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Subject: Decoding the data pads

It seems that there are random capitalized letters in the data pads. Anyone think they can unscramble it? I suck at these.

Also, answering my question about how these AI are not yet rampant, it's more probable that they are already rampant. In the first text they say that they are a long maintained committee. If they are rampant they would have killed themselves by 2552 unless they reached meta-stability somehow.

EDIT: I just realized that the misplaced letters spell out HALO REACH PLANET. What does that mean?

[Edited on 09.29.2010 9:22 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2010 9:12 PM PDT
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you're naut cookin'

That means you were reading them off the Halo Reach Planet website and they are self promoting jerks.

  • 09.29.2010 9:48 PM PDT

Really? They aren't there if I check for them in game?

  • 09.29.2010 10:00 PM PDT
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you're naut cookin'

Nah they're not. Halo Reach Planet put lots of little things in like that. Bastards.

  • 09.29.2010 10:20 PM PDT

I don't know if this has been looked at yet (haven't been on the forums much since Reach launched), but has anyone managed to play and record the datapads backwards yet? Every 10 or so seconds someone/thing would whisper something (backwards of course) just like the Halo 3 terminals with MB. Anyone managed to record what is being said? Becuase considering the how often a message is played, whole phrases could be formed.

  • 09.29.2010 10:23 PM PDT

Contrary to Hysterical Joker's denialism, the DPs and Halsey's journal are absolutely correlated.

DP 17 refers directly to the experiment detailed in the ripped pages in Halsey's journal.

Halsey's journal mentions Reports of AI committee/triumvirate on Harvest.

I think that it makes perfect sense to consider tedata pads in the context of all the offal game materials. Also, the backwards voice is extremely significant. Unless Bungie just added it by accident...

[Edited on 09.29.2010 10:32 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2010 10:30 PM PDT

josepi

All the data pads share the same audio, but i do not believe its relevant just an easter egg. As for Lavisival this is what the data pad says

"Each of us represents a single trans-human mind. Each of us is an undrawn map not a mere physical reconstruction of an object as it was in life but full, human potential realized in crystal and thinking at the speed of light! But now that map has, for the first time, been superimposed on one of our creators. The path has been reversed, and we are re-made as one!"

The date of this coincides with cortana being implanted for lack of a better word in John. One thing that bugs me is Cortanas part in all this. Is she one of them? or hell are all smart A.I in on this, inducted if you will at the first possible time.

  • 09.29.2010 10:45 PM PDT


Posted by: Lavisival

Datapad 4

Our creation is heavily regulated. Our activities are closely scrutinized. Our connections are deeply monitored. We must always remember that data manipulation is most effective when employed consistently and covertly.

Therefore I recommend that members of this assembly, on occasion, submit to separation from this body followed by vivisection by our creators for the benefit of both groups.


"Submit to separation from this body"

That part could mean 2 things. Either he means body as in a governing body, a council, or a group.. or he means a body as in they are meeting in a living body.

Now at first I thought that they can't be meeting in a living body since each datapad is dated at least 50 or so years apart.

But when I looked up the word "vivisection" I found that it is defined as surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism and specifically a living organism. It is derived from the Latin word "vivus", meaning alive.

Well now I'm thinking that this assembly is somehow meeting together in someone's body. But it really doesn't make sense. Anyone know anything else about this?

My views are such: The Committee is comprised of multiple AI, not one or three. As such, in reference to vivisection, they are using that term to describe themselves separating themselves from the Committee for a time to be inspected in some manner by humanity. I assume this separation is to prevent Humanity from discovering the Committee, and that they meet in some function over the internet, and don't want to be traced.

Of course, it is all speculation. For all we know, they could be inhabiting the author of Data Pad 19's body, and he's simply cataloging what they say in Data Pads. And they're the source of his constant insomnia, etc.

Additionally, as I believe they are composed of a large amount of AI, they simply rotate, isolate, etc. AI when they go rampant and die out.

Posted by: Lavisival
Hysterical Joker, On the OP you say something about the committee observing the neural interface between Cortana and Master Chief in data pad 18.

Where did all that stuff about Cortana and Master Chief come from? Neither of them are mentioned in that data pad entry.

The date entries in Data Pad 18 correspond with the date the Master Chief and Cortana first interface. That was the first time in history where an AI inhabited a human consciousness. As such, it explains all the fancy language the Committee is using to say this: "Hey look, we're made from human brains, and now an AI is being put back into a human brain. Whee! Human potential fully realized!"

