Hello there timetravelers,
Halo:Reach is set before Halo's 2 and 3, after wars then leading straight into combat evolved. But somehow now you have better weapons, armor abilities and can also pilot spaceships. Go figure.
Anyway, the story starts with your character meeting with his new squad, Noble team. They head out to check out a recent disturbence and find out that the convenant has landed on Reach. They go then to otta space, to dispatch of one of the biggest convenant ships I've ever seen. Which ended it Martyrdorm. Then, they helped civilians evacuate we missed one enemy sniper. We then take over a top secret mission to defend a super A.I. named Cortana. We had to escort it to the pillar of Autmn for evacuation. Along the way a scarab distracted a pilot and and a elite got on the bad side of Emile.
The mission is complete. Then you realise. All this will be in vain if you don't make one last sacrifice. So in the end, reach claims you her own.
Now, this is a disaster/tragerdy story and Im not going to spoil it too much... so if you don't want it spoiled scroll down and comment but if not.... continue...
So in the end.... you don't win, I mean the humans do, but you are the one who saved us. Here is a list of how Noble are dispatched
1: Matyr - When all else fail, a spartan will die for the grater good
2. Sniper - Did't even see it coming
3. Matyr - He never liked scarabs
4. K.I.A. - another reason why you don't prevoke elites
5. K.I.A. - a hero's death, no sacrafice, no victory
6. M.I.A. - missing in action
Hope you learnt something, If I get 10 comments I'll write another.
Actually, Reach was 20 years after Halo Wars, and goes directly into the Combat Evolved storyline. Wars was set 20 years before the main series, and thus, before Halo Reach.