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"There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe."
Gospel of John, 1:1-7
To start things off, this is all speculations and my ideas on ONI and their presence in Halo 3: ODST. (Notice how I don't say at the top, "Oh Hai There!", clever, huh?)
Ok, so here's the point of this thread, the ONI are in Halo 3: ODST. From what we know, it's because of this building.
Now, we all (should) know that the ONI work in special ways; On-board stealth ships, never speak a word, wear sunglasses (Citation Needed /Sarcasm). We also know the ONI will do ANYTHING to protect their bases and/or ships. (Halo Novels and, of course, ODST) In the Halo Novels (If someone could tell me which, I think it was "The Fall of Reach"), John, Linda, and James (I think those were the three. Citations Needed Again /Non-Sarcasm) protected and destroyed an ONI ship so the Covenant wouldn't discover the location of Earth. Perfectly logical.
Now, the question remains, WHAT information is at the ONI base in New Mombasa? They no longer have to keep Earth's location a secret. (Unless the Covenant are SO oblivious to the fact that they ARE on Earth and didn't even know it) I know that all intelligence groups would destroy their base if it means the enemy will get top secret information if they don't, but WHAT could the possible information be?
1. New weapons?
-----A. Compressed Plasma Beam on UNSC Ships (Like in one Halo Novel where Cortana discovers a way to make the Covenants plasma weapons even stronger)
-----B. A Plasma Nuke (Which has the power of the nuclear bomb's in the book "The Fall of Reach [Again Citations Needed], BUT instead of just the explosion, it releases Plasma, making a nuke with almost a spread [Like on a shot-gun, except with plasma bullets])
-----C. A More Effective Plasma Rifle (able to actually burn through Mjolner [Spelling] armour even quicker)
2. Old/New Shielding?
-----A. A Covenant-Like Shielding for UNSC Ships (Maybe better than Covenant Shielding?)
-----B. Information on Mjolner Shielding and/or New Versions of Shielding
-----C. Shielding That Can Go Over Skin Without Wearing Suit (Not having to wear Mjolner, you could easily put it over your standard Marine Outfit)
3. Other ONI/UNSC Bases?
-----A. Another ONI Base (Somewhere on Earth or in the Galaxy)
-----B. A Civilian Center (Some Human base the Covenant looked over)
-----C. A UNSC Army/Marine/Navy Base (^Look above^)
4. Will We Know?
-----A. Will We Find Out About The Info At the ONI Base? (Or will we be forced to destroy it before learning anything, which brings me to another thing....)
-----B. Will WE Destroy the ONI Base? (We as in being the ODST's, or will ONI [Possibly Dare] destroy the base? Could there be a chance the Covenant destroy it?)
ALSO!!!
Where DOES Dare come into ALL of this?
Is she chosen amongst her fellow ONI officers to accomplish this mission?
Is she a very high ranking officer in ONI?
What will her fate be in ODST?
Will we be able to play as her in ODST? (I know they say we play as ALL the ODST's , but she isn't an OSDT, she is a part of ONI.)
AND!!!
When the Rookie DOES find out all of the clues to the fate of his team, what WILL he do?
Will he track down Dare if she betrayed them?
Will he board a UNSC ship and take off to some special/secret location?
Will he stay in New Mombasa and defeat the rest of the Covenant?
Will he die like the rest of the Great Heroes of Halo 3? (Master Chief Fate Uknown Though)
What do YOU think Rookie's, Dare's, Buck's, Romeo's, Dutch's, Mickey's, Fellow Marines, and ONI's fate are?
Thank you for reading, and if you have an opinion/comment/debate on this, please, leave a comment. =) More will be added on later once I have enough information to continue this Opening Post.
[Edited on 06.13.2009 8:50 PM PDT]