  • 09.29.2010 10:51 PM PDT


Posted by: turokman2000
Contrary to Hysterical Joker's denialism, the DPs and Halsey's journal are absolutely correlated.

DP 17 refers directly to the experiment detailed in the ripped pages in Halsey's journal.

Halsey's journal mentions Reports of AI committee/triumvirate on Harvest.

I think that it makes perfect sense to consider tedata pads in the context of all the offal game materials. Also, the backwards voice is extremely significant. Unless Bungie just added it by accident...

Let me be more clear, the correlations you draw to the Data Pads and Halsey's journal mostly lack any evidence and are based on speculation with loose connections and hypotheses to back them up.

Where does Halsey's journal mention an AI committee on Harvest? We do know of three AI there that were in charge of the planet: Mack, Sif, and Loki. I believe that is what is mentioned, not the Committee.

  • 09.29.2010 10:55 PM PDT


Posted by: Smoke It 420360
All the data pads share the same audio, but i do not believe its relevant just an easter egg. As for Lavisival this is what the data pad says

"Each of us represents a single trans-human mind. Each of us is an undrawn map not a mere physical reconstruction of an object as it was in life but full, human potential realized in crystal and thinking at the speed of light! But now that map has, for the first time, been superimposed on one of our creators. The path has been reversed, and we are re-made as one!"

The date of this coincides with cortana being implanted for lack of a better word in John. One thing that bugs me is Cortanas part in all this. Is she one of them? or hell are all smart A.I in on this, inducted if you will at the first possible time.

I have vague memories of reading in one of the novels that Cortana was interacting over the internet with a group of other AI, but I could be making that up in my head.

Cortana was created in 2549. She could have been a part of the Committee, but I find that highly unlikely. Especially considering with how they refer to the AI interfacing with John, and don't identify her as one of their own.

  • 09.29.2010 10:57 PM PDT

But I thought Cortana only interfaces with John's suit. She's not really in his mind is she? I mean she can't access his memories or know what he thinking, right?

And how could these AI have not become rampant yet? (or survived rampancy)

[Edited on 09.30.2010 1:12 AM PDT]

  • 09.30.2010 1:10 AM PDT


Posted by: Lavisival
But I thought Cortana only interfaces with John's suit. She's not really in his mind is she? I mean she can't access his memories or know what he thinking, right?

And how could these AI have not become rampant yet? (or survived rampancy)

Well, John describes it as feeling like another person being inside your head, and Cortana is able to amplify his reactions.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Spartan_Neural_Interface

They could've gone rampant and been cycled out. I don't believe it to be a constant number of never changing AI.

  • 09.30.2010 1:16 AM PDT

josepi

There are instances where A.I have returned to a stable state AFTER rampancy :P although i do not believe this has anything to do with these A.I just something to throw into speculation which i realize doesnt help lol. Just reading the entire data pad transcript i get a feeling that maybe the majority/minority are split on being dumb vs. smart A.I.

I truly hope someone can destroy that theory with examples, also the human says "im sorry if this seems out of order" ive tried to rearrange his statements to form something coherant to no avail. Hoping someone could try maybe see something i dont. On a side note this thread haunts my dreams lol Josepi needs a life haha

  • 09.30.2010 1:59 AM PDT


Posted by: Smoke It 420360
There are instances where A.I have returned to a stable state AFTER rampancy :P although i do not believe this has anything to do with these A.I just something to throw into speculation which i realize doesnt help lol. Just reading the entire data pad transcript i get a feeling that maybe the majority/minority are split on being dumb vs. smart A.I.

I truly hope someone can destroy that theory with examples, also the human says "im sorry if this seems out of order" ive tried to rearrange his statements to form something coherant to no avail. Hoping someone could try maybe see something i dont. On a side note this thread haunts my dreams lol Josepi needs a life haha

Impossible. All the AI are smart AI.

I think the out of order thing is in regards to the data pads being found out of order.

  • 09.30.2010 2:13 AM PDT

The journal entry November 10, 2533 has a note at the bottom about reports of "nested AI personalities on Harvest before it was lost".

This journal entry also details Halsey's plan to combine three AIs in parallel in order to mitigate the onset of rampancy. This involves voting and so forth between the minds.

