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''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' is a '', the first game in the series. The novel expands on the events which led up to the game and explains the origins of the ''SPARTAN II'' Super Soldiers , by narrating the story of the series Protagonist , the Master Chief , and how he became one of the SPARTANs. PLOT The novel opens with a recounting of combat armor which further enhances their faculties, making them the best soldiers humanity has to offer. Following these introductory events the reader is introduced to the Covenant and their initial attacks against the outlying human colonies (such as Harvest and Jericho). The SPARTANs spread up along the front to fight the aliens, but humanity's struggle seems desperate as colony after colony is destroyed by the technological superior Covenant. Shortly after all SPARTANs are re-united to prepare for a secret mission behind enemy lines, the Covenant launch a large scale assault which leads to the destruction of Reach, the planet where the SPARTANs' training center was located and which was as much as a home world for them. The fall of Reach is a notable event in human history because it was the most heavily fortified world of the UNSC , rivaled only by Earth herself. The novel ends with an expanded version of the prologue to the original game and the escape of Master Chief John-117 aboard the ship ''Pillar of Autumn''. The vessel follows a "randomized" Slipspace vector which leads to the discovery of the Halo installation. This vector is later revealed to have been quickly generated from some Forerunner Hieroglyph s by the ship's AI Cortana . While the first ''Halo'' game made the Master Chief look like he was the only SPARTAN who survived the destruction of Reach, the book reveals that another ''SPARTAN II'' named Linda-58 was placed in Cryostasis on board the ''Pillar of Autumn'', neither dead nor alive, after she was gravely wounded during a raid onboard one of Reach space stations. The novel is the first of a trilogy of books based around '''' is a sequel to the game acting as a prequel to '' Halo 2 ''. |
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