Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn: Lecture: Difference between revisions

'''''Lecture''''' is a short promotional piece for the ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]'' webseries. It depicts a lecture by [[Lieutenant General]] [[Black (general)|Black]] to a class of [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science|CAMS]] cadets. It was released on [[2012|September 21, 2012]] on [[Halo Waypoint]]<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-US/Universe/detail/forward-unto-dawn-lecture/d737f5b6-1b6c-43f9-a30e-64cf6510cb93 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Forward Unto Dawn: "Lecture"'']</ref> and on YouTube by MachinimaPrime.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNRzUwa3VQU '''YouTube''': ''"Lecture" - Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Special Preview'']</ref>

Lieutenant General Black states that trillions of humans were spread throughout UEG space in [[2526]]. Before the [[Battle of Earth|Covenant's invasion]], Earth's population numbered in the billions,<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'''</ref> while [[Reach]], the largest colony, had a population of just 703,314,500 prior to its [[glassing]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 151''</ref> As Earth and Reach were the most populous of the UEG's worlds, none of the other colonies could have had populations exceeding a few hundred million. Thus, even with over 800 colony worlds, the entire human population would have numbered at most somewhere in the tens of billions. While this was no doubt an error in the trailer's script, one may assume that Black was speaking hyperbolically or that he unintentionally misspoke.