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:::The plot-relevant part about the Lekgolo was that they implied they weren't Covenant, but ones kept there far longer by the Forerunners, buried in the ring's many facilities. That's what I got out of the recon drone one anyway. None of the Second Stories are required per se, not to the degree that someone would have to have read multiple novel series to understand Halo 4, but they certainly help, like the little trailers and character bios for FuD do; two focus almost entirely on Wisner, first interrogating Axl, second having a "polite" discussion with Horrigan and Estrin right before the mission. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 06:44, 13 December 2014 (EST) | :::The plot-relevant part about the Lekgolo was that they implied they weren't Covenant, but ones kept there far longer by the Forerunners, buried in the ring's many facilities. That's what I got out of the recon drone one anyway. None of the Second Stories are required per se, not to the degree that someone would have to have read multiple novel series to understand Halo 4, but they certainly help, like the little trailers and character bios for FuD do; two focus almost entirely on Wisner, first interrogating Axl, second having a "polite" discussion with Horrigan and Estrin right before the mission. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 06:44, 13 December 2014 (EST) | ||
==A Missed Opportunity== | |||
I suppose that the writers of Nightfall could have gone with the whole "ONI as puppet master" angle in the story to be consistent with the Kilo-Five narrative and that Halo Escalation arc about the bioweapon. I mean the pieces were already there: | |||
* a chemical weapon attack taking place in an outer colony world where a former Spartan-II just happens to be in a military position; | |||
* the source of weapon being traced to a place where humans mined the materials and smuggling it to whoever willing to buy; | |||
* the human smugglers themselves coming from an outer colony world that basically has third-world type situations; | |||
* Locke knew about Aiken's past indicating that ONI is always keeping tabs and ONI never forgets; and | |||
* the Second Stories indicate the capabilities of ONI's surveillance and their ability to contain information. | |||
The Nightfall narrative could've been shown as a glimpse into how ONI could orchestrate a series of situations that play out in their favor. You can call it ONI "tying up loose ends" be that with repressing outer colony unrest, disrupting smuggling operations, or even making sure a former Spartan-II does not end up causing more trouble for UNSC after a chemical weapon attack that killed his daughter. Some of this of very cliche just like the canon Nightfall story and I haven't given much thought to how some of the story lines would have played out in a mini-series (more Second Story videos maybe?), but it probably would've given Locke's character a good reason to mistrust ONI especially if he just ran the mission as ordered.[[User:S.g.ali|S.g.ali]] ([[User talk:S.g.ali|talk]]) 15:01, 23 June 2015 (EDT) | |||