ShackNews: After three games of stoic silence, Master Chief is finally getting ready to speak. Halo 4 has been pitched as a more personal story for the character; while he'll still be "a man of few words," the voice actor behind the iconic Microsoft mascot is excited to dive into a meatier role.
EDIT: So soon in the lore, not in the release of the games. The game that came out between this one and 3 was a prequel that did not involve the Chief. I want to see a Halo game that expands the universe without Cheif.
Yes, Reach tried that, but I got what I needed to know about Reach from the book Fall of Reach.