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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact

The Flood,the Precursors????Something else?

I guess the next Forerunners books will hint at more

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.


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  • 06.06.2011 12:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: hotshot revan II
The Flood,the Precursors????Something else?

I guess the next Forerunners books will hint at more

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.

Is that quote box official?

  • 06.06.2011 12:48 PM PDT

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The word Vijay is similar in meaning to Jai, although there is a small difference. Vijay indicates being victorious while trying to conquer, Jai indicates victorious while trying to defend.

I just think its stupid that he wakes up, having gone nowhere after destroying the last ring, and has a jet pack attached to his back. It can't get better from there storywise tbh....s'all im sayin'

  • 06.06.2011 12:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: I VijaY I
I just think its stupid that he wakes up, having gone nowhere after destroying the last ring, and has a jet pack attached to his back. It can't get better from there storywise tbh....s'all im sayin'
it's not a jetpack, it's a part of the armor sir.

  • 06.06.2011 12:49 PM PDT

Posted by: hotshot revan II
The Flood,the Precursors????Something else?

I guess the next Forerunners books will hint at more

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.

Ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.
It is non-other than Unicron from the animated Transformers movie... clearly >_>

But seriously I hope its a forerunner shield installation like Onyx.

  • 06.06.2011 12:49 PM PDT


Posted by: I VijaY I
I just think its stupid that he wakes up, having gone nowhere after destroying the last ring, and has a jet pack attached to his back. It can't get better from there storywise tbh....s'all im sayin'


so many people hate the thruster pack, but if you think about it, it's either A been there all along and he hasn't had to use it, or B been fitted during cryo by cortana for the purposes of getting off the ship safely or cortana has an ulterior motive (rampant kicking in)

  • 06.06.2011 12:50 PM PDT
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We are all going to get banned aren't we?

I think the destiny refers to ancient humanity or what the forerunners wanted us to do.


Far as the evil it is ether precursors,flood, or the race originally associated with the flood.

forerunners are ruled out becuase they aren't evil, highly biased but they aren't evil.

  • 06.06.2011 12:52 PM PDT
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forerunners are ruled out becuase they aren't evil, highly biased but they aren't evil.


Are we talking about the same Forerunner? Because the Forerunner I remember slaughtered us in war and then devolved us. After that, they were completely racist and looked at us as second class citizens.

  • 06.06.2011 1:02 PM PDT
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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact


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Posted by: hotshot revan II
The Flood,the Precursors????Something else?

I guess the next Forerunners books will hint at more

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.

Is that quote box official?


Yea from waypoint

  • 06.06.2011 1:02 PM PDT

If that quote box is real, then this is getting very deep, and very good.

ATM, I'm thinking Precursors (Maybe the Prisoner?)

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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact


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If that quote box is real, then this is getting very deep, and very good.

ATM, I'm thinking Precursors (Maybe the Prisoner?)


http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/games

Cool art btw

  • 06.06.2011 1:08 PM PDT
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I'm actually really upset that Microsoft continued this series with out Bungie. They crushed Halo's integrity for me because they went beyond what Bungie wanted. Halo 4 will not be in my Gaming library.

  • 06.06.2011 1:14 PM PDT

Interestingly enough, when you migrate a gamertag from one email to another, your old Bnet account doesn't. Sigh.

http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/titles/halo4

Wake up John.

  • 06.06.2011 1:17 PM PDT


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I'm actually really upset that Microsoft continued this series with out Bungie. They crushed Halo's integrity for me because they went beyond what Bungie wanted. Halo 4 will not be in my Gaming library.


You know Bungie wanted to originally do Halo 4, right? But they said the didn't want to open doors they couldn't close, so went with Reach.

Oh, and that will be embedded in my mind forever.

wake up john...

Its like the new finish the fight, and has a creepy, ominous feeling to it. Especially with the trailer's music.

[Edited on 06.06.2011 1:33 PM PDT]

  • 06.06.2011 1:32 PM PDT
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Man. This is some BS, I heard the news of this and jumped back on here to come to some conclusions and agrue with people over what has and what is going to happen...

