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Subject: Halo CEA Terminals ~ SPOILERS AND SPECULATION

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343's voice didn't sound right to me.

  • 11.13.2011 7:42 PM PDT

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I think that crashed ship isn't alien, but a ship of the ancient humans, that somehow survived the war.

And the ancient enemey referred to are the ancient humans.

  • 11.13.2011 11:32 PM PDT

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Noooo, why did I watch these? D:

  • 11.14.2011 12:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: haloplayer2kill
I think that crashed ship isn't alien, but a ship of the ancient humans, that somehow survived the war.

And the ancient enemey referred to are the ancient humans.


That would be amazingly confusing heh.

What's interesting to me is that Installation 04's sensors detected sentient life inside the ship. So, either its dead or there is something inside that ship that never came out (though those guys are probably gone too now that the ring is destroyed)

Coupled with an unrecognizable alien language, whatever created those ships, whoever's in those ships, they are something we have NEVER encountered before.

Now here's my real contribution to this thread.

Is it just me or does the color of the crashed ship sort of vaguely resemble that of the crazy humanoid robot thing in the Halo 4 concept trailer? Now, I havent been feeling too well over the weekend so maybe its just my head playing games with me...

  • 11.14.2011 1:36 AM PDT

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  • 11.14.2011 4:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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

Oh my ego has just been stroked and stroked well.


Ever since The conversations of the universe booklet i have been saying "something else found installation 4" but nooo since snakie didn't believe it nobody believed me.

I was also corrected about the Didact Dying even though we knew that since damn IRIS said so.

And people wonder why i normally say my "Theories" are correct because i have never been wrong. Bah enough of my narcissism.






I do find it interesting how something did indeed land on installation. The ship looks like a mini reaper so naturally we must all assuming it was something evil. (clear sarcasm) But more importantly is the "grave" for the ship that tunnel you pass through in halo 1?


Nothing more to say about the terminals really other than the fact the forerunners look eerily human to the point it is giving me an uncomfortable feeling. They look so similar to us yet cast us down? I am basing this off the librarians shadow and the presumed infected forerunner in a tank.


Any ideas on the reptilian creature in one of the terminals?

  • 11.14.2011 5:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: Chaozhound
343's voice didn't sound right to me.


I have no idea how you can think this, it's the exact same voice actor...

  • 11.14.2011 8:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: grey101
Oh my ego has just been stroked and stroked well.


Ever since The conversations of the universe booklet i have been saying "something else found installation 4" but nooo since snakie didn't believe it nobody believed me.

I was also corrected about the Didact Dying even though we knew that since damn IRIS said so.

And people wonder why i normally say my "Theories" are correct because i have never been wrong. Bah enough of my narcissism.






I do find it interesting how something did indeed land on installation. The ship looks like a mini reaper so naturally we must all assuming it was something evil. (clear sarcasm) But more importantly is the "grave" for the ship that tunnel you pass through in halo 1?


Nothing more to say about the terminals really other than the fact the forerunners look eerily human to the point it is giving me an uncomfortable feeling. They look so similar to us yet cast us down? I am basing this off the librarians shadow and the presumed infected forerunner in a tank.


Any ideas on the reptilian creature in one of the terminals?


i
do not know, was this the graveminds plan to capture one more halo, and the reason of the comm blackout may be because the gravemind has caused it so that other monitors will have no understanding how the other halo's have fallen.

Or is there something we have not seen.

  • 11.14.2011 8:47 AM PDT

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Humans and precs vs Forerunners Round 2?


I would love for the unsc,elites and precs to -blam!- over the forerunners.

  • 11.14.2011 8:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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

I don't really see the lack of communication as a major sign if even a little one. I Naturally assume That each monitor would be too busy with their own problems or would chose to be left alone.

Think about it, what could you possibly have to say communicating every thousand years? It's going to be chalk filled with "everything is normal" and them just feeling sad for themselves. Contrary to what people want to think being sad in a group isn't better than being sad alone.


