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The Halos were constructed to rid the Galaxy of the Floods food, Not the universe.

  • 07.05.2004 5:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nelo Angelo
People, the RADIUS is 25,000 light years, not the Diameter....the Blast DIAMETER would be a 50,000 light year sphere

Hikaru is quite correct when he says that with a RADIUS of 25,000 Light Years that you would need one every 25K LY.

What *is* your problem?

  • 07.05.2004 5:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: Nelo Angelo
People, the RADIUS is 25,000 light years, not the Diameter....the Blast DIAMETER would be a 50,000 light year sphere

Hikaru is quite correct when he says that with a RADIUS of 25,000 Light Years that you would need one every 25K LY.

What *is* your problem?


No, if you put two equal halos up against eachother so that no space in between was left untouched by their blast, you would have one radius of 25k light years and another radius of 25k light years, for a total of 50k inbetween them...but that doesnt even matter, because the number of halos needed is dependant upon the layout and wether or not they all work the same.

  • 07.05.2004 5:53 PM PDT

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And everyone is missing the point, the installation is 004, meaning that there are obviously enough Halos to need three digits. I think there are hundreds, and they fire in a ring shape. Think of a CD that's 25,000 LY in radius. they would stack, and overlap to cover the galaxy. If the field (whatever it actually is since we don't know what exactly the Final Weapon of Halo was) was to be spherical, it would have been easier for the Forerunner to construct a spherical platform for the mechanism, not a ring.

  • 07.05.2004 5:55 PM PDT
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Nelo hit it right on vthe nose with a huge sledge hammer!

  • 07.05.2004 5:55 PM PDT

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I thought it was Installation 04? But more importantly, I think you are onto what Cypriss was getting at, there could be any number of different facilities that are different shapes and produce different results.

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Posted by: Nelo Angelo
No, if you put two equal halos up against eachother so that no space in between was left untouched by their blast, you would have one radius of 25k light years and another radius of 25k light years, for a total of 50k inbetween them...but that doesnt even matter, because the number of halos needed is dependant upon the layout and wether or not they all work the same.


No, that doesn't work. If you have the spheres of influence just kissing one another then you'll miss a quarter of the galaxy. Everything above and below where the sphere kiss will be missed. Take two Parantesis as an example. )( <--- See, they're is some space missed up at the top and the bottom between the two edges of the spheres. You need more spheres to make up for this meaning 9 is not enough but the requisite 13 that was calculated.

  • 07.05.2004 5:58 PM PDT

There are two groups of people in the world - those that hope, and those that wish. The first group hopes that nothing bad will happen. The second group wishes that they are there when it does. Which one are you?

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which is why you overlap the original 4 halos that could fit inside the galaxy with 4 more to cover the blind spots....that may be it since I had to do it again and can't come up with the 9th. But like I said, that is thinking very much in the box, and Cypriss has it right by assuming that the other " installations" may not be Halos as we know them.

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I haven't seen anyone ask this question yet: light years according to what planet? Our light years are based on Earth's orbit. What reason does GS have for measuring things in Earth years? How do we know he isn't measuring them in Threshold's years or the years of some other Forerunner world?

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Why would GS confuse us like that I mean he knows english so he might know what a year is in human time..

  • 07.05.2004 6:06 PM PDT

There are two groups of people in the world - those that hope, and those that wish. The first group hopes that nothing bad will happen. The second group wishes that they are there when it does. Which one are you?

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Unless Light travels at different speed on different planets...which...um...isn't likely to say the least, a Light year is a light year.

LOL Cypriss!

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Good point.

  • 07.05.2004 6:07 PM PDT
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well the universe is expanding, so by 2552 it coulod be alot different

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  • 07.05.2004 6:07 PM PDT

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No, not good point.

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Wouldn't the forrunners plan for the universe to expand??

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Not what he meant. Light travels at a constant rate, BUT that rate is given a different ratio by location. For instance, a light year from Earth is based on the distance of lights travel for 365.25 days, from Reach or threshold, a turn of seasons could be 300 days or 500 days, which messes up the ratio...

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So it IS a good point.

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Or they could just send out other ships to destroy the other rings and wipe them clean of the galaxy ending the halos at 2 or three

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Yes but the UNSC would call Halos blast 25k in radious so GS does the same thing

  • 07.05.2004 6:11 PM PDT

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So it IS a good point.


Nope, since light travels at a constant speed, if you converted their years to ours, the conversion would still be the same.

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You are still assuming that GS knows how long an Earth Year is, or is even measuring in Earths customary terms (Though it is likely, considering he speaks English)

  • 07.05.2004 6:13 PM PDT

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It wouldn't matter, since WE would know how long a year is on Threshold.

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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
You are still assuming that GS knows how long an Earth Year is, or is even measuring in Earths customary terms (Though it is likely, considering he speaks English)

and that he is looking threw earth history wich is measured in years.

  • 07.05.2004 6:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: Nelo Angelo
Posted by: GameJunkieJim
So it IS a good point.


Nope, since light travels at a constant speed, if you converted their years to ours, the conversion would still be the same.


Care to explain how you figured that one out? Light is constant. Speed of light is Constant, that's SPEED, Year isn't constant. thats RATIO of DISTANCE, The distance would vary. If the year on threshold is 730 days, then their LY is twice as long DISTANCE as ours, even though Light moves at a constant RATE.

It is a good point, think it through before you answer.

  • 07.05.2004 6:16 PM PDT

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