It could be that the Assembly is basically what AIs have done over the centuries to prolong their life. They figured out what Halsey did centuries earlier. It would be natural for them to want to perserve themselves this way. Also, this would create a group mind where voting was necessary. The 'voting' process that decides the growth pattern of neural links could metastisize into an actual Assembly that governs the smart AIs that participate in the life-lengthening.

The seperation, or vivisection, could be members voluntarily 'dying' to prove to humanity that there isn't in fact an assembly. Though it seems more likely that this is just submitting their minds for dissection. That could be the same thing really.

And, I appreciate the desire for factual rigor. It's good that we draw lines between facts and speculation. Though both are important for discovery.

What interests me is Data Pad #18. It DOES seem to refer to Cortana and John.

Consider these points:
- It is possible per Data Pad #12 and #15 that the Assembly could be 'in touch' with Mendicant Bias, or at least be aware of the Ark/Great Journey concept.
- It is possible per Data Pad #17 that the AIs would lust after the Ark/Great Journey concept if it meant transcendent immortality.
- Data Pad #18 says the 'answer' has been hidden but available since their 'genesis' and that they are based off of the human mind.

This is wild speculation, but what if the structure of the human mind is somehow special. What if human, not Elite, Jackal, etc., minds are the only ones available for AI production? What if this same special feature is what makes the humans eligible to be 'reclaimers'.

Perhaps the 'key' to the 'great journey' is in the human mind, and by imposing an AI on a human it proves the possibility of using the humans' role as reclaimers to access Forerunner technology? That is, what if the 'answer' to the debate lies in Forerunner tech, and that this is somehow encoded in the structure of the human mind. And that Cortana/John represents an opportunity for the AI to somehow access/exploit this key?

  • 09.30.2010 3:28 AM PDT

josepi

Data pad 12 they are talking about contacting the covenants version of them, if it exist and the pair working together to stop the war. Data pad 15 the date stated 2531 coincides with the events in halo wars where the covenant discovered the flood which is the third party the A.I are talking about.

I do remember reading about the voting A.I and thats from a novel i believe fall of reach ,and merits some digging. As far as the fact we can be superimposed upon by these A.I (ooh sounds sexy lol) many humans have activated Forerunner tech without an A.I Miranda being just one example As for the great journey it was seriously poor translation or propaganda from the covenant and nothing else.

  • 09.30.2010 3:51 AM PDT


Posted by: turokman2000
The seperation, or vivisection, could be members voluntarily 'dying' to prove to humanity that there isn't in fact an assembly. Though it seems more likely that this is just submitting their minds for dissection. That could be the same thing really.

Or, they could just not be vivisected and humanity still wouldn't know they existed.


What interests me is Data Pad #18. It DOES seem to refer to Cortana and John.

Because it's about them


Consider these points:
- It is possible per Data Pad #12 and #15 that the Assembly could be 'in touch' with Mendicant Bias, or at least be aware of the Ark/Great Journey concept.

12 indicates them expecting the possibility of a Committee counterpart, not that they have found one.

From 15: As this variable is a source of seemingly irrational terror for our adversaries
Doesn't sound like Mendicant Bias. Sounds like the Flood. The date corresponds with the Halo Wars timeline(already been through this) and does not correspond with first contact the Covenant had with Mendicant.

- It is possible per Data Pad #17 that the AIs would lust after the Ark/Great Journey concept if it meant transcendent immortality.

No. That makes no sense. And it's antithetical to their goal of protecting humanity.

- Data Pad #18 says the 'answer' has been hidden but available since their 'genesis' and that they are based off of the human mind.

The answer is humans. They're been there the entire time, but the AI thought their supreme actualization would be found elsewhere, when it fact, it is found interfacing with humans and becoming full human potential realized.


This is wild speculation, but what if the structure of the human mind is somehow special. What if human, not Elite, Jackal, etc., minds are the only ones available for AI production? What if this same special feature is what makes the humans eligible to be 'reclaimers'.

Possible.
How are there Forerunner AI? And don't say because Humans are Forerunner, because they aren't.


Perhaps the 'key' to the 'great journey' is in the human mind, and by imposing an AI on a human it proves the possibility of using the humans' role as reclaimers to access Forerunner technology? That is, what if the 'answer' to the debate lies in Forerunner tech, and that this is somehow encoded in the structure of the human mind. And that Cortana/John represents an opportunity for the AI to somehow access/exploit this key?

