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Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST
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Posted by: andymac0909
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Posted by: andymac0909
All halo nerd, start reading novels and wiki about the elites, halo gamers, we need you to check our the nerds theories.
GET TO IT MEN/WOMEN. We have a secret sword to find.


You arent exactly Nelson Mandella when it comes to speeches are you? Nerds??? Very motivating....

I just call myself that because nobody at my school is really interested in sci fi and gaming and such.

On topic-
Maybe theres a secret door that we can't see with the VISR, and Bungies testing our eyesight?
(Mine sucks By the Way)


Ok lol. End of conversation/ back on topic

About this secret door... I very much doubt it even though there was a locked door mentioned earlier which could be opened by spilling an elites blood... maybe this is all a waste of time like the secret of sandtrap...

  • 10.02.2009 2:27 PM PDT

Posted by: Inferno82695
Maybe a puzzle is connected with the engineers then
Posted by: SeasonedVeterans
[quote]Posted by: Blue Jess
I think the "Y" shaped symbols have been drawn by the engineers as a way of mourning the Elites. I think they liked the elites as they were probably treated much better and the brutes do bad things to them =(

That's an interesting idea, I never thought about that.



I have to add my 2 cents about the upright and upside down "Y" shapes. I believe they are an iconographic reference to Truth's ship, whatever that thing was called.

  • 10.02.2009 2:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: The MLG Pope
First thing we are searching for is a reason as to why the empty black boxes are in the ODST weapon spree section of the medal chest (not an accident, not to look nice). The sword medal popped up and we thought "it's a weapon spree medal, maybe you can get that medal since it would fit in the empty medal boxes - the possibility of the medal necessitates the possibility of a sword in the game." Obviously you didn't connect this.

I merely want to find what medals will go there, assuming medals do belong there as previously stated evidence suggests.
If there were places for other medals the Website team would just add another row for Spree medals. It would be bad design if done otherwise. There is only room for 3 columns, and each spree as a 5kill spree and a 10kill spree. It would look incredible unorganized, in other words, if they were to use those other boxes.

I know you won't agree, but those boxes are there for neatness and organization. Personally, if they were grayed out, the page would look strange with only 2 columns in that category.

The medals found in the ODST stats image folder has no relation to the game. That is why I have a problem with you guys using it as evidence.

  • 10.02.2009 2:43 PM PDT
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By the way, the swords near the elites aren't empty. They just aren't activated. The reason the blades are usually active in the game that you can use them is so you can see it to pick it up. Just saying...

  • 10.02.2009 2:46 PM PDT

Posted by: Nitemare 43
By the way, the swords near the elites aren't empty. They just aren't activated. The reason the blades are usually active in the game that you can use them is so you can see it to pick it up. Just saying...

maybe you should pick it up like a skull?

  • 10.02.2009 2:51 PM PDT

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The 7th set in Firefight may hold secrets as well. Maybe a brute chieftain comes out with a sword instead of a hammer. Just a random idea.

  • 10.02.2009 3:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: P0werSQUIRRELY
The 7th set in Firefight may hold secrets as well. Maybe a brute chieftain comes out with a sword instead of a hammer. Just a random idea.


I wouldnt be able to play from laughter tbh.

  • 10.02.2009 3:03 PM PDT

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Not a bad idea.

Makes you wonder...

The IWHBYD Skulls on Halo 2 and 3 were pretty well hidden.
Who knows what lies within ODST.

  • 10.02.2009 3:07 PM PDT

Get over yourself - drink vodka!

Posted by: Jiggly Luv
I know you won't agree, but those boxes are there for neatness and organization. Personally, if they were grayed out, the page would look strange with only 2 columns in that category.

The same web team who also redesigned the H3 medal chest to match ODST's for the new hotness left the gray space rather than filler boxes.

They also let the gray background show through below the style medals section. "Personally" it bothers me that there are empty medal boxes rather than gray space.

Your basis is inconsistent, and thus invalid in argument.

Bungie has a history of hiding medals - when H3 came out, every multikill past killamanjaro was hidden, along with Invincible, perfection, and extermination. Not to mention steaktacular and linktacular.


