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Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

The Shadow has covered the Earth like a quilt.. All plants and flowers that were once bright and beautiful have begun to wilt.. This Darkness runs rampant across the Earth.. Anger and Passion gave this creature birth... He thrives in the Shadow, the Darkness continues to grow... The god known as Atonement is no more. He has now evolved into something that once hid beneath the core. He's here to revenge his martyrdom. The Darkness has come...

As I was looking more into this, I came across several things. One was the dead zebras on Uplift Reserve. It's possible that they may have something to do with it all in the long run, seeing as how they could possibly be added Easter Eggs as well. Also, just to reiterate about the scarab, I usually just destroy with the banshee, I never go around looking inside of it. Same thing goes for the last part of the level as well, with all of the huge fusion coils at the end that you have to blow up. My guess about that though, is to get to it before your buddies behind you in the Phantom shoot at it...

Anyways, I'm 100% interested in this as well, and if you need any additional help with this by running around in coop with you, or anything else Seasoned or Pope, I'll be more than happy to do so.

Edit: Not to mention Buck and the Monkey Man at the end of the credits...

[Edited on 11.05.2009 9:37 PM PST]

  • 11.05.2009 9:24 PM PDT

The Shadow has covered the Earth like a quilt.. All plants and flowers that were once bright and beautiful have begun to wilt.. This Darkness runs rampant across the Earth.. Anger and Passion gave this creature birth... He thrives in the Shadow, the Darkness continues to grow... The god known as Atonement is no more. He has now evolved into something that once hid beneath the core. He's here to revenge his martyrdom. The Darkness has come...

Sorry for the double quote but something just occured to me...
23:03:28:30

About 2-3 pages before this one, something got mentioned about numbers on the ODST controller. What if these numbers were the order in which we were to play the audio logs. For example, the number order is 23:03:28:30. So therefore, we play those audio logs in that order, 23, 3, 28, and 30. Or could possibly unscramble an order.

Again, this is just a thought, but it just came to me as I was reading over old posts...

  • 11.07.2009 2:11 AM PDT
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Posted by: o DeAtHwAIKeR o
As I was looking more into this, I came across several things. One was the dead zebras on Uplift Reserve. It's possible that they may have something to do with it all in the long run, seeing as how they could possibly be added Easter Eggs as well. Also, just to reiterate about the scarab, I usually just destroy with the banshee, I never go around looking inside of it. Same thing goes for the last part of the level as well, with all of the huge fusion coils at the end that you have to blow up. My guess about that though, is to get to it before your buddies behind you in the Phantom shoot at it...

Anyways, I'm 100% interested in this as well, and if you need any additional help with this by running around in coop with you, or anything else Seasoned or Pope, I'll be more than happy to do so.

Edit: Not to mention Buck and the Monkey Man at the end of the credits...
The zebras are just an easter egg cause they are supposed to be in a zoo. And the "crazy marine" on that level talks about humans being the animals of a zoo.

Kikowani Station - There is nothing in the scarab, nor is there anything at the end of the level. Dont believe me? Feel free to look yourself. But i just spent 20 minutes looking around on the scarab as well as about half hour at the end of the level looking for anything.

Oh and for your info, they are not fusion coils, they are called squid. They house fuel and supply for the phantoms.

The pope and monkey man are easer eggs.

  • 11.07.2009 12:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: o DeAtHwAIKeR o
Sorry for the double quote but something just occured to me...
23:03:28:30

About 2-3 pages before this one, something got mentioned about numbers on the ODST controller. What if these numbers were the order in which we were to play the audio logs. For example, the number order is 23:03:28:30. So therefore, we play those audio logs in that order, 23, 3, 28, and 30. Or could possibly unscramble an order.

Again, this is just a thought, but it just came to me as I was reading over old posts...
Now this... this you might have something.