So, here's my theories:

Forerunner: It's the shield world, he'll meet up with the rest of the SPARTANS in the Dyson Sphere because the planet will repair itself.

It's just another world with another problem that John gets caught up in.

Precurser: Some sort of delayed mechanism for wiping out Forerunners, now it's targeting Humans.

Or it could be something we've never seen before... leaning more on this.

_

Plot ideas: John's going to die this time, or he'll be knocked down a peg... he's been lucky (and good, seeing as how *I'M* controlling him) so far and this is about taking the prestige away from being a Spartan.

I wouldn't put this timeline more than 20-40 years past Halo 3's end... the reactors most likely wouldn't sustain life for that long...

SPEAKING OF TIME: Cortana, she's got to go. She'll have been rampant for a few years now, and we'll most likely have to put her down.

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Posted by: Sumofl
Man. This is some BS, I heard the news of this and jumped back on here to come to some conclusions and agrue with people over what has and what is going to happen...

So, here's my theories:

Forerunner: It's the shield world, he'll meet up with the rest of the SPARTANS in the Dyson Sphere because the planet will repair itself.

It's just another world with another problem that John gets caught up in.

Precurser: Some sort of delayed mechanism for wiping out Forerunners, now it's targeting Humans.

Or it could be something we've never seen before... leaning more on this.

_

Plot ideas: John's going to die this time, or he'll be knocked down a peg... he's been lucky (and good, seeing as how *I'M* controlling him) so far and this is about taking the prestige away from being a Spartan.

I wouldn't put this timeline more than 20-40 years past Halo 3's end... the reactors most likely wouldn't sustain life for that long...

SPEAKING OF TIME: Cortana, she's got to go. She'll have been rampant for a few years now, and we'll most likely have to put her down.


I doubt we will be having a party in the Dyson Sphere. That just seems far too boring for a game and better flushed out in a book, imo. He isn't going to die because they already said this was turning into a new trilogy. He is still going to be the super hero we all know and love.

Cortana isn't going to go anywhere. It has already been said that Rampancy can be held off by keeping active. (See: Cole Protocol) Also, she is the first of her kind in terms of AI (flash cloned brain from a living person)

  • 06.06.2011 1:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sumofl
Man. This is some BS, I heard the news of this and jumped back on here to come to some conclusions and agrue with people over what has and what is going to happen...

So, here's my theories:

Forerunner: It's the shield world, he'll meet up with the rest of the SPARTANS in the Dyson Sphere because the planet will repair itself.

It's just another world with another problem that John gets caught up in.

Precurser: Some sort of delayed mechanism for wiping out Forerunners, now it's targeting Humans.

Or it could be something we've never seen before... leaning more on this.

_

Plot ideas: John's going to die this time, or he'll be knocked down a peg... he's been lucky (and good, seeing as how *I'M* controlling him) so far and this is about taking the prestige away from being a Spartan.

I wouldn't put this timeline more than 20-40 years past Halo 3's end... the reactors most likely wouldn't sustain life for that long...

SPEAKING OF TIME: Cortana, she's got to go. She'll have been rampant for a few years now, and we'll most likely have to put her down.


Cortana does not have to go.

It is probably the shield world from Onyx, I bet Halsey and the Spartans will be there. Doubt there will be much UNSC involvement if any.

Covenant?
Elites?
Something tells me they'll be back, and they're threatened by the new bad guys too.


  • 06.06.2011 1:45 PM PDT

If you're passionate about the thing you're talking about, I'll always lend an ear.

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, the Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the universe.
Sounds like the Reapers to me.
:)

But in all honesty, one can hope that the continuation of the Halo series links with the novel GoO.

[Edited on 06.06.2011 1:48 PM PDT]

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Posted by: evil BlackComet
I'm actually really upset that Microsoft continued this series with out Bungie. They crushed Halo's integrity for me because they went beyond what Bungie wanted. Halo 4 will not be in my Gaming library.


Unfortunately (but fortunately) Bungie was able to create a (Halo) universe that's rich and admired, which means there is a lot of money that can still be made. The bottom line is that Xbox isn't ready to begin a post-Halo life; after all, who would want to stand by and watch their #1 $$$-generator sit idly in the midst of a heated console war?

