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In the halo novels the Master Chief seems to unknowingly know how to active the control pannels on halo and in the covenant ships. Why do you think that is and do you think that is will have anything to do with the story line in halo 2? Thanks for the help!

  • 06.10.2004 10:41 PM PDT
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i'm sure Cortana has trained him on operating the alien's technology..

i did find it weird that Fred "knew" how to operate the alien tank, in First Strike. it sort of danced around the topic.. it even said..

"Fred didn't understand any of the symbols, yet something seemed familiar about them."

"That was more than luck - just as it was more than luck that he knew that the controls under his left hand moved the tank, the ones under his right aligned the mortar on target, and the one in the center armed and fired the main battery. But Fred wasn't going to examine how he knew this. He'd just use this curious development to his advantage."

[Edited on 6/10/2004 11:56:09 PM]

  • 06.10.2004 11:55 PM PDT
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Maybe the Covenant technology sort of tells the user how to use the controls. Talk about a usability engineer's dream. Technology that taught people how to use itself...

  • 06.11.2004 3:45 AM PDT