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[Xasper]

[SPEC] What do AI's drink?

[PhatRick]

Sorry, I know this is trout!!

[Atoner]

Actually the spec that has made the most sense about the Castaway so far is that he could be a traitor.

See the other threads on this board for more info on that. The original author of that spec noted the fact that Melissa said that she had believed that the Castaway was noble.. belived, past tense, as though there had been a betrayal.

Search is your friend.

Back on the original topic -- yeah, that bugs me too. I think we're still missing way too many pieces of the puzzle.

-Atoner-

[Anton P. Nym]

They key phrase in that quote, for me anyway, is "sat holographically and drank". A hologram is just a lightshow; it can't manipulate material objects. I think Melissa "drank" a holographic drink... just a projection of a glass and contents.

"I don't drink" yet I joined him... some who don't drink alcohol will still join you in a drink, but it's just soda water or something in the glass. Here, it's probably just a projection like Melissa's avatar.

As far as Castaway being the Master Chief, we have no data to confirm that. One piece inclines me to believe that this is wrong; that the Castaway deploys buoys that give off sound to confuse the enemy. That's not exactly a good use of a SPARTAN's combat abilities.

-- Steve could be wrong, though. There's just not enough information to make a meaningful speculation.

[Lysit]

[Kagehi Kossori]

Yes. But Cortana was inside the Forerunners computer system at the time. It is possible such a system could provide a means to manipulate physical objects, similar to the field effects used to direct weapons fire in covenant ships, but which an AI in a normal system could not. Any appearance of physical manipulations in any other system would be just that, the appearance or illusion of it.

[m0tive]

Although this is pure spec, I really don't believe that any character in this ARG is any known character from the Halo Universe. I think the castaway/Masterchief connection is being 'forced' just a little. What better way to launch an ARG to the general public than put ILB on one of the most anticipated games in history.

As far as "manipulating the index" goes. Think of it as a computer disk. Once it is inserted in the computer you can manipulate the data on said disk but not the disk itself.

[Lysit]

[DigiDevil]

The conection to Master Chief might be a stretch but I think it should be disproven before it is just disregarded.

[Anton P. Nym]

[Xasper]

Not "yet I joined him"

[Roc]

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[ScarpeGrosse]

[Nightmare Tony]

Tis ok, I only saw the devil in the details....