The fall of Reach timeline

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July 24, 2552: Discovery of Covenant presence on Reach
July 25, 2552: Unknown
July 26, 2552: Sword Base comes under attack
July 27, 2552: Unknown
July 28, 2552: Unknown
July 29, 2552: Unknown
July 30, 2552: Unknown
July 31, 2552: Unknown
August 1, 2552: Unknown
August 2, 2552: Unknown
August 3, 2552: Unknown
August 4, 2552: Unknown
August 5, 2552: Unknown
August 6, 2552: Unknown
August 7, 2552: Unknown
August 8, 2552: Unknown
August 9, 2552: Unknown
August 10, 2552: Unknown
August 11, 2552: Jun, Six, and other recon teams are deployed to scout covenant dark zones
August 12, 2552: Battle of Virey begins, Spire one destroyed, Super Carrier uncloaks
August 13, 2552: The remaining 60% of the UNSC fleet is called in
August 14, 2552: Operation Uppercut, the real battle begins, Jorge dies
August 15, 2552: Unknown
August 16, 2552: Unknown
August 17, 2552: Unknown
August 18, 2552: Siege of New Alexandria begins
August 19, 2552: Siege continues, other wise unknown
August 20, 2552: Above
August 21, 2552: Above
August 22, 2552: Above
August 23, 2552: Noble Six reaches New Alexandria to assist in the battle, Kat dies
August 24, 2552: Unknown
August 25, 2552: Halsey chooses POA for secret mission
August 26, 2552: Noble team evacuated from New Alexandria via Pelican
August 27, 2552: Spartan twos get prepared to be briefed on Operation Red Flag
August 28, 2552: Unknown
August 29, 2552: Noble team is deployed to Sword base once more and helps Halsey with her work via defending her lab, Jun joins Halsey as she goes to Castle base
August 30, 2552: The fall of Reach, Noble team gets Cortana’s fragment to keyes, andthe POA escapes Reach. Emile, Carter, and Six die.

What is with all these unknowns? Even with Halo Reach the battle of Reach is still pretty much left untouched.

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It’s called bad script writing. Bungie dropped the ball.

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> It’s called bad script writing. Bungie dropped the ball.

Nah, my guess is that there were other battles in between July 25, 2552 and August 30, 2552 where the Unknowns occur, plus planning for counter attacks.

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> > It’s called bad script writing. Bungie dropped the ball.
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> Nah, my guess is that there were other battles in between July 25, 2552 and August 30, 2552 where the Unknowns occur, plus planning for counter attacks.

Yes, but not detailing them in any way was bad script writing. Bungie emphasised how they were going to portray a massive planet wide invasion and then they went and left huge gaps that ended up making each mission and cutscene seem unconnected.

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Reach/Fall of Reach 2.1 (By Nihilus Shadow)

July 17-18:

  • Battle of Sigma Octanus IV
  • UNSC Iroquois compromised by Covenant Telemetry Probe

July 19-23:

  • Sometime between these dates the UNSC Iroquois returns to Reach, unknowingly giving the Covenant the Planet’s location.

July 24:

  • Reach loses contact with outer colonies
  • Winter Contingency declared

July 26:

  • A single Covenant Corvette assaults SWORD Base and is destroyed by MAC Round.

July 27-August 10:

  • No enemy activity detected
  • Operation: RED FLAG drafted
  • Captain Jacob Keyes chosen for RED FLAG
  • UNSC Pillar of Autumn chosen for RED FLAG

August 11:

  • Covenant forces reappear in greater numbers
  • Recon teams deployed

August 12:

  • Spartan IIs return to Reach
  • UNSC Army engages Covenant forces in Viery Territory

August 14:

  • UNSC Air Force destroys Covenant Supercarrier Long Night of Solace
  • Covenant reinforcements arrive

August 23:

  • UNSC forces. including Noble Team, engage Covenant in New Alexandria

August 25:

  • Cortana chooses John-117 as her Spartan for RED FLAG
  • Dr. Halsey requests Noble Team to meet her at SWORD Base

(Noble Team was ordered to Sword Base for a “Torch and burn off”, however Dr. Halsey informs them that that mission was just a “pretext” to bring them to her.)

August 26:

  • Noble Team extracted from New Alexandria

August 27:

  • Spartan IIs informed of RED FLAG

(The Master Chief makes note that the training facility seemed “eerily silent” which of course is because no one was there to train as they were busy engaging the enemy for real elsewhere on the Planet. He also makes note that security was much more tight with “three times the number of MPs patrolling”. This heightened security would be because the enemy is on Reach but not yet near those facilities.)

August 29:

  • Master Chief trains with his Cortana fragment
  • Dr. Halsey returns to SWORD Base
  • Noble Team returns to SWORD Base
  • Cortana chooses Noble Six as her escort

(Evidence suggests Halsey was able to return to SWORD Base on the 29th because she had a Military escort. Troopers were alive and “Committed to the position”, which was the entrance to Halsey’s lab. There were also “Others” who handled the demolition which means there was some other team working in unison with Noble. ODSTS? Other Spartans? This is unknown at this point but we do know they destroy everything successfully. Halsey also says she “requires no escort” possibly because she already knew someone else was there to assist her. Jun is ordered to go with her anyways.)

August 30:

  • The Fleet of Particular Justice assaults Reach
  • Pillar of Autumn engages Covenant fleet.
  • Spartans deployed to Reach
  • Autumn returns to Reach for rearmament, picks up Cortana fragment, escapes Reach

Cortana uses the knowledge gained from the Forerunner artifact under Sword Base to determine what the patterns on the Crystal means. They are coordinates which lead them to Alpha Halo.