- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Eagle 117
Posted by: Lysander
Sure. It kind of get weird, like telepathy, and I'm sure there's some Area 51 deal too, but for the most part, it is very interesting. Here's the link. I was wrong, it wasn't the Ellridge, it was the Eldrigde. There's a link at the bottom of the page that should give you more info. ;)
Thanks for the link, it was very helpful:)
I still have a few quams with the "making a time machine" issue, which I'll illustrate with this conversation between Dr. Halsey and Cortana:)
[color=white]“Plot the temporal irregularities (time log discrepancies) on a space-time surface. Then call up my file on the spatial distortion generated by the alien artifact (the artifact from Reach).On the displays appeared sets of nearly identical curved membranes that stretched about a central location and time: Reach and the recovery of the strange artifact. That thing not only bends space, Dr. Halsey whispered to herself, but bends time as well. That’s not possible, Cortana said. How could the artifact on Reach affect us on Halo - light years away? Don’t think of it as a physical distance, Dr. Halsey replied absentmindedly, staring at the monitors. You and John were on an event path intersecting the crystal. She moved the curves (on the monitors that deal with the alien artifact) over one another; the time and space surfaces were a perfect match. You had to be there at that place and time to recover us and remove the crystal - time and space warped to make that event occur. Cortana gave a derisive laugh. That’s circular logic, Doctor. It directly contravenes several well-established theories— And it fits the know data. Dr. Halsey shut the file down the files containing here analysis. I see now why the Covenant are so interested in this object. They mustn’t be allowed to get their hands on it. Not them, and certainly not Section Three, either.”(p.247-248)[/color]
In this conversation, we see that Dr. Halsey HAS to explain to Cortana that the artifact found on Reach does infact have time warping capabilities. Cortana, who is an AI modeled off Halsey's own mind, has trouble accepting this. Note that Cortana even brings up that there is data and theories that point to time traveling being impossible. Because of this, I'm left still left asking myself, how would Ackerson build a time machine without the artifact?
-Eagle 117
P.S.
Don't take my comments to be in the nature of "Your argument sucks". It actually comes from a completely seperate side of the argument spectrum. I enjoy discussing these types of issues:) No offense taken. Actually, your questioning certain parts of my theory is helping me to reevaluate what I wrote. It's helping me to smooth some edges. ;)