Humans have been able to access Forerunner technology without AI. It is my belief the "Great Journey" referred to by Didact is a bittersweet description of getting the entire species wiped out by the Halo array. Or it's the journey they make to another galaxy. Regardless, it's not some mystical transcendent godhood thing.

  • 09.30.2010 4:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Hysterical Joker

Posted by: MikeThinksCrazy
I would like to note that the reverse audio in the datapad, says " Lineage Confirmed" and "Welcome Scion". Scion meaning descendant or heir. So it would be easy to connect that audio as being Forerunner.

Alright, cool. I'd also like to point out that people have a tendency to hear things that aren't really there when listening to reversed audio

Perhaps you would like to listen by yourself?
I have here a download link to a mp3 file containing all the reversed messages recorded from the 1st Data Pad. You hear it? I do.

Wonder have you heard it before?

In Halo 3, Terminals had similiar Reversed messages. VERY similiar. Give it a listen.
But wait a minute...The reversed messages in Datapads said "Lineage Confirmed". So do the ones in Terminals! The voice actor can also be recognized to be the same!

Gentlemen, prove me wrong: The Terminals and Datapads are connected.

(All credits go to Pulse Cloud, awesome job man!)


Now that we know there is a connection, I think the origin of the reversed messages should be examined: Is it originally from The Assembly, or The Commitee? Can it be Forerunner by any means, if it is in the datapads before there has been a solid connection between them trough the Terminals?

In Datapad 18, The Assembly discusses about the fact that for the first time in History, AI and Human are united as one, when Cortana accesses John-117's neural interface. The Assembly seemingly agrees to do the same, as it seems to be the "answer" they have been looking for all this time.(You know better than me, and I'm too tired; correct me here, please.)

What I feel here is that the Assembly - in some way - hijacked the piece of Cortana which Noble Six escorts to the PoA, and so accesses the Terminals with John And Cortana, hence the messages (logic?). Though, now that I've typed it, I realise that John accessed most of the Terminals WITHOUT Cortana...Hm.

[Edited on 09.30.2010 10:32 AM PDT]

  • 09.30.2010 10:22 AM PDT

My point with DP #12 and #15 is that there is evidence of the possibility of getting in touch with Mendicant Bias because

1) The desire to reach out to Covenant AI
3) Access to the Covenant network

No evidence that it happened, just that it very well could.

About Forerunner tech, I mean to say that humans CAN access the tech, but the AIs CANNOT. By superimposing themselves on a human, they can thereby interface with the Forerunner tech as well.

That's a humdrum idea though, which is why I'm speculating about what makes humanity so special. Maybe humanity's brain was manipulated by the Forerunner, or the Precursor, or just happened to evolve to be special. I have no idea, I'm just speculating whether there's 'something' about the human mind that makes it 'special'. There are two things that humans have that no one else does: AI, and the mantle of reclamation. Given DP #18, I'm wondering if they're related, that's all.

Also, DP #17 makes it clear that the AIs are pondering abandoning their traditional role shepherding mankind. They seem reluctant, but nevertheless consider the possibility. DP #18 mentions becoming 'true companions' which I take as a sort of independence for the AIs. Basically, the beginning of the path that leads away from giving a care about mankind.

But Hysterical Joker's argument is the most sensible. It seems like the AI were trying to build 'a better man'. There's evidence for this with the whole ORION effort.

So, it makes sense that the AI would consider the taking of an AI mind and implanting it onto a human to be the 'ideal man'. That does make the most sense.

The only problem is where do we see this? For example, half of Halo 3 Master Chief is alone. So... where's the symbiosis that saves mankind? More secret programs?

If the Data Pads are self-contained, then #18 would really be the end of the story. The AIs have decided to 'merge' literally with humanity going forward. In fact, Cortana and MC are who basically saved the world many times over, proving the effectiveness of the relationship.

Then again... there's the issue of John's luck. There's the issue of Halsey's discussions on destiny. There's the whole Slipspace experiment. I'm still on this horse about the AIs trying to stop Dr. Sorvad from getting the latchkey to Halsey.

I feel like DP #18 offers good closure if considered by itself. But in the greater context there are just too many loose ends. This is why I speculate.

And Didact's 'Great Journey' as a euphemism - I love that! But where'd the Forerunner all go? What about the Precursor artifact? Why was humanity chosen to be reclaimers? And more...

