Cortana informs the Arbiter and Masterchief that the flood are trying to establish themselves on the newly constructed Halo. Arbiter, Masterchief and Johnson fight their way to the control room where they are betrayed by Guilty Spark who wants to preserve the Ark even in the face of iminent contamination. In the fire fight that follows, Johnson is killed by Guilty Spark who is then destroyed by Masterchief and Arbiter. The two then activate the unfinished Halo and use Johnson's Warthog to reach Forward Unto Dawn; a UNSC ship which they then use to escape the Ark which explodes as the Halo activates. Arbiter is seen being rescued from the crashed ship which landed in one of Earth's oceans, but Masterchief and Cortana are no where to be found. A memorial is heald for Masterchief, Johnson and the other soldiers lost in the war for the Ark. After watching the credits, the player learns that Masterchief and Cortana are still alive and Masterchief enters a cryo-chamber and is frozen to await rescue. If you beat the game on legendary dificulty, you see the half of Forward Unto Dawn that Masterchief and Cortana are in; drifting towards an unknown planet.
At the end of Halo, it turns out that the Arbiter and the Chief managed to activate Halo and escape through the frigate. However, while the Arbiter turns up on Earth, Chief and Cortana go flying back into space, into unknown areas. Cortana informs Chief that it might be years until they get found. That's the ending of Halo.
PS. The Legendary ending shows an extra cutscene at the end where it shows the battered ship w/ Cortana and Chief flying toward an unknown planet.
Master Chief and The Arbiter escape Halo in UNSC Forward Unto Dawn the explosion of Halo activating breaks it into half.The front half with the Arbiter got safely to Earth but the back half with Master Chief and Cortana is lost in space.It is last seen drifting towards a mysterious planet with Forerunner symbols on it.
He lived
I'm assuming pretty much everyone has played the game by now so I will expand on the above answer:
The master Chief and the Arbiter have activated the new Halo ring and race to the frigate "Forward Unto Dawn" in a UNSC Warthog. They make it just in time and the Chief narrowly escapes being sucked into the gravity of the collapse of the premature firing of the replacement for installation 04 as the Arbiter takes command at the bridge (I assume Cortana has full control). Cortana says to the Chief "It's been a pleasure serving with you, John."
We next see the Dawn crash land in a body of water and the Arbiter emerging with shocked looks from some human rescuers. Lord Hood and the remaining survivors back on earth are holding a remembrance service and Lord Hood says to the Arbiter, "I remember how this war started, what your kind did to mine. I cannot forgive you. But you have my thanks for standing by him to the end. Hard to believe he's dead." They shake hands and the Arbiter replies with, "Were it so easy." The Arbiter is then seen on his own ship and sets off with his remaining Elites back to their home planet.
The credits roll and after they end we see the Master Chief still floating in a non gravity atmosphere within the Dawn. Cortana explains that when the ring was activated prematurely it "Did a number on the Ark." This caused the portal to become unstable and only the front most part of the frigate made it through leaving the Master Chief and Cortana floating in space in the remains. Cortana lays an emergency beacon and comments that it will be months before they are found, years even. The master Chief enters a cryo tube and prepares to activate it. Cortana states, "I'll miss you." The Master Chief replies with, "Wake me, when you need me."
However in the Halo 4 Master Chief was probably dead because they show inside of him. Cortana yells at Chief to wake up. When he woke up, Chief suddenly burst out and that the ship he was on was blowing up. He got Cortana and use his jet pack (We didn't know that he had a jet pack all the time and didn't use it). When he got out he and Cortana are heading to an unknown world. The place that threatened the universe. So it isn't the end of Halo. Halo 4 comes out this 2012. 343 Industries takes over for Bungie
Well the Engineer is taken with the Friendly Phantom (dutch mickeys etc.) and after the credits Johnson talks to Dare while walking down the corridor and then sees the Engineer and gives him a lighter and Johnson gets a cigar out and talks to the alien and says " what are the covanant planning... tell us" and the Engineer lights his sigar and that's it :P
if you do it on Legendary it will have a Different ending see it for yourself..
master chief is on the half of the ship that did not make it through and he puts himself in a cryo tube and tells cortana "wake me when you need me"
Reach, the planet, gets glassed by the Covanent and most of the Spartans are killed.
Dom Dies.
Well actually in Halo: Reach at the end you see that they moved him into a diffrent ship but never un-freeze him. and at the very end you see the ship him and cortana were in at the end of halo 3 crash landed on reach. Hey, actually at the very end of Reach they show Master Chief and Cortana but not were they were in halo 3. When you see him,hes is frozen at the time of Halo 1 not Halo reach. This can be very confusing, I know. Remember, Reach is a prequal to Halo 1.( Halo Reach happened before Halo 1 but not made before.) =P
SPOILDERS:He/She dies in Combat at the end of Halo Reach in the mission "Lone Wolf."Noble Six is pierced by an Energy Sword wielded by an Elite at the end of Halo Reach.
he is dead at the end at halo wars he had to repair the FTL rector Sorry, he isn't. Halo wars was after Reach, but he still wasn't included.
yes at the end
No.
You are able to see master chief at the end of reach as an Easter egg.
No, the story is not yet over there is more to it Halo: Reach was a story way from the beginning that was put into this game.
may 19
No and yes, it won't follow it directly, but Reach will be glassed in the end.
yes defult the end
No you still die at the end.
personally, I think it is reach.