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Subject: Covie Invasion Incentive
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We ALL know that the Covenant invade Earth, instead of GLASSING the whole friggin thing. We've even seen (recent) posts about their motivation to PERFORM such an invasion. My question isn't so much WHY, but more narrowed-down:

At the end of First Strike, we learn through some context clues or whatnot that the Covenant have indeed found Earth, and through the same rock the MC found on Cote D'Azur (spelling?) or another similiar one.

Are the Covnenat merely invading to gather all the valuable info, archives, history, etc we've amassed over the centuries, or are they in for the mere thrill of slaughtering each and every last one of us, turning our homeworld into some planetary WASTE DUMP?,...


...or are they gonna pull the same stunt they did after glassing most of Reach and dig deep for more Forerunner bullcrap?


Is there something beneath our feet that we've missed in our outer-space conquests? Is there some pivotal role our home may play to the new storyline? What might be found INSIDE earth that those bastards want so badly?!!

I personally think there's more to our planet (and our heritage as a species) involved with the forerunner than we know.



[Edited on 4/26/2004 8:02:31 AM]

  • 04.26.2004 8:02 AM PDT
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i dunno but thats a good point. i think its possible that they just want to rid the galaxy of any other life to prove that they are the strongest race. i really dont think its as simple as that though. i think there is gonna be some major twist to halo 2's story though, and i mean something we would never have expected

  • 04.26.2004 8:06 AM PDT
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Through war we will teach your heresy.
Through battle we will teach your frailty.
Through death we will teach your fate.

Because the Covenant view the humans as against their religion...

  • 04.26.2004 8:13 AM PDT

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Yeah ...there's much more to our plantet and race's history then we humans have given credit for. I bet the invasion of earth will be similar to that of Reach and that of the other planet with the alien artifact (in Cote D'Azure). I also bet that earth will be more important to the covenant than the other glassed planets that they took interest in. This will probably be tied to the huge plot twist in Halo 2, probably along the lines like "humans are related to the forerunners...(decendants/ancestors). I also bet that whatever the covenant are looking for is under Africa (The Cheif is there in the last documentary/movie). But there will probably be Forerunner technology under all of the continents therefor sparing the earth from being totally glassed.

I also thought it might be cool if there was something Forerunner-ish/Covenant-related with our own moon or even within our own solar system (like a hiden Halo construct around Jupiter or something!)

  • 04.26.2004 11:12 AM PDT