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Subject: Enkidu - Cortana Letters Revisted?
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What's obviously special about thist moment in time is that it's the week before E3.

  • 05.04.2004 2:45 PM PDT
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First of all I'd like to point out
Enkidu
We are exploring the grounds of [a] large building, apparently very ol[d]. It is shaped like a very broad, split arrow head pointin[g]_ into the sky with a diamond-shaped gap in the face. It seems to ha[garbled]
Before I get flammed, I haven't seen this mentioned on this thread before. Doesn't that description sound familair? Just like those large pulsing structures on the level Halo perhaps? The use of these diamond structures is currently unknown, but it doesn't appear to be ring-specific unless a ring crashed down perfectly face up upon the planet's surface without destroying the structure (highly unlikely). I can't say for sure what these big thingies are for, but if I had to guess I would say they might be used for long distance communication (the pulse doesn't seem to diminish, may travel at lightspeed -better than radio- and could carry information [fiberoptic cables work with light]). You guys have any ideas?

Enkidu's talk of "interesting friends" in an earlier terminal makes me think he's talking about non-covenant and non-humans. Now, the Covenant are closing in fast on the human survivors, so what do you think the odds are that they'll release another group of flood or something like it. After all, they did it before on Halo (well actually, they'd be doing it in the future compared to the timeframe on Frigid) so it wouldn't suprise me if they made the same mistake again.

Again I believe the 'Enkidu-letters' are leading us to an introduction of a 3rd party aggressor.

Oh yeah, *cough* bump *cough*

  • 05.04.2004 2:46 PM PDT
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Regardless of the theories ... why are these old messages coming out now?Why would someone want us to find somthing now? What is so special about right now?[/quote]



E3 is coming, there will probably be tons of info, they're using Bungie Mind Tricks to get everyone to the next level of anticipation. Just a guess.

[Edited on 5/4/2004 3:45:20 PM]

  • 05.04.2004 2:50 PM PDT
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Well, why make it so complex? It may build up anticipation, but that was here before this "Node". If they show pictures of 343GS its not like we are going to say... ohhh that is who it was. Also, if the answer is revealed at E3... well, wouldn't that just ruin the "surprise" just a but?

[Edited on 5/4/2004 3:51:09 PM]

  • 05.04.2004 3:46 PM PDT
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Its so complex because the halo story is complex. bungie is complex. life is complex.

basically, if you are a die hard fan, this stuff is bonus material for you and will only make you H2 (and halo) experience fuller and richer.

  • 05.04.2004 3:53 PM PDT
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Well, if you want to get real technical, there may be a reason why they began releasing them on April 26th. There was 31 days in January, 29 in Febuary, 31 in March, and 26 in April on the day they were released.

31+29+31+26.
Do the Math. If you still don't know after that, you're hopeless.

  • 05.04.2004 4:04 PM PDT
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Nice Job Zk315,

I think you found another "embedded message". Do you think that this has something to do with JD being the MC?

  • 05.04.2004 4:07 PM PDT
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Whoa, I never would have thought that it would have given us 117 (for those who don't know Spartan 117 is John aka Master Chief).

REALLY excellent work.

  • 05.04.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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That is indeed realy good.
Nice observation.

  • 05.04.2004 4:24 PM PDT
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***MESSAGE DIGEST***
[ . CCS SWORD OF JUSTICE]
[ o UNSC LEBANON]
[Route Code: MNNT > XCV - UNSC > ALLCH]
[Source: Undetermined (trans)]
[WARNING: Authentication not confirmed. Checksums do not validate.]

Everything you stand for is an affront to the gods.
Nothing you can do can atone for your many sins.
Killing your kind is a holy task. We will not shirk it.
Incineration is the only certain cure for the taint of your existence.


hehe.........taint

  • 05.04.2004 4:28 PM PDT
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btw, this is marketing move by bungie. they know that while most people just play the game, we PLAY THE FREAKIN GAME. thus, they make this whole obscure website to tie in with the story of the game. they want us to unravel the plot. its so we have something to do while we wait for the game. the makers of the matrix did the same this with the matrix videogame. only with bungie, its intelligently done and dosent suck. bungie has a knack for not sucking.

