- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Fenris_Akashi
Ok, Here is a summary from what I have gleened from all the pages and reading
this entire thread so far. And here is what I have come up with, Feel free to
disagreed or point things out please.
1. Enkidu is not 343 Guilty spark. There have been numerous ppl that have alrdy
given enough evidence of that before in this thread.(For the lazy out there basically
in the Maw level of Halo 343 GS has never seen human history or ship layout before)
I think that this bit of evidence for the riddle writer not being 343 GS is weaker than the fact that the riddle IS in the shape of 343GS AND gets sarcasticly bookmarked as "do i have to draw you a picture" AND that the info contained in the riddle seems to fit exactly with what we know about 343GS. The riddle reads, "I transgressed in sacred orchards to serve the folly of a hero. this is exactly how 343GS would have seen the events when the chief refused to set off the halo. It continues, I set off an outburst that echoed through the ages. That outburst echoes still. We already know that 343 has set the ring off before. Let me quote the game to prove this (343GS speaking to the cheif in two betrayal), Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. Last time? the ring has been fired (or created an outburst) before and whatever it did we still don't know. It is a mystery that contiues the ECHO.
So how do I explain your evidence? Perhaps the Lebanon does not hold info on human history. We have no idea what type of ship it is. Perhaps it was on a secret mission and its data banks have been totally wiped. We can't say why, if 343GS was on or accessed the Lebanon, he didn't already know about lost human history. Perhaps the ship has yet to crash land on the planet and the computers will be destoyed. We can't just say at this point.
2. Enkidu is not Cortana. The type of AI and the way it writes are totally
different for starters. Someone meationed earlier that Cortana was built
to be a hacking type of AI and therefore should have no problem with the "door"
outside of the instalation. I agree, Enkidu is most likely a ship to ship combat AI that
each UNSC ship has.
You used something that i pointed out as evidence and I'm glad that you did. Enkidu is a normal AI and Cortana is a smart AI thats really good at cracking codes. Besides if Enkidu was Cortanan, why would she be called Enkidu now?
3. Whoever JD in (Shore left) is he is most likely a combat type person. " It is unfortunate that you did not get to the hangar bay in time. We could not have anticipated Covenant
survivors, let alone a boarding action. I am pleased to learn that you survived.
We will need every skilled hand we can get in the days ahead. "--(Taken from Shore left.)
What makes you think that its a "combat person". there is nothing that points to that. A combat person wouldn't be ressponsible for gathering survival supplies but instead, guns and ammunition. It could be a mechanic or a doctor or civilian, or anyone else too. If anyone is thinking JD is a spartan, I don't think that Enkidu would have been surprised that a Spartan survived a bunch of covie straglers that survived their ship being defeated. A Spartan probably would have made it to the Pelicans.
4. Also, nto to know marathon fans, the game sounds great, but I seriously doubt that it ties in to this particular matter.... Unless of course it is a fanfic....
you are so right. Bungie has stated in the past that the Marathon and Halo stories DO NOT fit together in any way. They take places in seperate universes. they do share commonalities but thats simply because they are made by the same company.
Now on to speculation....
Did anyone else notice that "please allow me to intorduce myself" is all in lowercase
where all the other are in Title case? Possibly written by a different author ?
you are talking simply about the yellow links of the main Enkidu page and how all the other links are in title case and the riddle link is all in lowercase? thats is strange and perhaps it is just another element to show it is another voice making the post to the terminal.
Why is the UT date on the main screen 10 days after the General quarters was issued?
It would apear from the main screen that someone is tapping remotely into the files
that hold these conversations 10 days after the fact.
the messages' intended recipient is the "JD" first JD comes out of cryo-stasis on the Lebanon and reads the Enkidu post from there. As events unfold you end up in the hanger bay where JD recieves more Enkidu transmittions from the planet's surface. Please remeber, as we are getting the terminals messages, we are seeing them out of chronological order. there are holes inbetween the parts of the story. Whoever is reading them now could even be someone that comes along later and finds JD's mail so to speak.
I think someone alrdy metioned this but the ports used in " Packing and Unpacking" and
"please allow me to intorduce myself" differ by one port at the very end.
what are yo talking about?
Also why are the ports listed as "Hangar Terminal Access D <Port 74.7.100.130>"
for messages that are obviously from the planets surface? Are these the reciving ports?
The ports the files are being remotely retrieved from ?
I already answered this for you.
I have my own conclutions....
But I would rather see where people take this for now.... I'll post them later.
So what are your other conclusions?
[Edited on 4/30/2004 4:53:33 PM]