I've got some long ones, to prepare for MCC and 5 :) What is the exact number of glassed UNSC planets? I have heard anywhere from hundreds to as little as in the twenties (from Harvest I believe, but other books say there were hundreds, is there a source that confirms a solid estimate?). How many casualties (civilian and military) are known? >The main question I want to know based off the previous is, have any canon sources indicated UNSC plans of recolonization? There must be a far lesser amount of habitable planets now since the Covenant destroyed most of them. >Also I was a little confused with the forerunner books, was the origin of the timeless one confirmed? (I heard he was a precursor, or a flood version of a precursor, or just the flood pretending to be a precursor). Were the flood confirmed to have been created by the precursors to "test" civilizations? >Finally, do we know what any of the surviving Spartan IIs are doing (during the Halo 4 events)? IIRC the only survivors were trapped in the Dyson Sphere, but what did they do once they were released (or has this not been stated yet?). I don't remember the date of the UNSC getting into the Onyx Dyson Sphere to save those trapped inside but it was a little before 4 right?