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* An alternate universe version of Butt Strife. Both are super-soldiers quite fond of using weapons way too big for them. Both have mysterious pasts. Judging from his stoicism and the fact we never see his face, we can deduce in a [[{{Fanwank}} fanwanky]] manner that Master Chief has issues with self-identity, just like a certain blonde bishie we know! Not to mention, Master Chief's pretty handy with that energy sword... Don't be distracted by MC supposedly being ghostly pale and vaguely melancholy-looking underneath his armor and brunet. They have no proof.

** Are you implying that Duke Nukem, Samus Aran, and Butt Strife are all the same person? Makes sense.

* As it turns out, they're actually making ''Halo Wars 2''. No idea yet how it'll relate to the Reclaimer Saga, though.

In Halo: Cryptum, we learned that ancient Humans discovered how to destroy to Flood. A geas was placed on Chakas which would eventually uncover said secret. However, since the Forerunners had to activate the Halos, we can assume that they never found out said secret. But in the new ForerunnerSaga book, Primordium, Chakas appears to be conversing with the "last Reclaimer". Now, here's what I think: in the new Reclaimer Trilogy, the galaxy will face a resurgence of Flood, possibly with extragalactic origins. Chief will find Chakas, learn the secret, and permanently wipe out the Flood. What do you think?

Considering that there is a lot of symbolism in ODST refering to [[DivineComedy Inferno]], this one actually has a lot of weight. We know that the Rookie has the initials J.D.. He's led around by an AI/Engineer [[BuffySpeak thing]] named Vergil. The audio logs, which the player finds, subtly refer to the SevenDeadlySins, and karmic punishments for them. Add this up, and the odds of the players name being Lance Corporal Jonathan Dantes (or some other J name) gets much higher.

[[WMG: Going with the {{Sliders}} version of alternate universes, the [[Franchise/DeadSpace Necromorphs]] are an alternate version of Flood.]]

** But wait: even if he did manage to survive 343's Spartan Laser-resembling burn, how would/did he get off of the ring before it exploded to pieces?

** Joshed by GameInformer magazine. It's a Forerunner Sheildworld known as "Requiem".

** [[spoiler: Ghosts of Onyx spells where she fairly well: she's trapped in a Forerunner Shield World with Halsey, Mendez, Kelly, Fred, and all the remaining Spartan III's.]]

* Pretty much confrimed by Karen Traviss's short story "Human Weakness".

** In fact, ''Literature/HaloNewBlood'' shows him talking after the events of ''ODST''.

* Seemingly jossed by ''Literature/HaloNewBlood''; he remains with Alpha-Nine.

* Partly Jossed. [[spoiler: The Forerunner found humanity, but it hasn't been revealed why were they interested in them more than any other species.]],

* [[spoiler: Halo: Primordium]] certainly [[spoiler: supports this theory.]]

** Actually, the official explanation is that the appearance of the ''Halo 4'' Covenant simply represent different phenotypes from what we've seen before, with their previous physical appearances still being canon (after all, it's not like humans or dogs all look the same either). The ''4'' Jackals are even explicitly stated be a separate subspecies from the ones in the original trilogy.

* Actually, the Chief and Cortana weren't simply left behind, but completely teleported to a new location far away from the Ark, due to the inherit wonkiness of slipspace physics; in fact, subsequent media has revealed that the Ark is still intact, if heavily damaged, and was ''still'' being visited by UNSC exploratory groups between the events of ''3'' and ''4'', with none of them seeing anything of the ''Dawn'' (and the Chief and Cortana seeing nothing of the Ark during the end of ''3''). Additionally, ''Halo 2'' points out that firing one ring the standard way ''will'' set off the other ones, the firing of the incomplete 04 being more of an exception.

* CaptainAmerica using one of [[IronMan Tony Stark's]] sets of power armor.

