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Subject: whats cortana gonna do with the Halo index she kept from Halo 1???
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Think its still usefull? I wonder if it has remote control capabilities...like maybe we can use one of the rings to destroy cove home world but not the rest...

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  • 06.09.2004 3:09 PM PDT
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Maybe its what 343 is after? and if he gets it he can get his revenge by using it on a ring to use the rings and destroy humans and convenant? That would be a great twist

  • 06.09.2004 3:10 PM PDT
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Here's a better question... What exactly is the Index?

  • 06.09.2004 3:11 PM PDT
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ooh to think 343's main mission is to get that index....no one would suspect he would go for it...with everything going on i bet its the least on mc's mind, he probably thinks 343 is dead anyways! [/color]

  • 06.09.2004 3:12 PM PDT
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[color=lime] its the only thing 343 needs to fire the halo rings [/color]

  • 06.09.2004 3:13 PM PDT
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The index is the control mechanism needed to fire Halo maybe it's just me but this is stuff you really should know it weas all in the Library

  • 06.09.2004 3:17 PM PDT
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The way you asked the question for the topic sounds funny.

  • 06.09.2004 3:18 PM PDT
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[color=gold] umm...ok? [/color]

  • 06.09.2004 3:19 PM PDT
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Sorry. I make bad jokes.

  • 06.09.2004 3:20 PM PDT
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The thing is though, Guilty Spark CANT fire the Ring even with it, you need a person or alien or whatever to do it. Cortana says that on 2 betrayals, she said that he might be able to find a way to do it without the index so they should blow up the emp things

  • 06.09.2004 3:20 PM PDT
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Then why would it be called "The Index" and not a "Key"? Remember it was also contained in what was called "The Library." An Index inside a Library? That sounds more like there's something else involved beyond the obvious.

Thinking beyond the obvioius... we need to be certain of our interpretation of Index which requries the definition:

"n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-d-sz)
Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference, especially:
An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned.
A thumb index.
A table, file, or catalog.
Something that reveals or indicates; a sign: “Her face... was a fair index to her disposition” (Samuel Butler).
A character () used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called fist, hand.
An indicator or pointer, as on a scientific instrument.

Now, this leads one to believe that it may be much more then a control mechanism.

  • 06.09.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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She taking it to earth, so the information in it can be analyzed. They say that in first strike.

  • 06.09.2004 4:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Draerden
Then why would it be called "The Index" and not a "Key"? Remember it was also contained in what was called "The Library." An Index inside a Library? That sounds more like there's something else involved beyond the obvious.

Thinking beyond the obvioius... we need to be certain of our interpretation of Index which requries the definition:

"n. pl. in·dex·es or in·di·ces (-d-sz)
Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference, especially:
An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned.
A thumb index.
A table, file, or catalog.
Something that reveals or indicates; a sign: “Her face... was a fair index to her disposition” (Samuel Butler).
A character () used in printing to call attention to a particular paragraph or section. Also called fist, hand.
An indicator or pointer, as on a scientific instrument.

Now, this leads one to believe that it may be much more then a control mechanism.



because the index only tells how to use halo i think

  • 06.09.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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I believe that the Halos were created as the ultimate last line of defense. In the case of an unstoppable plague or an inter-galactic invasion a few select Forerunner would retreat to their special bunker on Earth and activate the Halos.

All life would annihilated but not all was lost. The Halos were not just weapons, they were Arks. Hidden within the Library of each Halo were genetic samples of all life, a treasury of knowledge. A Halo could only be activated if the Index, the inorganic genetic recording of all life in the library was delivered to the control room.

After that the second function of the Halos would be enacted. It would raise the new lifeforms upon its surface and using these reseed the galaxy but... one hundred thousand years ago... something went horribly wrong, something no one could predict and not all the Halos had been fully constructed....

  • 06.09.2004 4:36 PM PDT
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well, that's your oppinion isn't it? I'm kidding, good thought (meaning I didn't read it)

  • 06.09.2004 4:37 PM PDT
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[color=lime] 343 CAN use the index to fire Halo, he just didn't have the programmed authorization to take it from the library, thats why he tried to take it from MC the very second MC unlocked it.

Now that it is not in the library, 343, if he had it, could fire a Halo, just as long as the index worked properly with the other Halo's

That would be an awesome plot twist if 343 almost gets his hands on it and you have to visit another Halo to stop him, or visit a different Halo and activate it to destroy cove homeworld but the blast far enough away not to harm earth. [/color]

[Edited on 6/9/2004 4:51:31 PM]

  • 06.09.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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343 never needed the Index to fire the cannons. That's why Cortana had you take out the three phase pulse generators. So that you could buy enough time to blow the Pillar of Autumn's Engines.

If 343 needed the Index to fire Halo then why would Cortana send you to damage the generators?

343 was programmed to do something else with the Index before he fired the Halos. What that was we don't know. Once the Index was taken from him he didn't give a darn anymore and decided he'd fire Halo anyways.

  • 06.09.2004 5:06 PM PDT
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Draeden very awsone theory. Or was that taken from somewhere? But any ways that one sounds very believable....

  • 06.09.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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Thank you. I haven't found a flaw in it yet but I'm still looking for one.

I really should read those books and glean a bit more... but I just can't stand the horrible writing *lol*

  • 06.09.2004 5:10 PM PDT
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Yea, awesome theory, i think it really could be right! On the other hand, what if the index only worked for the halo that blew up? What if each ring has its own index?

  • 06.09.2004 5:18 PM PDT
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That's my theory. Each Halo has its own index... but then how then would the index be reclaimed?

The other possibility is that each Halo, contains the genetic samples for ALL life in the galaxy as a redundancy failsafe. That way only one Reclaimer would be needed to fire all the Halos. That would make it possible for the Flood to return since all Halos have the same samples.

  • 06.09.2004 5:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Draerden
343 never needed the Index to fire the cannons. That's why Cortana had you take out the three phase pulse generators. So that you could buy enough time to blow the Pillar of Autumn's Engines.

If 343 needed the Index to fire Halo then why would Cortana send you to damage the generators?

343 was programmed to do something else with the Index before he fired the Halos. What that was we don't know. Once the Index was taken from him he didn't give a darn anymore and decided he'd fire Halo anyways.



Dont forget 343 had it and could of duplicated it enough to find a way to bypass the need for it. Cortana could of realized this and did a contingency plan perhaps?

  • 06.09.2004 5:26 PM PDT
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If 343 had the Index he wouldn't have been touting on and on throughout the rest of the game... particularly that wonderful line, "...keep his head, dispose of the rest"

He really wanted that index.

  • 06.09.2004 5:29 PM PDT
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Here's a thought, maybe when a halo is set off, it sends a signal to the forerunners (wherever they are) and as the new specimins of life are being introduced into the galaxy via the index, the forerunners show up and decide to grant one species (or a group of species) some of their technology. This would be like a game for them...

  • 06.09.2004 5:31 PM PDT
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Why is it called the Index? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't an index a list of the books kept in a library? Maybe the Index is more than we think . . . .

  • 06.09.2004 5:33 PM PDT

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