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[chaotic_mind]

[WILD SPEC] The axons take place before the Covenant war.

[Atoner]

I can't think of anything that would debunk this theory right off. It seems plausible.

-Atoner-

[HitsHerMark]

Maybe she's not even a SPARTAN I... Maybe she's from the competing project. (Anybody know why the Spartans were chosen over the other program?) Something about her just screams "prototype" to me... I don't know why.

[Lutzie]

[GunsmithCat]

[Theorizer]

[Macavity]

[GunsmithCat]

Also, there is not a single mention of the Covenant or a war. While absence surely isn't proof, it seems odd that with a powerful violent race hell bent on mankind's destruction, it doesn't come up once.

[Theorizer]

[daegan]

My biggest issue with Jan being a SPARTAN is that the children were under military care, on military bases, all the time after they were taken; but then, I don't have any other theories.

Regardless this doesn't have to be before the war. It just has to be before Halo 2. Remember that the humans were pretty convinced that the Covenant wouldn't get to Earth after they instituted the Cole Protocol.

[GunsmithCat]

[devolver]

[meetingpeopleiseasy]

This WHOLE ARG is set before the covenant invasion on Earth. I think what we are getting here is what is happening on Earth before the invasion. I dont even think any of these characters will show up in Halo 2. Maybe we can think of this like the Enter The Matrix video game. You dont have to participate to enjoy Halo 2, but if you know the story your in on something most people are not.

The End.

[Nola]

Can the events in the WAV's be taking place AFTER Halo2?

Quoting from the Phase III monologues:

"I am looking for the truth. I saw it once, before the Apocalypse. I wish I could remember more about that"

In the Halo 2 teaser / trailer (not the theatrical one), there is audio of tactical communications between and Admiral (in orbit) and a General (on the ground). The General says something like "Down here, it's the God Damn Apocalypse!" There is a view from space where you can see dozens of nuclear or plasma detonations all over the surface of the earth.

So could it be that this Apocalypse Melissa remembers is actually the covenant offensive (which we can assume is unsuccessful because the Master Chief will most certainly kick their fanatic butt back into the realm of unrepenting crapness), and the events in the .wav files take place in a politically charged post Halo 2 universe were Spartans are the vietnam-vets / cold war black ops of their time? Remember part of the reason the covenant have gained so much ground is that UNSC High Command is a dysfunctional, backstabbing, ass covering, almost corrupt organization; so it makes sense that in a new touchy feely world there would be a cover up of what really happened.

Edited for question marks in the right place

[chaotic_mind]

Well, the Apocalypse references started occuring during phase three, and were in my mind symptoms of Melissa's Flea infection. If that's so, why would the Flea cause Melissa to refer to the fall of Earth as the Apocalypse. Wouldn't that be a victory for the Covenant?

Luke P,