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Isn't this wonderful. 1000 posts.

Engineers lol... "they do not speak, yet they rule with an iron fist and technical supremecy!! Bow before them or feel their awesomeness when they take apart your HD TV and charge you double the cost to fix it."

-soulguard

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  • 10.21.2005 3:27 PM PDT
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Muhahahaha! 1001!

  • 10.21.2005 5:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: Prowlaz
ya know..it just hit me... that thing dumadree or w/e his name is turned into... is a half blood.... like from clark's story.... now lets see... who copied of off who?....... 0.o


I thought that Gravemind was what the Half-Blood's were?

  • 10.22.2005 11:19 AM PDT
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so if sammy is the gravemind now, does that mean she is a female gravemind? will the male gravemind marry her and have little infection form babies running around the house some day?

  • 10.22.2005 8:15 PM PDT
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Congratulations on hitting the 1000 mark. The most important milestone (did I use that word correctly?) in your life next to getting married, having kids and grandkids... or so they say.

Good job on Simyaldee's report, it adds an extra dimension to the story, just to make it a bit more interesting... a bit Clancy-ish. Nicely done....

As for the Kriedon - someone asked this before - will we see what or who they are?

  • 10.23.2005 7:32 AM PDT
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I have heard of Kriedon before, though I forgot what it means.

Random Comment of the Day:
This guy stole from blockbuster when I was in there, and they called the cops.


Oh, and I really don't mean to be advertising for my thread in here, but I did finish ch. 2 and I'm heading over to my thread to post it in my fanfic...um, thing. The link is in my sig.

[Edited on 10/23/2005]

  • 10.23.2005 8:05 AM PDT
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Finally I've finished reading this... Scorptank told me to head over to this thread, telling me that this fanfic was the best read to be found on Bungie.net in his opinion, though I think you and Scorp are neck-and-neck, this is a great story.

I have picked my favorite character already: Simyaldee. But damn... I don't understand one thing, though: do somehow your and Scorp's stories intertwine? Since I encountered the term 'Mirratord' in his story and now in yours, and the organizations are almost the same. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I've just read the Stages, not read the posts in between which might have been a mistake....

I understand that there is a fanfic that is the prequel to this one, so I'll start reading that now. Perhaps I'll understand more of Palab and the other cool charactes in this story. A fine job, Soulguard.

  • 10.23.2005 11:36 AM PDT
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The prequal is in Soulguard's sig. if you are looking for it.

  • 10.23.2005 12:03 PM PDT
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prowlaz

  • 10.23.2005 1:08 PM PDT

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The similarities between My story and Mr_C are pretty easy to explain. We both have done indepth research into the story of halo (books, games, online) and have put together some similar ideas about what gravemind is. Nothing more. Can't really say who did it first.

Will Sammy gravemind have babies... err... whoa.

The Kriedon.. ahh, I see that a lot of you are paying attention. The Kriedon are a new race... something that I think you will like, but you will not see or hear from them until the next book. Are they species 001... ??? hmmm... Dare I say... I can't say.

Welcome to my little world fireprivate. Glad you like it, and yes, the prequal give a lot more info into our grunty friend and the Mirratord. Oh, and the Mirratord was my idea and Scorptank is also using it.

WorstPirateEva.. you may use planet names and locations.

I'm slowly pulling the story together, editing plot lines and character locations. I should have a nice sized update on teusday.

-soulguard

  • 10.23.2005 3:53 PM PDT

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Okay gang I need your assistance.

As some of you may have read, I am working on the cover art for IIWYH. What I need is some suggestions as to what characters should adorn this image. I've been practicing on the ODST armor for about two days now, but I'm still at a loss as to "who" should be the lucky characters to draw.

Eric is a must. I have a couple of drawings of him in his full ODST battle armor, but his helmet will always be on (my tribute to the Master Chief). But who should be at his side. I have room for three extra characters. Choose:* Rose in her DuTan suit holding a magnum
* Rose in marine fatigues holding BR55
* Melanie in ODST battle armor helmet off w/BR55
* Melanie in ODST battle armor helmet on w/BR55
* Siren
* Wesley in Marine fatigues w/Sniper Rifle
* Kelly (back view only, since she is not the star of the story)

The layout still needs to be done, but I'd like to know who you would put on the cover beside Eric. The background will be simple white with the Rogue Fantasy super imposed in the backdrop. So vote for two characters to stand at Eric's side. Black Op 19 can't do it all alone.

Simply write down your choice and why. Feel free to post in the thread or PM me if you want to keep your vote secret.

Let the cover art.. BEGIN!

-soulguard

PS* Yes, I do have too much free time. lol.

  • 10.24.2005 9:19 AM PDT
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Well, I'm not an artist, and when I try to draw more than a face en profil I fail dramatically, but I'll try to help.

Eric's a fine choice - can I hear a big "duh!" - because - let me know if I misinterpreted this - he would have been Rose's/Melanie's hero... thing. I wouldn't say Rose because you mention her looks in the story, but you call her pretty, and I think every guy here should have his own fantasies as of how she should look. If I might make a suggestion:

Eric - like you said - in full ODST battle armor, wearing his helmet on the left side, his stance should be similar to the Master Chief's on one of the first pages of the Halo 2 manual, where Cortana is doing her report of what happened on Halo 04.

In the middle I would have to say the Rogue Fantasy, small, but still there. I would say that the background should be space, you know, stars, black/dark blue-ish. And in the top right corner a small picture of Dorenth, with these small blue and orange dots that would be burning cities.