  • 05.04.2004 4:32 PM PDT
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Anyone read the latest yet?

RAL

  • 05.04.2004 5:02 PM PDT
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I'm sure it's bungie...

Facts supporting it being Bungie:
Both sites (Enkidu and Halo.Bungie.Org) are run off of the same site provider and let me tell you, I don't think any average PC goer can get a site from there..."We offer hosting on G3 and G4-based Macintoshes and Pentium 4-based Unix boxes (RedHat Linux or OpenBSD)"...that's what they say and those aren't cheap systems or easy software programs. Whoever is running Enkidu knows what they're doing. But they may also be on a different monthly payment plan, since the site doesn't have all that "access denied" or "server forbidden" crap. That comes with a secure connection. That may mean bungie wanted the site to be disposable since they won't be using it for long. And I don't think Bungie would just deal with a major site violation by "seeing what it does." That would endanger them and anyone who went to it. It's definately Bungie folks. Also, if you look at the site titles with the entries, there are some random letters. It says /enkidu_(letter). The letters so far were: a-b-g-d-e-z-h-th (the th is together, not an error). I looked for an anagram with those letters, but nothing came up really. I think we're missing a lot of letters, since there will be more entries. I got some German anagrams =p but nothing else. All I can clearly see is "the bad" but then you have the g-h-and-z left over. Well, I'm sure no one will care what this says except maybe a moderator who will nod and say, "time to kill that guy. This forum is no place for address analysis and pinging." Bah. Take what you want from this, but please don't sue or kill me. Or kick me outta here. I love this site and Halo!!!

  • 05.04.2004 5:09 PM PDT
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Yeah #9 is up on the Enkidu terminal, Sit(down)uation Report. Its a big one and its opened it all up boys! Discuss...

  • 05.04.2004 5:16 PM PDT
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Just seems to tell us the obvious we know. It seems like a whole other Halo revisited. Maybe number 03? 02? 01? Who knows.
None the less, it does confirm that people are alive and trying to contact JD, who seems to be special to E, obviously. Maybe it IS a Spartan? They never said the entire team was there in the books... or for that matter at the Fall of Reafch. But they DID mention that they had been seperated and rejoined many times over because of different training etc....

  • 05.04.2004 5:18 PM PDT
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WHY WONT ANYONE LOOK AT THIS IVE TRIED TO SPREAD IT BUT NOONE WILL GO
http://s4.invisionfree.com/Turbogamers/index.php?showtopic=23 8
scroll down to TOM CLANCY
that is the guys sn
under his "name"
look at that video
ITS HALO 2

  • 05.04.2004 5:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: AI Nemesis
...Also, if you look at the site titles with the entries, there are some random letters. It says /enkidu_(letter). The letters so far were: a-b-g-d-e-z-h-th (the th is together, not an error). I looked for an anagram with those letters, but nothing came up really. I think we're missing a lot of letters, since there will be more entries. I got some German anagrams =p but nothing else. All I can clearly see is "the bad" but then you have the g-h-and-z left over.


the letters for the order aren't a,b,c,d, e... Its based instead on the greek alphabet. a = alpha, b = beta, g = gamma, and so on. th = theta, we really don't have a symbol for that letter in the modern alphabet. Anyways this is just another "embedded message" to the whole Enkidu thing. Spartan=Greek.

  • 05.04.2004 5:22 PM PDT
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By Cap. Mathers :"Something is running in those terminals, but it's no longer the Enkidu we knew."

I knew Enkidu turned or went whack. I said that a long time ago but I didnt think anyone would listen.

  • 05.04.2004 5:26 PM PDT
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Major Silva,

We didn't need Cpt. Terry Mathers or you to tell us that, we already knew. It was prety obvious that Enkidu changed after he linked up to that structure's terminal.

  • 05.04.2004 5:29 PM PDT
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Hmm, Enkidu's special liking for JD must mean something. If he's not a Spartan I'd bet he's an ODST (I don't think Bungie would make our little hero a navy officer or an ONI spook)

  • 05.04.2004 5:31 PM PDT
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Enkidu is still a mystery. He's allowing the humans access to the Forerunner facility (what it obviously is at this point, otherwise the Covenant would have destroyed the planet). However, he obviously doesn't want JD communicating with any of the survivors for whatever reason. Not an enemy, not a friend. Things have just gotten interesting.