Like i said this is just me and since each monitor has its own personality's and views i would be surprised if some didn't want to limit communications with the others.

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The terminals also bring up the idea that a bored monitor could go rouge and start doing all sorts of dangerous experiments to pass by time.

  • 11.14.2011 8:54 AM PDT


Posted by: grey101
Any ideas on the reptilian creature in one of the terminals?


My quick take on this one is a throwback to our dinosaurs or similar evolutionary stage. Basically the firing wiped out all that progress.

I don't think it was any character or race specifically. Just a representation similar to our dinosaurs becoming extinct.

  • 11.14.2011 5:01 PM PDT

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  • 11.14.2011 5:12 PM PDT

"Just like old times..."

It's been mentioned before, but there are many Marathon references in the Halo series, someone might want to check the ship profiles against the visitor's crash in the sarcophagus.

Also of note, back when Halo 3 was still coming out (or was it 2?) there was an online teaser that featured one of the alien languages decoded bit by bit by fans. The one where they went out across the country to try the beta before it was released? I'm being vague, but this is from forever ago. Has anyone got a cipher for these forunner/covvie letters? The combinations at the end of every video are begging to be translated.

In addition, there's layers upon layers of hidden bits in these terminals. Bungie in the past has used hidden audio in their videos, such as the reversed "Your destruction is the will of the gods" bit from the Halo 2 promos, and frame by frame examination of terminal videos also reveals symbols reffering to the Diadect, etc... There's alot for us to process here, I'm sure a few bright minds in the community could come together and pull up something interesting.

  • 11.14.2011 9:02 PM PDT
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:)

Just finished Halo CEA then. The Keyes terminal is so sad.

I haven't really got my head around the terminals yet. Is it possible that the containment that was built around the crashed ship protected it from the ring's destruction somehow?

  • 11.15.2011 5:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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


Posted by: Cpl Shepard
It's been mentioned before, but there are many Marathon references in the Halo series, someone might want to check the ship profiles against the visitor's crash in the sarcophagus.

Also of note, back when Halo 3 was still coming out (or was it 2?) there was an online teaser that featured one of the alien languages decoded bit by bit by fans. The one where they went out across the country to try the beta before it was released? I'm being vague, but this is from forever ago. Has anyone got a cipher for these forunner/covvie letters? The combinations at the end of every video are begging to be translated.

In addition, there's layers upon layers of hidden bits in these terminals. Bungie in the past has used hidden audio in their videos, such as the reversed "Your destruction is the will of the gods" bit from the Halo 2 promos, and frame by frame examination of terminal videos also reveals symbols reffering to the Diadect, etc... There's alot for us to process here, I'm sure a few bright minds in the community could come together and pull up something interesting.



I im not big on marathon lore whatsoever so i'll leave that part to somebody else.

That was some halo 2 viral with the covenant language. covenant Rosetta stone.


My eyes didn't catch any subliminal messages so i think we are fine on that part. Our best bet is to reverse the audio,get some transcripts, and try translating some of the forerunner glyphs.



Posted by: jross1993
Just finished Halo CEA then. The Keyes terminal is so sad.

I haven't really got my head around the terminals yet. Is it possible that the containment that was built around the crashed ship protected it from the ring's destruction somehow?



This was a long time before any of that drama.


I am going to see if any time was given for that event and see if there is a relation with the breakout on installation 05.

[Edited on 11.15.2011 5:30 AM PST]

  • 11.15.2011 5:24 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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

I took the time to get screens from the terminals. i got all the forerunner symbols minus the alien transmission other than that everything is covered.



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I got stills of the ships also and this can be added to the OP.


I think we are all idiots; nobody suggested that this could be one of the ancient ships that crashed with the flood powder. Though the organics are an odd cookie it is odder that they live in an environment nearly like ours.

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So reviewing some of the images this is what i have noticed.



The specimen in this container is probably an infected forerunner. I say that because (to me) it look similar to the librarians shadow
Which overall i find..."disturbing" because they look highly humanoid.


