- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
There is one major loose end from "First Strike" that I think will play a part in Halo 2. If you haven't read "First Strike" or the other books or intend to do so, I advise you stop reading. Spoiler warning. OK, here goes:
Just before the mission to the Unyielding Hierophant, Dr Halsey abducted Kelly and took a craft which later jumped towards an unknown set of coordinates that wasn't in UNSC-controlled space. But it's reasonable to assume that those were the coordinates dr Halsey gained from colonel Ackersons files, back on Reach. The file in question lay in a folder named SIII which, as said, probably stands for Spartan-III. But what I think is more intresting is the file withing the folder.
That file contained only text with the letters CPOMZ followed by a set of spatial coordinates. Those coordinates should be the ones dr Halsey jumped to. But what of the letters CPOMZ?
Suppose they stand for Chief Petty-Officer Mendez? MCs, and the other Spartan-IIs trainer?
This has probaby been found out ages ago, I only finished the book days ago. But, if those letters stand for him, then is he in league with Ackerson? Are the Spartan-IIIs friend of foe? And why would Ackerson train a new set of Spartans? It would be cool to meet him, and Ackerson in the game, though.