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[ubersaurus]

I also noticed yesterday, playing through the last Master Chief level, that Truth speaks over the com system of High Charity (as does Gravemind, but I can't figure out what he's saying. Stupid mumbly flood). Truth is clearly making a power play to take total control of the Covenant, when he tells the public that Mercy was there with him, advising him, when we damn well know Mercy's dead.

I'm not sure if this is all a power play by the prophets as a whole, or just Truth.

[mattat]

SPEC-athon

[thebruce]

very interesting...


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[ubersaurus]

I don't think the meaning behind 343 GS's comment on being glad to see some of them survived to reproduce will actually come forth until we know what the hell the ark is. If the ark is merely a remote activation device, then I'd wager that he means humanity(assuming humans=forerunner). Otherwise, he could mean Flood.

Also, something I noticed in the Heretic level, when you first walk into a room with infection forms, they're floating around in a tank. I'm assuming whatever they're floating in, is what keeps em in stasis, or dormant, or whatever you want to call it.

Either way, all it would take is one major cataclysm(like a halo firing) and all that civilization and technology would probably just drop to the wayside within a few generations. So forerunners on earth would probably descend into a dark age for thousands of years (similar to Starflight's Arthlings, on a larger timescale).

[mattat]

My take on the Ark (based simply on the name), is that it was a way for Forerunners to survive - e.g. it was the planet Earth itself. The fact that it has a facility to remote detonate the Halo's sort of makes sense, in that if the Forerunners on the Ark realised that the Halo system had been interrupted e.g. by the flood then they could finish the job from there.

Otherwise they would be sitting ducks on Earth.

[ThaJinx]

I honestly think that the concept of the Ark is metaphorical and not literal. I can't imagine anything but the ILB artifact being the Ark. It would explain why 343 Guilty Spark doesn't answer when Keyes asks where it is, because if it was found floating in space and brought to Earth then he wouldn't know. It would also explain why the Prophets do know where it is.

[KwayZeeyT]

My impression after watching the LE DVD, is that there may be a good bit of Halo 2.5/3 done already. I'm guessing just the stuff they had to cut out to get H2 to fit/done in time could almost make another game. I've been to a few sites myself. There is everything out there from February 9th speculation, a "leaked" story/plot line, Xbox 2, downloadable levels... and so on and so on.

Do I want to see how this story ends? Yes
Do I want to wait 3 years for it? No (Waiting for the new Star Wars is bad enough)
Do I want to have to buy the next game console to play the next installment? No
Do I want to be able to use the Hunter's weapon? YES
Will I get what I want? Probably not.

As far as February 9th is concerned, I think with what has been hinted to it will be some new Multiplayer Levels for downloading. Just my $.02.

**Edit** Here is an interesting article from IGN. Epilogue: Halo 2

[ThaJinx]

pst...there is no Feb.9th action. Sorry, had to say it, that rumor pisses me off.

[DreamOfTheRood]

I actually had a pretty excellent post which detailed the whole February 9th rumor, giving links to all the sources who posted the rumor and the sites that debunked it; however, I can't be bothered to search for it now. The rumor started with gamersutopia, who I will now come out and call a group of lying, conniving thieves who started a rumor mainly to get hits on their webpage. They made up the February 9 thing.
Bungie has come out and said that there is no programming at the end of the credits with Feb 9 on it, and I'm inclined to believe this company, which I love so much that I might just explode into <3's.

[4dSwissCheese]

My guess is that the ark either is or is on the moon. My reasons are:

1) Given the final cinematic, it seems to be the general consensus that the ark is in our solar system.

2) In an interview in 2003, a Bungie guy said there was going to be a level on the moon in Halo 2. I don't remember where the interview is, but it was the same one where they said that Halo 2 was going to conclude the storyline (eg. before they decided to cut back on how far along in the story Halo 2 was going to go). Since we haven't see it yer, it seems reasonable to assume that this moon level is set after MC's return to our solar system. And given what we know thus far, it seems to me that the most likely reason for a moon level would be that the ark is there.

3) Bungie's predilection for using moons as spacecraft.

[ubersaurus]

[sam]

What ever happened about the password protected bits on the h2 website? login for update/download of H2.5 and real ending?
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[ubersaurus]

according to Frankie from Bungie, something subtle happens if you collect all the skulls in single player mode in the order from the soundtrack cd. I don't know if it's story related, but hell, it's worth mentioning.

[jellyfish_green]

Human=Forerunner theory