- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: NaughtyCalibur
Okay, then if it's assumed by all of you that the Flood can NOT survive in space, then why not just shut off the Halo's atmosphere once the Flood escape? This would stop the flood WITHOUT destroying life in the galaxy.
Excellent Question!
I don't understand how Halo is engineered, but I don't imagine there being the occasional "air machine" plugged into a wall socket spread out through Halo here and there. hehe. Therefore "turning off the atomosphere" wouldn't be as easy as that. Now gravity? Can that be turned off? If we can turn off gravity then maybe the air will fly off into space (similar to how Mars is believed to have once harbored an excellent atmosphere which eventually escaped into space). However, we have centrifigul force to contend with. it may be that Halo's rotations give the ring its gravity. And so you'd have to stop the ring's movements. If that's possible. And hope the air escapes fast enough. However, I'd image that time was of the importance, and it was necessary to kill them ASAP before they could garner a usable capital ship. That, and we wanted to make sure GS 343 doesn't set off Halo, atmosphere or no atmosphere!
Now why wouldn't GS 343 turn off the atmosphere? again, i'm gonna assume "getting rid of the air" is a one time deal. And stopping Halo's rotation will open a whole new can of beans! As far as GS 343 is concerned, halo is an ARK, a refuge, and it shouldn't be destroyed (b/c getting rid of air/gravity would virtually destroy halo's usefulness as well).
Different AI's with different motives. I love it! But then is GS 343 hellbent of setting off other Halos, regardless of our success at Installation 04? Uh oh. Can we say "Halo 2 subplot?" We just can't get enough of crazed Bungie AI's, can we?