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**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:28 am

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It seems like this might be a new AI. Or at least the second AI entity encountered got altered in some fundamental way, as it is speaking in a very contrasting way from before.

Either way, it is nice to have a concrete update, since we were left hanging on the clothes line in the backyard during a rainstorm for the past few days.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:30 am

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rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

Thanks! I have to plead my ignorance of Halo2 - don't throw things! I know a lot about Halo -the flood totally creeps me out - but, I've never played Halo2 all the way through. I'm not a good console player, my son is, but I'm getting the PC port of Halo2. I'm looking forward to learning more about the forerunners as the game goes on.

I'm thinking that the flood gravemind wouldn't have any question of what to do with life - take it all over -seems to be there mantra.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:34 am

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Siege88 · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 139

Is it really that important if it's AR or some other AI? These things haven't exactly had much of a personality so far other than "Hey guys: Here's a few lines of vague dialog"

I can't listen to the pulse right now cause I'm at work, but have we found a way to get a wav or mp3 of it yet?

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:36 am

Urk

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:38 am

Siege88 · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 139

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:45 am

Urk

No, I do not believe the entity in control of AR's matrix is Gravemind. I had suspicious at first, and there are some very coincidental elements to the communications posted, but that may be due to historical events more than anything else.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:51 am

Chrono2x · Boot Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 14

for cutscenes of the gravemind check here and here.

It is also believed that the gravemind is the speaker in track 05 (Mausoleum Suite) of the Halo 2 Volume 2 Soundtrack when said track is played backwards. (ref=Whisper of the Storm)

However, the gravemind speaks in iambic septameter and the new post doesn't follow that, so I dont think that the gravemind has anything to do with this.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:53 am

imjuggernaut · Greenhorn Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 3

I believe this quote happened after the 1st firing of Halo and it is not present time. The quote is talking about the possible signs of life, inside the Ark maybe? Outside the Ark? If you remember the findings from "Server 05" in "Array_Recorder_Data" was the internal thoughts of the "intelligence" responsible for the first firing of Halo. I think this is a follow up to that. Is AR is telling a story?

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:23 am

Weezel

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:04 pm

Cloaked Hunter · Veteran Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 73

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:27 pm

blackhawk127 · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 278

i think this is a recording of the universe after the halos are fired. At this point the ai is just sitting there realizing the universe has been annihilated, until it begins to sense something it didnt expect. LIFE. Now it is wondering what it should do since life was supposed to be destroyed. What is that life?
us?

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:33 pm

Siege88 · Veteran Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 139

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:56 pm

Shadaraman · Boot Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60

**Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:26 pm

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