Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
Just a thought anyways.
They made a big deal about him too before the game came out, he kind turned into a forgettable character once you beat the game.
Maybe we’ll see more of him in Spartan Ops? As for his interactions with the Chief…
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I expect Lasky to be his “humanizing” factor, what with Cortana gone, for now.That being said, I was thoroughly disappointed with how all the characters other than the Chief and Cortana were handled. They were introduced, used for their single scene, then completely forgotten.
> Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
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> Just a thought anyways.
I really liked the part in the end where Lasky was like “I don’t really know what you’re going through, Chief.”
Like really? That girl you were sweet on got killed in front of you when you were a cadet, your brother died, and that colonel who let you off the hook constantly took a shot to the face in front of you. Not to mention countless other people you must have known and loved who died over the years.
You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
i liked him alot he was cool, he looks like a character that will grow into a real hard -Yoink- by the time Halo 6 closes and will play a central role in the trilogy
even though he didnt really have a HUGE part in Halo 4, he was memorable and a very likable character, and fit in pretty good into the Halo universe, he didnt seem like a try hard character trying to “replace” Johnson or anyone, hes solid, i like him
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I liked the subtle one they did.
Lasky - “I don’t suppose you’re any good at clearing LZs?”
Chief - “On occasion.”
Reminded me of them going to the LZ, and the Hunter battle near it.
> > Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
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> > Just a thought anyways.
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> I really liked the part in the end where Lasky was like “I don’t really know what you’re going through, Chief.”
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> Like really? That girl you were sweet on got killed in front of you when you were a cadet, your brother died, and that colonel who let you off the hook constantly took a shot to the face in front of you. Not to mention countless other people you must have known and loved who died over the years.
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> You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
Do you know what a spartan II would be going through? I mean all that indoctrination and jazz.
When I saw Lasky I was all Excited but it felt as though they did know each other. It wasn’t like Johnson from 2 and 3, they had a connection, Lasky felt weird.
Speaking of that though, why cant I assassinate the Hunter?
its probably due to chief finding his “humanity” with it being shown a lot with people cracking jokes at him, and the captain throwing his little bitchfits at chief, even when lasky mentions seeing him again he doesnt really react to any of it. But his humanity was shown in cortana, and i guarantee we’ll see the demon start to open up and start actually responding to these blue collar actions.
> > > Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
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> > > Just a thought anyways.
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> > I really liked the part in the end where Lasky was like “I don’t really know what you’re going through, Chief.”
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> > Like really? That girl you were sweet on got killed in front of you when you were a cadet, your brother died, and that colonel who let you off the hook constantly took a shot to the face in front of you. Not to mention countless other people you must have known and loved who died over the years.
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> > You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
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> Do you know what a spartan II would be going through? I mean all that indoctrination and jazz.
having ones humanity stripped from you, having the weight of a galaxy on your shoulders and everything that comes with that, having the only thing you could relate to for however long sacrifice itself to save you.
chief has a lot more on his plate than lasky can hope to understand.
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> Speaking of that though, why cant I assassinate the Hunter?
it would be far too easy and would kindof diminish the hunters effect on the battlefield.
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> > Speaking of that though, why cant I assassinate the Hunter?
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> it would be far too easy and would kindof diminish the hunters effect on the battlefield.
I was so pumped for this possibility after I watched Chief do that! I disagree that it would be far too easy. If they had allowed the assassination after exposing his back by shooting off his armor (which you can already do), it would have given players a satisfying kill on an otherwise annoying enemy
> > Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
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> > Just a thought anyways.
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> You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
Uh what? Halo: CE to Halo 3 was around 6+ months, from Halo 3 to Halo 4 that was 4 years and 10 months, they’ve been together for almost 5 and a half YEARS.
I don’t know where you got your info, but it is way off. Also, do you not understand that Spartan II’s were abducted, taught to feel no pain, know NOTHING of love and then one day you meet up with a -Yoink!-, smart, humorous AI that knows YOU and you learn to know her? She is the ONLY one you can talk to? The ONLY one you can TRUST?
I would be beyond heartbroken. Losing family? Yeah, it hurts, but you will get over it depending on the person you are. Losing the only person who you can trust and love that you’ve been together that seems like an eternity is now gone?
