Data Drop 4 makes reference to "a flagship carrier [CLASS-FIVE CSO/CAS], we’ve [never] had... permanent access [to]" which is classified "RL-54". Is it possible this might be referring to Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence, where several Spartans did indeed storm an Assault Carrier? Tuckerscreator(stalk) 15:58, 14 October 2011 (EDT)
- That is what I was thinking as well. I believe there are only 5 other instances of boarding a Covenant vessel, 4 of which are done after this data drop (At the Ardent Prayer, Ascendant Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, and one CAS-class assault carrier which the Chief briefly boarded and then destroyed in the Battle of Earth) and the other one was done by all of the Spartan IIs at the duel between the UNSC Commonwealth and the Unrelenting, which I think is a light cruiser. So that is the only thing that makes sense. Let me know if I missed any. pestilence Phil, pestilence! 16:59, 14 October 2011 (EDT)
I don't know why it's called "RL-54", though. I figured maybe "RL" was the initials of the boarded ship, but the flagship during the "Glorious Consequence raid" was the Resplendent Fervor, which doesn't match. The "AF-23" mention of a Prophet's vitality to the Covenant also brings to mind the Raid on Heian, provided it too is referencing a previous event. It's unsure what the initials and numbers mean, but otherwise these are the previous events that seem to match up. Tuckerscreator(stalk)
The Final PieceEdit
Time for the final installment, and this one looks good! --Chris talk 17:44, 21 October 2011 (EDT)
- Final? You never know, who would miss the opportunity for a perfect seven reference... Tuckerscreator(stalk) 15:56, 22 October 2011 (EDT)
Dead LinksEdit
Have the Data Drops been moved around on Waypoint, or have they disappeared forever? What do we do about these dead links? -TheLostJedi 15:21, 9 December 2011 (EST)
- Seems like they removed the news post but the documents are still in the server. — subtank 17:38, 9 December 2011 (EST)
RenameEdit
As per the Universe article I propose we rename this page to "Reach Data Drops".-CIA391 (talk) 18:05, March 18, 2019 (EDT)
Links to saveEdit
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-one/230711
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-two/240733
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-three/252256
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-four/272104
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-five/284486
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://halo.xbox.com:80/en-us/news/headline/office-of-naval-intelligencesection-3-data-drop-six-/290609
This will be sourced properly.-CIA391 (talk) 10:31, November 30, 2020 (EST)