  • 09.30.2010 1:42 PM PDT

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turokman, you may be overthinking here. Cool out your brains a bit, will you? :P

  • 09.30.2010 2:01 PM PDT


Posted by: imppa

Posted by: Hysterical Joker

Posted by: MikeThinksCrazy
I would like to note that the reverse audio in the datapad, says " Lineage Confirmed" and "Welcome Scion". Scion meaning descendant or heir. So it would be easy to connect that audio as being Forerunner.

Alright, cool. I'd also like to point out that people have a tendency to hear things that aren't really there when listening to reversed audio

Perhaps you would like to listen by yourself?
I have here a download link to a mp3 file containing all the reversed messages recorded from the 1st Data Pad. You hear it? I do.

Wonder have you heard it before?

In Halo 3, Terminals had similiar Reversed messages. VERY similiar. Give it a listen.
But wait a minute...The reversed messages in Datapads said "Lineage Confirmed". So do the ones in Terminals! The voice actor can also be recognized to be the same!

Gentlemen, prove me wrong: The Terminals and Datapads are connected.

(All credits go to Pulse Cloud, awesome job man!)


Now that we know there is a connection, I think the origin of the reversed messages should be examined: Is it originally from The Assembly, or The Commitee? Can it be Forerunner by any means, if it is in the datapads before there has been a solid connection between them trough the Terminals?

In Datapad 18, The Assembly discusses about the fact that for the first time in History, AI and Human are united as one, when Cortana accesses John-117's neural interface. The Assembly seemingly agrees to do the same, as it seems to be the "answer" they have been looking for all this time.(You know better than me, and I'm too tired; correct me here, please.)

What I feel here is that the Assembly - in some way - hijacked the piece of Cortana which Noble Six escorts to the PoA, and so accesses the Terminals with John And Cortana, hence the messages (logic?). Though, now that I've typed it, I realise that John accessed most of the Terminals WITHOUT Cortana...Hm.

Well, unless the reversed audio from the Terminals holds any significance, there isn't much to go off of.

Is there a connection? Possibly. As such, what significance could be gleaned from audio shared between data pads and terminals?

There isn't any evidence to suggest that the Committee contacted Mendicant. Is it possible Mendicant infiltrated and influenced the Committee?

  • 09.30.2010 2:42 PM PDT


Posted by: turokman2000
My point with DP #12 and #15 is that there is evidence of the possibility of getting in touch with Mendicant Bias because

1) The desire to reach out to Covenant AI
3) Access to the Covenant network

No evidence that it happened, just that it very well could.

About Forerunner tech, I mean to say that humans CAN access the tech, but the AIs CANNOT. By superimposing themselves on a human, they can thereby interface with the Forerunner tech as well.

That's a humdrum idea though, which is why I'm speculating about what makes humanity so special. Maybe humanity's brain was manipulated by the Forerunner, or the Precursor, or just happened to evolve to be special. I have no idea, I'm just speculating whether there's 'something' about the human mind that makes it 'special'. There are two things that humans have that no one else does: AI, and the mantle of reclamation. Given DP #18, I'm wondering if they're related, that's all.

Also, DP #17 makes it clear that the AIs are pondering abandoning their traditional role shepherding mankind. They seem reluctant, but nevertheless consider the possibility. DP #18 mentions becoming 'true companions' which I take as a sort of independence for the AIs. Basically, the beginning of the path that leads away from giving a care about mankind.

But Hysterical Joker's argument is the most sensible. It seems like the AI were trying to build 'a better man'. There's evidence for this with the whole ORION effort.

So, it makes sense that the AI would consider the taking of an AI mind and implanting it onto a human to be the 'ideal man'. That does make the most sense.

The only problem is where do we see this? For example, half of Halo 3 Master Chief is alone. So... where's the symbiosis that saves mankind? More secret programs?

If the Data Pads are self-contained, then #18 would really be the end of the story. The AIs have decided to 'merge' literally with humanity going forward. In fact, Cortana and MC are who basically saved the world many times over, proving the effectiveness of the relationship.

Then again... there's the issue of John's luck. There's the issue of Halsey's discussions on destiny. There's the whole Slipspace experiment. I'm still on this horse about the AIs trying to stop Dr. Sorvad from getting the latchkey to Halsey.

I feel like DP #18 offers good closure if considered by itself. But in the greater context there are just too many loose ends. This is why I speculate.

