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Some can come away from reading "War and Peace" thinking it a simple adventure story, while others can read the ingredients on a gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.
Posted by: dibbs089
Posted by: Agustus
Posted by: dibbs089
What can I say? I like the theory. Ii just have one small problem with this section here...
Ghost of Onyx pg. 337
That which must be protected... behind the sharpened edge of the shield... beyond the reach of the swords.... for the reclaimers.
Now many have over looked this. At first glance it seems to refer to the Ark. The shield being the shield worlds (perhaps located in within the Maginot sphere) and the swords the Halo Array.
Now because its beyond the reach of the swords its past this galaxy. Therefore supporting it being the Ark. But from my previous points this could also refer to something greater than the Ark, especially because the portal may have 2 different coordinates.
That message was located on the Slipspace Cryopods that Team Katana was locked in at the end of Ghosts of Onyx. I thought the message was a direct reference to the Cryopods themselves. (They are protecting whoever is inside of them from the blast, behind the sharpened edge of the shield. Since the Cryopods operated in the same way the Dyson sphere on Onyx did, putting their user into slipspace generated space, these can be considered mini shield worlds themselves. And their intended users? Reclaimers).
TL;DR
I thought the quote referred to the cryopods as opposed to the Ark or something else.
That is a possible conclusion, but it's the wording that make me believe otherwise. As you said it refers to something being protected beyond the swords. Then it jumps to "for the reclaimers". That's why I think it is referring to something that is being protected for the reclaimers. Not that it's meant to protect the reclaimers themselves.
Think of it this way, just cut out the middle junk: That which must be protected for the reclaimers.
Not
That which must protect the reclaimers.
Making any sense here? The sentence subject is "that which must be protected", not "the reclaimers".
Apologies for taking so long to address this (absent minded).
I can see how you can come to the conclusion about that quote relating to the Arc. It's valid, but I don't believe it is the most likely conclusion. First, the quote is found inscribed on the Cryopods. That leads me to believe that the quote is actually referring to the Cryopads themselves. Also, look at the wording."That which must be protected..." Going from just this segment (not the sentence as a whole) it seems like the pods are special and thus must be protected (I have my own ideas as to why that's the case but I digress)."...behind the sharpened edge of the shield..."The pods themselves could be thought of as miniature shield worlds. They encapsulate their user in slipspace (much like the Micro Dyson spheres). This further serves to show that the quote is referring to the pods themselves."...beyond the reach of the swords..."This connects with the "behind the sharpened edge of shield" for the same reasons.[quote]"...for the Reclaimers." Perhaps the pods were intended to be passed onto and used by Humanity.
I just feel it is more likely that the quote refers to the actually device
I believe it was purposely written as such to leave it open for interpretation. One can take the line "for the Reclaimers" as the pods are for the reclaimers, or that something else is being protected for the reclaimers. Where it is inscribed obviously lends favor to your conclusion, but I still believe the wording favors me. That which must be protected for the Reclaimers, not to protect the Reclaimers. Otherwise the passage would be stating that the pods themselves need to be protected for the Reclaimers, which makes little logical sense.