: I don't know if we'll be seeing that, they said they're continuing the story
: and the Spartans look like they're wearing the same Mk IV(?) armor for
: HW1. I assume they'll show how the the Spirit of Fire ended up abandoned
: and all that.

Eh, that might just mean they're paying attention to visual continuity :)

I presume we'd still get a lot of the older units too, but you're right that it could be a "prequel" to what we say in Escalation. Although considering how Escalation didn't really do much beyond tease, that would be a shame. I wanna' see them find their way back to the wider world, and presumably if there are more Brutes that will happen to some degree.