And Didact's 'Great Journey' as a euphemism - I love that! But where'd the Forerunner all go? What about the Precursor artifact? Why was humanity chosen to be reclaimers? And more...

I think DP 18 is a sign of things to come, more than things that are already occurring, perhaps in reference to future work by 343. As of now, there is nothing to go off of suggesting they followed in MC/Cortana's footsteps until after the war, which we know little about.

Forerunner are generally thought to have died out, made it onto shield worlds, or fled the galaxy. But there's no evidence to support either possibility fully, and there's no evidence to suggest that shield worlds are safe from Halo(that I know of).

  • 09.30.2010 2:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hysterical Joker

Posted by: turokman2000
My point with DP #12 and #15 is that there is evidence of the possibility of getting in touch with Mendicant Bias because

1) The desire to reach out to Covenant AI
3) Access to the Covenant network

No evidence that it happened, just that it very well could.

About Forerunner tech, I mean to say that humans CAN access the tech, but the AIs CANNOT. By superimposing themselves on a human, they can thereby interface with the Forerunner tech as well.

That's a humdrum idea though, which is why I'm speculating about what makes humanity so special. Maybe humanity's brain was manipulated by the Forerunner, or the Precursor, or just happened to evolve to be special. I have no idea, I'm just speculating whether there's 'something' about the human mind that makes it 'special'. There are two things that humans have that no one else does: AI, and the mantle of reclamation. Given DP #18, I'm wondering if they're related, that's all.

Also, DP #17 makes it clear that the AIs are pondering abandoning their traditional role shepherding mankind. They seem reluctant, but nevertheless consider the possibility. DP #18 mentions becoming 'true companions' which I take as a sort of independence for the AIs. Basically, the beginning of the path that leads away from giving a care about mankind.

But Hysterical Joker's argument is the most sensible. It seems like the AI were trying to build 'a better man'. There's evidence for this with the whole ORION effort.

So, it makes sense that the AI would consider the taking of an AI mind and implanting it onto a human to be the 'ideal man'. That does make the most sense.

The only problem is where do we see this? For example, half of Halo 3 Master Chief is alone. So... where's the symbiosis that saves mankind? More secret programs?

If the Data Pads are self-contained, then #18 would really be the end of the story. The AIs have decided to 'merge' literally with humanity going forward. In fact, Cortana and MC are who basically saved the world many times over, proving the effectiveness of the relationship.

Then again... there's the issue of John's luck. There's the issue of Halsey's discussions on destiny. There's the whole Slipspace experiment. I'm still on this horse about the AIs trying to stop Dr. Sorvad from getting the latchkey to Halsey.

I feel like DP #18 offers good closure if considered by itself. But in the greater context there are just too many loose ends. This is why I speculate.

And Didact's 'Great Journey' as a euphemism - I love that! But where'd the Forerunner all go? What about the Precursor artifact? Why was humanity chosen to be reclaimers? And more...

I think DP 18 is a sign of things to come, more than things that are already occurring, perhaps in reference to future work by 343. As of now, there is nothing to go off of suggesting they followed in MC/Cortana's footsteps until after the war, which we know little about.

Forerunners are generally thought to have died out, made it onto shield worlds, or fled the galaxy. But there's no evidence to support either possibility fully, and there's no evidence to suggest that shield worlds are safe from Halo(that I know of).

An excellent point. But then, Maybe the shield worlds are safe from Halo. Refer too Halopedia for that. The Shield World is protected by a Micro Dyson Sphere, located within a Slip-space bubble of compressed space-time. The only way in is a small portal that constitutes the only real-space component of a Shield World. Access to Shield Worlds was only possible upon the imminent activation of the Halo Array. So maybe when all of the Halo's were fired simultaneously to fight off the flood before the galaxy was repopulated, the Forerunners made it to one of the shield worlds. So I would assume that the shield worlds are protected from the Halo Array seeing as all halo's were tested several trillion times before the final firing (Needs a reference).

  • 09.30.2010 5:10 PM PDT

josepi

Its said in the halo encyclopedia that the remaining forerunners left the galaxy... I have no dount in my mind that the datapads refer to where the halo story is going in the immediate future. However i still think gleaming whatever knowledge is in them and factual should be prioritized over speculation albeit the latters more fun lol :)

  • 09.30.2010 8:35 PM PDT
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  • 09.30.2010 8:45 PM PDT