Talk:Samuel-034

Wording

How can you be close to someone when they die? --EliteDeath

According to the books, John still though of Sam as his "first and only friend" as of 2552. -ED 20:22, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Just contradicting what ED said. Samuel-034 WAS John's 1st friend. But all the SPARTAN-IIs were his friends!Vegerot 20:43, September 3, 2010 (UTC)!!!

Speculation

Deleted speculation that he was still alive. It's confirmed by Halsey in H:FS that he's dead, and there's no way he could've been saved. Honour Light Your Way - File:HalfJaw03.jpg|20px]] Kora ‘Morhek The Battle-Net My Conquests. 01:31, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Medals

Did Samuel-034 earn any medal???

Training Section

added some clarification for my previous edit, if the playground isn't used, then might I recommed using "their first exercise." Also, John, Sam, and Kelly weren't assigned together, they were told to fall-in formation and whomever was standing next to them were their partners for the exercise, they were only assigned the next day on a return trip to the playground.--Griffin2002 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)Griffin2002

Sam on Reach cover

It says in the trivia that its speculated to be him but that just makes no sense he died in 2525 but the battle of Reach occurred in 2552, 27 years after his death. Should the trivia about that just be removed or is their any evidence backing up how he'd be at Reach during the covenant attack 27 years after he died.Xxxjeffxxx 12:22, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

I'm making a habit of replying to old-ish threads. Anyway, The Fall of Reach covers much, much more than just its namesake. It covers the training of the Spartans, their first few missions together, and, really, most of their lives. So, yeah, it is Sam on the cover. Cheers,Infernal-Blaze 10:15, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

Yeah, or else SPARTAN-058 wouldn't be there either. Vegerot goes RAWR! Vegerot (talk) 15:16, 4 November 2011 (EDT)!

Height

I seriously doubt he was 7'6 at the age of 14. =\ --Kluutak 13:54, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Puberty was self-induced on the trainees(they weren't considered SPARTAN-IIs until they got their augmentations) and also the augmentations made them grow a lot too. So yes he could have very well been 7'6 at that time.Vegerot 20:24, September 3, 2010 (UTC)

Wait if he's the tallest Spartan in armor at 7'10" (2.3876m)then why is Kurt officially taller? Who is about 8'2" (2.5m) in SPI armor. Or is this because Sam Never finished growing and Kurt did? Sam did die at 14 after all. Primordial 20:03, October 11, 2015 (UTC)

That was Kurt's approximate height. And in SPI armor rather than MJOLNIR armor; for all we know, SPI could make someone taller than MJOLNIR armor can. --NightHammer^{(talk)(contribs)} 15:15, 11 October 2015 (EDT)

Image of Blue Team saluting Sam

Only Kelly and John were there with him. The image shouldn't be used. -Japeth555

The image is okay to use. See this page which explains why there's a small difference in the animated adaption.--Spartacus ^{Talk • Contribs} 11:01, 20 January 2016 (EST)

Plasma Pistol firing blue bolts

There was a recent edit by a guest account claiming "Sam was hit by a blast of blue energy, which could not have been fired from a Type-25 Plasma Pistol. It had to have been a Type-25 Plasma Rifle.". As mentioned by WarGrowlmon18 when reverting the edit it may just be a simple error, and what struck Sam is still intended to be a plasma pistol bolt. I would like to further back this up based on the production Halo: Combat Evolved. The plasma pistol can be seen firing blue plasma bolts in some prelease footage, namely here (https://youtu.be/xqPtDSmSBGY?si=NGR_pnO5vniCbjs0&t=379). Even in the final game the weapon texture possesses blue colors for the plasma "emitters" while in Halo 2 and other later entries these are changed to green. What likely happened is that The Fall of Reach novel incorporated details as they existed during the time that both the novel and the game were in development, and that blue plasma pistol bolts happen to be one of the details that changed before the game released but after the novel had finished being written. This is a speculative claim but probable nonetheless. - XScruffyDaSasquatchx