- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Twelve Large
Okay, first of all, there are around 3 other Halos in the Galaxy - each have a destructive radius of 25,000 lightyears. Once Halo is activated, the others quickly follow suit.
12 Halo rings if you read the book "Flood".
Posted by: Twelve Large
The Covenant were trying to unlock the powers hidden within the Halo. They are out to destroy all humans. lol And their original plan was to kill us by activating the ring(s).
They were actually on it looking for more Forerunner artifacts as they see it as hugely religious, and they were not going to use it to destroy all humans as it would also destroy themselves. The only reason the war started and the Covenant continues on is that we're in the way for them to do there religous task to find all the Artifacts....which just happened to be one on Reach and on Earth amongst other places.
Posted by: Twelve Large
In Halo 2, for some reason, they are after us, and our planet. It could be because Earth was in the blast radius of the destroyed ring, leaving the Covenant no other option than to Glass the planet. Or they could of come upon some new intel, and are now after an anchient artifact on Earth.. Who knows..
Where do you make this &£$% from? They just want the Forerunner Artifacts as thats what the Prophets want above all else. They found Earth via the other Artifacts so far found. The first encounters with the Covenant when they showed up, landed on a planet, grabbed "something" and blew the planet up to clear it of the lower life forms....namely the humans. We have till recent been nothing more than an annoyance to them. Not like we've put up much of a fight against the Covenant fleet so far...ok, with the exception of one troublesome Spartan the Covenant have had the numbers and firepower to do whatever they see fit, even against the Super Macs at Reach. Until they get the Artifact then Earth is "relatively" safe as the Covenant won't use the Planet Busters till they have what they came for...now, the problem comes once they have it.