User blog comment:Mark-118/The Stranded SPARTAN/@comment--20100513003230

Yes, the past tense kinda killed it for me.

with most stories, you will notice that they are written in the past tense. This is because it implies it has already happened. Thus the tense.

And on your argument this is a Wiki page, it would kill to paste a few paragraphs. I mean, look at other works users created:
 * DC - Halo 3: Ascension
 * Methlab - Halo: Flight of the Phoenix