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I see a lot of people discussing the possibility of time travel playing a large role in this game (end of Halo 3 puts you back to the fall of Reach). While this theory is completely possible, it could just be a prequel.

Now, with that out of the way, let's explain why time travel could (or would) work. There are a lot of people saying, "oh, it would mess up the story and nothing would make sense at all." Well, put simply, all of those people are WRONG. It is not a matter of opinion.

If the chief experienced a rift in space time and was sent back to the beginning, we can ONLY conclude that he was always destined to do so. The events of the Halo series can only unfold ONE way. That ONE way leads him back to Reach.

The future chief that makes it back to Reach is NOT the same as the present chief that will soon make the jump on the pillar of autumn. There are now two chiefs present in the universe.

From here there are numerous possibilities that could unfold, but none of them would prevent the present chief from repeating the cycle. otherwise future chief would cease to exist. So, whether or not you PLAY as future chief is irrelevant, he will play a role in the fall of Reach regardless. How much of a role would be unknown of course, since this is just theory (and none of this could be correct for the storyline that bungie eventually lands on).

However, we do know that by the end of Halo 3 the chief from the future would have surely made his way back to earth by then, and everyone would be aware that he was still alive. As we all know this doesn't happen though, which most likely means that the chief we all know dies sometime along the timeline (most likely during the fall of Reach).

In a nutshell, the presence of another chief would NOT alter the timeline significantly enough to change the cycle. otherwise, he wouldn't be able to return through time to do so (cue confusing space time continuum).

My opinion on the matter is that this would be PERFECT for the game. Simultaneously (in one game), you experience the beginning of the end, and the end of the beginning.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 1:08 AM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 1:04 AM PDT

not to knock your idea which by the way is really good but the legendary ending to halo 3 doesn't look like reach it looks like onyx from the halo book i just wanted to put that out

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Posted by: verySneakybob
not to knock your idea which by the way is really good but the legendary ending to halo 3 doesn't look like reach it looks like onyx from the halo book i just wanted to put that out
Understood, like I said it's a theory (and JUST a theory) which many people have come up with, but I felt my rendition was pretty clear. Thought it was worth a post :D.

As for onyx, i have no idea what it looks like :S.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 1:12 AM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 1:09 AM PDT

well just think of it a giant spherical forerunner artifact that makes billions of sentinels of all sizes

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Yeah tbh in all of the books it never mentions 2 MC's and youd think if he went back in time he'd go to unsc buildings etc etc.

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lol ONYX's surface was made up of sentinals who then destroyed it because they sense that people had entered the dyson sphere so they want no possibility of covenant getting in. so cant be onyx

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imagine a world where MC was a cripple. fighting covenant... in a wheelchair

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he would still kick some butt

  • 09.27.2009 2:26 AM PDT

That's rude. My dad is handicapped.

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its probably one of those worlds, like the shield world, except it's a warp or a portal that went back into a previous time or era occurence.


I mean like it could have been still in the works, by the forerunner, you'd think the type of hostility the flood is they would go back and erase that abomination, but the world is still very unstable.

With the unstabillity, the forerunners didn't want to make any mistakes on their part or kill anyone. Or perhaps it wasn't made BY the forerunners. But a different race or synthetic being.

[Edited on 09.27.2009 2:44 AM PDT]

  • 09.27.2009 2:40 AM PDT