- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
XSteakMa5t3rX brings up a good point about the speed of the Halo Weapon:
Think of it this way. Replace XSteak's analogy with the sun and Earth. The sun is light-years away from us, yet its heat is still powerful enough to cause harm to all life on this planet. Granted, the reach of Halo is much farther from Earth than the sun, but in effect, if Halo were (and most likely is) more powerful than the radiation caused by the sun; conceivably, don't you have a weapon of mass annihilation? Add into the mix, more Halos firing (note: for the Halo concept to work, the pulses would have to overlap to cover the entirety of the Milky Way). Given all this, think of Halo as a weapon spanning thousands of light-years. They are all part of a unit that only completely works if they act as a whole.
It is without a doubt that (my un-official name) the Halo Network is the most violent and most deadly weapon ever created. The catch: First, it works on a mass scale with multiple installations (at least 4). Secondly, this is more of a question to be answered by either Halo 2 or the great minds at Bungie; Assuming that the pulse is based on the speed and effectiveness of the suns radiation, if all were strategically positioned to fire simultaneously at maximum effective range, the galaxy would be lifeless in a matter of minutes.
[Edited on 7/8/2004 7:13:47 AM]