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[JackBurt0n]

It's Durandal! Run for the hills!

Seriously though, if you look at the server 05 when it's opened, doesn't it look like a sword?

And we know Cortana and Durandal were both named after mythical swords...perhaps we're now dealing with Joyeuse?

Durandal Wiki

Seeing as how Durandal is the main AI in Marathon, do you think perhaps this is Bungie tying the stories together? Or am I just going off on a hopeless tangent here?

[Jordan117]

[Sheedy]

you've got it down jordan

[Phyltre]

[Tomahawk214]

[JackBurt0n]

I was just trying to make a joke...

At any rate, the sword in the server is my main thing so far...also let's not forget that in the events of Marathon 2 and Infinity, Durandal does become...omnipotent for the most part. What if he becomes the forerunner? Or created them? That's the only reason I bring it up is that this is a spec thread, and I'm just throwing this out there as a possible avenue that Bungie is trying to set up.

[Phyltre]

@Tomahawk: The audio recording calls it their well of information (in so many words.) And the narrative text in the video wouldn't make sense coming from any entity other than the Forerunner. So it's the Forerunner's multimedia repository.

@Jack: Sorry, you threw me off with the "seriously though."

[Urk]

http://args.bungie.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=463

Linking to another ARG discussion group that has some information that may hint at 343GS involvement.

Check it out.

[Camperman]

[Camperman]

[Urk]

[Phyltre]

Thanks for the thread link, Urk. The fact that Basis is in the slideshow definitely points toward the Halo we first landed on being the one last visited by the Forerunner. Pity it's been blown to pieces! (Which, actually, increases the likelihood that the Monitor is relevant, since it's pretty much the only thing left of the installation.)

[Killswitch333]

[quote="Camperman]
Maybe the "Flood" were surposed to be healing bacteria, but ended up being the enemy, became uncontrollable; and is what we know it as now.


Maybe?

Regards

Camperman[/quote]

I was just reading up on how one of the pictures looking like strep throat and it states this:

"Serotyping
In 1928, Rebecca Lancefield published a method for serotyping S. pyogenes based on its M protein, a virulence factor that is displayed on its surface.[2] Later in 1946, Lancefield described the serologic classification of S. pyogenes isolates based on their surface T antigen.[3] Four of the 20 T antigens have been revealed to be pili, which are used by bacteria to attach to host cells.[4] Currently, over 100 M serotypes and approximately 20 T serotypes are known."

Antigens are known to trigger an immune response so it could be that the origin or use of the flood was intended for healing but did become uncontrollable.

[Urk]

Here is something else we can glean about 343 from the new information:

When speaking with John-117 as they are activating the Halo at Installation 04, Guilty Spark says, "Why would you hesitate to do what you have already done?" and then "Last time you asked me: if it were my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. There is no choice. We must activate the ring."

He believes John-117 to be a Reclaimer, which we must assume that he is, since he is able to retrieve the index, and he treats him as if he is the same entity who activated the Halo for its previous firing.

So what can we learn from this? Well, we have a log of the firing sequence (Array Recorder Data) with two distinct entities communicating. We can assume one of them is 343. Here is a snippet:

[camshaft]