Data Drop

Data Drop is a collection of six classified documents, all of which were recovered from CASTLE Base by Section III of the Office of Naval Intelligence, posted on Halo Waypoint. The first Data Drop is centered around the planet Onyx, while the rest explain how the events of Halo: The Fall of Reach tie in with those seen in Halo: Reach.

List of documents
Data Drop One

Data Drop Two

Data Drop Three

Data Drop Four

Data Drop Five

Data Drop Six

Trivia

 * When the PDF for Data Drop Two is opened in a web browser, the loading screen shows that the file contains 1117 kilobytes, a reference to John-117's service tag.
 * In Data Drop 5, (set on August 27), Vice Admiral Stanforth states that Captain Keyes is not yet aware that Reach has been under attack for weeks. In Halo: The Fall of Reach ' s Adjunct, however, Keyes confides to Kopano N'Singile, Sub-commander of ONI Section II, that he is aware of the invasion and is under orders not to tell the crew about it. The date of Keyes' message is not stamped, but it mentions that the Pillar of Autumn ' s refit is 98% complete; the refit was completed on August 29, so it is clear that Keyes had been informed of the attack by this time.