: But it's hard to take them as metaphor without abandoning any meaning for
: them.

: Power armor, ancillas and super soldiers are very specific things to engineer
: into a gene line.

: I would need to review the books and Halo 4 but I don't think that,
: "it's only a nudge" is a valid take on what was said.

No, I think 343's canon is highly consistent. But they aren't interesting in bringing over the more "supernatural" elements of the FT to the modern games for good reason.