The Rookie outruns a nuclear explosion on top of a mountain, he trains to become the elite of the ODST, he survives his drop pod being disabled and crashing in the side of a building, he wages through a city controlled by the Covenant by himself, he lived long enough to see the end of the Human - Covenant war while the Flood was spreading across Earth, and after ALL of this... he gets shot in the back of the head and dies... man, what a crappy way to go after all he accomplished... R.I.P Rookie.
Well he has family history with them and I am assuming both stabbing the rebels and causing his friends death would have fucked with him in all kinds of ways. Sure from the outside it makes no sense but to the person afflicted it might just make all the sense in the world. But also batman being a mugger sounds terrifying so thanks for the nightmares
Honestly a novel isnt beyond a retcon if 343 wanted to do it. They havent really mentioned rookie beyond the novel as far as i know, and how things went with Mickey is just dumb outright.
explosiver That’s why books should explain outside events that will never make it into a Halo game, not continue off characters with stories only being able to be told through a book. It’s dumb, idiotic, and can lead to inconsistencies and bullshit due to there being multiple authors.
The fucker survived the pillar of autumn's mega self destruct that destroyed an entire ring, is immortal and flood proof because of the Orion project and was able to single handedly control an entire scarab with no training whatsoever And he dies from a space ball? Goddamnit bungi
Shadow YT because all people who are truly themselves go to purgatory and in heaven you can’t be yourself cause you have rules to follow and in purgatory you have no rules
Aw, that sucks. Rookie died and he was the one character I could strongly connect with. We had such good times walking around New Mombasa on LASO collecting those audio files.
how do u know he liked it? what if he hated it? also how the hell do you connect with someone who doesn't talk or show their face? its like saying "Man, i really connected with that wall, and it had such good times holding the ceiling up"
The Rookie was only 27 in the Halo events in the year 2552 and he died when he was 29 years of age... damn, he was so young... I would have wanted Rookie in Fireteam Osirus instead of Tanaka
@@agentspaniel4428 I could image it ass a Injustice clash of something they other characters talk and Rookie is like "....." And they get mad at him for not talking
Halo just loves to kill off our beloved characters. Sgt Johnson, Noble 6/Noble team, and the rookie. At least Jun is alive, but they should probably start getting rid of Sarah Palmer.... EDIT: Holy cow I didn’t expect people to still be commenting on this comment after two years lol. I’m too lazy to read comments. But I take it back. Sarah shouldn’t die. I believe it will be more satisfying if she learned a lesson and changes her ways. Become a better person.
MC should die soon I believe. I know he's the beloved protagonist, but there's gotta be an ending. He's really old now. As much as I love chief, everyone needs to go out, WITH A BANG!
Even sadder fact: At some point, it was revealed that Covenant forces attacked some of the home colonies on Mars and Luna on their way to Earth, killing most if not all of the Rookie's relatives back on Luna. He disliked talking about it, and when asked by Buck, he just gritted his teeth and stated that “There’s nothing left there for me now.”
You know, im trying to think really hard about a good reason to actually kill rookie aside from a non-thought-out attempt at drama, so call me what you will, but I'm ignoring that part of Halo lore.
It was done for shock value, he was supposed to represent Bungie fans in the same way as Noble Six, imagine him surviving Reach only to die offscreen in a book, so killing him off was just a way to make a shitty book seem better and to create controversy in the fandom to try and get more sale for the book.
Leonard Liandro That's what I'm saying too, he didn't think his book was good enough on his own, so he added cheap shock value by killing a known character to make his book sell on controversy because he wasn't good enough to sell it on it's own merits.
@M'asuda the Liar I think it's less about that, and more about the way they're killed. Anticlimactic deaths, while they *do* define war, tend to come off pretty lazy from a writing standpoint, especially when you kill a favorite game character off in a book for what people deem as nothing more than shock value to sell more copies of an otherwise mediocre work.
@@maddoxlacy9072 highly disagree. That would mean halo reach is bad writing because nearly every character had an anticlimactic death. Kat randomly shot, Carter shot while piloting the pelican, Emile randomly stabbed from the back, and noble 6 being killed off screen. The rookie's death heavily influenced Buck's decision to become a spartan as well as the rest of alpha 9's decision to either retire, defect, or push through the accident. To say that it was for shock value is ridiculous. It had a purpose and it served it. At the end of the day, the rookie was just your OC just like noble 6 with no defining character traits
@@vermin4275 for carter he was shot while piloting the pelican and it resulted in him sacrificing himself by crashing the pelican to the scarab. I will concede for the others though.
@@JayWalkZ in a book you can't just be like "he got shot." In a visual representation it's fine because that's what happens, reach was awesome because of the thought of sacrifice, new blood fuckin sucked and they knew so they killed rookie for more copies
Retcon. Boom. Rookie is alive. 343 can suck it. Halo 5 doesn't exist. It was all a strange fever dream MC had while on the Dawn. Still makes more sense than the plot of Halo 5.
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Yea..... :,( My heart shriveled and I almost got a tear when all I heard was “she then opened fire and shot the rookie in the back of the head, killing him instantly.”
Such a pathetic way to kill a hero like him, don't kill someone like that through a book that's just a horrrrrible decision Oh wait, 343 are the masters of bad decisions
hey frost books are not truly "canon" as the games have overruled certain parts of books making them more of a separate timeline. so technically rookie could still be alive
Rest In Peace brother. *Moment of Silence for our fallen hero* Damn, I don't know why that hit me hard in the feels man. I feel like crying to be honest. The Rookie is my 2nd favorite Halo character aside from Sierra-117, Thel, and Noble 6.
