As shitty of a story halo wars is, it still follows the halo story line. The Spirit of Fire jumped into slipspace following a covenant ship orbiting Harvest, not knowing where they would end up. They land on a planet which contained the flood. Where they got all the data for the from... I don't even know. But they still followed the halo story line, because none of the S.O.F crew have made it back to human controlled space yet(sacrificed their slipspace drive at the end), meaning that Halo Wars doesn't interrupt with halo's storyline.
The Rookie was a part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force (part of a Rapid Offensive Picket) during the Battle of New Jerusalem in the Cygnus System. Every member, except for The Rookie, was killed during the battle. He was then transferred to the squad of ODST's lead by Buck.[/QUOTE] where the hell did you find out THAT!?!? not doubting, just i love bungie XD