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Subject: ONI Building: A Coverup for the Ark Portal?

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Posted by: ajw34307
Yeah, as interesting as this could be you aren't anywhere near Voi in ODST. The Portal was below Mt. Killamonjaro which doesn't seem to be visible near the ONI Alpha Site.


First of all, Mt. kilimanjaro. You know you're talking about a near six thousand meter high pile of dirt dont you?
Secondly, who said anything about MC reaching the city of Voi? The Ark portal is located somewere along the road to Voi, it doesnt necesarely have to be near the city. On the level "The Storm" you can clearly see that there are docks and even some ships. Voi however is quite far away from any water. And as you can see, the Ark is pretty big..

But still, Im not sure about the ONI having excavated a part of the Ark portal. Although Im most certain that a key part of the story has something to do with the portal.

[Edited on 06.21.2009 12:22 PM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 12:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: sparten110
No. Truth had to dig pretty far down to get to the portal, and he knew where it was. If humanity had known the aritfact was there then we would have known why Truth was landing were he did.


well CASTLE base was pretty far down because it extended all the way to the forerunner artifact located on reach. I'm pretty sure that had they been looking for a long enough amount of time, ONI could've easily have scratched the surface if not explored a larger portion of the portal.

It could have been that the portal was discovered during seismological scans of the area centuries before. Its a fairly massive amount of unnatural metals that are highly concentrated in one area. All it would take is a coverup from a large government and you could explore that thing for maybe more than a century without anyone without the proper security clearance learning of it at all.

  • 06.21.2009 12:19 PM PDT
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i think that the oni is a top secret place like area 51 or the mi6.

  • 06.21.2009 12:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: sparten110
No. Truth had to dig pretty far down to get to the portal, and he knew where it was. If humanity had known the aritfact was there then we would have known why Truth was landing were he did.

Truth got there the same time as master Chief, and the portal had already been dug up. I'm not saying ONI had totally uncovered it, merely a small portion of it.

And don't forget how ONI is usually secretive about these things.

Good theroy! ONI already knew about the forerunners before Halo:CE, so it's feasible.

  • 06.21.2009 12:26 PM PDT

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i think that the oni is a top secret place like area 51 or the mi6.

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  • 06.21.2009 7:37 PM PDT
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It was at VOI, not New Mombassa

  • 06.21.2009 7:44 PM PDT
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I think you're retarded. ONI stands for the Office of Naval Intelligence. It's an organization just like the DIA or CIA.

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  • 06.22.2009 8:39 PM PDT
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Nice write up. Guess we'll have to wait and see!

  • 06.22.2009 8:41 PM PDT

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no absolutely not. the ark portal was under the ocean . remember the boat on "The Storm"?

  • 06.22.2009 10:01 PM PDT

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no absolutely not. the ark portal was under the ocean . remember the boat on "The Storm"?

And was the base not located on water?

  • 06.23.2009 9:13 AM PDT
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The Oni Alpha sight is in New Mombassa, the Portal is in Voi

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Posted by: ajw34307
Yeah, as interesting as this could be you aren't anywhere near Voi in ODST. The Portal was below Mt. Killamonjaro which doesn't seem to be visible near the ONI Alpha Site.


First of all, Mt. kilimanjaro. You know you're talking about a near six thousand meter high pile of dirt dont you?
Secondly, who said anything about MC reaching the city of Voi? The Ark portal is located somewere along the road to Voi, it doesnt necesarely have to be near the city. On the level "The Storm" you can clearly see that there are docks and even some ships. Voi however is quite far away from any water. And as you can see, the Ark is pretty big..

But still, Im not sure about the ONI having excavated a part of the Ark portal. Although Im most certain that a key part of the story has something to do with the portal.

Wow, dude its the industrial part of Voi, it IS Voi, besides read the description of the level the storm.

  • 06.23.2009 9:18 AM PDT

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Posted by: ArchedThunder
The Oni Alpha sight is in New Mombassa, the Portal is in Voi

Read the other posts please.

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but how did truth no it was ther wat if there was a spy in oni

  • 06.23.2009 12:43 PM PDT
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It was at the port.

  • 06.23.2009 1:03 PM PDT

Posted by: nathaniel99
but how did truth no it was ther wat if there was a spy in oni

yeah, some dumbass is going to sell out all life in the entire galaxy..
good theory dude, good theory.

  • 06.23.2009 9:28 PM PDT

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