So I'm pretty sure in halo 5, when playing as the chief, Linda, Fred, and kelly is our squad(for coop and story). When playing as Locke, buck, Romeo, and Jun are our squad
I think instead of Jun being the other Spartan it maybe is the girl in halo nightfall ( sorry , forgot her name), but Romeo and Buck are a very good possibility
mateuszgojski Oh for crying out loud, I don't miss him dearly as an actual character. It's somewhat saddening because he was a character we played as (who accomplished a lot through our gameplay) that died.
im 5 years late but what ever. but imagine in the new Halo Infinite game... just imagine.... if Rookie was still alive with everyone who knew him were in shock that they thought he was dead and what if Rookie just said..."I was asleep. My helmet was too tough that the bullet bounced off the back of my helmet that it made me sleep"
I was ultra pissed the Rook went out like that. He deserved at the very least a heroic death, not to be murdered in cold blood like that. And as for Crespo? I would have given him a slow and painful death for turning tail like that on Buck and Romes. If the Rook's death affected him that much, he should have resigned like Dutch did instead of enlisting to the Spartan program. He and Schein got Wakahisa, a good man, killed as well as their Captain and even Jun nearly died over his treasonous ass! And he didn't even bat an eye at spitting on the trust Alpha Nine put in him. He was too easily swayed by some asshole's words who had a personal vendetta against the UNSC and the result was very nearly the end of the S IV Program.
We all went through one hell of a ride the Rookie, it was an honor, and he would have made one hell of a Spartan. He will be missed ,and will always be remembered by all of us Halo fans, and will rest in peace knowing that his efforts in life were not in vain but meant something in the end. Fight on and remember his fight. The Rookie 2525~2554
*Halo 21 shot salute* We will forever remember the Rookie in our hearts, as we did with Sgt. Johnson, Cortana and the rest of the heroes that bravely but sadly perished in the Halo universe's timeline. *salute*
Why do people hate ODST so much? I mean yea it's kinda out of place with the other Halo games, but that doesn't make it bad. I mean it's my favorite Halo game, mostly cause your isolated most of the time, but still. Or is it just the die hard Master Chief fans who think every Halo game sucks unless it has him in it? I seriously hate those people, they're way too bias.
*shrugs* Yeah, I don't understand either. It kinda just was shot off to the blue, to be forgotten. To be honest, I liked walking through the isolated streets while it rains in the game. It felt like I was really alone, and trying to piece together what had happened. Who knew a halo game could give off so much atmosphere with blues in the background, Cowboy Bebop style?
AwesomeBroDude Yeah... I should probably play it again. I wonder if there's more games like it, where one moment you wonder aimlessly for a good moment, enjoying the scenery and the next you find yourself fending off hordes... Besides Fallout :P (it's either albino scorpions or legion assassins that are bullet sponges from hell)
+Vic 2_O Well it is kind of jarring how good it could have been. If they just added more to the campaign maybe going into the Halo three storyline with your squad who I liked. It would have been so cool to have your entire squad with you as you finally are able to organize a counterattack instead of running and hiding. But we never really get a level where your entire squad is fighting together. There was plenty more for them to accomplish besides saving Virgil. Especialy with all the things that happen on earth in the first missions of Halo 3. I mean it was called Halo 3 ODST but the events all happen at the same time as Halo 2. Also Mulitplayer was just a repeat of Halo 3 and not unique. So I don't think they hate what is there but hate that the things that could have made it great were left out. Like buying a book and enjoying the story until you find out that half of the pages are blank.
343 Takes over! Writing New Blood Charlie:Hey Joe wouldn't it be a great idea to kill of an interesting character in a book instead of going into detail of his story in game and using him as a viable charecter??~}?????? Joe:Im autistic you shouldnt be asking me charlie nor am i a writer and neither are you. Charlie: Oh thanks joe for complementing my writing skills and confirming that my idea is great! Joe: Wait no! Charlie prints the book
Mudkip I think the same, but in the end, the less you know of a character the best some times you can relate to them, don't know how or what was he think make you think you are the one who thinks, another characters like those are the ones in games like the Elder Scroll Saga (Oblivion, Skyrim), Shepard from Mass Effect (They let you choose almost every thing from his past :P), in fact this is why some games make the plot "memory lost", the best way to make money is to make a game interesting, and to make it interesting you need a lot of things, one of them is to make contact with the player in a emotional way
"Y'know we *could* have The Rookie join fireteam Osiris instead of a few losers with the exception of Buck...." "But nah, let's give The Rookie a shitty death and discard him like he's nothing" -343
His being a detective immediately makes me like him. It's one reason why ODST is my favorite Halo campaign. Exploring the rainy streets of New Mombasa at night while unravelling the dual mysteries of your squad's location and Sadie's story felt like a noir detective story.
HaloFollower Mr follower I got some awesome news you know that at the end of the master Chief trailer when he was walking to Locke his face was orange and Locke's was blue so like Locke was normal and since cheaf was forunner he became RAMPENT!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 26 years older than you and also i know about that plus I did not mean to right chief I use a phone to do updates and it always auto corrects so go back and do what you young adults do these days
I only played Halo 3:ODST recently and it makes me so sad to know that the rookie dies, especially like this. ODST is such a great game. The music, the unique atmosphere, the gameplay... It really sucks that he has to die.
Noble Six huh.. the sound of ethereal vapor. The silent ODST Rook... Man The best damn soldiers in the UNSC. But isn't there a saying about Spartan's? Spartan's don't die John... There just missing in action. As for the Rookie... It was an Oni cover up... he's not dead, Just on a long term assignment.
Infamous Greed They stopped created Spartan 2's by the time Rookie was alive. He'd become a Spartan 4 if anything, however he would be a good Spartan 2 if he could be one.
To the writer of new blood: the book was good, don't get me wrong. But why the fuck just kill off an awesome character that could be used in the halo universe SO MUCH MORE. And kill him in a stupid way? It's a complete waste of character. Seriously that's terrible story telling.
That's actually very good storytelling. We hate that the author killed Rookie, but his death is used as a plot device. Mickey, Buck, and Romeo became Spartans. Mickey becomes a Rebel. Dutch became a Civilian. This will only further the plot line and will create a satisfying ending.
***** You say that like we'll see these characters again. We probably won't and they are killing off characters so they don't have to deal with them anymore. Remember Black Team?
***** Yes I do, it's a shame. But I have faith that they won't kill off characters like this. We have to see them again, whether it's in game or in book. Why would they build up a story of them becoming Spartans and Rookie dying if they won't touch them?
