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Looks like the Cheif isn't the only one with catchy one liners.--[[User:Leckgolo434|prophit of war]] 15:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC) | Looks like the Cheif isn't the only one with catchy one liners.--[[User:Leckgolo434|prophit of war]] 15:36, 23 December 2006 (UTC) | ||
:what? Cheers, <tt>[[user:RelentlessRecusant|49 Proximal Secant]]<sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User talk:RelentlessRecusant|oracle]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></tt>15:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC) | :what? Cheers, <tt>[[user:RelentlessRecusant|49 Proximal Secant]]<sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[User talk:RelentlessRecusant|oracle]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></sup></tt>[[Image:H3 Monitor.PNG|25px]] 15:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC) | ||
==Who the heck posted the last paragraph?== | ==Who the heck posted the last paragraph?== | ||
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What I want to know is how the game will handle dying for the Spartans, since the books already gave a count of the dead and missing soldiers before the Fall of Reach. Maybe they will just have them go the cryo chambers. Also, unless they have the Spartans leave before the Flood (which are confirmed for the game) come, I would have to agree about them possibly being Grey Team, or at least Grey Team being the only Spartans that are still left on the planet then. [[User:The Gamer 13|The Gamer 13]] | What I want to know is how the game will handle dying for the Spartans, since the books already gave a count of the dead and missing soldiers before the Fall of Reach. Maybe they will just have them go the cryo chambers. Also, unless they have the Spartans leave before the Flood (which are confirmed for the game) come, I would have to agree about them possibly being Grey Team, or at least Grey Team being the only Spartans that are still left on the planet then. [[User:The Gamer 13|The Gamer 13]] | ||
==Do you guys not know?== | ==Do you guys not know?== | ||
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Well we know [[Spartan Group Omega|3]] now so that leaves probably 2 left to be a known one.[[User:Sith Venator|Mandalorian Fleet Master Sith-venator Wavingstrider]] | Well we know [[Spartan Group Omega|3]] now so that leaves probably 2 left to be a known one.[[User:Sith Venator|Mandalorian Fleet Master Sith-venator Wavingstrider]] | ||
== | == Non-Canonical Armor == | ||
In case it has not been pointed out yet, the armor worn by the 3 SPARTANs in Halo Wars is non-canonical in appearance and in function. The armor presented on the cover of "Halo: The Cole Protocol" was done by one of Bungie's resident artists, Isaac Hannaford, but the armor in Halo Wars is entirely different in appearance. | |||
Both show what is meant to be the MJOLNIR Mk IV armor, but one is produced by the creators of the Halo franchise, and one by a licensed third party. Given that Bungie-created materials supercede other sources in canonicity, it is apparent that the Halo Wars version is a fake. Why would this be? | |||
It was established long ago that the MJOLNIR Mk V was the first model to incorporate shields and the ability to host a Smart AI, and the Mk IV had no such ability. That would mean that the MK IV only had its armor to protect the operator, rather than the shields of the MK V and VI. It took the UNSC nearly 3 decades to get shields working in MJOLNIR armor, which was given to the SPARTANs shortly before the Battle of Reach. | |||
And yet in Halo Wars, the SPARTANs that appear already have shields and the ability for AI support, which should be impossible, since both features didn't exist until 20+ years later. This means that Ensemble has contradicted and outright ignored established canon. Interestingly, earlier in the development cycle, they said that the SPARTANs wouldn't have shielding, since that didn't appear until the MK V, and that they would heal over time. | |||
But now, all of a sudden, they give them shields, which flies in the face of already established facts. Perhaps it was too difficult to balance them without shields, or they were afraid that players would be confused by the lack of shields? Whatever the reason, they took many functional and artistic liberties in regards to canon, and failed to make their Mk IV canonically accurate. | |||
Its a shame that Bungie no longer owns the IP, for with this, existing canon will become convoluted beyond recognition. Signs of this have already appeared, for the armor worn by SPARTANs in "Halo: Spartan Black" is the MK VI, and it occurs before the Battle of Reach. But if it was canonically accurate, those SPARTANs would be wearing MJOLNIR MK IV, namely the one on the TCP cover. | |||
The contradictions need to either be explained properly, or the audience must assume that new material simply takes artistic liberties to be appealing, and imagine the correct visual canon when viewing these materials. | |||
--[[User talk:Exalted Obliteration|Exalted Obliteration]] 04:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC) | |||
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