Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Thu Nov 21, 2024 5:10 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): General/Updates
[SPEC] Backs to the sea, Battle of Marathon
View previous topicView next topic
Page 1 of 1 [7 Posts]  
Author Message
jbd
Decorated

Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 295

 		[SPEC] Backs to the sea, Battle of Marathon
I have a speculation specifically regarding the Castaway text:

Quote:
A man that seemed noble, classical and pure. A sailor with Odysseus. He told stories about soldiers caught waist deep in water, facing the enemy, their backs to the Sea.


Now, read this from here:

Quote:
Taking advantage of the fact that the Persians had their backs to the sea, the Greek thinned their centre to cover the longer enemy line and attacked.


This refers to the Battle of Marathon from 490 BC.

Interesting, no?

And to avoid someone pointing out the obvious, yes, before Halo there was Marathon.

(Thanks also go to inky, Emily, and Tablesaw.)

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:49 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
inio
Decorated


Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 163
Location: Santa Cruz, CA

 		Re: [SPEC] Backs to the sea, Battle of Marathon
jbd wrote:
before Halo there was Marathon


A reference, maybe.

However, Bungie has repeatedly stated that Marathon and Halo exist in difference universes. As this game has been pretty clearly set in the universe of Halo, any direct relation to Marathon is unlikely. When the Covenant ships fly past Mars in Halo 2 they will almost certainly find Demios intact.

And please don't start speculating about time travel or wormholes or any other way to connect the universes. The horse is dead, let it rot.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:55 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
SpghEddy
Veteran


Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 88

 		Re: [SPEC] Backs to the sea, Battle of Marathon
inio wrote:
And please don't start speculating about time travel or wormholes or any other way to connect the universes. The horse is dead, let it rot.


But we do have to speculate how a Halo AI in deep space, and from the future, can end up inside a computer in San Francisco in 2004. How are we going to do that without time travel and wormholes?

Put your SPECs on for now, and suppose we do have both. Marathon and Halo may be parallel universes, but those don't seem so far from each other anymore. And Durandal may have used his powers to escape into the Halo universe. What if the Castaway was Durandal, and he messed with the time-space continuum somehow, resulting in Melissa's current predicament?

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:16 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Max Damage
Decorated

Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 178

 		Well, that makes absolutely no sense, as the Castaway was human, said he was married, and drank, while Melissa could not, due to being a hologram.

Unless Durandal has somehow entered a parallel dimension where he's actually a human naval officer (NO! DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT POSSIBLY GOING THERE), then that idea can be scrubbed safely, along with any theories stringing together the Pathways Into Darkness and/or Marathon storylines into this.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:46 am
 View user's profile AIM Address MSN Messenger
 ICQ Number 
 Back to top 
firefox
Unfettered

Joined: 28 Jul 2004
Posts: 333

 		wild speculation
wild speculation, is there a direct reference to the castaway being human

maybe another ai? the drinking its a metaphorical

the marriage - to the ships

.. wouldn't explain why she felt real tho (pointing to him treating her as another human)

unless she defines realism, as the feel of true emotions, love etc...

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:52 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Roc
Veteran

Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 81

 		I think more likely, the Castaway, the sailor with Odysseus, was talking about the battle of Troy (the Iliad). Where the spartans fought with their backs against the sea, when Odysseus' ruse saved the day. (Trojan Horse ~= Buoys of Sound to confuse the enemy) after which Odysseus began his journey home (the Odyssey), and finds himself physically, and in name referred to, as an unknown Castaway, on a foreign shore.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:28 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Gunslinger 19
Kilroy

Joined: 29 Jul 2004
Posts: 2
Location: Connecticut, USA

 		Re: [SPEC] Backs to the sea, Battle of Marathon
jbd wrote:
I have a speculation specifically regarding the Castaway text:

Quote:
A man that seemed noble, classical and pure. A sailor with Odysseus. He told stories about soldiers caught waist deep in water, facing the enemy, their backs to the Sea.


Now, read this from here:

Quote:
Taking advantage of the fact that the Persians had their backs to the sea, the Greek thinned their centre to cover the longer enemy line and attacked.


This refers to the Battle of Marathon from 490 BC.

Interesting, no?

And to avoid someone pointing out the obvious, yes, before Halo there was Marathon.

(Thanks also go to inky, Emily, and Tablesaw.)


Not to mention the third party involved in the Battle of Marathon--the Spartans. Wink

PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:29 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 1 of 1 [7 Posts]  
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!) » The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): General/Updates
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group