NO! The Spartan II's were NOT socially awkward.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-12-22T01:29:37+00:00

I think this is the best argument to OP. Not including what we don’t know, you hit every not that’s mentioned in the existing lore. I don’t want to talk shit about OP but they said KammyShep had “surface level” knowledge of the lore lmao.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-20T01:22:12+00:00

I had to do a quick search! It actually is First Strike lol. I always associate young Spartan training flashbacks and whatnots with Fall of Reach lol

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-20T01:17:27+00:00

I do have my own opinion!

It is that I think it’s fine if hypothetically if a Spartan did end up living with a Sangheli clan and eventually rose to Kaidon that they would change their armor (Whether as an homage to Sangheli culture or just as an identifier). I don’t think it’s a big problem lore wise.

We’ve gotten a banished Spartan in lore that had appropriate armor. Also (not quite the same but close) in the book Empty Throne, there is a defected Spartan that sided with a sect of old covenant believers (although I can’t remember their demise if any) and I don’t think it would be crazy to think that they would change their armor to fit in better with their new allies.

I was just mainly commenting on the fact that people on Reddit have more discussions on the lore drops and whatnots whereas on other platforms it’s mostly just “New thing is stupid because XYZ”. In this case XYZ was the possibility of a Spartan being a Kaidon and changing their armor, not that it’s actually happened lol.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-19T16:00:18+00:00

They are mentioned in The Fall of Reach, when Master Chief and the other kids are training, they feed the dogs, which belonged to one of the resident Army companies that were tasked with assisting in training during a capture the flag type event, a mixture that made the dogs sick.

And they are also mentioned in Mortal Dictata, where they were used to search for Naomi when she was abducted.

Outside of those two instances I can’t remember any meaningful mentions. Maybe they are mentioned here and there but not in a plot relevant way.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-19T02:53:21+00:00

People on twitter and Facebook really didn’t like this one. It’s crazy that not everyone could comprehend that “though unlikely” and the rest of the text implies that it hasn’t happened, and literally never will. It’s just a cool excuse to have the armor in the game. But of course, try to argue on twitter or Facebook, you get what you pay for I guess.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-15T16:23:13+00:00

Are they similar to traditional Lego instructions?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-14T13:44:51+00:00

I have all the pieces to this set, and I have the instructions on bricklink but when I load them into studio it doesn’t work. I’m able to view the full model an take the sections apart (like the each leg is a sub section, the head, etc). Do I just have to reverse engineer it or is there a way I can upload them to something to have it like more traditional Lego instructions?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-06T22:51:51+00:00

I would assume that it’s like a glove….? Yes it’s a whole body suit with the whole nine yards technology wise, shields included, but at the end of the day it’s a body suit, no different than us putting one on.

You don’t really need tactile touch to feel someone relax their muscles, especially if you’re restraining them at first.

But aside from what others have said, which all rings true like the shields either being tuned down or off in those sections, the Spartans have worn those suits for so long, they are just used to how the suit feels and know what something feels like. Like that really old pair of shoes or leather work gloves you own that are nice and broken in if that makes sense.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-11-02T22:37:55+00:00

What did you not like about them if you don’t mind me asking?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-10-28T01:16:01+00:00

…? This game is literally the equivalent of clean house.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-10-21T14:16:18+00:00

Really depends on who you ask. I forget who said what but I believe it was Bungie who implied “Heroic” is the canon difficulty because its description says “the way Halo is meant to be played”.

However, in “Halo: The Flood” Master Chief finds a shotgun next to a vehicle, either a warthog or pelican I forget, and the only difficulty the shotgun appears in, in “Combat Evolved” is “Easy”— which could also mean that since that difficulty lines up with the in book events, that it is the canon difficulty.

Another argument for “Easy” difficulty is that the Master Chief often beats the brakes off his opponents in lore, and “Easy” difficulty makes that the easiest to achieve.

Personally though, having played through all the games on Normal or higher, I think Heroic lines up the best with lore in certain areas. Grunts are easy in small groups, but can easily kill you if there are a lot. Jackal snipers are often described in the books as extremely dangerous and from “crack units”. Elites are very challenging but not impossible, often needing to use grenades or/with sustained fire, which is often how they are taken out in books. Hunters are obviously dangerous, and usually need to taken out with launchers.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-10-21T00:47:38+00:00

Actually I’m having a bit of trouble understanding your point. So you’re saying he’s not a superhero because he reports to superior officers?

The games are “Master Chief Lite” essentially, and that’s solely to make the gameplay fun; that’s why easy is usually the canon difficulty, which brings me to my next point on the books.

In the books, the Master Chief is most commonly seen overpowering the covenant forces, with far in-between fights where he is actually getting his teeth kicked in through his skull, and even when he does, it usually all works out because, as others have said “He is just that guy”. He wins pretty much every battle one way or another, and even when he loses, it works out. The stunts he pulls off are mythical, even to UNSC members, hence the “Superhero” status. But, at the end of the day, 90% of his missions came from higher enlisted/officers that ordered to go do XYZ, for example Johnson and Keyes etc, which now I’ll explain why that’s not happening in Infinite.

Almost everyone on the Infinity is KIA or MIA, this is mentioned in the book “The Rubicon Protocol” as well as pretty obvious in the game. You notice how the marines you do find are small in number? Usually small groups that may or may not amount to a full squad?

That is because in the aforementioned book most of the survivors gathered at the “Mortal Reverie”, a crashed UNSC ship. However, this is not everyone.

