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[Johmpa]

[Halo 2] What happened on Coral?

[DreamOfTheRood]

On Reach, the Covvies left a certain patch unglassed. Speculation arose as to why they did that, and it all pointed to a Forerunner artifact on Reach. When Hiro informed Kamal that Coral was gone, Hiro suggested that maybe the Covvies had left certain parts of Coral untouched due to the possibility of a Forerunner artifact or three. While that isn't very specific, for the sake of argument, we'll say that the Covvies did not in fact glass the entire planet.

So, let's say that the note from "Conversations from the Universe" was written prior to the Covvies getting all Thin Kinkle on Coral; that would almost certainly be the case, as those planet-killing plasma cannons would spare nothing in their path. Thus, we have a timeline and the answer to your question: if the Covvies were after something on Coral, they most certainly attained it.

[adfegg]

I've been wondering for some time whether the structure on Coral was the Forerunner ship that took Truth to Earth. There's no real evidence to support this, it's just something that got into my head recently.

Wasn't the artifact in ILB found floating in space near Coral?

[NSA]

Thats an interesting theory, but I think the Forerunner ship in High Charity has been there for quite some time, since it powered the whole station I believe.

Since they mention Coral in both ILB and the booklet, maybe they are planning on incorporating that storyline in the next Halo book? I could see that working out nicely!

[adfegg]

Do we know that there's going to be another book?

[NSA]

[Nola]