Rookie was kinda the link to hold alpha 9 together... if the rookie wasnt there during the siege of mombasa I dont think alpha 9 would make it out alive. Dutch was too violent for his own good, Mickey was too laid back, Romeo was too ignorant, Buck was to naive and Dare was too messy and unpredictable. Rookie was calm and colective, he stayed calm even though an entire city of covenant forces were against him. The odds for the Rookie was not in his favor yet he managed to pull through. He saved Dare and Virgil. Buck only came after the two had almost made it out alive. Rookie was kind of the savior to the group as master chief was the savior of the galaxy. When the rookie died... the group couldn't maintain enough morale to keep going and kind of disbanded.
The rookie lives. The whole situation was a front to induct the rookie into ONI for his outstanding accomplishments, friendship with the alien creature, and a glowing recommendation. He’s currently working as a spook for ONI black projects. Alias: Unknown
HOW AM I JUST FINDING THIS OUT?!?!? HE WAS MY FAVORITE of all the halo universe characters. It was literally him who inspired me to do anything I set my mind to. That any normal person can become great. Rest in Paradise..
The part which made me sad was when you were with the cop trying to save dare and you go down this tunnel or level and you hear him getting slaughtered by bugs, it is enough to make a grown man cry.
mickey is a rebel, the thing they problaby set up is that romeo and buck are two of the spartan of locke team in the first cinematic of halo 2 anniversary
I think Chief might join the rebels and you'd play as Mickey becoming a spartan and joining the rebels but you'd have to revert back to basics (Heath packs, repairing armour with different pieces and scraps) while the UNSC hunt down Chief and destroy the city you're surviving in as they do so.
That's actually really depressing that the rookie died. He was my favorite character in Halo that wasnt really talked about. I don't know how to describe it. It's one of those characters that you've never heard talk but you can just connect to them.
I have to call a TON of bs on what happened in the book. Romeo wasn't able to save the Rookie because there was a forcefield guarding it. A FORCEFIELD. They didn't even have the technology to have that up, so the Rookie SHOULD have lived because Romeo should have been able to snipe the person holding him hostage. Second off, YES. Let's let Mickey join the same people WHO KILLED HIS FRIEND. Why did he join them? Because he's traumatized of his death? People who want revenge don't JOIN the people who killed him, they KILL the people who did so. So Mickey's joining the Rebels MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. 343, please fire your writers. Thanks. Let's not even go in the whole Spartans are traitors crap. Yada Yada Yada. Escalation was utter crap. The book was utter crap. Gee, I think I know where this is going.
Oh, I have. I've read all the books and all the comics. My problem with Escalation, other than them being bad(the newest ones aren't too terrible) is the fact that they make the Infinity so FREAKING WEAK. You mean to tell me that a ship that can RAM and RCS and STILL have it's shields unaffected can be held up with an SDV class and what's considered to be Space Scarabs. Those PUNY ships would bugs on the Infinity's windshield. Not to mention the THOUSANDS of turrets that the dang thing has. But no, let's forget ALL that, and make the Infinity weak and pathetic to a ship that a single soldier could destroy.
And 343i is inconsistent with that. Which needs to stop. Either the Infinity needs to take on two assaults and be fine with it, or be a weak ship that gets held up by a few Liches and an SDV.
The Rookie outruns a nuclear explosion on top of a mountain, he trains to become the elite of the ODST, he survives his drop pod being disabled and crashing in the side of a building, he wages through a city controlled by the Covenant by himself, he lived long enough to see the end of the Human - Covenant war while the Flood was spreading across Earth, and after ALL of this... he gets shot in the back of the head and dies... man, what a crappy way to go after all he accomplished... R.I.P Rookie.
Wish he had a death as cool as Six....
superzilla784 u forgot one thing, FUCKING REBELS KILLED HIM
except 6 didnt die...
But hey that's just a theroy
A GAME THE- *Shot*
Ryan Williams
Not trying to be mean or anything but he did die.
The Rookie was Halo's Batman. The greatest detective ever. Of all time.
Church stop stealing Washington's quotes!
Max Tune In my defense, it's an awesome quote and not under copyright. Besides, it's true right? The Rookie IS like Batman
+Pvt. Church not only is it an awesome quote its the best, of all time
ram3n no0dle I appreciate the agreement
hi church
Rookie can pretty much take on loads of brute squads, yet gets captured by space ISIS...
Omfg space isis I’m dead
wans't the covenant somewhat space isis?
@@patriciusvunkempen102 no more like space nazis
Ok this cracked me up like a dying dog
best comment
Rookie would've been an amazing Spartan
Liberty Prime I'm glad he died as an odst than live to be a shitty Spartan 4.
He couldve been a hyper lethal
@@trenau5356 or 343 could have made him hyper shit
Coulda been the next Noble Six, RIP Rookie.
Actually, Jun told Buck the Rookie would have had a spot if he had not been killed literally a day prior.
Odst had some of the smoothest jazz. Shoulda guessed he was a detective
the smoothest ever, of all time
ODST did give off a slight LA Noire vibe to the halo franchise, and it was amazing
XxSpartanKillerxX nigga rlly
Lashawn Hall feck off , ya 12 year old .
Thorne he was only 30+years old short life
Rookie died, Dutch retired, and Mickey became a rebel... that is actually quite sad.
NP138 ok but rookie
@@TheScoobydoo12311 yeah but rookie.
They later reunited as Spartan IVs. With Rookie the exception.
@@PortlandSucksss b-b-b-but rookie
To be fair mickey was already with the insurrectionists he hesitated to kill the rookie.
So mickeys logic is basically to join the people who killed a person he was close to, it's like if batman decided to become a mugger
isn't that exactly what Finn did in TFA
Yeah, I feel like that logic did a 180
Why are you referencing bat-man it has nothing to do with that
Gabe Plays THEY ARE BOTH DETECTIVES
Well he has family history with them and I am assuming both stabbing the rebels and causing his friends death would have fucked with him in all kinds of ways. Sure from the outside it makes no sense but to the person afflicted it might just make all the sense in the world. But also batman being a mugger sounds terrifying so thanks for the nightmares
As far as I'm concerned new blood never happened rookie is still napping
True that.