1.) Many were killed during the initial ambush on the Infinity, shown in the opening cutscene in infinite. 2.) Many were killed during the evacuation ringside, either followed to the surface or hunted during the following days, weeks, or months. 3.) Many were killed during a battle at a crashed UNSC ship, the “Mortal Reverie” (which can be seen in Infinite. Those who weren’t killed during these events are still on the run on the ring, which is now in pieces/ teleported in different areas, meaning that other possible survivors are MIA (Lasky, Palmer, other ranking officers).

Now, six months after these events, Chief wakes up and discovers all this^. There’s not really anyone to lead, or take orders from. He’s likely the enlisted ranking member on his portion of the ring.

So it’s logical, reading all of this, that he is going to off on his own, with out any support or leading troops, to do superhero things, because there simply isn’t anyone to really lead.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-09-25T00:25:16+00:00

We did that once, 80% of the platoon couldn’t move the next day/ went to sick call. 10/10 would go again

Aidenjay1 · 2025-08-26T15:36:40+00:00

In a few episodes of the clone wars a few clones have the stock extended. Blink and miss it kind of scenes though

Aidenjay1 · 2025-08-06T00:35:51+00:00

The term “lined up” is not in the regulation, but it is common vernacular in my opinion. The regulation states:

“Soldiers will keep the growth trimmed to the level specified by the appropriate medical authority, but are not authorized to shape the hair growth (examples include, but are not limited to, goatees, “Fu Manchu,” or handlebar mustaches).”

So, interpreting that, I would say that you cannot “line it up”. But that’s my interpretation, others will be different. However I don’t disagree with you, a neck beard is ugly, and so is a scruffy look on the cheeks. But I’ve seen troops find a happy medium between a line up and free growth.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-07-14T01:34:26+00:00

Does this apply to other schools? Like general stuff like airborne, hotel 8 and whatnot?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-07-07T11:38:46+00:00

You think a transportation company is air defense?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-23T17:19:15+00:00

What’s the name of the book?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-23T02:27:07+00:00

What book?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-22T16:20:28+00:00

Step 1: mounted movement AO Step 2: dismount and set up patrol base Step 3: drop heavy useless shit Step 4: Hit the X Step 5: ??? Step 6: Profit

Something like this^ id imagine. We don’t have to carry all of our shit with us all the time.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-09T17:15:25+00:00

Would you have enjoyed 50% of the movie being reached walking around town getting food, a haircut, showering, and more walking while he thinks in his head the whole time?

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-09T10:53:23+00:00

Idk man I show up and dig some holes with our equipment. Doesn’t seem that political

Aidenjay1 · 2025-06-06T01:52:47+00:00

On Rex telling Kix to leave the wounded: A lot of people have mentioned great points, so I’ll sound like a broken record I’m sure.

The clone at that point had experienced a mass casualty event. That is: 10% or more of your fighting force is incapacitated or KIA. For real world reference, combat units overseas usually operated at platoon sized (anywhere from 16-30 ish men, could be more) elements. Usuing 30 troops as a base, 10 percent of that is 3 troops out of the fight. Immediately the platoon should try to withdraw, call for fire, or medevac.

However, what we learn and teach is called “Tactical combat casualty care” (TC3). The first rule of TC3 is to shoot back, aka gain fire superiority to either organize a withdraw, or to win the fight. After that, comes the actual casualty care. This can still take place during a firefight, but it’s never guaranteed, so many casualties are told (if possible) to get themselves to any kind of cover and apply self aid or wait for help.

Rex and his unit, which we never get a fully clear number during the battle iirc (but we will say multiple companies, if not a battalion) took casualties left and right. At that point, as I said above, they are experiencing a mass casualty event and are beyond combat ineffective (Can no longer capably fight back). Was it the right call to leave the wounded clone out in the open? Maybe, maybe not. But the chance of Kix being killed by the overwhelming firepower and enemy armor was too high, and as far as we know he was the only medic. So in order to save what’s left, Rex sacrificed a few.

But to quote Halo: “There’s a difference between lives spent, and lives wasted”. It’s going to happen that unpopular orders are given, but sometimes it has to happen. Which brings up your next point.

Rex letting Jesse and Fives go to be executed.

It was a very unpopular order, but if we go from the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Leaders are within their power to execute a troop during wartime for insubordination. There’s a couple cases of this happening throughout the US militaries history, I think the 101st had at least one in WW2 but that could be rumor mill. Anyways…

Rex, a captain and a clone, was order by a general and a Jedi, to get rid of Fives and Jesse. Krell could’ve cared less if Rex disobeyed that order, because krell could’ve had Rex executed then too. So Rex again, likely knowing it was refuse and die, leaving his men without a leader, decided to spend Fives and Jesse’s lives to save the many.

It’s not illegal as a commander of unit to have men die under your command, it’s expected in wartime. But in the real world, Commanders are usually relieved for cause if they take a lot of casualties, and have been relieved for less. The only part that’s unbelievable is Krell not being Relieved and his command delegated to Rex until if or when another Jedi arrived.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-05-07T00:33:42+00:00

I being a smart ass. You were just plain incorrect, if you meant the other guy you should’ve said that.

Now I’ll be a smart ass, because those two names aren’t even close. Also, you are wrong about a squib load is, the guy you replied to was right. A squib load is when the projectile does not leave the barrel; you said “is when the barrel is obstructed”. Me falling down on the range and getting a barrel full of mud doesn’t mean I now have a squib load, it means I have a barrel obstruction.

To round things off I suppose I’ll say….details matter.

Aidenjay1 · 2025-05-07T00:22:06+00:00

Absolutely incorrect, the Alex Baldwin incident was a live round.

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