History Fridge / HaloReach

* The Assault Rifle is known as the [=MA37=] ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the [=MA5B=] and later variants seen in chronologically later ''Halo'' games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552 when the original rifle was adopted in 2437? Essentially, if the [=MA5=] series is analogous to the [=M16=] series of today, the [=MA37=] is the equivalent of the [=M16A3=] or CAR-15, while the [=MA5B=], C and D are closer to the [=M16A4=] and [=M4A1=] and [[=M4A1=) Block II, more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* The Assault Rifle is known as the [=MA37=] ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the [=MA5B=] and later variants seen in chronologically later ''Halo'' games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552 when the original rifle was adopted in 2437? Essentially, if the [=MA5=] series is analogous to the [=M16=] series of today, the [=MA37=] is the equivalent of the [=M16A3=] or CAR-15, while the [=MA5B=], C and D are closer to the [=M16A4=] and [=M4A1=] and [[=M4A1= Block II), more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* The Assault Rifle is known as the [=MA37=] ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the [=MA5B=] and later variants seen in chronologically later ''Halo'' games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552? Essentially, if the [=MA5=] series is analogous to the [=M16=] series of today, the [=MA37=] is the equivalent of the [=M16A1=] or CAR-15, while the [=MA5B=], C and D are closer to the [=M16A4=] and [=M4A1=], more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* The members of Noble team all have distinct roles: Jorge relies on heavy weapons, Kat is the PlayfulHacker, Jun is a sniper who relies on stealth, Carter is the commander of the team, Emile the brutal melee expert and Noble Six is the Lone Wolf. [[spoiler:In the end, Jorge dies in a massive explosion, Kat is shot in the head, Jun disappears, Carter goes down with the ship, Emile is brutally stabbed with an Energy Sword and Noble Six dies alone.]]

** Also, the Field Marshal was spying on Noble Team at the Visegrad Relay and saw Kat hacking into the computer. After reporting this, the Marshal’s higher ups put a hit on Kat to demoralize Noble Team.

* The PC Noble 6 may be a reference to the line "The Noble 600"from the Tennyson poem "Charge of the Swift Brigade" in which 600 British calvery men charged to their deaths into overwhelming opposition, knowing they had no hope of success.

* Why didn't the shipmaster of the ''Ardent Prayer'' corvette signal the supercarrier for help (or at least to notify them that the corvette was being boarded) after the ''Savannah'' was destroyed and unable to keep jamming their comms? HonorBeforeReason is why. Elite warrior culture would consider it shameful to report a boarding party that the Elites in charge can't take care of themselves, and they'd rather die in battle than admit that they needed help.

* Why didn't the shipmaster of the ''Ardent Prayer'' corvette signal the supercarrier for help, or at least to notify them that the corvette was being boarded, after the ''Savannah'' was destroyed and unable to keep jamming their comms? HonorBeforeReason is why. Elite warrior culture would consider it shameful to report a boarding party that the Elites in charge can't take care of themselves, and they'd rather die in battle than admit that they needed help.

** Alternatively, the Elites' honor code makes it harder to convince them to turn their weapons on helpless, fleeing civilians, and they're much happier taking on foes who can fight back. Brutes, in contrast, have no such compunctions, and would consider all those terrified civvies as good punching bags and [[ToServeMan good eatin']].

* The Assault Rifle is known as the ''[=MA37=]'' ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the ''[=MA5B=]'' and later variants seen in chronologically later Halo games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552? Essentially, if the ''[=MA5=]'' series is analogous to the ''[=M16=]'' series of today, the ''[=MA37=]'' is the equivalent of the ''[=M16A1=]'' or ''=CAR-15='', while the ''[=MA5B=]'', C and D are closer to the ''[=M16A4=]'' and ''[=M4A1=]'', more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* The Assault Rifle is known as the ''MA37'' ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the ''MA5B'' and later variants seen in chronologically later Halo games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552? Essentially, if the ''MA5'' series is analogous to the ''M16'' series of today, the ''MA37'' is the equivalent of the ''M16A1'' or ''CAR-15'', while the ''MA5B'', C and D are closer to the ''M16A4'' and ''M4A1'', more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* There's some FridgeHorror in the troop composition of the invading Covenant forces. Covenant strike forces sent against Spartans and well-defended fortifications are chock full of Elites...but Brutes are sent solely against poorly-defended civilian populations who are unlikely to kill many of them. The Prophets are enacting a UriahGambit, ensuring that the Elites take maximum losses in the meat grinder that is Reach while leaving Brute forces intact for the coming [[BackStab Great Schism]].