Honestly a novel isnt beyond a retcon if 343 wanted to do it. They havent really mentioned rookie beyond the novel as far as i know, and how things went with Mickey is just dumb outright.
explosiver That’s why books should explain outside events that will never make it into a Halo game, not continue off characters with stories only being able to be told through a book. It’s dumb, idiotic, and can lead to inconsistencies and bullshit due to there being multiple authors.
Lmao none of Halo ODST happened rumor has it he’s still up there in the ship sleeping to this day
True
at least we can take solace in the fact that he's up there in the halo universe heaven with Noble Six
Agreed
New game Halo: Beyond features the afterlife of Noble Six and The Rookie as they fight off the forces of Hell.
They both use sign language
Yeah XD. And they fight to earn their halos ;)
Noble six and rookie probably up there playing a copy of halo 4 together
The best halo charters rarely talk or never ............. Johnson was an exception
DEATH ANGEL1178 Or Sgt Forge
DEATH ANGEL1178 Johnson wasn't an exception he just wasn't awesome
The fucker survived the pillar of autumn's mega self destruct that destroyed an entire ring, is immortal and flood proof because of the Orion project and was able to single handedly control an entire scarab with no training whatsoever
And he dies from a space ball?
Goddamnit bungi
Saleh ALShami He has training. Every UNSC soldier ran a scarab simulation
a light bulb
Imagine if rookie didn't die and ended up in Halo 5, that would've been amazing.
That would have been....oh well
Would the rookie be in Buck's new squad Fireteam Osiris?
I would rather have him be in a different halo game, but yeah.
"Where it so easy"
He would have found Cheif all by himself.
Atleast in heaven rookie is napping and Romeo ain’t gonna smack him with a sniper, he at peace
HIDDENLeaf Otaku04 and i think noble six is stuck in purgatory
@@theprincipalityofbelka4646 why would he be in purgatory
Shadow YT because all people who are truly themselves go to purgatory and in heaven you can’t be yourself cause you have rules to follow and in purgatory you have no rules
He’s just relaxing and hears Johnson yell well got killed by a laser shooting ball on a hula hoop
Jeff Lawhorn he just hears noble six being mega depressed
Aw, that sucks. Rookie died and he was the one character I could strongly connect with. We had such good times walking around New Mombasa on LASO collecting those audio files.
Daemon Afterdark that was boring but he was a bad ass.
Fr❤😭
R.i.p rookie
how do u know he liked it? what if he hated it? also how the hell do you connect with someone who doesn't talk or show their face? its like saying "Man, i really connected with that wall, and it had such good times holding the ceiling up"
@@JoeMama-rv9wl because you can put yourself in their shoes, that's the entire point of a silent protagonist?
The Rookie was only 27 in the Halo events in the year 2552 and he died when he was 29 years of age... damn, he was so young... I would have wanted Rookie in Fireteam Osirus instead of Tanaka
Yeah he would get better one-liners than tanaka
@@Blu3stWizard that's because he never talks
When Buck wanted him to have a speech he would be napping and then they wake him up.
@@notstupidbutthatsalie601 by kissing a stock of a sniper lmao
@@agentspaniel4428
I could image it ass a Injustice clash of something they other characters talk and Rookie is like
"....."
And they get mad at him for not talking
Halo just loves to kill off our beloved characters. Sgt Johnson, Noble 6/Noble team, and the rookie. At least Jun is alive, but they should probably start getting rid of Sarah Palmer....
EDIT: Holy cow I didn’t expect people to still be commenting on this comment after two years lol. I’m too lazy to read comments. But I take it back. Sarah shouldn’t die. I believe it will be more satisfying if she learned a lesson and changes her ways. Become a better person.
Atleast Master Chief and Arbiter are still around. They're the best.
MC should die soon I believe. I know he's the beloved protagonist, but there's gotta be an ending. He's really old now. As much as I love chief, everyone needs to go out, WITH A BANG!
Dennyboy190 I don't think I'm hearing this right Mickey and Dutch open fire but she? Shoots rookie in the back of the head whose she?
He said it wrong. The person holding rookie hostage shot rookie in the head.
DennyGMS I feel Like Killing off Noble 6 and Noble team was neccerary Because they did not show up in the later game but I still loved Noble 6
Even sadder fact: At some point, it was revealed that Covenant forces attacked some of the home colonies on Mars and Luna on their way to Earth, killing most if not all of the Rookie's relatives back on Luna. He disliked talking about it, and when asked by Buck, he just gritted his teeth and stated that
“There’s nothing left there for me now.”
Pain. Just pain.
wait, rookie talk? 😳
R.I.P
The Rookie
birth:2525
death:2554
killed by STUPID FUCKING REBLS
+Freddy Fazbear you know he was a good soldier when freddy fazbear posts r.i.p for the guy
+Alex Stoeger lol yeah
+Alex Stoeger only legendary people get rips from him
ram3n no0dle and night security guards. He rips those guys to pieces
+Alex Stoeger yiss
You know, im trying to think really hard about a good reason to actually kill rookie aside from a non-thought-out attempt at drama, so call me what you will, but I'm ignoring that part of Halo lore.
same fam
It was done for shock value, he was supposed to represent Bungie fans in the same way as Noble Six, imagine him surviving Reach only to die offscreen in a book, so killing him off was just a way to make a shitty book seem better and to create controversy in the fandom to try and get more sale for the book.
SOMEGUY7893 I se what you're saying, but I still feel it's pretty lazy.
Leonard Liandro That's what I'm saying too, he didn't think his book was good enough on his own, so he added cheap shock value by killing a known character to make his book sell on controversy because he wasn't good enough to sell it on it's own merits.
SOMEGUY7893 Yeah, I agree.
Lance corporal, still called rookie.
Also, quite strange how the highest ranked person(NCO or below) on that team is a Cpl... and then jumps straight to Gunny
Anthony Stark Lance corporal is the rank above private so I guess he should be called semi-pro
Newest member of the squad = Rookie.
That is all.
What if his name is indeed Rookie?
It’s kind of a joke nickname. Like calling the tallest dude “Tiny”.
