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As the title states, I've been reading Glasslands, and I believe that further weakening the Sangheili might just ruined our chances against the new threat.

We haven't fully recovered yet ourselves. By further splintering the Sangheili, we might not be able to defeat whatever this threat is. We would effectively be on our own.

This can be further compounded if the fleet the Chief sees over Requiem is indeed a military fleet. IF the Sangheili have fallen so low that Cortana herself initially thought that they were a rogue group with poor military equipment, well, things aren't looking good. We might have just shot ourselves in the foot. Things could only get worse if Thel caught wind of our...underhanded dealings with the Abiding Truth.

Keep in mind that I'm not defending the Sangheili, but am merely pointing out that we are not in the best shape ourselves. It would have been nice to have some strong allies beside us when we fight this new, powerful foe.Missing Mandible 15:24, 30 May 2012 (EDT)

That's an interesting point. The thing is though that at the time that the UNSC was weakening the Elites they did not know about this new threat. thus they were simply destroying the only opponant that they sawWeeping Angel 18:29, 1 June 2012 (EDT)

Humanity didn't know there could be a new threat. If they had, they wouldn't have bothered to weaken the Elites, but instead let them take the brunt of the punishment. They probably will, anyway. Tuckerscreator^(stalk) 19:11, 1 June 2012 (EDT)

At what point do you reckon the UNSC will know about this "new threat". I'm guessing they won't know until the end of HALO 4 at the earliest, since, while the Infinity may know about the new threat, I doubt that it will have time to report back to The UNSC before the end of the game. You're thoughts?Weeping Angel 21:17, 2 June 2012 (EDT)

I've read Glasslands several times so here goes... @Weeping Angel: My guess would be that the UNSC learns about the "new threat" sometime in between the end of the campaign, and the begining of the sparton ops, which take place 6 months after the campaign. Why else would the Infinity wtill be there, keeping the storm faction from getting its hands on promethean tech? How Thel and the rest of the elites would respond to this I don't know, but we'll jsut have to see.

Now, about ONI trying to weaken the Elites, I agree with what Weeping Angel said earlier, that ONI and in extension the UNSC, didn't know about any other threat except the elites, who could still threaten Earth again. Just my thoughts. Siphon 117 16:14, 3 October 2012 (EDT)

I liked Glasslands. I didn't love it. It was nicely written, and I liked Traviss' portrayal of the Elites and humans in it, especially dealing with the post-Schism political stuff. But mostly, it just felt like setup with not much payoff, which I'm sure was deliberate - it is, after all, the start of a trilogy. One thing I didn't like, though, was the unrelenting portrayal of Halsey as a monster - yes, she is, but that's the tragedy of Halsey, that she chose to do something monstrous, has been living with and trying to justify the regret all her life, and is now determined to make up for it. I interpreted the Parangosky/Halsey rivalry as rather petty, on Parangosky's end - not that she objected to the flash clones, because ONI has done far, far worse. But that she resented that Halsey undermined her by not telling her about it. Maybe not the author's intent, but that's how I saw it. Overall, though, looking forward to reading The Thursday War when I can. -- Qura 'Morhek ^{The Autocrat of Morheka} 20:30, 5 October 2012 (EDT)

It had a nice story to tell, but, yeah, there were a few part that I didn't much care for. The negative aspects for me was nicely written by TVTropes [1] Please note that not all of the tropes are negative, but there are certainly more than just a few, though. Missing Mandible 18:21, 6 October 2012 (EDT)