  • 11.07.2009 12:26 PM PDT

|***************************************| |***********************\____
|-----------HALO REACH------------------ | |--YOU'RE ON------------||[_\\____,
|._....______________________...._|_|._....______________||-----/ __|
|(@)(@)\_______________|(@)(@)__|(@)(@)\___________[==]/(@)l

add them up, divisible by seven, 84 is what I got. I got it in my head. Check me if I'm wrong but 12*7=84

[Edited on 11.07.2009 12:37 PM PST]

  • 11.07.2009 12:36 PM PDT

Winning or losing doesn't really matter much to me. I play for fun, and nothing you can say will change that. Sure, I have a low K/D, sure, I have a low rank in Halo 3, but I really don't care. It's not like it actually means anything. It's a number. And for the record, opinion and fact are two completely different things.

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Oh and for your info, they are not fusion coils, they are called squid. They house fuel and supply for the phantoms.
They are not called "squid" and they don't do anything for the phantoms. They house the Engineers. The ODSTs called them "squid houses" because they call the Engineers "floating squids".

  • 11.07.2009 12:56 PM PDT

The Shadow has covered the Earth like a quilt.. All plants and flowers that were once bright and beautiful have begun to wilt.. This Darkness runs rampant across the Earth.. Anger and Passion gave this creature birth... He thrives in the Shadow, the Darkness continues to grow... The god known as Atonement is no more. He has now evolved into something that once hid beneath the core. He's here to revenge his martyrdom. The Darkness has come...

Posted by: The Happy Emo
Posted by: o DeAtHwAIKeR o
Sorry for the double quote but something just occured to me...
23:03:28:30

About 2-3 pages before this one, something got mentioned about numbers on the ODST controller. What if these numbers were the order in which we were to play the audio logs. For example, the number order is 23:03:28:30. So therefore, we play those audio logs in that order, 23, 3, 28, and 30. Or could possibly unscramble an order.

Again, this is just a thought, but it just came to me as I was reading over old posts...
Now this... this you might have something.


Also, to go along with that, if that order has to be done in a certain place, my guess would either be that huge Da Vinci map outside the Mickey tank level, or in the middle of the Elite Stonehenge. Of course there could be other places as well...

  • 11.07.2009 1:23 PM PDT
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Any man, no matter how strong he is, lies to himself about something.

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Posted by: The Happy Emo
Oh and for your info, they are not fusion coils, they are called squid. They house fuel and supply for the phantoms.
They are not called "squid" and they don't do anything for the phantoms. They house the Engineers. The ODSTs called them "squid houses" because they call the Engineers "floating squids".
Squid... Squid house. Same Fing thing

  • 11.07.2009 1:29 PM PDT

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/02/halo-3-odst-controller-pics -hold-clues-into-new-mombasa-mysteri/

i found this and it says that a bungie employee said the numbers will solve somthing. BING BING! that has to be it, thats what im going with.

  • 11.07.2009 4:02 PM PDT

The Shadow has covered the Earth like a quilt.. All plants and flowers that were once bright and beautiful have begun to wilt.. This Darkness runs rampant across the Earth.. Anger and Passion gave this creature birth... He thrives in the Shadow, the Darkness continues to grow... The god known as Atonement is no more. He has now evolved into something that once hid beneath the core. He's here to revenge his martyrdom. The Darkness has come...

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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/02/halo-3-odst-controller-pics -hold-clues-into-new-mombasa-mysteri/

i found this and it says that a bungie employee said the numbers will solve somthing. BING BING! that has to be it, thats what im going with.


Thank you for confirming that the numbers have something to do with it and that it solves something. Now we just have to figure out what the numbers mean. We need to see if that order for the audio logs work at Stonehenge or at the Da Vinci map.

We're one step closer to solving this.

  • 11.07.2009 4:26 PM PDT

ninja ooooofffff dooooooooooooooommm!!!!!!!

i am also finding out the secrets to halo odst. thank you so much for the Hint of the numbers. i will unlock the code eventually. thanks and good luck!