343 honestly shouldn't be allowed to control canon lmao
Ikio Yeah I like to think the game ended after halo 3 with a great ending and all the Promethean bullshit is an alternate universe
They are just a world of fuck ups
Agreed
Bungie's writer wrote New Blood tho...
Ikio they don’t know how
When rookie was fighting the covenant, he fought like a spartan. I'm just gonna pretend that character was never killed.
At least he died a hero
Shut up lol
DarkNeckrowSilence yes!!!!!
Some would say hes just missing in action:)
The Rookie would've been an amazing Spartan IV
You will be remembered silent warrior
wait what was his name again?
@@JoeMama-rv9wl The Rookie
*"Let the past die, kill it if you have to..."*
- 343 Industries
@M'asuda the Liar
I think it's less about that, and more about the way they're killed.
Anticlimactic deaths, while they *do* define war, tend to come off pretty lazy from a writing standpoint, especially when you kill a favorite game character off in a book for what people deem as nothing more than shock value to sell more copies of an otherwise mediocre work.
@@maddoxlacy9072 highly disagree. That would mean halo reach is bad writing because nearly every character had an anticlimactic death. Kat randomly shot, Carter shot while piloting the pelican, Emile randomly stabbed from the back, and noble 6 being killed off screen. The rookie's death heavily influenced Buck's decision to become a spartan as well as the rest of alpha 9's decision to either retire, defect, or push through the accident. To say that it was for shock value is ridiculous. It had a purpose and it served it.
At the end of the day, the rookie was just your OC just like noble 6 with no defining character traits
@@vermin4275 for carter he was shot while piloting the pelican and it resulted in him sacrificing himself by crashing the pelican to the scarab. I will concede for the others though.
Jay WalkZ we don’t know if six is dead or not we didn’t see a body
@@JayWalkZ in a book you can't just be like "he got shot." In a visual representation it's fine because that's what happens, reach was awesome because of the thought of sacrifice, new blood fuckin sucked and they knew so they killed rookie for more copies
Retcon. Boom. Rookie is alive. 343 can suck it. Halo 5 doesn't exist. It was all a strange fever dream MC had while on the Dawn.
Still makes more sense than the plot of Halo 5.
Half of the Halo community's wet dream explained in less than 30 words
Alex G Well I guess you can believe your fantasies
Nuff said, aman battle brother!
You are a fucking moron
Bungie said so themselves. Rookies dead. gg no re.
Woah, I thought he was still alive... being quiet and looking up to the sky....
he died in the last book, which came out thee months ago
Ariko o And enjoying his naps
Mk12dexxa6 now he is in an eternal nap
Linda Pravdin :( You are right
***** "All offence or spam will be reported to Google if on Google+,YouTbe and Gmail." wow, you really don't want to be made fun of this "clan" of yours.
'The story of The Rookie'. More like rip my fucking heart out and ruin my day
Max Tune yep
LMAO same late but..same
Yea..... :,( My heart shriveled and I almost got a tear when all I heard was “she then opened fire and shot the rookie in the back of the head, killing him instantly.”
Devin Munich ;-;
TheGalacticJedi Is that face supposed to be tears or something lol
Such a pathetic way to kill a hero like him, don't kill someone like that through a book that's just a horrrrrible decision
Oh wait, 343 are the masters of bad decisions
QuantumFrost it obvious 😔 and rookie was so badass
hey frost books are not truly "canon" as the games have overruled certain parts of books making them more of a separate timeline. so technically rookie could still be alive
lost in time lol not that one its straight up Canon as a way to explain what happened to alpha 9 and how buck became a spartan
But it was definately Bungie who made ODST
QuantumFrost exactly
Also until it is mentioned in game I am not going to acknowledge the rookies death as canon
Raximous Prime Same
if the rest of the odst team became spartan 4s then why didnt they put each other in the same team?
Pira I little late to this but it was because buck didn't want to lead a team anymore
It’s true buck is now a spartan look at Halo 5
Pira Mcikey ended up being a traitor. I think Romeo another is AWOL. Buck would then end up being up part of Osiris.
To think that the Rookie endured so much during the war with the Covenant, only to get killed by Human Rebels. Poor Rookie :(
killed by the same people who he fought to protect....
almost like its shitty writing
This is sad :( but at least the rookie was a big part of the team I mean seriously mickey became a rebl when the rookie died and Dutch retired
I don't blame them my favorite person in ODST was the rookie
+Bumble Baytuna me too
Stop listening to this guy he doesn't who Rookie really is, he's indestructible
Bumble Baytuna And aleast, Mickey died right?
Bumble Baytuna rebel*
Rookie:Was I a good boy?
Death:No,I was told you were the best
Rip
Rest In Peace brother.
*Moment of Silence for our fallen hero*
Damn, I don't know why that hit me hard in the feels man. I feel like crying to be honest. The Rookie is my 2nd favorite Halo character aside from Sierra-117, Thel, and Noble 6.
I cannot accept this.
CubeNewb agree fuck the books
@DrunkenWiggle Plays indeed😭😭 And u know what sucks now the odst team is back together except for the rookie like wtf.
@DrunkenWiggle Plays AND BUCK SORTA FORGIVES MIKEY... LIKE WHAT
@@UltimateDoomSoldier what do you mean the odst team is back together?
@@Anthony-jo3rz They reunite as spartans much later to help on the fight against cortana.
ODST is so underrated wish they'd make an ODST 2
He should have been a part of the Spartan IV program.
apparently June was going to ask him to be.
So let me get this straight, halo 3 was the end of the halo story and rookie is still alive? Sounds right, I'm going with it.
Yup nothing else.
So I'm pretty sure in halo 5, when playing as the chief, Linda, Fred, and kelly is our squad(for coop and story). When playing as Locke, buck, Romeo, and Jun are our squad
That's a really good idea actually. I just wonder how they would connect jun to Buck and Romeo.
Clowndarth345 Jun offered Buck to become a spartan and Buck took the offer (I think he did) so that's how! :D
I think instead of Jun being the other Spartan it maybe is the girl in halo nightfall ( sorry , forgot her name), but Romeo and Buck are a very good possibility
Jun is retired as a combatant. I doubt he'd choose to join Locke's squad.
