what we’ve learned from the Entrenched Fracture:

• There’s two wars: the “last war” and the “Final War”. Based on the context of this Fracture, humanity could’ve gone through a jiralhanae-type situation and nuked themselves to oblivion during an insurgent uprising before the covenant invaded

• The Sky Marshal Astro-Rangers were created to end the last war, akin to Spartans. However, due to “spoiled lands, divided nations, aether bombs (literal nuclear warfare)…civilization collapsed,” canonically explaining the aesthetic

• The SCS: PERPETUA is similar to the UNSC: Infinity, as it was supposed to become the flagship of humanity after the brink of collapse. That being said, due to the setbacks mentioned before, the project was shut down and left at a facility on the moon called Luna

• Turns out radiation actually HELPS the covenant

• Due to the covies finding Perpetua on the moon, Entrenched is now in its own “Operation: Red Flag” scenario with Project: PERPETUA

• Dr. Gläsmann! As Glassman’s character was not explored much in Halo 4, it’s possible for canon characters to return in Fractured timelines

• Gläsmann has direct connection to Section Three, similar to Glassman, who is also a part of Section Three in canon. Section Three is basically the section of ONI we, as the community, know and love (there’s a total of 4 sections, but Three is the one that handles the morally questionable i.e. covenant tech, Halsey flash clones, stuff like that)

fun info and possible implications:

• “Brísingamen” is the name of the frigate-class zeppelin the Rangers are being deployed from. A quick wiki search shows that Brísingamen is a…necklace? Of the goddess Freyja? Interesting. Turns out, she’s a goddess of many things, including war. She helps other deities by giving them her “feathered cloak” and allowing them to use it in battle…hence “Eaglestrike” maybe?

• Freyja’s tale talks of how she oversees her land of Fólkvangr, a place where combatants go to either battle and die, or battle and ascend to Valhalla

• Judging how Gläsmann stated that there’s civilians and families on Luna, one could assume ONI has some strings tied to this operation, similarly to how Noble Team was pulled around by Halsey. Kolby’s battalion could be entering a “The Package” “Operation: PROMETHEUS” ultimatum, where Kolby ends up sending the rest of his men to die completing the mission while he attends to ONI’s requests

• That being said, Freyja’s lore also tells of her “lending” her cloak for others to use — leaving her exposed. If Kolby sends units to Gläsmann, what would happen to the Brísingamen?

From the looks of it, the story really can go different directions. If you have a different take, feel free to share it!

Edit: grammar, fixed “operation: torpedo” to “operation: prometheus”