- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Noir
The thread, as I see it, is meant for theories regarding what the Enkidu reveals without directly revealing. So, since everyone is clamoring to be back on topic, let's get back to speculative theory, shall we?
I second that.
Who is John Doe? Obviously, the author left out chapter i (the first introduction) so that at the end they can reveal who we are watching this whole time. Some people have been worried that the Flood presence is a reason to think Bungie ran out of ideas, to these people I want to ask WHY AREN'T YOU EXAMINING OTHER FACETS OF THE STORY?! Not yelling, just emphasizing. So, we know that our enemies are Covenant and Flood, and potentially something else (the source of the cadavers, the mysterious quakes). But who are our allies? Obviously, we already have the Master Chief returning, Bungie has revealed the ODST, and of course we have the Marines. But why is John Doe so special? No other Spartans exist, theoretically, and all other allies are revealed by Bungie. John Doe, IMHO, is still worth investigating and may potentially be an ally of considerable value in Halo 2.
I concur. Question is, who is it? Apparently, if you look at the terminals closely, the writings hint at someone like a Spartan, but there is no definitive proof. In the last one, Capt. Mathers tells JD that he can take the transport to the surface IF he can avoid the freakish zombies (i.e. Flood).
As for other Spartans, some might think it's Kelly and Dr. Halsey, but truth be told, it can't be - from what I've picked up in the threads, these terminal events started BEFORE the fall of Reach, and right now, we're at a point in time AFTER the events in First Strike. So no Spartans, as they were all accounted for. And as for the 3 "unaccounted-for" Spartans that people keep referring to who were too far away to be recalled, they are dead. They are simply being listed as MIA as per ONI propaganda directives - remember, there are only thirty Spartans, and if someone could do a quick count of how many are left, including MC, Kelly, Linda, Sam, Fred, and others, I'm sure that we'll come up with 27. But then again, I could be wrong.
If the Forerunner AI can take over Enkidu, and we all know that 343 survived Halo, will Cortana be in jeopardy in Halo 2? Conversely, if Enkidu is going rampant by attempting to interface with Forerunner technology, and Cortana already interfaced with Forerunner tech, will Cortana become an enemy to us? The subtleties of the AI issue have not been examined but they should be.
True as well. An interesting thought I just had was that perhaps Enkidu's source code that was replaced was replaced with source that instilled in him a desire to keep his new "digs" clean and sanitary. If you look through all the terminals, and at how Enkidu talks to JD, Enkidu is acting more and more like a monitor - and why haven't we seen one like 343 GS yet? Not barring anything in the future coming ruining this idea, but maybe the code that was used to patch Enkidu (AI code) was code that the original monitor of the Frigid installation used to monitor and contain the Flood. Remember, they replaced protocols and subroutines in Enkidu.
What are you standing there for? Go on, try to be helpful for a change! Head over there and get your friends to leave me alone so I can clean this up. Just don't go and break something else.
Or you'll regret it.
Friends? From what we know, Enkidu is probably talking about the Covenant, as no one is available to help JD (as we learn in the next terminal) on his recon run.
Enkidu wants JD to distract the Covenant so that he can deal with the Flood. Doesn't this sound a bit like 343 GS? However, the difference here is that it isn't all pure Forerunner AI, but now a mixed hybrid, human style personality, attitude, and thinking, with Monitor-like priorities and goals. We know this because of previous terminals, and how Enkidu's behavior has changed over time.
As far as we can tell, the humans and the Covenant have only had limited engagements and how many humans had to be killed before landing on Frigid? Why do the Covenant keep sending reinforcements? Is there more Flood elsewhere destroying them? Are Enkidu's Sentinels that damned good all of a sudden? Or, are there more Forerunner weapons/defenses on Frigid that we haven't seen yet?
I think that, to fight the Covenant, Enkidu is using a defense that we have yet to learn about. As for the Flood, well, that's what the Sentinels are for. I'm guessing that the Covenant are sending more troops down because they know that, among other things, they can eventually wear down and, by sheer weight of numbers, eliminate all the humans in the tunnels - but at the same time, there is something else they have to deal with which they weren't expecting to.
Just more ideas...