Was Romeo even offered the option to become a spartan like Buck?
RIP Rookie. :(
Still, I hope that the remaining ODSTs (Buck and Romeo) return in another Halo game! :)
***** I guess you could say that part of us has died then... ;(
josh11735 honestly who cares about rookie? did you even know him? ANYTHING ABOUT HIM??? he had no personality whatsovever. HE DIDNT EVEN SPEAK!
mateuszgojski Oh for crying out loud, I don't miss him dearly as an actual character. It's somewhat saddening because he was a character we played as (who accomplished a lot through our gameplay) that died.
What about Mickey Dutch and dare?
kirbybro4 Mickey is a traitor, Dare didn't become a spartan iirc
im 5 years late but what ever.
but imagine in the new Halo Infinite game... just imagine.... if Rookie was still alive with everyone who knew him were in shock that they thought he was dead and what if Rookie just said..."I was asleep. My helmet was too tough that the bullet bounced off the back of my helmet that it made me sleep"
Linard Gascon i think he was shot but in a non vital part of the brain that made him pass out and it was a cover up by ONI
Rookie didnt die. End discussion, fuck 343 and Mickey
I don't accept his story's conclusion being found in a book, when his existence started in a video game. That's just cheap, insulting even.
I agree Bro, that was my very first character I played as. Screw the guy who wrote that book!
I don't accept it either, but 343 gets the final say in the end. His legacy is done for.
Allow me to introduce you to Spartan Team Black.
I was ultra pissed the Rook went out like that. He deserved at the very least a heroic death, not to be murdered in cold blood like that.
And as for Crespo? I would have given him a slow and painful death for turning tail like that on Buck and Romes. If the Rook's death affected him that much, he should have resigned like Dutch did instead of enlisting to the Spartan program. He and Schein got Wakahisa, a good man, killed as well as their Captain and even Jun nearly died over his treasonous ass! And he didn't even bat an eye at spitting on the trust Alpha Nine put in him. He was too easily swayed by some asshole's words who had a personal vendetta against the UNSC and the result was very nearly the end of the S IV Program.
+Derek Collins he shouldve died like noble six in the mission lone wolf.
NO YOUR MAKING MY FAN FICTION SINGALS WORK
Why do characters "have" to have a heroic death? Sometimes people just die, man. It's war.
RIP Rookie :_(
sumerian88 stop.. it hurts dude, it hurts so bad
SPOILER oh nevermind to late
He was so silent and badass at the same time , RIP Rookie
2nd favorite character in Halo Series. Rest in Peace Rookie.
Thomas Jimenez 1chief 2noble 6 3emile 4rookie 5 carter 6jorge 7 cat wait no cat is a spartan and DIED FROM A SINGLE SHOT HOW STUPID SHES NOT A SPARTAN
Rookie lost because we weren’t in control of him >:(
They need to make a halo ODST 2
Liz 821 like someone carries on his legacy
yes i would buy it immediately
Not unless they bring Rookie back
Noble 6 and the rookie are some of the best characters in halo history
The Rookie is basically a legend like the Master Chief
Bryan the holy trinity the father: master chief the son: rookie and the holy spirit: six
I heard somewhere that him and master chief where the only 2 to be labeled as “hyper lethal” by Dr.halsey
@@racistgirrafe the only two hyper lethal Spartans where John 117 and Noble 6
if rookie became a spartan, i think he could have been the third hyperlethal spartan
this art style needs to come back honestly
I love how as soon as the new guy dies, everything goes to shit for the characters, as annoying as it is, well played.
RIP ROOKIE
I'm crying because the rookie died...
Me to bud. Me to
He's sooooo awesome
I'm crying because the main saga ignored him after ODST minus Buck
"We didn't know we were making memories, all we knew was that we were having fun"
-Bill Nye
We all went through one hell of a ride the Rookie, it was an honor, and he would have made one hell of a Spartan. He will be missed ,and will always be remembered by all of us Halo fans, and will rest in peace knowing that his efforts in life were not in vain but meant something in the end. Fight on and remember his fight.
The Rookie
2525~2554
I love you
OpenSTiCH lmao
Were it so easy...
Chance Tucker really you're gonna copy my comment and it gets more likes than mine. Nobody does that to Master Chief!!!
Hey no harm ment Master Chief!
:( RIP Rookie you have a special place in my heart
Rookie and chief take the spot for best characters - RIP ROOKIE it was my childhood playing your character
*Halo 21 shot salute*
We will forever remember the Rookie in our hearts, as we did with Sgt. Johnson, Cortana and the rest of the heroes that bravely but sadly perished in the Halo universe's timeline.
*salute*
Why do people hate ODST so much? I mean yea it's kinda out of place with the other Halo games, but that doesn't make it bad. I mean it's my favorite Halo game, mostly cause your isolated most of the time, but still. Or is it just the die hard Master Chief fans who think every Halo game sucks unless it has him in it? I seriously hate those people, they're way too bias.
*shrugs* Yeah, I don't understand either. It kinda just was shot off to the blue, to be forgotten.
To be honest, I liked walking through the isolated streets while it rains in the game. It felt like I was really alone, and trying to piece together what had happened.
Who knew a halo game could give off so much atmosphere with blues in the background, Cowboy Bebop style?
Odst got a pretty good rating and is one of my most favourite games of all time.
AwesomeBroDude Yeah... I should probably play it again. I wonder if there's more games like it, where one moment you wonder aimlessly for a good moment, enjoying the scenery and the next you find yourself fending off hordes... Besides Fallout :P
(it's either albino scorpions or legion assassins that are bullet sponges from hell)
+Vic 2_O Well it is kind of jarring how good it could have been. If they just added more to the campaign maybe going into the Halo three storyline with your squad who I liked. It would have been so cool to have your entire squad with you as you finally are able to organize a counterattack instead of running and hiding. But we never really get a level where your entire squad is fighting together. There was plenty more for them to accomplish besides saving Virgil. Especialy with all the things that happen on earth in the first missions of Halo 3. I mean it was called Halo 3 ODST but the events all happen at the same time as Halo 2. Also Mulitplayer was just a repeat of Halo 3 and not unique. So I don't think they hate what is there but hate that the things that could have made it great were left out. Like buying a book and enjoying the story until you find out that half of the pages are blank.
