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[NSA]

More rampant ideas..

In the halo.bungie.org interview with Joe Staten, his final words are:

[weephun]

[DreamOfTheRood]

[quote="Fenwicked"]

[Mukaikubo]

[NSA]

[NSA]

Second whacked idea:

Does anyone really know if Halo 04 was really going to be FIRED in the first game? It all seemed like it, but after playing Halo 2, and having the "all-ready signal" shoot out from Delta Halo, putting all others on Standby. Since Miranda Keyes removed the key from the beam thing, we assume that stopped whatever sequence was in motion, but I dont think the Forerunners would have a "failsafe" mode to set all other Halos to standby in case the key was removed, I would think the Halo would imediately fire (assuming the reclaimer with the key was killed in battle).

I am beginning to wonder if Master Chief allowed Guilty Spark to proceed, if it would have only shot out the "announcement" and gone to standby mode.

It would make sense, because that would be the only way to ensure all halo's fired at once, eliminating all possible hosts at the same time. I think this is why the Forerunners designed the "Ark" to remote detonate the halos at precisely the correct time. If one Halo could be fired on its own effectively, why didnt the Forerunners just cleanse the parts of the universe they couldnt manage.

Of course its all spec, and I think in the first game GS 343 mentions that "one all other halos follow suit it will blanket the galaxy..", but he doesnt say exactly that the other Halos will recognize 04 was fired, or if they follow suit from a remote detonater.

Humm!! (yes.. too much time!)

[archon]

[Foz]

[NSA]

Foz, I suppose it all boils down to personal preference, but for me, (wow thats a lot of commas!) the thrill of figuring things out -- guessing, and coming up with ideas of what "May or may not" happen/happened is all part of the fun of the Haloverse.

Okay, that was a little odd. Basically, I think all of this, including the Halo games, ILB's, the Novels, our wild [spec], etc, is just part of the fun. Sure the Halo games for XBOX are a blast, but delving into the rich universe layed before us is a lot deeper for me.

I agree it would be kind of a letdown if we figured out all the details ahead of time, but I dont really think we need to worry about that completely, Bungie seems to like to throw really unexpected twists in sometimes, so.. we'll see I guess

[thebruce]

and I don't think anyone will ever know the entire story... otherwise there will be no more game. Basically, if it's there to be found right now, then there's no reason to hide it. If someone doesn't want to know, they don't have to... but it's not like it'll ruin the story, cuz if there's more to come anyway, then more will come... otherwise, the story was already done

[adfegg]

Hey, Bruce? You're up to ch 13 now. You need to update your sig.

[thebruce]

[Foz]

Well, I just think that the Prophets (not necessarily all of the Covenant) are not only aware of what the Rings do, but may have been involved with the original detonation. In the interview that I mentioned in a previous post, it is confirmed that the Prophets know "much" more than they are letting on. Furthermore, there's the Halo 2 level "100,000 Years War", which is when the first detonation took place. This might mean that the Prophets have been chasing the Forerunners/Humans to the ends of the galaxy for 100,000 years. They knew that some Forerunners fled the original detonation, but just didn't know where. Now they have found the Ark/Earth and this time none of us will escape.

Unless Master Chief can end it, of course.

P.S. Gravemind never says he was created by the Forerunners. He only says that his creators detonated the Rings.

[Clayfoot]

[CROSSPOST] Spring 2005 Chicago Hivemeet

[SuperJerms]

Also, if we did figure out what happened/is happening/will happen, and know that part of the story...this is just one epoch in a much bigger universe. Isn't that the whole idea of the Halo bible, that an entire huge timeline is already planned out? If anything, ILB goes to show that the universe is rich enough for an endless amount of stories, games, characters, novels, movies, or whatever. And that's just during the covenant war (which has thus far only dealt with four years of fighting, if that).

If we guess the ending, there is always plenty more story to go around.