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Posted by: SaMMus38
Posted by: Spartan IJS
Posted by: Tartan 118
Posted by: Spartan IJS
Your theory is good . . . really good.
But I kinda took Bungie's word when they said that the 2 universes aren't connected and I kind of left it at that in my mind.
After that, I read all 7 H3 terminals on all difficulties several times and the theory I came up with was that the Chief was heading for the [Maginot] Sphere--The Forerunners last secure fortress planetoid outside of the safety of the Ark. It is not specified anywhere in the terminals were the [Maginot] Sphere or Line is and , for all we know, it could be near the Desolation of the Ark.
And then, applying my knowledge from Ghosts of Onyx, I thought to myself: What if Dr. Halsey, CPO Mendez, and the other Spartans find away out of the Slipspace planet their in via a portal that takes them to the [Maginot] where John and Cortana are?
Wait a tick... Was it the Maginot Sphere? Holy crap, that could refer to either the (Dyson) Sphere that the Onyx Portal leads to or the planetoid around which the Ark is built... I have to look at that stuff again.
Ya know, I've always wondered what that sphere was in the center of the Ark. At one point I thought it was the Maginot, but then I said to myself:It can't be. The Flood never reached the Ark. In Terminal 7 [on Legendary], Offensive Bias speaks of Mendicant Bias [a rampant A.I.] bringing an infected Forerunner fleet with him to the Maginot, then attempting to drill a hole throught the Sphere's wall.
I kinda think that the Ark and the Maginot are two different constructs and places.
To say that the Ark's center planetoid is the Maginot would mean that the Flood reached the Ark--but they never did--and to say that that there once was a huge sphere wall surrounding the Ark [and, therefore making it the Maginot Sphere as well] would, actually, mean the same thing I just said, only this time, it would void the theory Ark's center planetoid being the Maginot itself [Also, if there was a huge, huge sphere wall around the Ark, where the heck did it go?].
Is it possible, however, that the Ark's center is the Maginot and that it was never there before the Rings where fired? Meaning: the Ark never had a planetoid core and that the Maginot was slipspaced into the Ark's center after the firing of the Halos?
Oh, crap. I just realized...
SORRY, PHEARMAKER!!! I'm not trying to steal your thread!
The 'planetoid' at the center of the Ark is simply a giant ball of metal and various other matter that is used for constructing new Halos. When you are at the place with the big waterfall in front of you with Arbiter and Guilty Spark, you hear GS say something about a 'Forge' when he is looking at the schematic of the Ark. This is when he knew that his installation was being rebuilt. One of the Arks purposes is to rebuild destroyed constructs. To rebuild something as large as a Halo ring they would need a huge amount of matter. They built their 'Forge' around a giant ball of the material they needed to forge with. You can't get much more efficient than that!
Sounds good, but where did you get this info?--I mean--about the planetoid? Is this an educated guess (and a good one at that) based on Spark's monologue, or did you read this somewhere, or both? Just curious.
[Edited on 04.22.2008 3:23 PM PDT]