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**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:31 pm

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i don't know for sure that we can assume the Covenant are even in the picture here. we know that if it is the same Sorenson and Greene from the halo universe that this is taking place several years prior to the events we are familiar with. Considering that the Covies have no love for humans in general, they'd just as soon destroy a pleasure yatch as they would a battle ship. that makes me think that Melissa wasn't spying on the Covenant but possibly another, human enemy. That would explain why she assumes Dana is an out of uniform enemy soldier.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:12 pm

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

In any event, the entity replying to the emails mentions being more than 7 years old, which is a strict violation of what we know from the Halo information. This fairly succinctly rules out it being Melissa. and, imo at least, puts it in strong suspicion of being extra-terrestrial, and until we can communicate with it, it logically should remain considered varelse, and thereby malevolent by default.

We also know that not only did the Pious Flea hide form the SPDR, but that Melissa saw the print of the naked foot of a flea on a beach. In stating this in the MAYDAY texts, she uses a line from Robinson Crusoe, where Crusoe sees a man's footprint on the beach. In the novel, this footprint terrifies Crusoe, as he immediately figures it belongs to either natives coming to kill him, or the devil himself.

Using the novel's clues, this highly suggests that Melissa is no fan of the Flea whatsoever. It may have directly caused the catastrophe in her ship.

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:25 pm

TheBiggestSean · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 90

**Posted:** Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:31 pm

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[SPEC] The Princess and the Flea

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:27 am

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:23 am

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:30 am

Ikkarus · Veteran Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 87

Re: [SPEC] The Princess and the Flea

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:09 am

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Andy · Boot Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 55

Some rampant specualtion that just occured to me while reading this thread:

We can assume that Melissa's ship can intercept and decrypt Covenant communications, which is how they found out about the impending attack on Troy. Now suppose they are able to do this with the help of a captured Covenant AI, and AI which has partially escaped Melissa's control since whatever disaster it was that befell her. Suppose the Princess and/or the flea are the manifestation of this enemy AI. Or maybe even the Queen is the enemy AI, and the Princess is really the remains of Melissa...

... OK, I'll stop now.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:15 am

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

The odd thing is that the 'Truth/Law' credo in phase1 was

Lutzie · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 137

Why would they need a Covenant AI?

"Smart" AIs can easily hack into Covenant systems, and Covenant AIs are primitive versions of human AIs.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:19 am

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:21 am

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:21 am

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chumble_spuzz · Boot Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 10

never mind.