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Subject: Cryptum questions *SPOILERS*

"It is done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of space to lull me to sleep.
I will dream of you." - The Didact

I is confused :(

So, Bornstellar becomes the Didact? how does that happen? He merges with him?? I'm so confused. Can someone tell me simply and precisely what happened?

  • 01.06.2011 10:22 PM PDT

Didact placed all of his memories and knowledge into Bornstellar after he underwent the brevet mutation. This essentially made him become the reincarnation of him after his death by the Master Builder Faber.

  • 01.06.2011 10:29 PM PDT

We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?

Honestly, Cryptum has really PISSED me off.

~B2

  • 01.06.2011 10:39 PM PDT

"It is done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of space to lull me to sleep.
I will dream of you." - The Didact

So Bornstellar will be the one to fire the Halos to defeat the Flood? (IRIS ARG campaign and Halo 3 terminals)

  • 01.06.2011 10:42 PM PDT


Posted by: Bungie2
Honestly, Cryptum has really PISSED me off.

~B2
How so?

  • 01.06.2011 10:47 PM PDT

We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?

Posted by: Sniffy66

Posted by: Bungie2
Honestly, Cryptum has really PISSED me off.

~B2
How so?
Theres just a lot that seems absurd if you look at it directly. And many theories produced by some of the greater minds on the Universe Forum are now almost complete trash. I hope the 2nd and 3rd of the trilogy help explain the inconsistencies I see.

~B2

  • 01.06.2011 11:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Bungie2
Theres just a lot that seems absurd if you look at it directly. And many theories produced by some of the greater minds on the Universe Forum are now almost complete trash.
Theories are made to be destroyed.

  • 01.06.2011 11:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Bungie2
Posted by: Sniffy66

Posted by: Bungie2
Honestly, Cryptum has really PISSED me off.

~B2
How so?
Theres just a lot that seems absurd if you look at it directly. And many theories produced by some of the greater minds on the Universe Forum are now almost complete trash. I hope the 2nd and 3rd of the trilogy help explain the inconsistencies I see.

~B2


Inconsistencies?

  • 01.06.2011 11:39 PM PDT

We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?

Posted by: StealthSlasher2

Posted by: Bungie2
Posted by: Sniffy66

Posted by: Bungie2
Honestly, Cryptum has really PISSED me off.

~B2
How so?
Theres just a lot that seems absurd if you look at it directly. And many theories produced by some of the greater minds on the Universe Forum are now almost complete trash. I hope the 2nd and 3rd of the trilogy help explain the inconsistencies I see.

~B2


Inconsistencies?

Well, moreso questions. Again i use my vocabulary badly :|.

~B2

  • 01.06.2011 11:45 PM PDT

Overall I liked the book; however, I think that Bear does a poor job of describing certain things: I was extremely confused as to what was going on when the Forerunner armada was battling the Halo installations under control by Mendicant Bias. It seemed like Bear does a poor job of illustrating battle, which has me worried for the coming books. Although, he could probably have fixed this by going more in depth into the chaos of battle, like Nylund does in his books. That was my only qualm: I like more action :).

  • 01.07.2011 12:10 AM PDT

"It is done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of space to lull me to sleep.
I will dream of you." - The Didact

I too felt confused about many things. I felt like I was thrown in with no introduction, e.g., The human subspecies?? I also didn't like how they made the Forerunner civil war seem a bigger deal than the Flood.

  • 01.07.2011 12:22 AM PDT

Wait.....are you honestly saying that because fan fiction theories on bungie.net weren't taken for fact.....that the book is bad? Really? You're mad?

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The battle seemed straight forward to me. The Halo missing Halo arrived, and the 5 under his control formed up in a pentagram or whatever. The rest fled through the portal under orders of their monitors.

Meanwhile, the Forerunner ships began battling the Halo's, all of them.....because Mendicant could switch his control at any time. The Forerunner were recalling Fortress class vessels through the portal as the rings were leaving, which caused the three that actually made it through the portal to fragment under the stress.

The Fortress-vessels, which seem like giant reverse-sperm with all the weapons on their mobile tail, began battling. The Sentinals from the Halo's began battling everyone, since thats how they are programmed.

  • 01.07.2011 12:24 AM PDT

The battle was straight forward, but I would have liked it to be described more in depth. It just seemed like Bear rushed through that whole part, and since it seemed rushed, I got confoosed :(

[Edited on 01.07.2011 12:29 AM PST]

  • 01.07.2011 12:29 AM PDT

We believe that the universe is unbounded: this is not the same as infinite: the 2-D surface of a sphere, wrapped around a 3rd dimension, has a finite size, but has no end. If you start off in a given direction on the surface of a sphere, you could return to your start point without having to turn around -- you simply go all the way around. But wouldn't that mean the universe has an escape velocity like the earth?

Posted by: forthnback
Wait.....are you honestly saying that because fan fiction theories on bungie.net weren't taken for fact.....that the book is bad? Really? You're mad?

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The battle seemed straight forward to me. The Halo missing Halo arrived, and the 5 under his control formed up in a pentagram or whatever. The rest fled through the portal under orders of their monitors.

Meanwhile, the Forerunner ships began battling the Halo's, all of them.....because Mendicant could switch his control at any time. The Forerunner were recalling Fortress class vessels through the portal as the rings were leaving, which caused the three that actually made it through the portal to fragment under the stress.

The Fortress-vessels, which seem like giant reverse-sperm with all the weapons on their mobile tail, began battling. The Sentinals from the Halo's began battling everyone, since thats how they are programmed.


The book could have been put further into detail. The fact is that although Bear was fantastic in many ways, how he has made certain things much more to scale than others such as the Forerunner Civil War overtaking importance of the Flood, and made things 100 times more complex is a bit of a thimble. I mean, Forerunners being the standard reason for the existence of many species of the H0m0 genus, such as H. floriensis and such. Doesn't the Halo canon usually parallel our own actual history? How about the "last Precursor"? Too many added questions for a book with hardly enough answers for present questions.

~B2

  • 01.07.2011 12:38 AM PDT

Jonsye

Whats cryptum?

  • 01.07.2011 4:33 AM PDT