  • 11.07.2009 5:03 PM PDT

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek Proverb

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Posted by: MBarber244

Link Fixed-- CHECK THIS OUT

i found this and it says that a bungie employee said the numbers will solve somthing. BING BING! that has to be it, thats what im going with.


Thank you for confirming that the numbers have something to do with it and that it solves something. Now we just have to figure out what the numbers mean. We need to see if that order for the audio logs work at Stonehenge or at the Da Vinci map.

We're one step closer to solving this.

  • 11.07.2009 6:39 PM PDT
Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST
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Maybe the sword is hidden like the scarab gun, but not a scarab gun and is a energy sword.

  • 11.07.2009 6:40 PM PDT

Overkill 064: Maybe the sword is hidden like the scarab gun, but not a scarab gun and is a energy sword.

What do you mean by that

  • 11.08.2009 9:56 AM PDT

Been playing since pong, and you?

Here is another idea about the paddle numbers. The first set resembles military time. 23:03 is 11:03 pm, or maybe 23 hours and 3 min of game play. Maybe its a location in ODST where you should have progressed to after 23hours 3 min of game play. The second set 28:30 is past the military time max of 24:00 which is midnight. Maybe there is a location for 28 hours and 30 min of game play. might be worth looking into.

  • 11.08.2009 11:01 AM PDT

Posted by: Atarigen
Here is another idea about the paddle numbers. The first set resembles military time. 23:03 is 11:03 pm, or maybe 23 hours and 3 min of game play. Maybe its a location in ODST where you should have progressed to after 23hours 3 min of game play. The second set 28:30 is past the military time max of 24:00 which is midnight. Maybe there is a location for 28 hours and 30 min of game play. might be worth looking into.


I was thinking this at first, but i doubt it as the campaign only takes like 5 hours to complete.

But could it be possible that the first part of the code is military time, and something only appears/opens at 11:03pm, while the other code is a hint at its location, or something else?? prolly not but just a thought

  • 11.08.2009 11:17 AM PDT

at 11:03 pm something opens at the latitude longitude 28,30

  • 11.08.2009 11:42 AM PDT

The lat of kikowani station is 4 degrees 3 23 S
the whole of ODST falls under 4 degrees so I think this is the 23:03.
28:30 doesnt seem to be a long.

  • 11.08.2009 11:59 AM PDT

maybe you need the iwhbyd skull on to locate this skull it does alter subtitles and scripting in the game... just a thought

  • 11.08.2009 12:01 PM PDT

anything happen 28 and a half mins into kikowani station?

  • 11.08.2009 12:02 PM PDT

Been playing since pong, and you?

Researched 23:03:28:30 in accordance to the bible. Which has been used by Bungie before. 2nd Kings 23:03 makes referance to standing by a pillar,and the covenant(stone henge, and dead elites). The book of Numbers 28:30 referes to 2 burnt offerings(engineers at stone henge). If you want to read the whole scripture you'll have to look it up yourself I'm tired. My theory is that 23:03:28:30 is the stone henge location.

  • 11.08.2009 12:32 PM PDT

just checked more precisely and kikowani bus station is at exactly 3 23 S (thats to 2 d.p.)

  • 11.08.2009 1:08 PM PDT

The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant in the presence of the LORD -to follow the LORD and keep his commands, regulations and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

2 Kings 23:3****

Standing by the pillars could mean Stonehenge, and "renewing the covenant" may have something to do with the dead elites. They once were Covenant, but are no more. Restore them to the Covenant by the pillar? How? But a great find.

  • 11.08.2009 1:40 PM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

Double post, but has anyone tried getting both Engineers to die in the middle of Stonehenge? To blow up directly between the pillars?

(Heart and soul may mean "Mythic")

Push the elites into the middle of the stones then get the engineers to die. One for each elite.

[Edited on 11.08.2009 1:43 PM PST]

  • 11.08.2009 1:42 PM PDT