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==Inconsistencies== | ==Inconsistencies== | ||
*When the colony is first mentioned in [[The Fall Of Reach]], it is described by Admiral Stanforth as having “a population of approximately 3 million”. This was later revised to about 300 thousand in [[Halo: Contact Harvest]] | *When the colony is first mentioned in [[The Fall Of Reach]], it is described by Admiral Stanforth as having “a population of approximately 3 million”. This was later revised to about 300 thousand in [[Halo: Contact Harvest]] | ||
*There is also ambiguity as to whether the planet was truly [[glassed]] by [[Covenant|The Covenant]] in 2525. Typically, a planet that has been glassed is left a barren, uninhabitable wasteland with no atmosphere. Yet, [[Admiral Cole]] lost several ships and spent almost five years fighting to regain this supposedly-dead world. It seems unlikely that such an operation would be undertaken if Harvest was destroyed, unless Cole’s forces simply intended to engage and defeat any Covenant force and Harvest was simply the site of the battle. However, [[Halo Wars]] seems to suggest that Harvest was devastated, but not glassed. The atmosphere is breathable, the poles are still frozen enough to allow snow to fall and battles take place in ruined human settlements. It is now known that ''most'' of the planet was glassed, like [[Reach]], with only the northern-most region spared because of the risk of damaging a Forerunner artifact the Covenant later returned to uncover.<ref>http://halo.xbox.com/halowars/index.html?fbid=hmRMsxcaJYZM</ref> | *There is also ambiguity as to whether the planet was truly [[glassed]] by [[Covenant|The Covenant]] in 2525. Typically, a planet that has been glassed is left a barren, uninhabitable wasteland with no atmosphere. Yet, [[Admiral Cole]] lost several ships and spent almost five years fighting to regain this supposedly-dead world. It seems unlikely that such an operation would be undertaken if Harvest was destroyed, unless Cole’s forces simply intended to engage and defeat any Covenant force and Harvest was simply the site of the battle. However, [[Halo Wars]] seems to suggest that Harvest was devastated, but not glassed. The atmosphere is breathable, the poles are still frozen enough to allow snow to fall and battles take place in ruined human settlements. It is now known that ''most'' of the planet was glassed, like [[Reach]], with only the northern-most region spared because of the risk of damaging a Forerunner artifact the Covenant later returned to uncover.<ref>http://halo.xbox.com/halowars/index.html?fbid=hmRMsxcaJYZM</ref> | ||
*Prior to [[Halo: Contact Harvest]], there is no indication that there were ''any'' Harvest colony survivors or that [[Avery Johnson]] was among them. | *Prior to [[Halo: Contact Harvest]], there is no indication that there were ''any'' Harvest colony survivors or that [[Avery Johnson]] was among them. | ||
*[[Halo Wars]] depicts Harvest having frozen poles, but [[Mack]] indicated in his final transmissions <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] page 392</ref> that the "nuclear winter" effect caused by the Covenant's [[Glassing]] was the first snow the planet had ever seen. Perhaps, since Halo Wars takes place some years later, the poles have frozen over permanently as a result. | *[[Halo Wars]] depicts Harvest having frozen poles, but [[Mack]] indicated in his final transmissions <ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] page 392</ref> that the "nuclear winter" effect caused by the Covenant's [[Glassing]] was the first snow the planet had ever seen. Perhaps, since Halo Wars takes place some years later, the poles have frozen over permanently as a result. | ||