Talk:Halo: The Fall of Reach

Please stop linking to my server. The ebooks no longer exist. Thank you. -Nick Presta

Does anyone know where I can get chapter summaries of this book? It's quite important. Thanks. --68.192.145.192 00:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Shredder Rounds???

Does anybody know what Shredder rounds are? It's in the book page 3 fourth to last paragraph first sentence.

The book says, "The three spartans exhausted their AP clips and then,in unision, Switched to shredder rounds.--Spartan 1 1 7 01:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

We have an article about them: Shredder Rounds. --ED_(talk)^(shockfront) 21:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Reference to Contact Harvest

I thought that in the book, it said that Johnson and the others encounter the Covenant a few years before On February 3, 2525, or have I read it wrongly?MasterChiefPettyOfficer_{Spartan Contribution} 12:02, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I had also noticed that in the Halo book " The Fall of Reach" it mentioned Harvest, if this is correct maybe it is in some way linked to the latest Halo novel "contact Harvest"? or is it just a coinsidence? --H92 19:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Banshee having green sheen?

I have the book, and I don't see any green sheen, it's all purple. I'm taking off that Trivial comment. --Force Colonel Valhala ¹¹² 22:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

synopsis error

The second paragragh lists mendez's name as Petty Chief. This should be definetly be changed to either Chief or Chief Petty Officer because from experience calling a Chief a petty Chief would get a scalding and this is obviously not correct.--Johnknee 21:11, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

I changed the title but as a side note his full name should probably be listed in the context of the article it's confusing. A link to his page would probably be useful also.Johnknee 21:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

REACH

To anyone who reads this it says that reach was turned into a glass like state with only john-117 making it out ............................... is it possible for them to slipspace back to reach and recover the spartans or was reach destroyed? please answer peace

REACH

SPARTEN 117 did leave but in the book halo first strike it says that a small section was left un touched by the covenet. I hope this helps you

WARS

Does anyone think fall of reach will be a part in halo wars ?

No. The Fall of Reach takes place in 2552. Halo Wars is set in 2531, twenty-one years before Reach falls. -- Councillor Specops306 - Kora 'Morhek 03:41, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Halo Film to be based on Halo: the fall of reach book

I have found Evidence that the Halo film will be based on this book, here is what I found http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-halo-movie-has-reach-4305

I wish...there's currently nobody picking up the script, or financing it. A pity, since it sounds like it would be great. -- Councillor Specops306 - Kora 'Morhek 00:07, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Halo film artical

Would someone be kind enough to write an artical on this page about the film script based on the Halo: the fall of reach book please? My writing skills are bad...

25 or 35

Twice in the book it mentions that John was recruited by Halsey 'Twenty-Five' years ago, but if you take 2552 minus 2517 it makes 35....am I the only one that has gone crazy about this?

No, it drives me crazy when writers skip math too.- Fluffball Gato

If you actually look at the date in the book it says 2542 which im gussing is another inconsistency Liamhead 21:59, September 14, 2009 (UTC)

In the book it also gives the date of John's recruitment as 2517. We know he was six at the time, so that puts his year of birth at 2511, making him 41 by the year 2552, when Reach falls, and when the events of Halo: Combat Evolved take place. I don't know what the root of these inconsistencies are...possibly just oversight on the part of the author.

The Title

I know this is really dumb- but I have to say it: The title of the book, according to the article is "Halo: The Fall of Reach". The cover, however, displays it differently. It looks like either "HALO: THE Fall OF Reach" or "halo: the Fall of Reach" as the letters do not differ, in the words "Halo" "the" and "of", from one another in size. Are we just assuming the title is what we call it? It is possible the cover wanted mistakes in it. --Fluffball Gato 20:04, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

Accually Its: HALO

THE FALL OF REACHJimMy pAz Br07 04:06, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

I'm just presuming that the article has it right, I guess. According the Nylund, though, the name of the series is HALO... In all capitals.--Fluffball Gato 04:21, May 5, 2010 (UTC)

Artificial Gravity on Human Ships

After re-reading the book recently, I noticed that Nylund refers several times to spinning sections on human ships, including the Pillar of Autumn. However, no such sections are apparent in any of the games. The book does makes one mention of appropriating Covenant gravity technology, but then doesn't follow up on this, and all human ships are assumed to still be utilizing spinning center sections to induce gravity.

In addition, the bridge is described as being circular, which makes sense in the context of the book, but once again, the game depicts things differently. Not only is the bridge rectangular, and positioned at the extreme fore of the ship, Captain Keyes, the Chief, and everyone else on the bridge is seen to be walking under normal gravity, despite the absence of centrifugally-induced artificial gravity.

Is there an explanation for this, or should it just be chalked up to the novel/game disconnect? I like operating under the assumption that all the Halo source materials are reconcilable with each other, but maybe this is not the case.

Artificial gravity was being developed by humanity even before they met the Covenant. It just took a long time to refit all ships for it.-- Forerunner 20:02, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

In the novel(pg 274), Keyes is described as feeling the effects of passing through spinning and non-spinning sections of the Pillar of Autumn. This took place on the shakedown cruise, immediately before the ship participated in the battle of reach and then departed for Instalation-04. Did they stop to refit before leaving? I was under the impression that the timeframe was much shorter.

That doesn't say that he was only on the bridge. The Autumn uses artificial gravity, at least on the "non-spinning" sections. I'm not sure about the sections that still use rotating corridors, though. If there are still parts of the ship without artificial gravity (and thus have rotating corridors), we don't see them in-game.-- Forerunner 20:17, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

reissued version

Is there new content in the reissued version of the book? Im not sure wheter I should buy it or not... <AgentSmith>

Though I am genuinely concerned with your decision AgentSmith I'm more interested in knowing that if there is new content is it worth updating the article with? Perhaps a section that reads "Revised Version Edits" or something along those lines? Colonel Calamity 11:32, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Well, reception by Halo fans have been negative mostly.- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 11:55, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Really, the only major difference is the cover. The story is the same with some minor alterations to fit in with the updated canon - one possible example being Harvest's population.-- Forerunner 15:07, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

I just got it, here is the extra content:

- section devoted to intergoetion of an elite by Cole, same as in halo wars: genisis

- Message from supreme commander Luro 'Taralumee, disscusing the events of the legends short "the package". it is reveled that the major was not Thel Vadumee, but thel Lodamee, who apparntly was able to kill an adintional spartan.

- an ONI letter dissusing how Dr. halesly was captured

- a letter from ssomone named mike to somone named agnes, disscusing how Ralph 303 was removed from the spartan program, led a normal life, and re-joined the marines, (explaing his apperance in homecoming) it also suggestets that Humanity knew about, of all things, the Flood.

- a letter from keyes to vice adimiral kopano n'singile

-ONI invesgetion of a conversion that led to the discovery of reach

- something aboiut winter conginticy. Jabberwock xeno 16:02, August 4, 2010 (UTC)

Confused

I have not read thiss book in quite some time and I have 2 questions that really stump me.

1) After John destroys the ships nav data (the Circumfrence?) so the Covenant cant get it, he goes back to the PoA. I thought then the PoA goes to the first Halo Construct, but if that is possible, how can John rescue Dr. Halsey down in the mineshafts under the CASTLE base?

2) What happens after they are rescued, and evacuated off of Reach?

Sorry if you these are really dumb questions. You do not need to write a long answer. Thanks Darb 013 02:33, August 7, 2010 (UTC)