List of rectified inconsistencies in the Halo series: Difference between revisions

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*A reference to a [[Mgalekgolo|Hunter]] having a spine is changed in Chapter 4 in a scene where [[John-117]] kills one with a [[Type-29 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade turret]]. In addition, the male pronoun used to refer to it is changed to the neutral "it" in some instances:

::''"The creature Cortana had called a "Brute" stepped from the shadows and faced John."''<ref name="fs310"/>

::''"The Brute stepped from the shadows and faced John."''<ref name="fs372"/>

*The novel establishes [[Harvest]] as humanity's most distant [[human colonies|colony world]], further stating that the planet is six weeks away from the nearest colony, [[Madrigal]], and two months from [[Reach]].<ref name="ch32">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 32''</ref> It is stated that Harvest is situated in the [[Epsilon Indi system]], which is only 12 lightyears from Earth. This would place Harvest only 1.5 lightyears further from Earth than [[Epsilon Eridani]], the heart of the [[Inner Colonies]], and significantly closer than many other colony systems which have not been specifically mentioned as being particularly distant (e.g. [[111 Tauri]], [[Lambda Serpentis system|Lambda Serpentis]], and [[Zeta Doradus system|Zeta Doradus]]). This is rectified by [[Catalog#Trivia|Catalog]], who claims this discrepancy is the result of both the fundamentally different geometry of slipstream space (resulting in a longer ''de facto'' distance), as well as propaganda during humanity's colonial expansion period supposedly labeling Harvest as the most distant colony even if this was not strictly true.<ref name="catalog14"/>

*Though {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} is heavily redesigned both superficially and structurally, 343 Industries writer [[Jeff Easterling]] has confirmed that the ship's original ''Halo 3'' appearance is canon.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Canon Fodder - Have S'moa'']</ref>

*The journey of 160,000 lightyears to Path Kethona is described as being an unprecedented and exceedingly challenging undertaking to the Forerunners, in particular due to the [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|reconciliation debt]] involved with the long distance. Even with a state-of-the-art ship specifically designed for the voyage, the trip is noted as potentially accumulating catastrophic causal strain.<ref name="s60">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 60-61''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 62-63''</ref> Strangely, no such difficulties are mentioned in reference to the trips to [[Installation 00]] or its older counterpart, the [[greater Ark]], particularly where the construction of the two [[intergalactic space|extragalactic]] installations is concerned. Installation 00, at 262,144 lightyears from the galactic center, is roughly 100,000 lightyears more distant than Path Kethona;<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]'' (343 Guilty Spark: "2¹⁸ lightyears from galactic center, to be precise.")</ref> in ''Silentium'', upon arrival at the greater Ark, it is mentioned that the lesser Ark is ''"hidden a third of the way around the outer boundaries of the galaxy"''.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 237''</ref> This would suggest that the greater Ark is situated well over 700,000 lightyears away, placing the apparent difficulty of reaching Path Kethona in a rather absurd light. While the comparative ease of voyages following the collapse of the ecumene at the end of ''Halo: Silentium'' and in ''Halo 3'' can be justified by the galaxy-wide cessation of Forerunner slipspace travel, the construction and subsequent consistent traffic between the galaxy and the Arks for over a thousand years is more difficult to explain. When constructing the Arks, the Builders would have moved resources amounting to untold times the mass of ''Audacity'' over a far greater distance, yet the Arks' construction — which had already occurred at [[98,395 BCE|the time]] — goes unmentioned as an incident comparable to the Path Kethona expedition when it seemingly exceeds ''Audacity'''s voyage as a technological feat.<ref name="s60"/>

*In the [[Priority Broadcast Log/Eleventh Cycle, Third Unit|Adjunct transmission]] included in the re-release of ''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', the ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' is referred to as a "supercarrier", despite being only 3000 meters long, well below the 28 kilometer length of [[CSO-class supercarrier|a Covenant supercarrier]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 36''</ref><ref>'''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 111''</ref> A Canon Fodder post later clarified that "supercarrier" is a general term for several heavy-tonnage ships, and that the ''Justice'' was specifically a [[DDS-class carrier]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa  '''Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder:''' ''Have S'moa'']</ref>

*In [[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn character interviews|an interview]] featured in the Special Edition of ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'', [[Chyler Silva]] describes as having grown up on [[Cygnus]] amid constant [[Insurrectionist]] violence; she specifically mentions that ''"it was just part of life on Cygnus"''.<ref>'''Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Special Edition''' - ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn character interviews|Silva's interview]]'': ''"I grew up around a lot of Innie violence, [...] Y'know, it was....it was just part of life on Cygnus."''</ref> According to ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', the [[Cygnus system]] had not been involved in the [[Insurrection]] as of [[2524]].<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 61''</ref> Halo Waypoint's Canon Fodder blog later retconned this so that Silva had spent much of her childhood on [[Mamore]], which was heavily involved in the Insurrection.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-that-escalated-quickly '''Halo Waypoint: Canon Fodder:''' ''That Escalated Quickly'']</ref>

*In ''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', the [[Domain]] was destroyed by [[Great Purification|the firing of the Halos]] at the conclusion of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> This is seemingly confirmed in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]'', the former when [[343 Guilty Spark]] notes the [[Monitor]]s had lost contact with the Domain,<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#The Terminals|Terminal 2]]''</ref> and the latter when Cortana notes a Terminal that appears to be caught in an unending loop of trying to access the Domain over and over.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''campaign level [[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]'', ('''Cortana''': "This node is caught in a loop trying to access something it's calling 'the Domain'.")</ref> In ''Halo 5: Guardians'', the Domain is depicted as still in existence, and considerably different as it can be physically entered but requires hub worlds like [[Genesis]] and [[Kamchatka]] to access,<ref>'''Halo 5: Guardians''', ''campaign level [[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]'',([[Exuberant Witness]]: "[The Gateway] is a bridge between the Domain and Genesis.")</ref><ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/kamchatka '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Kamchatka'']</ref> while in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' it could be accessed from anywhere much like the Internet.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 167-168''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 13''</ref> The [[Halo Waypoint]] entry for [[Genesis]] claims the Halo rings' blast merely cut off access to the Domain, and that the Domain itself was damaged but gradually self-repaired over the following hundred millennia, as well as noting that most Forerunners had passive access to the network besides hub worlds.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/genesis '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Genesis'']</ref>

*During the cutscene "Atriox", [[Isabel]] claims the [[Portal at Voi|portal]] between Earth and the Ark shut down "five months ago", with the [[Banished]] attacking the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]] one month later. However, the [[Phoenix Logs]] initially dated the attack to [[2558#October|October 26, 2558]], and placed the events of the campaign in [[2559#May|mid-May 2559]], meaning roughly eight months had passed since the portal shut down. This was later rectified in a title update,<!--Please verify which title update made this change.--> which retconned the date of the attack to [[2558#November|November 28, 2558]], and shifted the campaign proper to late March and early April of 2559.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]''</ref>

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