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Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

We mouth the vilest sacrament
And adhere to these tacit skirmishes
All for one day ideal and saffron-drenched
We ate each other's hearts out of serving dishes

better pic of those weird weapons

  • 10.03.2009 5:29 PM PDT

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OK I'll take you're word for it but all i keep getting is a totally blank image.

  • 10.03.2009 5:32 PM PDT

We mouth the vilest sacrament
And adhere to these tacit skirmishes
All for one day ideal and saffron-drenched
We ate each other's hearts out of serving dishes

well yours was kind of dark.

  • 10.03.2009 5:33 PM PDT

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better pic of those weird weapons

Ok i can see those, wow weird looking.

  • 10.03.2009 5:34 PM PDT

We mouth the vilest sacrament
And adhere to these tacit skirmishes
All for one day ideal and saffron-drenched
We ate each other's hearts out of serving dishes

Posted by: iMisBungieDay2T
Na man its fine no worries. Damn us new zealanders being one day in the future ! now it says I took them on the 3rd of october (today) and you also took them today but you are in the past so it says you made it earlier than i did :(

Dun worry, i didn't even snap this. I just found it at random when i was searching for ODST screenshots.

  • 10.03.2009 5:39 PM PDT

Get over yourself - drink vodka!

We need to find out what the Y symbols mean. Decode them.

I just went into the stonehenge room off some random save point I had and the markings weren't even on the stone pillars.
When I restarted the level the reappeared. There's symbols all over the city - they are the key to this puzzle.

  • 10.03.2009 5:44 PM PDT

Posted by: The MLG Pope
We need to find out what the Y symbols mean. Decode them.

I just went into the stonehenge room off some random save point I had and the markings weren't even on the stone pillars.
When I restarted the level the reappeared. There's symbols all over the city - they are the key to this puzzle.

Agreed. I think people bashing ODST don't take the time to look for extras in it besides the obvious ones like audio files.

  • 10.03.2009 5:46 PM PDT

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Definitely. What happened to the person who tried shooting these symbols with the carbine?

Could the tune or order you have to shoot them have something to do with the tune i mentioned (in the Si's room).

  • 10.03.2009 5:46 PM PDT

yes I backed over the vampire... but I swear I didn't see him in the rear view mirror!

I reject Bungie's reality and substitute with my own!

  • 10.03.2009 5:47 PM PDT

Where there is smoke, there is fire. Or a smoke machine.

Posted by: spartan4191
Definitely. What happened to the person who tried shooting these symbols with the carbine?

Could the tune or order you have to shoot them have something to do with the tune i mentioned (in the Si's room).


I'm right here, but the carbine isn't spawning! I've been trying to get the carbine from spawn points since, and when one spawned the symbols weren't there.

  • 10.03.2009 5:48 PM PDT
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Hey.

Posted by: Inferno82695
Agreed. if theres a puzzle its probably assoosiated with the "stonehenge" areas

  • 10.03.2009 5:48 PM PDT

my theorys

1. i read a post somewhere that said the markings were about the prophet of regrets ship. what if they mean the carrier the -blam!-ed you up at the first cutscene?
some1 look on it and see if theres a clue there ( im WAAAAAY too lazy to start a campaign now.)

2. the sword is hidden somewhere out of the mombasa streets
i think in halo 3 the campaign if you got the blind skull in cortana and took it to the levels end and ended the level with it in your hands you got a spartan laser the next level
Well what if that were true with odst like theres something hidden you can grab on the non rookie missons that you take to the mombasa streets and start with a plasma sword!!
its worth a shot


note: i stopped reading posts at around page 9 cause i wanted to post this if my theorys were debunked after that please dont spam me

note 2: replace sword with br in my theorys and try them then if the sword 1 dosent work

note 3: i think bungie slacked off in hiding things in odst
i found the mythic disk skulls 5 min each
remember the sandbox skull that 1 was a well hidden -blam!-.
just saying



one thing thats true is you can NEVER say bungie messed up or was too lazy without a chance youll be ridiculed later

THERE WERE A BILLION EASTER EGGS IN HALO 3. that doesnt sound like a gaming company that slacks off


wait did i just contradict myself?
oh well

  • 10.03.2009 5:50 PM PDT

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I'm right here, but the carbine isn't spawning! I've been trying to get the carbine from spawn points since, and when one spawned the symbols weren't there.

Hmmmm, maybe it only happens when you start the level from scratch.

  • 10.03.2009 5:50 PM PDT

We mouth the vilest sacrament
And adhere to these tacit skirmishes
All for one day ideal and saffron-drenched
We ate each other's hearts out of serving dishes

Posted by: Mount corpse
Posted by: spartan4191
Definitely. What happened to the person who tried shooting these symbols with the carbine?

Could the tune or order you have to shoot them have something to do with the tune i mentioned (in the Si's room).


I'm right here, but the carbine isn't spawning! I've been trying to get the carbine from spawn points since, and when one spawned the symbols weren't there.


keep tryin, dude, as the spawns for the carbine and the symbols seems to be quite random.

  • 10.03.2009 5:51 PM PDT

Where there is smoke, there is fire. Or a smoke machine.

I was trying to get the carbine but this time i found that there were spiker shot's in the Collum with the "sad" SI Y mark. There are 11 spiker shots in total. Any ideas?

EDIT: I correct myself, it's one to the left.

[Edited on 10.03.2009 5:58 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 5:56 PM PDT

I heard it was taken out cuz ONE bungie employee wasn't good at using it

  • 10.03.2009 5:56 PM PDT

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After aimlessly roaming the city I have found that where ever there is a Y symbol there are covenant weapons such as a beam rifle or a carbine.

I have uploaded more close up pictures of that piece of paper with weird covenant weapons on it to my file share if anyone would care to take a look.


those images are way clearer.

They look like two normal weapons that have been placed on top of each other.

Like a plasma pistol and a mauler or a carbine and a sword.
Maybe this refers to the weapons that are next to the symbols or the weapons that you need to be carrying in order to retrieve the puzzle?

  • 10.03.2009 5:58 PM PDT

Where there is smoke, there is fire. Or a smoke machine.

After i finished shooting one of the engineers made a weird "gruugh" sound.

  • 10.03.2009 6:01 PM PDT

From Left to right, top to bottem:

Plasma Rifle?

Fuel Rod Cannon

Caribine

Phantom Main Gun?

Plasma Pistol

Plasma Tureet

Spiker

Brute Shot


Perhaps human drawings produced by a rebel force in the city trying to fight back?

  • 10.03.2009 6:11 PM PDT

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After i finished shooting one of the engineers made a weird "gruugh" sound.

Were you shooting the engineers?
Or the pillars?

  • 10.03.2009 6:25 PM PDT
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I fired onto the columns with a Carbine and music did play, but normal music, and after a little bit it went off.

[Edited on 10.03.2009 6:27 PM PDT]

  • 10.03.2009 6:27 PM PDT