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Subject: Catherine seemed less intelligent in Halo: Reach.

"It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars, it will be a species very like us, but with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses, more confident, far-seeing, capable, and prudent. For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness."-Carl Sagan

I mean, getting talked down to by a Spartan?

She ran rings around Oni and got away with it. And if she was talked down too like this in the novels she would have demolished who ever had the balls to stand up to her.

Yet in this she gets out witted by Carter?

Carter of all people.


[Edited on 07.09.2011 5:21 PM PDT]

  • 07.09.2011 5:20 PM PDT

"I may not be perfect, but always been true."

Why not? Spartans respected her because they saw her as a mother, Carter never interacted with her before, to him, she's just another civilian/non-military personnel trying to abuse her authority.

  • 07.09.2011 5:24 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

She didn't get talked down to. She called Carter a puppet.

And Carter's threat was hollow. In fact, Halsey was likely so surprised at his obviously hollow threat that she didn't bother following through with the conversation.

She was completely in personality, and I've read the novels.

  • 07.09.2011 5:25 PM PDT

"It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars, it will be a species very like us, but with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses, more confident, far-seeing, capable, and prudent. For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness."-Carl Sagan


Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Why not? Spartans respected her because they saw her as a mother, Carter never interacted with her before, to him, she's just another civilian/non-military personnel trying to abuse her authority.


But she definitely would have known of Winter Contingency not to put herself in that hole anyway.

  • 07.09.2011 5:27 PM PDT

How did she appear dumb in that cutscene?

Just because she didn't say a witty reply? Come on, Halsey doesn't fall into bait like that.

  • 07.09.2011 5:30 PM PDT

Expressing my strong liberal views without shame. Favorite quotes below:

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"One starts to live when he can live outside himself."

- Albert Einstein

Posted by: I Nebula I

Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Why not? Spartans respected her because they saw her as a mother, Carter never interacted with her before, to him, she's just another civilian/non-military personnel trying to abuse her authority.


But she definitely would have known of Winter Contingency not to put herself in that hole anyway.

Halsey knew from the moment the Covenant found Reach that the planet was gone, period. She wasn't naive enough to believe that it could be saved/fought for. Her top concern was keeping potentially invaluable data safe and secret. She could care less about Winter Contingency.

  • 07.09.2011 5:30 PM PDT

"It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars, it will be a species very like us, but with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses, more confident, far-seeing, capable, and prudent. For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness."-Carl Sagan


Posted by: Plasma Prestige
Posted by: I Nebula I

Posted by: RKOSNAKE
Why not? Spartans respected her because they saw her as a mother, Carter never interacted with her before, to him, she's just another civilian/non-military personnel trying to abuse her authority.


But she definitely would have known of Winter Contingency not to put herself in that hole anyway.

Halsey knew from the moment the Covenant found Reach that the planet was gone, period. She wasn't naive enough to believe that it could be saved/fought for. Her top concern was keeping potentially invaluable data safe and secret. She could care less about Winter Contingency.


Since you put it like that........

  • 07.09.2011 5:31 PM PDT