What we ahve to figure out is why Enkidu, whatever he has become, has let the humans into the Forerunner facility. On Halo they studied the Flood, perhaps Halo wasn't the only Flood studying installation? Or, perhaps, something worse is hidden there on Frigid, something so bad that the Forerunners wouldn't even put it on a Halo. Maybe, just maybe, some kind of protocol has entered Enkidu's code, a protocol that states whatever is there on Frigid must be studied.

We also now know that not all the crew is gone, but a distressing number are dead and the rest scattered. Things look bleak, even hopeless unless our mysterious JD is a Spartan, I don't see how the crew have any hope against a Covenant Battle fleet and attendant army. That is, unless Enkidu is acting mysterious for a benign reason. Perhaps Enkidu has a plan that can save his crew, and though he has become unhinged due to whatever's in the Forerunner network, he's trying to save his crew. Mathers even says that the tunnels they're in are great for fighting off superior numbers, and it gives them shelter from Frigid's atmosphere while the Covenant must still contend with a hostile environment. However, if Enkidu is a benign entity, why does he keep JD separate from the rest of the survivors? Could Enkidu have some other plan in mind for JD, and if so, what?

We now know that Enkidu is an AI. And if JD is a Spartan perhaps the references to Leonidas are references to JD. My theory? Enkidu wants to interface with JD and gain the power of a Spartan, for whatever reason.

Something else to consider, is that the events of Halo are now occurring. Perhaps there is an intergalactic Forerunner netowrk, and what 343 Guilty Spark is observing on Halo Enkidu is also seeing. The power of Cortana and the Chief together must be tempting for Enkidu. Or, perhaps, 343 Guilty Spark has soem inkling of what might happen to his beloved Installation 04 and is having Enkidu attempt to take over another Spartan to combat the Master Chief...

  • 05.04.2004 5:31 PM PDT
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Can't type much now, gotta eat. But I noticed the sources say that one of the keywords is "possible unkown hostiles." I think it has something to do with the rumblings in the earth connected with the covenant reinforcements. I think the Covenant have something big they're about to unleash on us. Something really big. (I don't think it's flood because there's no mention of any hints about them; the only real possible hint is the rumblings. Bt what could that be? What could be so big?) Gentlemen, we may have a problem.

  • 05.04.2004 6:17 PM PDT
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What are all your thoughts on the whole "Pelican sabotage" thing?

It could be either one of two things, I think. Either the Covenant that boarded the Lebannon in some way either damaged the Pelicans enough to make the three of them -all- crash, or they possibly boarded them and killed everyone aboard (camoflaged elites and all)

Either that, or Enkidu for some reason, somehow managed to sabotage things. I don't know why he would considering he was just a regular AI at that point, or how he would, but there's a lot that we don't know.

Those are the only two reasons I can really think of. And I still believe the reason that Enkidu finds JD to be 'special' and continues to communicate with him is because he believes that JD is his Gilgamesh. But once again, there's still a lot of extraneous variables that we don't know about. This could be way off.

  • 05.04.2004 6:38 PM PDT
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So JD was not on the ship. This is what we know. The Capt. Tells JD that When we came back around the sun he remapped our battlenet into the system here. I'm glad that we have something now that the Lebanon is destroyed, but the net is maddeningly erratic and I worry that he's censoring the info. If JD was on the ship when they went around the sun why would he be telling him about it.

Oh wait i could be wrong. Never mind I just realized that the Capt. is telling JD that they can still communicate a little.

[Edited on 5/4/2004 6:56:07 PM]

  • 05.04.2004 6:44 PM PDT
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ok this is the last time im going to say anything about this so.... what if JD is apart of COLONEL ACKERSONS secret project.... that was a closely guarded secret in halo FS and it could and should be revealed in the game... what is JD is master chief's rival

just a thought

  • 05.04.2004 6:55 PM PDT