In the middle, beneath the Rogue Fantasy, I'd say Siren, small, but positioned so that you can't miss her. And bottom right would be Wesley, like you said in Marine fatigues with a sniper rifle, but no helmet.

I'm not entirely sure about Kelly, since she is a Spartan and putting her in the background would seem... not real, since she's large and Spartan-II's are after all the core of the Halo Universe. So if you are not putting Kelly in the middle, large and all - which would seem wrong since she's not the star of the story - I would recommend you to leave her out.

Of course this can be disregarded as nonsense, or you can simply say: "screw you, Scorptank." But this is how I see it.

Although... Wesley might not be a good idea and Melanie - also wearing a helmet - would be a better choice... but then you'd have to position both Eric and Melanie so that you can read their nametags....

That's my two cents.

  • 10.24.2005 10:21 AM PDT
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I agree with Scorptank's view. For that planet idea you could choose between either the Earth or Dorenth. Or perhaps both.

  • 10.24.2005 12:06 PM PDT
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Eric is standing in the middle with a battle rifle at the ready, and his knees are cut off along with the legs(not literally cut OFF that is where the bottom of the cover ends.) Rose stands to the left, slightly farther away. scattered objects, behind them, then in the far back, there is the Rouge Fantasy on the left side of eric. The faint misty outlines of several elites with a barely noticeable cruiser behind them.

(note: the only want to display the first part of any book in a novel, so that the reader has very little to guess on from looking at the cover. I recommend nothing before reaching Dorenth to make the title seem mysterious, as all titles are supposed to be.)

  • 10.24.2005 1:59 PM PDT

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Awesome ideas so far guys, thanks a ton. Please continue to submit idea's everyone, I'm getting so really great ideas so far.

But I thought I'd share some of my earlier ideas for now. These are simple works that I started when I was doddling. So far only one is colored. This image is based on Stage 11: The dark side of Troy:

~~Revenge~~

I will not be using this but I thought I'd share it with you all. It's not finished and really rough, but what do you think?

The cover will most likely be full uper body shots when done.

-soulguard

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  • 10.24.2005 9:16 PM PDT
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Wow... that's impressive. That's the type of idea I had, you know. Those tags on that image, Revenge, on it are letters you can read, but you have to look close for a second. That's the effect you need to have if you want people to check your cover out. Really cool job, soulguard. Nice.

  • 10.25.2005 3:47 AM PDT
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Alright!!! Eric in the center with a determined and focused look on his face to his left and facing in towards him but looking at the reader Rose....I don't know what DuTan is but if it is slightly tight fitting and semi revealing (cleavage) that would be awesome...then Melanie on his other side facing Eric but not as much as rose and looking out to the reader as well in whatever outfit as long as you can identify that it is a woman. As for a third person/elite/grunt/whatever, i think it should be either an Elite or Palab that way it shows of something besides humans in the story. But, really anything besides stick figures will impress me cause i can't draw for crap. awesome.

  • 10.25.2005 9:54 AM PDT
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I'd like to see cover where there is Eric in black ODST's armor. (I know its black, but black ops don't have those grey markings on trousers so its all black)
and he would carry Rose on his arms, both covered with blood. Rose is unconciusness. There is Two mirratord elites in each sides and Palabs broken body before *lets say* Sharquoi or Flood. Rogue Fantasy up over Eric and elites.

  • 10.25.2005 10:19 AM PDT
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One of the best stories on the site....please PM when the next stage is ready......Super

  • 10.26.2005 8:53 AM PDT

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Stage 23 Update
Things are still moving along... howbeit slowly. This stage is finally cleaned up to my liking, but now I must finish it. This will be a very short stage, similar to the first few stages, and it may end around 9-14 pages.

With Halloween so close, I will also be working on my costume (no I don't trick or treat, but I do go to a lot of costume parties) so that may cut into some of my writing time. I have not yet settled on a title but you'll know it soon enough. If I push myself I think I can get done with stage 23 by late friday or early saturday... most likely late friday.

And for those of you that are interested, I needed to build a simple layout of the Rogue Fantasy for when the cover is assembled. I used photoshop for simple purposes, and it is just a visual cue for when I draw it later. HAHA, this is kind of funny to look at, as I prefere the hand drawn approach, but oh well. Enjoy.

~~Rogue Fantasy, basic~~

More info soon.

-soulguard

  • 10.26.2005 9:47 AM PDT
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Ah, the front cover... art? I saw that revenge thing, mad props to you, soulguard. You can draw for sure...

And me and FirePrivate and MG42 and GM had an idea a while back. How about you and Scorp team up, and write the new Halo novel. You keep the stuff you have now, so does Scorp, but you tune the facts and revelations in the stories so that you turn out with three new, kickass books. How about that?

"Stupid idea" I know. But it was MG42's idea first, and I was sent as the guy to tell you and Scorp.. so, this goes for Scorptank, too: how about you two writing the new Halo novels?

  • 10.26.2005 9:49 AM PDT
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I'm just saying it here, too, like I did with Scorp:

soulguard, we're serious. I'm sure you have a third Halo novel planned, or a Fantasy/Sci-Fi novel of your own. But give it some thought... please?

  • 10.26.2005 9:54 AM PDT
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Sure....Just give us an update when you get back from trick or treating. LOL J/K. I don't know about teaming up. They are both vry good stories (in their own respects) a soul/scorp book would -blam!- though.

  • 10.26.2005 9:55 AM PDT