+Vic 2_O definitely the second
343 Takes over!
Writing New Blood
Charlie:Hey Joe wouldn't it be a great idea to kill of an interesting character in a book instead of going into detail of his story in game and using him as a viable charecter??~}??????
Joe:Im autistic you shouldnt be asking me charlie nor am i a writer and neither are you.
Charlie: Oh thanks joe for complementing my writing skills and confirming that my idea is great!
Joe: Wait no!
Charlie prints the book
He wasn’t a rookie. He was an excellent fighter, a savior, and a master detective. He was a war hero.
I loved ODST. One of the best side games ever. A very great and solid story
The Rookie was my favorite character because I could relate to him the most.
Me too, I'm a lot like him
Lol
You're a weekend Covenant Killer? (Trying to lighten things up.)
A silent person who kills aliens?
Mudkip I think the same, but in the end, the less you know of a character the best some times you can relate to them, don't know how or what was he think make you think you are the one who thinks, another characters like those are the ones in games like the Elder Scroll Saga (Oblivion, Skyrim), Shepard from Mass Effect (They let you choose almost every thing from his past :P), in fact this is why some games make the plot "memory lost", the best way to make money is to make a game interesting, and to make it interesting you need a lot of things, one of them is to make contact with the player in a emotional way
Rookie: *Says a word*
Everyone: * gets Mind blown and entered the parallel universe*
"Y'know we *could* have The Rookie join fireteam Osiris instead of a few losers with the exception of Buck...."
"But nah, let's give The Rookie a shitty death and discard him like he's nothing"
-343
My profile pic is my way of paying my respects to rookie! RIP rookie... ;(
He was a good samaritan.
MonteMind is that a reference to an achievement?
Rythaze Yes and *his* achievement.
Bro I salute u thanks for honoring him
Caleb Kearney no probs!
would have liked if him and buck were spartans in halo 5 and the rookie was on chiefs side and buck on lockes.
Would've put some decent plot and good drama into H5.
Doubtful since chiefs team was just blue team
He would of most likely replace Tanaka
2:31
If you look closely, you can see the In Amber Clad next to the Carrier when it starts to enter slipspace.
His being a detective immediately makes me like him. It's one reason why ODST is my favorite Halo campaign. Exploring the rainy streets of New Mombasa at night while unravelling the dual mysteries of your squad's location and Sadie's story felt like a noir detective story.
Id really like some lore on the engineers. Or the bugs, (dont know if you've done either of them.)
Mooshroom Gaming We've done the buggers! czcams.com/video/Y8aa051w8_A/video.html
HaloFollower Mr follower I got some awesome news you know that at the end of the master Chief trailer when he was walking to Locke his face was orange and Locke's was blue so like Locke was normal and since cheaf was forunner he became RAMPENT!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck off I'll beat the shit out of you I know about the visor I didn't mean too type face ):-(
I was just ugh the point is that you got orange and blue hinting a lot of Promethean activity through out the game jerk
I'm 26 years older than you and also i know about that plus I did not mean to right chief I use a phone to do updates and it always auto corrects so go back and do what you young adults do these days
God damnit why couldn't they give the rookie a badass death like noble six.
Blaze here’s what his death should of been: bombarded by bullets
Or fought for the last stand.
I only played Halo 3:ODST recently and it makes me so sad to know that the rookie dies, especially like this. ODST is such a great game. The music, the unique atmosphere, the gameplay... It really sucks that he has to die.
0:33 The Hellmouth on Destiny? :P
Bungie did make Destiny Soo....
Destiny await
I stopped the video to take a closer look and said the same thing
I LOVE LETTUCE do it’s just that our fire team didn’t know anything but our light was 390 each
*EVERYONE BY PRAISEWORTHING THE CHIEF LETS MAKE LIKES 117*
first noble 6 and now the rookie...they were the best maybe could be alongside with master chief but they both died with honor.
ehhh nobel did. rookie got rekt.
Noble Six huh.. the sound of ethereal vapor. The silent ODST Rook... Man The best damn soldiers in the UNSC. But isn't there a saying about Spartan's? Spartan's don't die John... There just missing in action. As for the Rookie... It was an Oni cover up... he's not dead, Just on a long term assignment.
+HinatasCrush I wish, ODST is my favourite Halo game ever, and I would like to see him back. Maybe his death is non-cannonical? ;__;
Hope so Kam hope so. The rook needs more face time.
HinatasCrush in that case the rookie should just get an iPhone
Who the hell wrote story... It suck I hate that Rockie is dead
What a shitty way for a badass character to die.
Rookie would have made a great Spartan II, because he's silent and stuff and that's the first thing they teach you in the Spartan II program...
Infamous Greed They stopped created Spartan 2's by the time Rookie was alive. He'd become a Spartan 4 if anything, however he would be a good Spartan 2 if he could be one.
why do almost all my favorite characters wether it be a movie or a book or a TV show or a video game die. why!!!😭
*cough* *cough* reach *cough*
Same that happens to me to
did a four leafed clover burned in your hands when you were little?
No but I'm really unlucky
+Death Blossom don't forget about roach from cod
He could've honestly been a Spartan, but the fact that he wasn't makes him even more badass
Honestly before 343, the entire series was so depressing and I love it.
Hey Chris, could you do a video about the life of the Sangheilli race?
he said in a recent vid that it is in the works
Oh ok, thanks man :)
You mean like, a day In the life if a sangheli! Or like, history of the sangheli race
DesertEagle117
Day 1 - i was almost assassinated
Day 2 - i was almost assassinated
e.t.c
yes we need more about my race
Wtf he dieed ????