* Jossed by ''New Blood'' (and his Bungie-era backstory at that): He joined the UNSC the moment he turned 18, and has little sympathy for the Insurrection, even after finding out the truth about the Spartan programs (in fact, he ends up becoming a SPARTAN-IV himself).

[[WMG: The [[spoiler:Thanolekgolo]] on the Alpha Shard weren't just put there by the Forerunners, but heavily modified as well]]
Considering that they were displaying feats of strength, speed, toughness, etc. that would make even a Scarab blush, you'd figure that [[spoiler:the Covenant]] would be deploying them in battle if the ones under their own employ were capable of the same feats. Adding to that, neither Randall or Locke seemed to have any familiarity with their abilities during ''Nightfall'', and Locke in particular knows enough about the Covenant to have written a detailed report on Thel 'Vadamee ''before'' the Great Schism had even started. And honestly, it really is just the sort of thing the Forerunners would do, period.

** Actually, Catalog has revealed that Thel's faction of Elties is still on good terms with the UNSC, and ''New Blood'' confirms that Virgil is still alive, and still working for the UNSC.

* The SpaceMarine from ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}''. But that's not all, HE is in turn… The special forces soldier from ''[[Main/PathwaysIntoDarkness PiD]]''!

[[WMG: The multiplayer map Valhalla is literally [[NorseMythology Valhalla]]]]

[[WMG: Master chief is [[MobileSuitGundam Kai]] ]]

[[WMG: Jul Mdama is an AlternateCompanyEquivalent or {{Expy}} of [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Bill Adama]].]]

[[WMG: Master Cheif and Cortana are in orbit above the Forerunner homeworld.]]
''HaloLegends'' drops some pretty big hints to this in ''Origins''. For one thing, know we know that Forerunners were a different race entirely, and they had to recreate everything they annihilated with the Halos. They created cloning facilities for humanity, the species that would make up the Covenant, and presumably several of the more intelligent but still non-sapient animals. Logic dictates that they would've cloned themselves, but we don't see any. We also know the Forerunner planet is very blue, being primarily ocean and metal, which is similar to the planet Master Cheif and Cortana are stuck above.

* Five years after their attempt to take the Infinity, the NCA shows up again on Ealen IV, this time hiring a mercenary army to assassinate the peace delegation ambassadors, Thel and Lydus, two powerful and extremely influential members of the Sangheili and Jiralhanae races. Their deaths would cease any attempts at peace talks between the two races and resume the fighting, which as shown in the first two [[HaloGlasslands Kilo]]-[[Literature/HaloTheThursdayWar Five]] novels, is something that ONI is actively attempting to do in a (poorly thought out) attempt to ensure humanity's survival after the Human-Covenant War.

* Theory seems to have been Jossed as of [[TheForerunnerSaga Cryptum]]. [[spoiler: The Prisoner, who claims to be the last Precursor, was over ten meters tall, had four arms, an insectoid head, and a head tail. If humans are Precursor descendants, then the Prisoner would have to be extremely mutated.]]

[[WMG: Alternatively: The Legendary Planet is [[GhostsOfOnyx Onyx]], and ''Halo 4'' will feature Halsey and the other Spartans.]]

* The only species who are at least friendly to the humans are the Engineers, in which case the UNSC may still have [[Halo3ODST Virgil]] who may still be alive.

With the loss of the studio who made HaloWars, an actual sequel seems extremely unlikely. However, there's nothing stopping the ''SOF'' and her crew of badasses from making appearance in future games. Perhaps the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' won't be the only drifting, driveless, HumanPopsicle-carrying ship to get drawn in by the Forerunner Planet?

** Not really, Jan from ''ILoveBees'' is also a 1.1, and she's only about 17 years old. The real question here is whether Spartan-II Class II is even canon (yes, most of the ARG has been adopted as such, but most indications are that John's class of [=IIs=] is the only one).

[[EldritchAbomination the Flood]] -- he's already fought them.