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  • 10.02.2009 3:18 PM PDT

First of all, this is an amazing thread and i want to help you guys as much as a can. Also, i had this random idea just now, but obviously the energy sword is made out of energy... (duh) i read many posts about how there are sword handles lying around, and there was a post about how they just weren't activated. lets say they were activated when the elites died, wouldnt the energy have depleted by the time you are walking around the city? also, maybe odst's do not know how to activate the energy swords. so my random idea is this. what if there is one surviving elite that has gone mad. (like the marine on floodgate in H3) His energy sword is activated, and whether he is considered an ally or not, you can kill him and take his sword. I know its far fetched, but i figure any theory is plausible at this point. I also think there could be some kind of puzzle. Either way, lets keep searching.

  • 10.02.2009 3:34 PM PDT

The emtpy spaces in the Weapon Spree section are supposed to be empty, otherwise they'd have the little question mark in them.

  • 10.02.2009 3:44 PM PDT

Get over yourself - drink vodka!

Posted by: Glycerine Flesh
The emtpy spaces in the Weapon Spree section are supposed to be empty, otherwise they'd have the little question mark in them.

Says you and what Bungie employee?

  • 10.02.2009 4:10 PM PDT

Posted by: The MLG Pope
Posted by: Glycerine Flesh
The emtpy spaces in the Weapon Spree section are supposed to be empty, otherwise they'd have the little question mark in them.

Says you and what Bungie employee?

Oh snap.
He went there.

  • 10.02.2009 4:12 PM PDT

Get over yourself - drink vodka!

We are blatantly conjecturing.
He is making assertions with zero basis.

  • 10.02.2009 4:21 PM PDT

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  • 10.02.2009 4:24 PM PDT

Posted by: Havok417
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Well, the gifs and medal chest would mostly be made up by the web crew and artists not as involved in designing the gameplay and probably prepared it not knowing if there would be a sword or not. Or it hit the cutting room floor later.

Or it's even possible that the code and files are based upon the Halo 3 service record page and weren't entirely cleaned out. Having done a fair bit of web development myself, I think that's a fairly likely scenario.


Exactly.Why make a new page when you already have a template in use.Just copy that one and cut it down to fit your needs.
I would go with this, it's just a basic template that they use for the medal chest.

  • 10.02.2009 4:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Inferno82695
Maybe a puzzle is connected with the engineers then
Posted by: SeasonedVeterans
[quote]Posted by: Blue Jess
I think the "Y" shaped symbols have been drawn by the engineers as a way of mourning the Elites. I think they liked the elites as they were probably treated much better and the brutes do bad things to them =(

That's an interesting idea, I never thought about that.



I have to add my 2 cents about the upright and upside down "Y" shapes. I believe they are an iconographic reference to Truth's ship, whatever that thing was called.


You can also find some in the Superintendant Caches and I also found a single one on a wall next to the road.

When I go through the film(which is really long)I will snap a couple of screenshots.

  • 10.02.2009 4:39 PM PDT

BAH-WEEP-GRANA-WEEP-NINI-BONG?

I have nothing to back this up, but I think the Y-shaped symbols are directions leading you to a single or possibly multiple destinations and the symbols contained within are codes that need to be decrypted.

It's just a theory but I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread because it fascinates me to watch people tear this game down to code and find these secrets.

  • 10.02.2009 5:08 PM PDT
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isnt the last medal in the sprees, the Sticky Spree? Whats his name from Bungie has it.

  • 10.02.2009 5:16 PM PDT

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to the guy that posted that this is like the golden warthog;

maybe so, but certainly people said the same of the scarab gun

just cause one huge mystery didnt come through doesn't mean they all will fail.


also, bungie commented somewhere a while back saying that ODST's biggest eastegg will be in a cut scene and we should 'fiddle' our controllers...
anyone here think of any relations?

  • 10.02.2009 5:25 PM PDT

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Maybe there is some sort of hidden clue just outside of your field of vision, and maybe it can only be seen by panning/zooming camera?

  • 10.02.2009 5:43 PM PDT

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I know you can get hammer sprees and laser sprees, but all of the slots can not be filled?!?

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  • 10.02.2009 5:53 PM PDT

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i havent had time to work on the cut scene thing yet since i already got through the game 3 times, and i dont like continuessly playing the same thing.

if anyone else wants to do a speed run on easy and see what the cut scene theory ammounts to, please post ^^

  • 10.02.2009 5:56 PM PDT