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 Regret's fleet.

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."