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Don't forget that people don't know what happened to the chief or the final mission at the Ark. There was nothing but the 117 the Arbiter carved into the metal at the memorial service signifying the loss of the Chief at the end of H3. If they made the Chief's "death" public knowledge, it would undermine the myth of the Spartan project, so it's likely no one but the upper command knows that the Chief is "dead".Quote:
Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
Ummm, the Arby got his purple ass out of dodge...I'm pretty sure he was able to pass along that the Chief and Co took the Ark out shortly before they all tried making their exit in the FUD. And he was quiet literally MIA this time (death..."were it so easy"), as all Spartans become in some form or fashion.
Actually, I have no idea why you even brought up the idea of the Chief being 'dead' to begin with. W4rl0rd said nothing about him being dead.
Are you honestly going to tell me that the captain of the most advanced UNSC warship ever made would not know who the chief was and what he had done in the past?Quote:
Originally Posted by Masterz1337
The events of Halo 3 were not exactly short on people knowing what was going on, you forget there was an entire capital ship that left the ark with refugees, human and elite alike.
The Arbiter was not the only one who knew what happened.
Uh... The memorial for the fallen hero's had 117 carved into it, as the only reference the Chief. The Arbiter, Chief, and Cortana were the only ones who were there at the Ark when the second installation 04 blew up. Hood say's it's hard to believe the Chief is dead, the Arbiter doubts it. The official policy is that Spartans never die, if the humans believe the Chief is dead, they're not going to tell their entire military, let alone race, especially when they are making a whole new Spartan army.
tl;dr. The Chief was believed to be dead, Spartan deaths are kept secret, there's no reason why some ship captain would know the Chief's whole story.
Most.Advanced.Warship.Of.All.Time.
He isn't just some random captain, Infinity was made in secrecy so tight it had total communications black out through it's entire construction ispacked with every scrap of forerunner technology obtained throughout the entire war.
He's still just some grunt taking orders from the people up top.
The only people who know about infinity are a select brass in the navy, parangosky and osman, possibly a few in ONI as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Masterz1337
As far as it goes, he is far more than your typical Captain.
lol, Special Ops aren't just some grunts.
Of course, if this CPT was/is actually an incognito Insurrectionist-supporter, he may view Spartans in a more negative light than other regular UNSC joes, as the Spartans performed operations on Innies before the Covies showed up and pooped on everyone's gay parade.
However, the MC was publicly (remember the lights and cameras in H2?) awarded medals by Lord Hood, along with Johnson and Miranda. It's not like he's just some secret dude in a suit, a mark V, anymore. He's a publicly known hero. People need heros. Be a hero, keep it clean.
Heroes never die...
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I can see both sides. If he's high ranked/trusted enough to be in charge of a super special ops ship, he might know some things. Then again, there are lots of times in the books where people like that don't know fucking shit about dick.