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This article and UNSC DAEDALUS were both mentioned in a promotional video for Forza Motorsport. This seems similar to how Dead or Alive 4 used Nicole-458 as a character and she was later named as canon. I guesss we'll wait and see.--[[User:Halofan1234|ハローファン]] ([[User talk:Halofan1234|H1234-NET]]) 10:22, 28 August 2011 (EDT)
This article and UNSC DAEDALUS were both mentioned in a promotional video for Forza Motorsport. This seems similar to how Dead or Alive 4 used Nicole-458 as a character and she was later named as canon. I guesss we'll wait and see.--[[User:Halofan1234|ハローファン]] ([[User talk:Halofan1234|H1234-NET]]) 10:22, 28 August 2011 (EDT)


:The difference is that the Dead or Alive 4 character and settings were explicitly called non-canon by then-Bungie employee Frank O'Connor, because it conflicts with several established facts. It was a tongue-in-cheek cameo, not intended to be canon. The narration of the Forza video, on the other hand, contradicts nothing - if anything, it just means the tracks and vehicles in it are Halo canon, and since they're all based on existing cars and places, I don't see any discrepancies arising from that. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 02:01, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
:The difference is that the Dead or Alive 4 character and settings were explicitly called non-canon by then-Bungie employee Frank O'Connor, because it conflicts with several established facts. It was a tongue-in-cheek cameo, not intended to be canon. The narration of the Forza video, on the other hand, contradicts nothing - if anything, it just means the tracks and vehicles in it are Halo canon, and since they're all based on existing cars and places, I don't see any discrepancies arising from that. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 02:01, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
 
::Well said. Umm, yeah, you said everything, I guess I'm just here agreeing ;) [[User talk:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] 03:52, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
 
::Ah - but then they changed their minds. The characters Bungie creates are canon - the other stuff in that game isn't. When Bungie canonized Nicole, they said that it she, herself was canon, while the rest was not. Her having to fight a bunch of other people is not in Halo canon (thank you), while the whole Nassau station business was a plot-device to justify someone from the 26th century fighting people from the 21st. If Nassau station was ever thought of as canon back then, the time-travel aspect is of ambiguous canon, now, considering its appearence in another series.-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''''' 08:11, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
 
:::I'll just put it down to wibbley-wobbley-timey-wimey stuff then. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 06:00, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

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Canon[edit]

This article and UNSC DAEDALUS were both mentioned in a promotional video for Forza Motorsport. This seems similar to how Dead or Alive 4 used Nicole-458 as a character and she was later named as canon. I guesss we'll wait and see.--ハローファン (H1234-NET) 10:22, 28 August 2011 (EDT)

The difference is that the Dead or Alive 4 character and settings were explicitly called non-canon by then-Bungie employee Frank O'Connor, because it conflicts with several established facts. It was a tongue-in-cheek cameo, not intended to be canon. The narration of the Forza video, on the other hand, contradicts nothing - if anything, it just means the tracks and vehicles in it are Halo canon, and since they're all based on existing cars and places, I don't see any discrepancies arising from that. -- Specops306 Autocrat Qur'a 'Morhek 02:01, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
Well said. Umm, yeah, you said everything, I guess I'm just here agreeing ;) Alex T Snow 03:52, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
Ah - but then they changed their minds. The characters Bungie creates are canon - the other stuff in that game isn't. When Bungie canonized Nicole, they said that it she, herself was canon, while the rest was not. Her having to fight a bunch of other people is not in Halo canon (thank you), while the whole Nassau station business was a plot-device to justify someone from the 26th century fighting people from the 21st. If Nassau station was ever thought of as canon back then, the time-travel aspect is of ambiguous canon, now, considering its appearence in another series.-- Forerunner 08:11, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
I'll just put it down to wibbley-wobbley-timey-wimey stuff then. -- Specops306 Autocrat Qur'a 'Morhek 06:00, 19 October 2011 (EDT)