An overview of the fictional events witnessed in the Halo 3 ODST E3 ’09 trailers…

It’s hard to believe that a full year has come and gone since last year’s E3 conference; but it has indeed been an entire year. It’s also hard to believe that during this span of time we’ve seen no in-game footage of the new title – not a single still frame or screenshot, besides concept art and carefully extracted character models.  Thankfully, though, dawn has broken and in the blink of an eye we’ve been enveloped by ODST videos, screenshots, 3D renders, “field guides,” and much more.

Facing this sensory overload, we can only do our best to try and fit together the puzzle pieces that Bungie has handed us. For now, let’s put aside some interesting, but ultimately minor, points – such as a larger grenade count and flyable Banshees – and take a look at some important questions: What sort of situation has the Rookie found himself in on the ground? Where are his fellow team members? Where is his commanding officer? And – perhaps most importantly of all – why is he even here in Mombasa?

While most of these questions cannot be answered until we take control of the Trooper ourselves, I think we can all agree that Bungie has given us enough evidence today to allow us to start forming some solid ideas on what ODST has in store for us – and just maybe they’ve answered a mystery or two, as well.

So let’s take everything that’s been revealed so far and put it all together…

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