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Subject: Is MasterChief a human or a cyborg?
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Thats what I just said Einstein, why dont you go back to grade school and learn to read.

  • 05.07.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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He has had his limbs made as strong as steel, so what did they use to do it, and its not gonna just be more bone is it so he is definately not all human.

  • 05.07.2004 1:18 PM PDT
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Biochemicals, it was mainly scientific experiments, not reconstructing and stabilizing the skeletal structure of the Spartans.

  • 05.07.2004 1:20 PM PDT
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He is a Cyborg. All A Cyborg is, is a human with mechanical modifications, he has neural implants. he is a Cyborg, you all just seem to not understand the definition of a cyborg.

  • 05.07.2004 1:21 PM PDT
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Thank you, at least someone here knows what a cyborg is.

  • 05.07.2004 1:22 PM PDT

bah

Posted by: Gunklap17
Only Noobs would call Master Cheif a Cyborg...he's a genitcally engineered super soldier with 5X times the strength and vision of a normal person wearing cutting age strength/reflex/vision enhancing suit.
Your statememnt is ironic because not only is he a cyborg, he has no genetic engineering whatsoever according to the books. I don't know what's up with the manual.

[Edited on 5/7/2004 1:25:30 PM]

  • 05.07.2004 1:24 PM PDT
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Yes, all his changes were implanted augmentations, which is why so many died.

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I dont understand why you think he is a cyborg though? There was no form of mechanics placed into his body with the exception of the neural implant, which all UNSC personel has, which means that if you are right, they are all cyborgs. Master Chief is not a cyborg, he is 100% human with the exception of the MJOLNIR, which is not part of him, only equipment to aid him in combat as kevlar is to a regular officer.

  • 05.07.2004 1:27 PM PDT
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I don't understand why this thread is a poll, its not a matter of opinion its fact that MC is a cyborg, just get a bungie employee in here and they will set you straight.

  • 05.07.2004 1:27 PM PDT
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If it is fact then give me factual information instead of just saying it is. Get me quotes from Fall of Reach, not an explanation of what it says in the game manual. I want proof not made up statements.

  • 05.07.2004 1:29 PM PDT
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No, the modifications are all slightly mechanical, as well as his interface with the suit. And yes, all UNSC personally are technically cyborgs. Anyone with a pacemaker is a cyborg too.

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Ironically, the game manual is better that the books, as they are inconsistant and crappy.

  • 05.07.2004 1:30 PM PDT
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In the manual 'On Reach a secret military project to create cyborg super soldiers takes on new founded importance' top of page 5.

  • 05.07.2004 1:34 PM PDT
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Ok, I'm going to say this one more time. It is possible to be BOTH a human AND a cyborg. Just because you're one, does not mean you can't also be the other.

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no u are alll wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong....MC is the main character in a video game called halo....and soon to b halo 2 also... can i get a DO---NUT!!! lol

  • 05.07.2004 1:35 PM PDT
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cyborg is just human with technologicl advancements so there's not a great deal of difference we are just being picky. though he IS a cyborg.

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in the actual game halo, under campaign mode the description for the seond to last level titled "Keyes", under the level description it says and i quote

"Stage a one-cyborg assault on a Covenant ship and bring back the Captain."

turn on your xbox, get the undisputable fact from the game itself, and stop saying he is not a cyborg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 05.07.2004 1:39 PM PDT
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Yea, really. Not to mention 'A.I Constructs and Cyborgs First."

  • 05.07.2004 1:41 PM PDT
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HE'S BOTH!!! NOW LET IT DIE MAN, LET IT DIE....

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You see everything to do with the actual game points to him being a cyborg and it is still a game isn't it.

  • 05.07.2004 1:42 PM PDT
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He's both, that makes no sense, a Cyborg by it's very definition IS BOTH! You're just agreeing with us.

  • 05.07.2004 1:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: haloruler33
hahaha!!! i'll go easy on you. he is a human, and his name is john if you didnt know that. the reason he is frozen is because he is in a cryo tube because its quite a long journey from where they left to where they were going. and if you think he is a cyborg because of what he looks like, its just his mjolnir armor. but he is a cyborg to a point. his body has been augmented and given lots of drugs and what not to make him a lot strongerand has reflexes way beyond the average human, and his bones are so thick they are almost unbreakable. if you want more details messege me or just read the books man

P.S.-your lucky i didnt flame you, muwahahaha!!!!


Thanks for sayin all that for me man.. haha. That would be the 101st time i would've had to say this

  • 05.07.2004 1:46 PM PDT

bah

My Forerunner, can't people just see the truth? He is a cyborg by the very definition. He has enhanced neural fibers for Bungie's sake! That is the very definition of the word.
cy•borg: a bionic human
bi•on•ic: having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices

I think the cyborg people have proven their points. This argument is over, cyborg wins.

  • 05.07.2004 1:46 PM PDT
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Cyborg is not someone who has to be a machine. Hell just consult half of the game if you don't beleive us, why are you all ignoring that is says it in the game. A cyborg by it's very defitinition is a human with augmentation. Also, he does have electronic modification.

  • 05.07.2004 1:47 PM PDT
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Oh really? I think we have many who may argue this, as the books are just as valuable as the game itself. Anyways, here is the experiment directly from the Halo book (page 57) Fall of Reach:

1. Carbide ceramic ossification: advanced material grafted onto skeletal structure to make bones virtually unbreakable. Recommended coverage not to exceed 3 percent of total bone mass because of significant white blood cell necrosis. Specific risk for pre- and near-postpubescent adolescents: skeletal growth spurts may cause irraparable bone pulverization. See attatched case studies.

2. Muscular enhancements injections: protein complex is injected intramuscularly to increase tissue density and decrease lactase recovery time. Risk: 5 percent of test subjects experience a fatal cardiac volume increase.

3. Catalytic thyroid implant: platinum pellet containing human growth hormone catalyst is implanted in the thyroid to boost skeletal and muscle tissues. Risk: rare instances of elephantiasis. Suppressed -blam!- drive.

4. Occipital capillery reversal: submergence and boosted blood vessel flow beneath the rods and cones of subject's retina. Produces a marked visual perception increase. Risk: retinal rejection and detachment. Permanent blindness. See attached autopsy reports.

5. Superconducting fibrification of neural dentrites: alteration of bioelectrical nerve transduction to shielded electronic transduction. Three hundred percent increase in subject reflexes. Anacdotal evidence of marked increase in intelligence, memory, and creativity. Risk: significant instances of Parkinsans disease and Fletcher's syndrome.

So there you have it. With the exception of the platinum pellet placed in the Spartan's bodies, there is nothing mechanical about them. Just because a metal substance filled with hormones was placed inside the Spartans, doesn't mean they are machine, as not all metal is machinary.

  • 05.07.2004 1:49 PM PDT