People, including myself, will want to play the game and see where the story goes.

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We are all going to get banned aren't we?


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forerunners are ruled out becuase they aren't evil, highly biased but they aren't evil.


Are we talking about the same Forerunner? Because the Forerunner I remember slaughtered us in war and then devolved us. After that, they were completely racist and looked at us as second class citizens.


Yes we are.

though i am pissed at what they did, they truly aren't evil they were just arrogant and didn't like humanity because we were so similar.

I remind you that the entire time they were fighting the flood the goal was to stop it from killing everything not destroy it like humanity did.

They are good with good intentions, they are just acting naturally since i can't say human.

  • 06.06.2011 1:51 PM PDT
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Amen to that Ninja, if anything I'd like another satisfying Single player campaign out of Halo, as opposed to these "LOLOL, WE CHURN THESE OUT FOR THE MULTIPLAYER" games that have little story.

Also, Cortana was ALREADY Rampant! She'll be a point of headache some time in the story because of that, mark my words.

  • 06.06.2011 1:51 PM PDT

Stupid ass washing machine...

I've given the story direction a lot of thought since pissing my pants (literally, I'm not ashamed to say it) at the reveal today at E3 and I've come to the conclusions as most of you - and it's this un-related thinking of drawing the same conclusions that makes me think it's the most logical step forward in terms of plot.

As we know, and have known for four frustrating years, at the end of Halo 3 Chief was floating starbound towards a mysterious Forerunner planetoid. The trailer unveiled today showed us that we were right about that and seemed to show the Foward Unto Dawn approaching what - to me - looks like a door, most likely a portal within the Forerunner planet.

Now, at the end of Ghosts of Onyx it was revealed that the planet Onyx was actually completely Forerunner made and underneath the crust of the planet was the shield world - a bomb shelter from the Halo Array, accessed via a portal. To sum it up quickly, Fred, Kelly, Linda, Mendez, Halsey and S-III Team Saber are stuck there in the Micro-Dyson sphere with no way out.

My theories as to Halo 4 are that Master Chief has been taken to Onyx, or what remains of it. The portal-like object we saw the FoD drifting towards could be a way in for John.

One thing I'd like to raise at this point is the FoD's state of disrepair - it's exploding, and is on fire. It's breaking up, heavily. At the end of Halo 3, it wasn't like that at all. My theory on this is that the Onyx Sentinels - the same ones that comprise the planet Onyx and attacked and decimated UNSC and Covenant fleets - have been harrassing the FoD and that's why Cortana needs John to wake up.

As such, then, I conclude that in Halo 4, John-117 and Cortana are heading towards Onyx, where they will enter the shield world and most likely encounter the others trapped there, and uncover some hidden, sinister truth about the Forerunners, and John's "destiny" will be confronted.

TL;DR - read it, you uneducated slob.

  • 06.06.2011 2:04 PM PDT

haha 20-40 year? Cortana is a Smart AI, they only live 7 years, so I would say, no more than 5 years after Halo 3.

  • 06.06.2011 2:11 PM PDT

An ancient evil... Flood, Forerunner machines or even Precursors, indeed. Will the Covenant races be back as main foes, will they stay back in the sidelines or will they be completely absent (improbable)? Will the destiny of the 6 remainings Halos (and the Flood within them) be revealed? Will the Arbiter, the most badass Halo character of all time, be back as an ally with his Elites? Will the game take place a few years or many decades after the closure of the trilogy? Will the entire game be set inside the misterious forerunner planet (an intriguing, but extremely risky prospective) or will we explore the galaxy and visit various locations like in the previous games? Will Cortana go nuts after all those years? I MUST KNOW. Seriously, if there wasn't Anniversary coming out this fall to keep me busy for a while, my head would probably explode in anticipation for Halo 4.

  • 06.06.2011 2:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: Samba
haha 20-40 year? Cortana is a Smart AI, they only live 7 years, so I would say, no more than 5 years after Halo 3.


She could've shut herself down, and she's way past operational "life" anyways.

  • 06.06.2011 2:29 PM PDT

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