*spoilers*
Eldinn Ma I was looking forward to maybe a second odst game where we learn more about him, but nope ;-;
Don't worry, buck is now a spartan and is speculated to have joined the team with agent Locke that we saw in halo 2 anniversary
***** lol
Eldinn Ma well its the most common way to avoid accidentaly referencing him in a future game by mentioning him or any events he contributed to
This is so good, Halo: ODST 2 should've been a thing following this story, leading to buck joining team osiris.
Thanks for taking your time to make this video.
To the writer of new blood: the book was good, don't get me wrong. But why the fuck just kill off an awesome character that could be used in the halo universe SO MUCH MORE. And kill him in a stupid way? It's a complete waste of character. Seriously that's terrible story telling.
That's actually very good storytelling. We hate that the author killed Rookie, but his death is used as a plot device. Mickey, Buck, and Romeo became Spartans. Mickey becomes a Rebel. Dutch became a Civilian.
This will only further the plot line and will create a satisfying ending.
I suppose that's true. It's just hard to take in. especially after playing as him. I trust them to make a good story out of it.
I feel the same way
***** You say that like we'll see these characters again. We probably won't and they are killing off characters so they don't have to deal with them anymore. Remember Black Team?
***** Yes I do, it's a shame. But I have faith that they won't kill off characters like this. We have to see them again, whether it's in game or in book. Why would they build up a story of them becoming Spartans and Rookie dying if they won't touch them?
All joking aside, I am almost in tears right now. I loved The Rookie. I love silent protagonists
Dude was dope asf, I always loved ODST I still play it lmao! Always wanted another ODST game, w Rookie as protagonist
Rookie was kinda the link to hold alpha 9 together... if the rookie wasnt there during the siege of mombasa I dont think alpha 9 would make it out alive. Dutch was too violent for his own good, Mickey was too laid back, Romeo was too ignorant, Buck was to naive and Dare was too messy and unpredictable. Rookie was calm and colective, he stayed calm even though an entire city of covenant forces were against him. The odds for the Rookie was not in his favor yet he managed to pull through. He saved Dare and Virgil. Buck only came after the two had almost made it out alive. Rookie was kind of the savior to the group as master chief was the savior of the galaxy. When the rookie died... the group couldn't maintain enough morale to keep going and kind of disbanded.
Shame, the rookie would've made one hell of a spartan.
When I learned the Rookie's death a year ago, my heart broke.
R.I.P Rookie we will never forget u
The rookie lives. The whole situation was a front to induct the rookie into ONI for his outstanding accomplishments, friendship with the alien creature, and a glowing recommendation. He’s currently working as a spook for ONI black projects. Alias: Unknown
You know, I think that the Rookie was one of the best characters in Halo lore "ever- of all time."
RIP you deserved to become a spartan
HOW AM I JUST FINDING THIS OUT?!?!? HE WAS MY FAVORITE of all the halo universe characters. It was literally him who inspired me to do anything I set my mind to. That any normal person can become great.
Rest in Paradise..
The part which made me sad was when you were with the cop trying to save dare and you go down this tunnel or level and you hear him getting slaughtered by bugs, it is enough to make a grown man cry.
Yea
Rookie dies-dick move 343
Sgt Johnson dies-great ending to a great character good job Bungie
so much hypocrisy
Pretty much the status of our community.
T-Ray Jones both statements are wrong
reynel4 I was trying to show what comments have been like
Bladed Arbiter it's terrible isn't it
T-Ray Jones oh ok no problem then xD
So they just set up ODST 2 but we would play as Mickey. To top it off the ODSTs became Spartans. Great...
mickey is a rebel, the thing they problaby set up is that romeo and buck are two of the spartan of locke team in the first cinematic of halo 2 anniversary
miguel com Never heard that theory. It would make sense because Buck quit as a spartan team lead and just became a regular SIV
nah, i think those three are Kelly Linda and Fred... that's why the weird looks from locke and the "modicum of respect" from the Arbie
I think Chief might join the rebels and you'd play as Mickey becoming a spartan and joining the rebels but you'd have to revert back to basics (Heath packs, repairing armour with different pieces and scraps) while the UNSC hunt down Chief and destroy the city you're surviving in as they do so.
grengolan wrong armors, and they would not go hunting jhonn.
i really fucking hate it when characters i played as die
You can tell Alpha nine really cared about the Rookie, his death hit them all hard.
That's actually really depressing that the rookie died. He was my favorite character in Halo that wasnt really talked about. I don't know how to describe it. It's one of those characters that you've never heard talk but you can just connect to them.
I have to call a TON of bs on what happened in the book. Romeo wasn't able to save the Rookie because there was a forcefield guarding it. A FORCEFIELD. They didn't even have the technology to have that up, so the Rookie SHOULD have lived because Romeo should have been able to snipe the person holding him hostage.
Second off, YES. Let's let Mickey join the same people WHO KILLED HIS FRIEND. Why did he join them? Because he's traumatized of his death? People who want revenge don't JOIN the people who killed him, they KILL the people who did so. So Mickey's joining the Rebels MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. 343, please fire your writers. Thanks.
Let's not even go in the whole Spartans are traitors crap. Yada Yada Yada. Escalation was utter crap. The book was utter crap. Gee, I think I know where this is going.
The rebels bought the shield and generator from Kig Yar pirates
I'm guessing you haven't read the books or comics
Oh, I have. I've read all the books and all the comics. My problem with Escalation, other than them being bad(the newest ones aren't too terrible) is the fact that they make the Infinity so FREAKING WEAK. You mean to tell me that a ship that can RAM and RCS and STILL have it's shields unaffected can be held up with an SDV class and what's considered to be Space Scarabs. Those PUNY ships would bugs on the Infinity's windshield. Not to mention the THOUSANDS of turrets that the dang thing has. But no, let's forget ALL that, and make the Infinity weak and pathetic to a ship that a single soldier could destroy.
Scott Ripley well in the last issue the Infinity took on two Assault Carriers and numerous light cruisers
And 343i is inconsistent with that. Which needs to stop. Either the Infinity needs to take on two assaults and be fine with it, or be a weak ship that gets held up by a few Liches and an SDV.
#RIPRookie
Rip rookie, may he always be in our hearts. Or even better bring him back
This video makes me sad. does it make you sad? now i'm sad...