Halo: The Fall of Reach: Difference between revisions

The book start from the very beginning of the elite military division known as the [[Spartans]] were trained; as well as all of the events leading up to the start of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. Later on in the book the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] receives a transmission sent by a new threat, the [[Covenant]], a large race of aliens who have been watching and studying human civilization for a few years. The first message the [[humans]] recorded was transmitted in English and was: "''Your destruction is the will of the gods, and we are their instrument!''" This message was also in Halo 3's E3 demo as well as in the finalized game. [[Truth]] says this line in the beginning cut scene of the level [[Crows Nest]]. Armed with state-of-the-art weaponry [[Master Chief]] and his [[Spartans]] seek to destroy the Covenant and to keep [[Reach]] under the control of the Human race. The book details the following engagements: the [[Battle of Harvest]], the Battle of [[Jericho VII]], the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]], the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]], the [[Battle of Reach]] and [[Operation: TREBUCHET]].