List of rectified inconsistencies in the Halo series

This is a list of changes made into the content of the three first Halo novels in the 2010 Tor Books reissues.

Halo: The Fall of Reach

 * The dropship used by the SPARTAN-II trainees in chapter 5 is changed from a Pelican into an Albatross.
 * Several references to the Sangheili being a never-before seen Covenant species prior to the Fall of Reach are altered. When Dr. Halsey briefs the Spartans for Operation: RED FLAG in chapter 26, the line
 * "We believe there is a 'race' of field commanders, which we are currently calling 'Elites'"
 * is changed into:
 * "We also know that there is a 'race' of field commanders we have historically called 'Elites'".
 * During the Spartans' mission to Reach Station Gamma in chapter 35, the following sentence:
 * "These must be the elite warrior class Dr. Halsey had conjectured. The Covenant's best? They were about to find out."
 * is changed into:
 * "These were Elites - the iron heart of the Covenant. Would they best the Spartans this time? They were about to find out."


 * In chapter 29, the sentence
 * "From this distance, the Pillar of Autumn could have been mistaken for an elongated frigate."
 * is changed into:
 * "From this distance, the Pillar of Autumn could have been mistaken for a Marathon-class carrier."
 * It should be noted that this is an error, as Marathon is actually a class of cruiser.


 * The number of the Covenant ships present at the battle over Reach is changed from 314 to "well over seven hundred". This may be due to a line spoken by Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood in Halo 2, where he states that the fleet that destroyed Reach was "fifty times" the size of the Fleet of Sacred Consecration. However the change is only done once while all other instances state the fleet consists of 314 ships. This is likely just a mistake.

Halo: The Flood

 * A reference to a Hunter having a spine is changed in Chapter 4 in a scene where John-117 kills one with a Shade turret. In addition, the male pronoun used to refer to it is changed to the neutral "it":


 * "The Hunter didn't have time to bring its shield fully into play, and plasma blasts burned through multiple layers of armor, and exited through his spine."


 * Is changed into:


 * "The Hunter didn't have time to bring its shield fully into play, and plasma blasts burned through multiple layers of armor, and exited through its back."


 * However, the male pronoun remains unchanged in most instances and Ogada Nosa Fasu is still said to have a spine when John-117 kills it in Chapter 6.


 * The previously unidentified "loader-type exoskeleton" used by Oros when unloading cargo from the Pillar of Autumn is now identified as a Cyclops.

Halo: First Strike

 * The formerly unidentified Covenant excavation machines at Menachite Mountain are now stated to be Scarabs.


 * Similar to the changes regarding the Elites in The Fall of Reach, references to the Jiralhanae as a supposedly "new" Covenant species are changed in chapter 33:


 * "Also be advised, Chief, that there are ceremonial guards in this temple—a race we have not encountered before. Roughly translated from Covenant dialects, they are called 'Brutes'. They shouldn't be a significant threat or they would have been used in previous military situations."


 * is changed into:
 * "Also be advised, Chief, that there are Brutes in this temple. They shouldn't be a significant threat."


 * Also, in the next paragraph, the sentence "The name "Brute" didn't sound promising." is removed.


 * On the same page, the sentence
 * "The creature Cortana had called a "Brute" stepped from the shadows and faced John."


 * is changed into:


 * "The Brute stepped from the shadows and faced John."