So in the first look there was mention towards a reason why the reds and the blues are fighting. Now what could this be? My only theory right now is that when some of the new Spartans grew up(if there still doing the kidnapping thing) or figured out what happened to the other spartans(if they go with marines with augmentations and armor, like I’m kind betting they will) they might have escpaed and started going against the UNSC. What do you guys think?
I think it will be nothing more than the S4’s being trained in two seperate groups (red vs blue), which were pitted in some ongoing for of “sporty” rivalry battles all of the time.
Replace the blanks and stunning rounds (read Contact Harvest for that concept) with real ammo for gameplay’s sake and I think you’re done.
Nothing too deep or special I would think.
Here’s my theory: Insurrectionists. They start producing Spartans, and the UNSC has to counter. Simple as that. Honestly not a bad reason, either, if this turns out to be the case.
Red stole Blue’s poptarts one morning, then all heck broke loose.
Someone stuck their hand in the wrong cookie jar…
If it is a training exercise, and it is an ongoing battle for which colour is the best. I wonder is we’ll be able to select a preferred team colour.
“We’ve created a compelling and fairly convincing reason why red Spartans can fight blue Spartans.”
With the Human-covenant war years behind them, humanity probably just falls off its rails. I doubt REBEL SCUM are the antagonists. And I seriously doubt the UNSC would waste valuable resources pitting SPARTANS against eachother for sport. That whole RoosterTeeths RVB was mostly a comedy with a few annoying dashes of Freelancer crap.
It’ll probably land on something similar to Brink, where the goodguys and badguys are from a POV, which is fine. I always hate having to play as a “Terrorist” or “Locust” online. Humans ftw!
I’m hoping one of two things:
RvB is declared to be canon.
If not, then they’re training Spartans by process of elimination. Natural selection if you will. Throw them all into a battle, the best survive, and then they have only the best Spartans on their squads.
> Here’s my theory: Insurrectionists. They start producing Spartans, and the UNSC has to counter. Simple as that. Honestly not a bad reason, either, if this turns out to be the case.
Or we could suppose that the political dynamics within the UNSC have changed and two very opposed factions have developed, and developed the will and capacity to wage war against the other.
IE. civil war. It would make more sense than a bunch of shack-dwelling anarchists developing a spartan program of their own.
Or it could all be battle simulation!!
> I’m hoping one of two things:
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> RvB is declared to be canon.
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> If not, then they’re training Spartans by process of elimination. Natural selection if you will. Throw them all into a battle, the best survive, and then they have only the best Spartans on their squads.
But when you already have an established military hierarchy and training regimen you already have the ability to recognize and train the best units possible with non-lethal means. It’s especially important to emphasize that non-lethal aspect because with a unit as ungodly expensive as an adult spartan the last thing you want is to waste it in a training exercise to prove that it would have probably made a better second in command than first.
That doesn’t eliminate the possibility. 343 could just go with it despite what since the economics of the Halo universe are whatever they want them to be but I don’t think it’s the best choice to go with, even with RVB (though honestly including those voice actors regardless of the actual outcome would be a grand idea.)
> I’m hoping one of two things:
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> RvB is declared to be canon.
>
> If not, then they’re training Spartans by process of elimination. Natural selection if you will. Throw them all into a battle, the best survive, and then they have only the best Spartans on their squads.
lol, I think the first one would be pretty sweet. My older bro despises RvB, and I’d love a cameo from either team.
But the second one is actually believable! But, did’t they pick the best when they were abducting the children? John-117 was an clear choice for Dr. Halsey; strong, ambitious, and all that. Some were fast, and others well you know?
No need to go all “Soldier” (starring Kurt Russel) on us…right?
Red team stole Blue teams sweatrolls.
Or Blue team got scared of Red teams Curved swords. Curved. Swords.
It’s most likely a battle simulation used to train them.
> Or it could all be battle simulation!!
And no to that as well. It’s not really a feat of writing to make the implicit assumption of multiplayer real. I mean I could have supposed that for myself without a backstory, and with it as backstory it doesn’t really add any significance to my tea-bag-legit-pwning.
It’s just weak. Again, not that 343 can’t go with that. However, they shouldn’t.
> > I’m hoping one of two things:
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> > RvB is declared to be canon.
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> > If not, then they’re training Spartans by process of elimination. Natural selection if you will. Throw them all into a battle, the best survive, and then they have only the best Spartans on their squads.
>
> But when you already have an established military hierarchy and training regimen you already have the ability to recognize and train the best units possible with non-lethal means. It’s especially important to emphasize that non-lethal aspect because with a unit as ungodly expensive as an adult spartan the last thing you want is to waste it in a training exercise to prove that it would have probably made a better second in command than first.
>
> That doesn’t eliminate the possibility. 343 could just go with it despite what since the economics of the Halo universe are whatever they want them to be but I don’t think it’s the best choice to go with, even with RVB (though honestly including those voice actors regardless of the actual outcome would be a grand idea.)
We’re talking post human/Covenant war my friend. Numbers have dwindled, technology has advanced. I’m thinking that the Spartan IV’s are even cheaper to produce than the Spartan III’s, don’t need to be genetically screened, get fewer augmentations in exchange for greater amplification of abilities by Mark VII armor, and Mark VII armor is capable of being worn by almost anyone.
Another thing could be that it’s all a computer simulation of combat. Or, the best option, that they’ll take it to a meta level and all the multiplayers have been videogames within the universe based on the events of the human/Covenant war just like we have WWII video games.