Halo 4 will start exploring Master Chief as a character more, apparently

[Korten12]

Hell, I'd be up for flashbacks to before Cortana was just an AI. Back when she was a scientist (Catherine E Halsey)or whatever, like in that short story 'The Package' in Halo Legends. That's probably non-canon tho?

I love that scene... "Don't make a girl a promise..."

I'd like to see when they first met.

Nope, that episode of the anime is canon even if people deny it. Though Catherine E Halsey isn't dead, I mean, she and Cortana live side-by-side, so it wouldn't be much of a flashback.

John met Catherine, when she visited him on Eridanus II, just before ONI kidnapped him.

Or if you mean when he met Cortana, that was the day before The Fall of Reach ended.

 

[TheScientificIssole]

ME WANT MORE ODST ROOKIE!

 

[Shaunofthebread]

As long as he doesnt monolouge and we see his face it will be fine.

 

[Korten12]

Hell, I'd be up for flashbacks to before Cortana was just an AI. Back when she was a scientist (Catherine E Halsey)or whatever, like in that short story 'The Package' in Halo Legends. That's probably non-canon tho?

I love that scene... "Don't make a girl a promise..."

I'd like to see when they first met.

Nope, that episode of the anime is canon even if people deny it. Though Catherine E Halsey isn't dead, I mean, she and Cortana live side-by-side, so it wouldn't be much of a flashback.

John met Catherine, when she visited him on Eridanus II, just before ONI kidnapped him.

Or if you mean when he met Cortana, that was the day before The Fall of Reach ended.

Should I be reading the books or something? All I know are the games and Legends.

Yes! You should they really really good.

The order of the books goes as follows:

-Halo: Cryptum (Forerunner Saga)
-Halo: Contact Harvest
-Halo: The Fall of Reach, The Cole Protocol which takes place during parts of FoR, I believe.
-Halo 1(game)/The Flood (Book form)
-Halo: First Strike
-Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
-Halo: 2 (Game)
-Halo 3: ODST (game)
-Halo: 3 (Game)
-Halo: Glasslands (Post War Series)
-Halo: 4 (Game)

I would suggest with Fall of Reach and then go in any real order, though I would say First Strike makes Ghosts of Onyx, 3rd act make much more sense. Then Glasslands makes extreamly more sense by Ghosts of Onyx.

Just a note: The Fall of Reach, Contact Harvest and Cole Protocol and the first part of Ghosts of Onyx all take place at parts of the same time. Fall of Reach shows John as he grows up in the Spartan program and how Harvest is attacked and the covenant discovered, so Contact Harvest takes place during the book. Then Cole Protocol takes place sometime after that.

But reading Contact Harvest/The Cole Protocol won't make The Fall of Reach confusing as they aren't needed one bit to understand the story.

 

[Reaper195]

Has read books, knows MC as a character already.