[ArrowX]

Originally Posted by Guitar Woman

If MC and Cortana were the only ones to escape in the first Halo, how come that one Sergant is in the second one?

I know it's probably already been discussed a million times, but you know.

You have to read the book Halo: First Strike to understand why Sgt.Johnson is still alive and how MC and Cortana made it back to earth in a short range interceptor. But for those too lazy SPOILERS:MC and Cortana find a Pelican clinging to wreckage that contains a couple marines, and a Navy Intelligence officer and another SPARTAN that was put into cryogenic suspension following the botched capture of a covenant ship at Reach in the prequel book. Then they capture a covenant ship that was running on a skeleton crew of a few engineers and elites since all its crew were caught on halo when it exploded. Then wackiness ensues and they wind up on another stolen ship and return to earth