: I'm getting the impression from the description that his choices are retire
: or S-IV. So staying an ODST isn't an option. This could be a signal that
: the Spartan division is absorbing the ODST and other SpecOps branches in
: the UNSC. I think the time for cowboys like Buck is over. The West was
: won, gents.

Or maybe he opts to join but chip away at the Spartan program from within, eventually bringing it to an end...? That could create an interesting twist in the UNSC timeline. Buck could represent all of us who despise the S-IV concept :P