Through the latest campaign trailer, I found possible proof of the death of Jorge and/or Kat
Part 1:The part of Noble Team (Noble Six, Kat, and Jorge) is seen flying into the badly damaged city, to which at some point in a building they are ambushed by a team of Elites.
In the picture above, Noble Six is on the left, Jorge is
on the ground, without his weapon in his grip (why else, aside from a mortal wound, would a
SPARTAN II be unarmed in a combat zone?), and Kat is standing on the right.
(Note that they are dropping from a Phantom)Part 2:An Elite tackles Noble Six, and you assume the first person perspective as Noble Six puts his hand against Elite's fist that currently has a drawn Energy Gauntlet (as I call them). They wrestle, and the Elite roars right into his face.
I assume that after this, Noble Six kills the Elite, or it retreats to the Phantom.
Part 3:Now, Noble Six is firing his Magnum at the passengers of the Phantom, and appears to be crouching beside a set of barely visible light-blue armor in the bottom right-hand corner.
The only real answer is that it is Kat, seeing as Carter wasn't with them in the fight, until..
Part 4:Carter, Jun, and Emile are now on the scene, and firing upwards toward the Phantom.. notice the Golden armor in the bottom left-hand corner?
That is obviously Jorge, nobody else in the squad has that colour, and we have seen him on the ground previously.
Part 5:We now see (what remains of) Noble team emerging from the same building, and Jun lights a flare for evac.
In this picture we have Carter, Jun, and Emile or Noble Six, nobody else. I'm not sure if that is Emile or Noble Six on the left hand side.
Part 6:Noble Six is seen standing alone looking out at the burning city that he had just left. He is holding a pair of dogtags, indicating that one (or more) of the the squad
did infact recently die.
There are two possibilities for Noble Six being alone I am exploring:
.1- At the point when Kat and Jorge went down, he somehow lost contact with the rest of the squad (Carter, Jun, Emile), and he later found his way to the outskirts of the city.
.2- He was thought to be dead, but he was only knocked out by something in which case the rest of Noble Team moved on, and when he woke up, he found his way to the outskirts of the city.
Both of these would do fine to explain it possibly being Emile in the previous picture with the rest of Noble Team instead of Noble Six.
Conclusion:What do I think of this? I
love it. The theme of loss and defeat had always seemed absent from the Halo series until Halo 3, with the death of Johnson and Miranda. And this game
needs death, it screams for it. I personally hope (and I know this sounds a bit twisted) that the whole team eventually dies, as has been hinted at. It would also seal any loose cracks in the canon.
