Author's note: I obviously do not own Halo, Halo 2, or Halo 3, for that matter. Neither would I want to. I am content with playing the games.
This was it. The last battle, the last through of the die, Earth's last stand against the Covenant. With the human fleet utterly destroyed, the MAC guns pulverized, hundreds if not thousands of Covenant ships in orbit around the Earth, and hundreds of thousands if not millions of Covenant soldiers on Earth, this was going to be tough. Actually, the word tough is an understatement. This was going to be impossible. The last remaining humans on Earth, civilians, Marines, army soldiers, and Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, the resistance numbered around 2.3 million. The Covenant outnumbered them three to one, and they had better weaponry. Most of the Covenant were veterans, ready to sacrifice themselves for the Covenant. They were well trained and efficient, ready to kill at a moment's notice. The humans, under-armed and for the most part new to warfare, were backed in a corner with no escape. They were ready to die, for they knew that they had no other option. This was going to get ugly. However hopeless this may seem for the humans, they had one valuable asset on their side: Spartan 117, the Master Chief. The humans also had vehicles, whereas the Covenant, confident that they would achieve victory, decided not to send in vehicles. This was a great tactical mistake on the Covenant's part, because the Covenant soldiers now did not have the maneuverability that they usually had in battles like this. With the humans bottled up in a small town on an island connected to a narrow bridge, and the Covenant controlling everything else, things were not looking good for the humans. Actually, things are not looking good for the humans. This is real, this is happening as we speak. Now let us go watch the battle, and see how it turns out. Will it be for better or for worse? Only time will tell.