THIS IS PURELY SPECULATION, AND NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS FACT.
A.I.- “Looking forward there are a couple of A.I.'s that are going to become fairly important” (Frank O’Connor). So, there are going to be multiple A.I.'s, Cortana, of course, as one of them, that are going to be present in the Reclaimer Trilogy. Frank then goes on to talk about BB, featured in Glasslands, and his uniqueness among A.I. But, going back to Frankie’s previous statement, it seems that we are going to meet some new A.I.'s. I’m not very great with the entire Forerunner history, as I haven’t yet read the Forerunner saga, (I’m trying!) but maybe there could be a possibility of some Forerunner A.I. showing up. Maybe some new UNSC A.I., such as BB, and Covenant A.I., as shown from the Truth and Reconciliation terminal in Halo CEA, will make an appearance.
“We have another twist coming up early next year that I can’t talk about right now that will bring A.I.'s right back into the frame.” O’Connor stated this, so that means that we’ll get some information soon, right? It is early 2012, so maybe some new information in February, or maybe he was referencing Primordium, which would be a buzz-kill. Who knows?
Covenant- “We’re absolutely not done with the Covenant yet. There’s a lot more to tell about their story.” So, does this mean that the Covenant will make an appearance in Halo 4 or the Reclaimer Trilogy? It could be. According to Glasslands, there is a rebel colony called Venezia that plans to lead a massive assault on Earth in the coming future. The different types of species that live there are Grunts, Jackals, Brutes, and Insurrectionist humans. Therefore, we could see the remnants of the Covenant in Halo 4.
Elites- “Elites. They’re kind of a very noble warrior species. We discover, post 2553, they’re not very good at things like farming or trade or, you know, diplomacy. It’s gonna be an Achilles’ heal for them, but they will definitely be the most promising of the Covenant client species, in terms of their abilities to reform and take back some of the power that they lost after the Covenant-Human War.”
Reform? Take back some of the power that they lost? I can’t really think of a way that they could take back some of the power they’ve lost. I don’t think that they’ll try to attack the humans, considering there wouldn’t be much of a point, at this stage. Maybe they’ll finish off the Brutes, since the Great Schism is still occurring up until 2559. But it did say something about them reforming. The Elites may become a power in the galaxy again and be better off, like the times before they joined the Covenant.
Forerunners- “They’re gonna be a big part of the universe going on.” I’m sure we’ve all figured this out by now. With two novels, a third on the way, that elaborate on their culture and society, there is a high possibly, I’ll even go out of my way to say it’s completely possible, that we will see Forerunners in Halo 4. I haven’t gotten a chance to read any books out of the Forerunner saga, so, again, I can’t really look too deeply into this.
Halos- “There are still six extent Halos primed and ready to fire, 'cause we never defused that fuse.” There are still six Halos left in the galaxy, and they are still primed and ready to fire. If you’ve read Glasslands, you already know that Installation 03 has been found by the UNSC. And if they’re still ready to fire, don’t you think that the Forerunners will be concerned? Could we be travel from Halo to Halo throughout the Reclaimer Trilogy?
MJOLNIR Armor- “MJOLNIR armor is the Mark II MJOLNIR armor through Mark…oh, I almost gave away a secret there.”
Well, I guess he meant Mark VII. It’s not really much of a secret that we’ll get it, as Naomi-010 received it in Glasslands, but more of a mystery of when.
Noble Team- “We didn’t see all of their fates. One of them, at least, could’ve survived.” I’m guessing that Jun would be the survivor. We know that Carter, Jorge, Kat, and Emile were killed, and it can be assumed that Noble 6 died, too. That leaves Jun, which, I’m sure, would’ve be implemented into the Spartan-IV program by now. I just hope that, if he does appear in the Reclaimer Trilogy, his character will be more developed than in Reach, where all we knew was that he was a sniper, a Spartan-III, NOT Master Chief, and he went with Halsey to CASTLE Base. He really had no personality, and was, in my opinion, generally annoying throughout the game. Let’s just hope that he redeems himself.
Quarantine- “The funny thing that I often get asked is, ‘why is there Flood on the Halos? If they’re designed to eradicate them, then why have Flood?’ Well, why do you have smallpox viruses in labs? So, that’s why. The fact is that they’re continually trying to find a cure for the Flood in case it comes back…because it came from extra-galactic space. So there’s no guarantee at all that it couldn’t come back, so destroying every sample would be incredibly foolhardy because then there would be no ability to research them.” There are still Flood on the Halos for the use of research into a cure in case they come back. Even though I haven’t read Primordium, I’ve picked up that the Flood and Precursors would return in 100,00 years, or whatever it is, from these forums. So, I guess the Flood and Precursors will be the enemy in Halo 4.
Spartans- “Chief is one of the last surviving Spartan-IIs.” Yes, there are other Spartan-IIs. A few of them are Chief himself, Fred, Kelly, Linda, Naomi, (Spirit of Fire)Jerome, Alice, and Douglas. There is also a MIA Spartan Grey Team somewhere, but I think we’ll largely see Blue Team in the Reclaimer Trilogy, probably at the end or after Halo 4.
Thel 'Vadam- “He actually takes the role of a diplomat in Glasslands, so we get to find out a little bit more him, but, more importantly, his reputation and his role in the future of the Elite society.” I have a feeling that he may appear later in the Reclaimer Trilogy rather than earlier. But, hey, he could appear in Halo 4, and I hope so, as an ally, like he was in Halo 3. His role in the future of Elite society is sort of puzzling. Many Elites believe in him and support him, therefore, he may become the “leader” of the Elites, but there are groups that oppose him and want to assassinate him. As of the end of Glasslands, Sangheilios, the Elite homeworld, is under attack by something. My guess is Brutes, because, canonically, that would make sense, as the Great Schism is still occurring up until 2559, and this attack is taking place during 2553. During this conflict, he could be turned to as a leader for his people, which would be, in my opinion, awesome, as we could see his character be developed even further.