Do you know how long John has been alone? For over 40 years, he was abducted around age 6 and is now approximately 46 years old, he doesn’t know his parents nor has friends(well maybe except for Kelly, another Spartan II that was a squad mate with him) because he knows that every mission he will ever go on could lead to death to either to him and/or his squad mates, so why be friends with them?
Lasky has NO IDEA what the Chief is going through, Chief has always been taught to have no emotion, to show no weakness, to be a machine. Chief is now broken and is showing emotion.
Halo 5 will most likely be the best Halo ever made, no matter the outcome of Halo 6.
I’m not even sure Chief would remember Lasky, unless reminded. It’s not like they shared a long history. They were only in each other’s presense for like… what, an hour maybe? A long time ago. He’s probably just one of dozens of people the Chief has saved over the years in very similar circumstances.
“You know… Lasky… from Corbulo.”
“I remember Corbulo… buuuuuut… Lasky? Hmmmm. Were you that skinny kid that got shot in the leg?”
“No, I distracted that Hunter for you… remember?”
“I thought that guy died.”
“Noooooo.”
“Oh, hey… weren’t you the one with the dead girlfriend?”
“She wasn’t my girlfriend, but yeah.”
“Lasky! I totally remember now! How’s it hangin’ man?! It’s been, what? 10, 15 years?”
It felt like they knew each other to me.
I find Lasky to be a good character and the new “Johnson” of the Reclaimer trilogy. Although no one can best Johnson. BIP BOP BAM!
To be fair, there was kinda a series of battles going on around them when they were together. Not an ideal time to chit-chat.
> I liked the subtle one they did.
> Lasky - “I don’t suppose you’re any good at clearing LZs?”
> Chief - “On occasion.”
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> Reminded me of them going to the LZ, and the Hunter battle near it.
Hah! I liked that part as well. Lasky is alright in my book.
> > > Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
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> > > Just a thought anyways.
> >
> > You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
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> Uh what? Halo: CE to Halo 3 was around 6+ months, from Halo 3 to Halo 4 that was 4 years and 10 months, they’ve been together for almost 5 and a half YEARS.
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> I don’t know where you got your info, but it is way off. Also, do you not understand that Spartan II’s were abducted, taught to feel no pain, know NOTHING of love and then one day you meet up with a -Yoink!-, smart, humorous AI that knows YOU and you learn to know her? She is the ONLY one you can talk to? The ONLY one you can TRUST?
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> I would be beyond heartbroken. Losing family? Yeah, it hurts, but you will get over it depending on the person you are. Losing the only person who you can trust and love that you’ve been together that seems like an eternity is now gone?
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> Do you know how long John has been alone? For over 40 years, he was abducted around age 6 and is now approximately 46 years old, he doesn’t know his parents nor has friends(well maybe except for Kelly, another Spartan II that was a squad mate with him) because he knows that every mission he will ever go on could lead to death to either to him and/or his squad mates, so why be friends with them?
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> Lasky has NO IDEA what the Chief is going through, Chief has always been taught to have no emotion, to show no weakness, to be a machine. Chief is now broken and is showing emotion.
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> Halo 5 will most likely be the best Halo ever made, no matter the outcome of Halo 6.
Oh where do I begin?
John and Cortana were introduced for the first time in the middle of August, 2552, but she wasn’t put into his head on a regular basis until CE. CE starts about mid September. Then 2 and 3 happen at which point he gets stuck on the Dawn on December 11, 2552. September, October, November, December. Since CE starts in the middle of on month, and ends in the middle of another, total time passed is about 3 months. As for the time skip between 3 and 4? He was in cryogenic sleep for that entire length of time. So while they may have known eachother for that length of time, only 3, well 4 with Halo 4, months have been spent together.
He’s been alone for 40 years? Are you sure? Are you sure that he, and ohhh 28 other spartans (which he considers his family) weren’t totally about to go take the Pillar of Autumn to raid the Covenant homeworld to kidnap a high prophet and force a truce? And are you sure that after the battle of Isntallation 04 he totally didn’t end up back on Reach to rescue Halsey, Kelly, Fred, Will, Vinh, and Admiral Whitcomb? Because I’m pretty sure that all happened between CE and 2. By the way, please chime in here if you think that John, for some reason, can’t trust the other Spartan 2s. 3s, and 4s I understand, but claiming he can trust no one other than Cortana? Asinine.
