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Posted by: gtfan92
The following thread discussing the possible plot of Halo 4 involves conjecture that cannot be proven to be true.
Ever since Halo 3 launched, many people have wondered what the back half of the Forward Unto Dawn was floating towards at the end of the game on Legendary difficulty. Though the mysterious planetoid appeared to be Forerunner in origin, many were left grasping at straws on how that planet related to something seen previously in the series. One of those theories has been that the planetoid is related to Onyx.
However, the actual "planet" of Onyx does not exist anymore.
Ghosts of Onyx, page 377-378
Onyx shattered and the surface exploded into space. Obscured by layers of dust and fire, a blazing pattern emerged beneath: crosses and lines and dots...
The view pulled back and showed that this drone-constructed scaffolding stretched over kilometers... they had been under every landmass, every ocean... under the entire surface - orderly linked rows like the carbon bonds of an infinite polymer chain, or an immense colony of living interlinked army ants.
The drones were the planet Onyx.
So, there is no way that the Legendary planet can be Onyx. (You know, since it doesn't exist anymore)
However, it is entirely possible that the planet could be the Shield World that was in-capsuled within Onyx. Bear with me here.
Ghosts of Onyx, page 364
"The Forerunners built this construct to protect these 'Reclaimers' from the Halo detonations. Like a bomb shelter.
Kurt says this to Halsey before he orders the Spartans to go into the Shield World inside of Onyx. Why is this important? Because access to Shield Worlds was only possible upon the imminent activation of the Halo Array. [still looking for proper notion in Ghosts of Onyx] This can also be noted by the fact that the events of Ghosts of Onyx ran concurrently with the Battle of Installation 05.
My theory so far: When Keyes activated and subsequently deactivated Installation 05, the entire Halo Array went into stand-by mode. This also caused the Shield Worlds to activate and close.
However, the Shield World is "hidden" inside a slipspace bubble and, while it is enormous in actual size, only appears to be a small size in normal space. Since the Array is set for remote activation, the Shield World would definitely stay in slipspace until the level "The Covenant" on Halo 3.
At the end of this level, Truth forces Sergeant Johnson to activated the rings from the Ark. In spite of this, the Chief and the Arbiter kill Truth and deactivate the Ark, meaning that the rings would have been activated and then deactivated. (obviously) Since the Shield World activated upon activation of the Array, it is not entire possible to think that they would re-open or exit slipspace once the Array had been completely deactivated.
Linking the Chief's location to the possible location of the Shield World:
Now, of the things I have presented so far, this one involves the biggest stretch.
At the end of Halo 3, the Chief and the Arbiter attempt to go through the portal as Installation 04B is destroyed. However, we know that only the Arbiter gets through back to Earth and that the Chief is left floating by the Forerunner-looking planetoid. Several theories have cropped up that Mendicant Bias, seeking atonement for his atrocities committed against the Forerunners, redirected the portal to prove to his original makers that he had changed. If this is true, it could be possible that Mendicant sent Chief to the location of a Shield World (where he could believe any remaining Forerunners may be) to prove his change in beliefs. If the Onyx shield world did indeed come out of slipspace after the Ark's deactivation, this could very well be it.
Another theory is that the Portal collapsed due to stress inflicted by the explosion of Installation 04B. If this is true, it is feasible that the back of the Dawn got dropped off at a fail-safe location. In all likelihood, a fail-safe location for the portal leaving the Ark would drop off near a Shield World in order to rendezvous with any possible survivors of an activation that used the Shield World.
Like all theories related to predicting Halo 4's plot, this one has its drawbacks. I have delineated two:
1) Halsey said that the Shield World was a Micro-Dyson's sphere, meaning that it would be HUGE. In both the Legendary-ending to Halo 3 and the trailer to Halo 4, the planetoid did not appear to be exceedingly large. However, using this picture you could make a case that the perspective is tricky and you can't completely tell the exact size of the planet.
2) If Halo: Legends is considered canon (it was created by 343i, so it likely is) then it would mean that about four years has past since the end of Halo 3. If the Chief was purposely redirected towards a Shield World, why would it take this long for something to happen?
Why do I think this is possible? Master Chief will always be linked to his fellow Spartans, Dr. Halsey, and SCPO Mendez. As of right now, both the Chief and the group in the Shield World share an important trait: they are both stranded without any immediate possibilities of a way out. The pieces would logically fit together for the Chief to find or rescue them from the Shield World. (or vice-versa)
TL;DR: When the Ark was deactivated, the Onyx-based Shield World came out of slipspace at some location and the Chief somehow got redirected to this location went he went through the portal at the end of Halo 3.
Thoughts? Criticisms?
I was looking through hasleys journal and fond a small picture of a star system,theres a blue circle around a black bloch and and an arrow pointing at it.At the bottom of the card it say "A new threat?"
On the back it say(Word for word):
Catherine
As far as I know we don't officially have anything in this sector we certainly don't have anything as BIG as this seems to be. Size-wise, it's got to be something in the neighborhood of
Uranus XV9Puck0...AND this is a 10 min exposure - no p/y/r - this object definitely exhibits what i would have to discribe as guided movement.
I know the chatternet isn't your kinda thing,but if you want to weigh in on this >> <sci.space.science.misc>...it'll be pretty obious once you're in.
~JC