Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25555273-20170813140305/@comment-25555273-20170828050141

First of all, Metroid and Sonic are not a good example about connecting two series since they are not even CLOSE to the same franchise. Halo and Red vs Blue are virtually the same franchise, just each created by seperate companies.

Explanations for red vs blue/halo "continuity errors":

1. Tucker and Crunchbite. My explanation for Crunchbite is that he is either a scientific experiment (by UNSC/Project Freelancer, Covenant or someone else) or a VERY rare subspecies within the Sangheili that might be practically mythical, and since these unique sangheili can impregnate other life forms, they are outcasts of society  or hunted to near extinction and so that explains why crunchbite is on his own.

2. Pelican in slipspace. The average pelican isn't capable of slipspace, but some (such as Kilo-Five's Tart Cart) have been modified with slipspace capability.

3. AI fragment functions. Church/Alpha is a unique AI just like Cortana. both are cloned from living tissue (the Director Church might have had similar methods of doing this to Dr. Halsey). Cortana is shown to have unique abilities, and Church is likely the same. no other AI (or most other AIs) probably can't do what he could do, such as jump/control from soldier to soldier and "ghost" into existance. just a unique ability that Church/Alpha and his fragments can do.

4. Wyoming's time distortion unit. Not much is revealed about the technology or appearance of the armor enhancements, and Wyoming's time distortion unit is unique to the series. It is possible it is Forerunner technology found and given to him to use. in order for it to work properly, as in simply time travel in a way similar to the respawn of the games, it needs an AI such as Gamma. since Gamma was controlling a tank at the time of using it, the time unit didn't work properly and made several "clones" every time he used it, plus time travel is still theoretical so the "time clones" might be possible.

5. Forerunners or Elites as the "ancients". The "aliens" that the characters refer to as leaving behind ancient technology are never specified, but are obviously the Forerunners. the temples on Chorus just have a Forerunner AI based on a pre-halo activation sangheilli. and they stored some Forerunner and presumably pre-Covenant weapons on the planet or temples.

if you have any more questions similar to these, feel free to ask. such as my explanation on Spartan/Freelancer Armor.