* The Assault Rifle is known as the (=MA37=) ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the MA5B and later variants seen in chronologically later Halo games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army in 2552? Essentially, if the [=MA5=] series is analogous to the (=M16=) series of today, the MA37 is the equivalent of the (=M16A1=) or (=CAR-15=), while the (=MA5B=), C and D are closer to the (=M16A4=) and (=M4A1=), more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* The Assault Rifle is known as the MA37 ICWS, and is the UNSC Army's standard rifle, an earlier version of the MA5B and later variants seen in chronologically later Halo games. So why is an older variant still being used by the UNSC Army? Essentially, if the MA5 series is analogous to the M16 series of today, the MA37 is the equivalent of the M16A1 or CAR-15, while the MA5B, C and D are closer to the M16A4 and M4A1, more modern and modular variants of the base system.

* Noble Six starts most of the early levels with the Assault Rifle, and later levels with the DMR. This shows the shift from a lone wolf killing machine to member of the team, as the DMR is only in service of the Army at this point of the series. Notably, when [[spoiler:[[EverybodysDeadDave everyone else is dead]]]], the first cutscene Six has a DMR, and the last s/he fights with an AR clutched in his/her hands.

* The members of Noble team all have distinct roles: Jorge relies on heavy weapons, Kat is the PlayfulHacker, Jun is a sniper who relies on stealth, Carter is the commander of the team, Emile the brutal melee expert and Noble Six is the Lone Wolf. [[spoiler:In the end, Jorge dies in a massive explosion, Kat is shot in the head, Jun disappears, Carter goes down with the ship, Emile is brutally stabbed with an Energy Sword and Noble Six dies alone.]]

* The Noble team include: Jorge the heavy weapons guy, Kat the brains, Jun the stealthy sniper, Carter the leader, Emile the brutal melee expert and Noble Six the Lone Wolf. [[spoiler:Jorge dies in a huge explosion, Kat is shot in the brain, Jun pisses off into the distance ( Disappears ), Carter goes down with the ship, Emile is stabbed and Noble Six dies alone.]]

** One troper was playing the game with a friend, and made the comment of "There's a reason they're called 'Spartans.'" He replied by saying it wasn't going to be like [[ThreeHundred 300]]. Thinking on it later, the troper realized that the situation at Reach practically ''is'' the Sci-Fi version of the Battle at Thermopylae.

* Why does the Sniper shoulder armor only have three rounds on it? It's so the character can manually insert new rounds into the half-empty clips you take out of the rifle after every couple kills.

** So... They're just ''that'' damn good because ''we're'' just ''that'' damn good?... I now feel like a complete, utter, and irrevokable {{Badass}}.

* A bit of Fridge Horror here. In the outro (end cutscene) of New Alexandria, when Noble Team enters the fallout bunker, the player can hear civilians whispering, trying to comfort scared ones. When Noble leaves... [[NothingIsScarier nothing]]

* This actually counts for the ''entire series''. It's strongly implied Master Chief and Noble Six have the same skill set and ability. What's the difference between them? '''[[{{Halo 3}} LUCK.]]'''

* A bit of Fridge Horror here. In the outro (end cutscene) of New Alexandria, when Noble Team enters the fallout bunker, the player can hear civilians whispering, trying to comfort scared ones. When Noble leaves... [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NothingIsScarier nothing]]

** A bit of Fridge Horror here. In the outro (end cutscene) of New Alexandria, when Noble Team enters the fallout bunker, the player can hear civilians whispering, trying to comfort scared ones. When Noble leaves...nothing.

* So far, this is the saddest game of the series. [[TearJerker The CMOH page for it is a dead link]].

* Another one that explains for this troper why the Spartan's seem to have Cutscene Power to the Max, and in books do things that would be impossible in the games. Is that they are so much better than the people playing as them. Take the few people who can do speedruns on legendary without dying once in their sleep, and you might be getting close to how good Six and Chief actually are.

*** [[ItGotWorse It's worse than you think]]: [[spoiler: Most (but not all) of the Master Chief's fellow [=SPARTAN-II=]'s were killed on Reach. The [=SPARTAN=]s were definitely TrueCompanions. The Master Chief's six is being watched by the being who killed his family.]]

** So... They're just ''that'' damn good because ''we're'' just ''that'' damn good?... I now feel like a complete, utter, and irrevokable {{Badass}}.