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Subject: The Space Elevator Probably Did A LOT Of Damage To The City
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Remember those bits of metal you encountered while playing Halo 3 on Tsavo Highway? If you didn't know already, those were pieces of the Orbital Space Elevator in New Mombasa. You might be thinking it only fell and hit only a small portion of Africa. Turns out it hit the whole Earth. The whole Earth? Well the cable anyway.

This is a clip of "The Universe". Skip to 1:17 and watch until you hit the 3:49 mark.

Can you imagine the damage done to New Mombasa? I wouldn't be surprised to see bits of cable and a demolished section of the city.

What do you guys think the extent of the damage was? Will we see it in the game?

The Clip

[Edited on 06.20.2009 6:30 PM PDT]

  • 06.20.2009 6:23 PM PDT

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Well, in the trailer and the background on Bungie, it looks like New Mombasa is already pretty wacked up, so maybe it was in part the Space Elevator, but that would be cool if there was dialogue about it and stuff.

  • 06.20.2009 6:25 PM PDT
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  • 06.20.2009 6:25 PM PDT
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umm were is the clip?

  • 06.20.2009 6:25 PM PDT

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Whats the Orbital Space Elevator?

  • 06.20.2009 6:26 PM PDT
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Sorry. I forgot the chlip. BRB.

  • 06.20.2009 6:29 PM PDT
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As a great man has said before "..." That is where the truth lies my friends

Posted by: SPARTAN 1170725
Whats the Orbital Space Elevator?


Its a tower that contains an Elevator which connects to a Orbital Space Station [Think of the Map Orbital] that delivers supplies to Earth, or the planet the Elevator is connected to.

  • 06.20.2009 6:36 PM PDT

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  • 06.20.2009 6:38 PM PDT

The New Mombassa space elevator has not yet been destroyed as of ODST timeline.

Would that be a good climax?

  • 06.20.2009 6:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
The New Mombassa space elevator has not yet been destroyed as of ODST timeline.

Would that be a good climax?

I think seeing a large, smoking husk of the Elevator is a good sign that its been destroyed.

  • 06.20.2009 6:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
The New Mombassa space elevator has not yet been destroyed as of ODST timeline.

Would that be a good climax?

You can see the elevator fall in the opening cutscene, when Regret´s carrier jumps into slipspace.

  • 06.20.2009 6:49 PM PDT
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As a great man has said before "..." That is where the truth lies my friends

It looked like it was still partially intact, or at least the base of it was, It still could be up, wobbling a little, or already fallen with the base still in tact.

  • 06.20.2009 6:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
The New Mombassa space elevator has not yet been destroyed as of ODST timeline.

Would that be a good climax?

I think seeing a large, smoking husk of the Elevator is a good sign that its been destroyed.
Not only that, you can see it snap right before the Rookie goes spinning out of control in the pod.

  • 06.20.2009 6:50 PM PDT

In the original trailer, the orbital elevator is still upright.
In the gameplay trailer, the elevator can be seen at one point to be thrashing around wildly.
I don't think we can make an accurate judgement at this time as to whether it has/will fall.

  • 06.20.2009 6:51 PM PDT

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Posted by: SPARTAN 1170725
Whats the Orbital Space Elevator?


Its a tower that contains an Elevator which connects to a Orbital Space Station [Think of the Map Orbital] that delivers supplies to Earth, or the planet the Elevator is connected to.

Yup, that'd be the Quito Space Tether.

  • 06.20.2009 6:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
In the original trailer, the orbital elevator is still upright.
In the gameplay trailer, the elevator can be seen at one point to be thrashing around wildly.
I don't think we can make an accurate judgement at this time as to whether it has/will fall.

1. It is enveloped in the EMP burst by the Covenant ship goign into Slipspace.
2. The elevator is wobbling, but the Rokie's pod gets hit so we don't see it falling.
3. Need an accurate judgement. Look at the Halo 3: ODST Forum banner. Its on fire.

  • 06.20.2009 6:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: MA5C 7RUTH
In the original trailer, the orbital elevator is still upright.
In the gameplay trailer, the elevator can be seen at one point to be thrashing around wildly.
I don't think we can make an accurate judgement at this time as to whether it has/will fall.

The orbital elevator is down.

  • 06.20.2009 7:03 PM PDT

First off the Space Elevator isn't destroyed, it just probably just took alot of damage, like it is about to fall down. I admit some major parts did fall down, and did impact to the city.The orbital elevator is down.
The Elevator is up, it's just that there's alot of smoke in the air.

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  • 06.20.2009 7:04 PM PDT

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First off the Space Elevator isn't destroyed, it just probably just took alot of damage, like it is about to fall down. I admit some major parts did fall down, and did impact to the city.The orbital elevator is down.
The Elevator is up, it's just that there's alot of smoke in the air.


Did you watch the clip? The slightest bit of tension, even a storm, could snap the elevator. I think we can safely say that the EMP blast caused by Regret's carier is much more powerful than an average storm.

It is not 'a bit wobbly', it has broken of it base and most likley broken from the orbital space station due to its massive weight and the sudden action of it snapping from below. that means we have a MASSIVE coil of steel rope that is set to smash up the Earth.

In other words, the Orbital Elevator is definatly down.

  • 06.20.2009 7:13 PM PDT
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Know what would be a funny Easter Egg? Finding a Grunt under a bit of cable.

  • 06.20.2009 7:46 PM PDT