SPARTAN-B312: Difference between revisions

Bungie staff, including ''Halo: Reach'' design lead [[Christian Allen]], concept artist [[Isaac Hannaford]], and environmental artist [[Vic DeLeon]] have stated that B312's gender is determined by the player, and no canon gender exists for B312.{{Ref/Twitter|Serellan|1626429882954842112|Quote=So, let's get a simple statement that Noble Six's records are redacted in canon, and Noble Six is whatever gender YOU played them as. Noble Six is all of us. "But you belong to Reach. Your body, your armor, all burned and turned to glass. Everything...except your courage."|Quotee=Christian Allen}}{{Ref/Twitter|Isaac_Hannaford|1624294040610164737|Quote=You are absolutely correct Christian.|Quotee=Issac Hannaford}}{{Ref/Twitter|vicdeleon|1624318828086964224|Quote=Aye. The ayes have it, periodt.|Quotee=Vic DeLeon}} However, supplementary material produced by [[343 Industries]] in the same year as ''Halo: Reach''—the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)]]'' and ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''—explicitly used "he" pronouns for B312, thus suggesting B312 as male. ''Halo'' community member [[Stephen Loftus]], who served as a consultant on the production of ''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', stated that both Bungie and 343 Industries regard Noble Six as canonically male,{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Talk%3ASPARTAN-B312&type=revision&diff=1045056&oldid=1045055|Site=Halopedia|Page=SPARTAN-B312 discussion page|D=17|M=2|Y=2023}} and care was taken to refer to S-B312 using masculine pronouns in ''The Essential Visual Guide''.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Talk%3ASPARTAN-B312&diff=1045242&oldid=1045238|Site=Halopedia|Page=SPARTAN-B312 discussion page|D=17|M=2|Y=2023}} Additionally, the Spartan was explicitly referred to as a man by Jun-A266 in 2015's ''[[Halo: New Blood]]'',{{Ref/Reuse|NB}} though the novel's author, [[Matt Forbeck]], would later agree that Jun's statement may not serve as an indicator of B312's canon gender.{{Ref/Twitter|mforbeck|1626413254594420736}} Between 2018 and 2019, posts from the official Halo Twitter account also explicitly used "he" pronouns for B312.{{Ref/Reuse|TwitterHaloNobleSixDead}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=TwitterHaloNobleSixNA|Halo|1164900347619364865|Halo|Y=2019|M=10|D=23|Quote=#TodayInHalo, 2552 – Noble Six makes their way to New Alexandria to help the city evacuate its citizens as the Covenant assaults it. #FictionFriday}} However, by [[2022]], 343 Industries seems to have withdrew the stance on an established gender for B312; care was taken to ensure no pronouns were used in reference to Noble Six in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]''.{{Ref/Twitter|haruspis|1624175374404911105|Alex Wakeford|Y=2023|M=2|D=10|Quote=On this, I would point to the more up to date 2022 Halo Encyclopedia where care was taken to ensure no pronouns were used in reference to Noble Six.}}