: That's a really plausible story explanation. I sort of doubt 343 thought of
: this, though, because no matter how I simplify things, the fact remains
: that the Didact was just about to destroy Chief until Cortana beat him
: down.

I'm struggling to see your problem here.

: It's not my fault that Master Chief used a GameShark and cheated his way out
: of everything. Bungie gave the Chief luck, but 343 gave him chetz.

I missed a lot of the response to Halo 3, was there really no one that reacted that way to him surviving the fall to Earth?

: The Earth isn't in the middle of anything. Until that last cinematic, for all
: I knew he was Composing a bunch of desert. Did he just fire at random?
: Does that beam ever spread out? Does he have to spend the next few years
: circling the planet slowly and blasting everywhere to make sure he got
: everyone?

Why does it matter?