was sent through slipspace, she's just ridin a ring around galaxies like a boss

[@selectthedead]

@@billycraig6740 If the rings are rotating as well, is she rolling through the Universe!? XD

[@billycraig6740]

@@selectthedead HAHA PROBABLY

[@Rowan-ff7lk]

I hope in the future we can get a dlc of some kind set in the destroyed Sydney UNSC base, I don’t know how it could work, maybe a mIssion to save as many leaders as possible that are camped in a bunker or to possibly retrieve a new infinity esque ship being built in secret in a secret shipyard there so the unsc can keep tabs on it. Idk how it would work, mostly just going off how cool the environment would look

[@Sol_Invictus1997]

6:15 “Killed herself in Minecraft 🤖.” 😂😂😂 Nice save.

[@SmoothOthello]

Imma have to come back to this video once I've completed the campaign

[@thorshammer7883]

I assume another good question to ask is what happened to theaim leaders of ONI. Have their influence and power over the UNSC significantly weaken? And another one would be how many people have died during Cortana's reign. I could imagine it being within the millions unless the of her Created have gone full Empire warlord mode and been killing indiscriminately across their territories.

[@battleboat12]

I could’ve sworn someone in the campaign said it was in the billions but I’m not sure if that was just humanity or total.

[@roelsalinas3536]

It would be awesome to see the campaign on zeta halo finished and then be able to reinforce and rescue the spirit of fire on the ark. Having Jerome and chief working together would be a dream, plus it would be great to see ODST’s again from spirit of fires crew instead of just spartan 4’s.

[@bogusjuan4998]

I expect the first 2 DLC to be coop centric using the spartan teams while having its story run before and during the events of the first current campaign, one team dealing with flood and the other created, before a last single player chief campaign ties it all together At least that’s what they allude to and what I hope happens

[@ryanmoyer1325]

If you go to the tower (or anywhere in the area) in a wasp, hover above it, and face nearly straight west, you can see the silhouette of something far off in the background. Its not a perfect match to the side profile of the Infinity, but its pretty close and any differences could be explained by the beating that it took in the begin of the game. I know a lot of people have been speculating as to what happened to the Infinity after the attack by the Banished but I've yet to see anyone being this up.

[@Reach42a]

My hope is that the US C is basically shattered and now that colonies are free of the created and there have been massive shifts in leader ship at a rapid pace, we can see the emergence of new factions. Galactic Geo politics is way cooler than just species versus species

[@sylph4252]

I like this kind of "proactive timeskip", but in Infinite it's not executed too well. After such a timeskip you need to leave clues as to what happenned and why, and using it to end a character's journey is just wrong

[@jenshep1720]

there are tons of audio logs... for example, we know that lasky survives as he was able to eject in an escape pod

[@Perroden]

Exactly just ignore the previous 3 halo games and shoe horn in some new shit

[@andrewbeeco967]

Personally, I hate how the UNSC, or Humanity, is always the underdog faction and is one of the reasons as to why I am not fond of the current campaign. If it is one thing 343 did right, it was bolstering the UNSC to gradually be on par with and at time exceeding existing factions. Additionally, the UNSC shipyards should have fabricated a dozen or so carrier fleets of modernized warships and conscripted a significant portion of their remaining citizenry in an attempt to rapidly bolster their defenses Instead of the campaign being another fight for humanity's survival, it could have focused on intergalactic skirmishes over resources, territory, assets, and technology. A conflict that sees the Master Chief and other UNSC forces tasked in ensuring that the UNSC remains ahead of the other factions. Essentially, it could be viewed as a cold war between the UNSC and the Banished with the 3rd parties including Swords of Sanghelios, Balaho, Covenant Loyalists, Secessionist Union, Created, and a few others. It could have been amazing to see the Chief explore multiple small open worlds in various foreign and domestic facilities and planets in hopes of acquiring assets, bolstering alliances, and fending off adversarious factions. Then annually, the campaigns original maps and content can be expanded upon or have new locations and assignments added to the game. Either way, story wise I think it was a miss. As for game play and aesthetic, it's pretty good.

[@lolmeme69_]

I honestly do agree. It doesn't even need to be affecting the game directly - you can always have a few lines of dialogue that the beleaguered UNSC ships in the region are simply a patrol that got lost (maybe that's why we're alone on the Halo) and that UNSC assistance is coming anytime soon, but we need to hold out until then, and hopefully kill the Banished leadership to make things easier for the UNSC fleet.

[@Prankester6856]

6:15 "Given the fact Cortana killed herself in MiNeCrAfT" 😂😂 So does that mean she will Respawn

[@nastykiller95]

I realized the station she destroyed had was the Spartan IV base Mickey was being held in in the New Blood book.

[@Kscopes8888]

Could you do an origin video and breakdown of the Guardian ships from HALO?

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Pretty simple, the UNSC is scattered, they just had to deal with Cortana's rampage and now the Banushed, they're probably still trying to reorganize into something cohesive.

[@jacobparslow8723]

I never got to play 5 so this video fills in a lot of the gap between 4 and infinite

[@Majere613]

I found Infinite's storytelling to be very frustrating. What we see happen doesn't seem to make sense, on multiple levels. Even if we accept the apparent 4-minute defeat of the Infinity, we see Chief at the beginning with what looks to be the storage unit for the Weapon, only he doesn't have it. Atriox is referred to as being dead, but we see scenes featuring him that must have happened after the destruction of the Infinity. (I have no idea if the Brute in the post-credit scene is meant to be Atriox, I'm bad enough at telling humans apart.) Then there's all the UNSC tanks and aircraft that Echo-216 manages to find for us once we get enough Valour that nobody else have or use. Having a crashed Infinity on the Ring, like the Pillar in the original, would at least provide a feasible source for where they're all coming from. Perhaps it'll all make sense with the DLC, but the (apparent) end of a well-told story shouldn't leave you wondering what the story even was.

[@jenshep1720]

well theres tons of unsc outposts, the infinity was probably operating on zeta halo for a while before being destroyed.

[@bencurran3204]

Imagine a fall of reach situation for the banished as instead of them having ships stream in its just consistent UNSC reinforcements. That would be cool but tbh an unrealistic prospect

[@nitrogames1829]

Do we think The Spirit of Fire is going to arrive soon ?

[@Classicman_269]

@eckhartsladder Are you going to do an update video on the new Frigates in Halo infinite now that they have a class name Mulsanne class Frigates and its intresting new armament ditching the mac for a brightlance reflex laser? The class is referenced in the spartan audio logs Reverie log 1. Referring to the downed UNSC Moral Reverie.

[@earnestbrown6524]

So how many factions are there in the galaxy? Who is against who?

[@Tarotb]

"there aren't any concrete answers" Sums up pretty much the whole plot of the game.

[@brandonmoya3322]

Can anyone help me understand the multiplayer though? In the cutscene the Brutes are using current weapons. However the same girl grows up to be a Spartan. Wouldn’t that mean the MP is later?

[@xxsuperdestroyerxx9258]

Hey quick question, what happened with professor anders from the end of HW:2 on the ring?

[@Tiny4741]

What's that cinematic that was playing at 5:30?

[@matthewwest7906]

I hope we get a Halo Wars 3 idk why it got turned down