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MjolnirMkII

How would the Gravemind access any of our human networks from as far away as a halo installation though?
If AR is on the Ark, then he is here on earth and the signal he uses makes more sense. But an intergalactic transmission from a halo installation to our petty human internet without use of something else to receive the signal here on earth seems farfetched. Plus, an AI I would think is more adept to keeping out a physical being on a computer network.

Plus, if AR is sending out his transmission to something not on earth, it is taking a far longer time to reach its destination then the proposed connection to the Ark and internet that the Gravemind would need to pose a threat to AR. (dial-up versus fiber-optic connections Laughing

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tsondie21 · Decorated Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 227

Maybe, because there is time travel going on, it is the gravemind + cortana combo

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:59 pm

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rstarr · Boot Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 49 Location: Boston, MA

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:00 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:00 pm

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Siege88 · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 139

I agree it kind of sounds like the Gravemind. But wasn't he physically on the other Halo? He didn't really seem to be able to influence anything outside of where he was, except by controlling the Flood. How would he be in the Ark, on Earth? And why would he be asleep and just awakening or coming now?

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:01 pm

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OwduaNM · Boot Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Aurora, IL

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:02 pm

MjolnirMkII

Alright. Forerunner connections to and from earth allow for bandwidth.

Then I still think that Gravemind needs Cortana to pose any threat to AR. AR is an AI on his own forerunner circuitry, its like is body, and Gravemind is a physical being maybe using the forerunner computers on a halo installation. An AI would beat a person or physical being on a computer network every time. But Cortana (being the most sophisticated AI ever conceived by humans - according to the Halo novels) would probably be able to pose a good fight against a Forerunner AI.

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:04 pm

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also good points... forgot the references to spanning space and time. So if you consider that Gravemind and Cortana have 'connected' in 2552, who's to say that the pair can't communicate now through time and connect with the Ark's system, thus AR? Interesting...

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:09 pm

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"He plays with time even as he hides in its folds."

He "plays with time"? He "hides in [the] folds" of time?

Time travel, anyone? Or at least some sort of time warp? It's happened before...

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:12 pm

MjolnirMkII

Time travel is a tricky subject, as it can pose a variety of problems in a plot. But time travel has been seen before, just look at the Marathon series. Or even Red Vs. Blue. Laughing

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:15 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:17 pm

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Gravemind has been described as having access to the "genetic memory" of all the sentient beings the Flood have consumed, so in that sense, he is able to "exist" in multiple time spaces.

Cool

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:19 pm

Foz · Veteran Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

This is all fascinating and makes complete sense, but what is the answer to ARs riddle? And how do we communicate it to him? (I'm guessing PM which I have already tried)

Is it a riddle?

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:26 pm

rstarr · Boot Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 49 Location: Boston, MA

**Posted:** Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:30 pm