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kevjuice · Boot Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 19

well the only thing i knew about how the artifact distorting slipspace was that when the covies tried shooting at them it would fly off in a bunch of different directions. and they arrived where they were supposed to be alot sooner than they expected. does anybody know *how* affected slipspace

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:21 pm

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clamatius · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 209 Location: Seattle

This is pretty OT, so I apologise. Still, the question was asked in this thread...

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:43 pm

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AngriBuddhist · Entrenched Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 778 Location: Wa.

To paraphrase- "This installation has a range of 25,000 light years...and when the others follow suit, I assure you, this galaxy will be completely devoid of life. Hmm-mm-mm." - 343 Guilty_Spark

Follow suit? Does this not imply that the Halo installations are mobile?

In Halo, the ring they come across is completely stationary. What purpose could that possibly fill? I suggest that the "Artifact" found in space in one of many and that they are homing beacons for the Halo installations.

If a race of beings happens to find and activate one, a pulse large enough to knock out the C&C and chatter nets occurs. A Halo activates and begins it's transportation to that location.

I assume that it will Arrive after the Covenant invasion starts and that will mean two things:

1. The Battle for Earth will turn into complete chaos as both sides try to figure out just what the %@$! is happening.
2. That the Covenant invasion will begin during our last few .wav files. Hopefully in a "War of the Worlds" style.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:34 pm

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mobile halos?

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:41 pm

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devolver · Decorated Joined: 25 Aug 2004 Posts: 158 Location: Beijing

Re: mobile halos?

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:54 pm

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AngriBuddhist · Entrenched Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 778 Location: Wa.

Could the Forerunner believe that simply placing Halos around the Universe would be enough. What if one was say...destroyed? There would then be 25,000 light years that were not in their coverage area. Where is the failsafe?

This [SPEC] thread is open for debate but I believe that it would be more probable that the Forerunner with their superior technology would have a few mobile Halos than 1,000,000 of them spread across the entire Universe.

The Forerunner might be extravagent but I doubt that they have the conquering mentality that such an endevour would require.

And yes, as I mentioned, the original Halo was in a stationary position. I did not say that I thought they traveled across the Universe hoping to come across sentient life. In my theory, they would stay stationary until they were activated by an "Artifact".

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:57 pm

archon · Decorated Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 250

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:27 pm

Prominence · Boot Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 15

Further back in this thread there was debate over how the Covenant found earth. I'm not sure if this was touched on, but in one of the books (Cant remember what one) The narrative talks of a device latching to a human ship and recording all the places it had been. I always considered this being how they found us.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:41 pm