As for the age. Well there’s some serious ambiguity there since we don’t know how much time he’s spent the last 42 years in cryo sleep between jumps and we don’t know the rate at which it slows aging down. For all we know he could be 46 and still physically 23.
As for the abduction, they all knew that? Like, it’s even acknowledged in Fall of Reach and John says he recalls that he wasn’t always in the military but like his new life better and is proud he’s serving. Not to mention he sees Halsey as a mother figure, so he probably doesn’t care all that much that she kidnapped him from a family he doesn’t even remember.
> > > > Why didn’t he bother to rehash old times about how Master Chief saved his hide on Corbulos? It would of made a fine connection from Forward Unto Dawn and Halo 4.
> > > >
> > > > Just a thought anyways.
> > >
> > > You really have no idea what he’s going through? Are we really pretending that an AI he had for a total of 3 months weighs down on his conscious that much? Man Lasky, that brother of yours who sent you videos all the time really must not have meant much to you.
> >
> > Uh what? Halo: CE to Halo 3 was around 6+ months, from Halo 3 to Halo 4 that was 4 years and 10 months, they’ve been together for almost 5 and a half YEARS.
> >
> > I don’t know where you got your info, but it is way off. Also, do you not understand that Spartan II’s were abducted, taught to feel no pain, know NOTHING of love and then one day you meet up with a -Yoink!-, smart, humorous AI that knows YOU and you learn to know her? She is the ONLY one you can talk to? The ONLY one you can TRUST?
> >
> > I would be beyond heartbroken. Losing family? Yeah, it hurts, but you will get over it depending on the person you are. Losing the only person who you can trust and love that you’ve been together that seems like an eternity is now gone?
> >
> > Do you know how long John has been alone? For over 40 years, he was abducted around age 6 and is now approximately 46 years old, he doesn’t know his parents nor has friends(well maybe except for Kelly, another Spartan II that was a squad mate with him) because he knows that every mission he will ever go on could lead to death to either to him and/or his squad mates, so why be friends with them?
> >
> > Lasky has NO IDEA what the Chief is going through, Chief has always been taught to have no emotion, to show no weakness, to be a machine. Chief is now broken and is showing emotion.
> >
> > Halo 5 will most likely be the best Halo ever made, no matter the outcome of Halo 6.
>
> He’s been alone for 40 years? Are you sure? Are you sure that he, and ohhh 28 other spartans weren’t totally about to go take the Pillar of Autumn to raid the Covenant homeworld to kidnap a high prophet and force a truce? And are you sure that after the battle of Isntallation 04 he totally didn’t end up back on Reach to rescue Halsey, Kelly, Fred, Will, Vinh, and Admiral Whitcomb? Because I’m pretty sure that all happened between CE and 2.
He has been alone. He is taught to feel no emotion. Lasky and any other Marine was not taught this. Lasky does not and will not ever know what Chief is going through. Yeah, 28 other Spartans, they are taught to work together, but to be silent. None of them were friends, none of them know social communication. “Yes, sir”, “Yes, Ma’am”. He has been alone for 40 years and it doesn’t matter if he is “physically” 23, he is older than that and is just now feeling the real pain of a broken spirit and a heart, he is learning that he is more than a machine.
No one knows what he is going through, what he is feeling. But you know, -Yoink- me right? Guess I have no idea what I’m talking about!
His fellow Spartans were like family, but Cortana was the only one that he ever truly opened up to (as far as the Chief goes, as the Chief maintained a serious attitude even with the other Spartans and was further from them emotionally than they were with each other, as he felt it was essential that he be a leader over a friend). They went through so much -Yoink- together, intense things that would form a bond like no other (they were together through all the Halos, minus when he left Cortana at the end of 2). Cortana was literally inside of his brain at almost all times for the past few months of his life (minus cryo sleep & such), giving him advice and comforting him in the few times he was distraught (I remember such when he was backed into a corner after a Flood rush in the Halo book). She’s saved his life and prevented him from becoming a Flood form.
I’d also like to reiterate the point that she has been inside his brain, essentially.
I really appreciate everyones comments on this thread. 
It’s nice for once to talk about the story behind Halo 4.
You guys are awesome.