I can't say much on the alien ship because there really isn't much to say.




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  • 11.15.2011 6:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Chaozhound
343's voice didn't sound right to me.


I have no idea how you can think this, it's the exact same voice actor...
I actually said the same thing about his voice when we were given a first look at 343's story through the terminals. Dadabo or not, it sounds different.

  • 11.15.2011 7:49 AM PDT

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Still using a pump-action shotgun over 500 years in the future I see.

omg not realistic stop game production plz

I feel like a tool, because I just watched the Keyes one and I was genuinely scared...

I really do fear the Flood now.

  • 11.15.2011 11:06 AM PDT

"Just like old times..."

I took the time to get screens from the terminals. i got all the forerunner symbols minus the alien transmission other than that everything is covered.

Nice going Grey. I'll see if I can run the terminal clips through Sound Forge and check the audio for hidden bits.

That alien ship is killing me though, I'm dying to find out what it's all about.

  • 11.15.2011 3:58 PM PDT

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Oh boy. I just watched it................... (tried resisting!, but my tv is in my new house sooo)

I like these so much! Especially the visual style! It explains so much :D

More analysis! Lets go!

Oh boy, so this is hinting at the Didact going on a killing spree?? He's still alive? Timeless One...... :O

Interesting.... I have yet to read Glasslands so I may have not gotten all the references. What is that ship?

I really like where Halo is going, and I love at the end when the galaxies' lights go out.....

It seems to be focused on the big picture. As big as it can get. A true galactic war. Maybe even extra-galactic.

Forerunners, Humans, Pre-historic Humans(?), Flood, Precursors. This is exciting! I was skeptical about the storytelling ability 343 had but now i'm plain excited! It is so rare to have a huge story evolve over this amount of time!

I'm a fan of Mass Effect but that's not even close to this scale. We are on the cusp of a new era. This story is crazy! I love it.

And we do have 2 more forerunner books :D!

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  • 11.15.2011 10:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: CoolCJ24
I feel like a tool, because I just watched the Keyes one and I was genuinely scared...

I really do fear the Flood now.


Yeah no, I'm cringing right now!

  • 11.15.2011 10:34 PM PDT

I have only played up to The Library so far, and have only found the terminals up as far as Truth and Reconciliation, so I won't watch the videos. I am impressed by what I have seen so far though.

  • 11.16.2011 12:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: grey101


I can't say much on the alien ship because there really isn't much to say.



It looks like a Reaper.

  • 11.16.2011 3:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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


Posted by: UnfitFatbill
Oh boy. I just watched it................... (tried resisting!, but my tv is in my new house sooo)

I like these so much! Especially the visual style! It explains so much :D

More analysis! Lets go!

Oh boy, so this is hinting at the Didact going on a killing spree?? He's still alive? Timeless One...... :O

Interesting.... I have yet to read Glasslands so I may have not gotten all the references. What is that ship?

I really like where Halo is going, and I love at the end when the galaxies' lights go out.....

It seems to be focused on the big picture. As big as it can get. A true galactic war. Maybe even extra-galactic.

Forerunners, Humans, Pre-historic Humans(?), Flood, Precursors. This is exciting! I was skeptical about the storytelling ability 343 had but now i'm plain excited! It is so rare to have a huge story evolve over this amount of time!

I'm a fan of Mass Effect but that's not even close to this scale. We are on the cusp of a new era. This story is crazy! I love it.

And we do have 2 more forerunner books :D!



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The didact is and has been dead 343 was simply saying "What if". which is why he said "is she were here that means he would too"; they are dead.

Don't see how The Timeless one is involved in any terminal. If you haven't read Cryptum then don't talk about it. We don't know what the ship is.



No no no. Forerunners relocated, Ancient humans are done, we don't know absolutely anything about the precursors.


Halo 4 takes place 4 years after halo 3 and the Return takes place 6 years after halo 3. Nothing about some gigantic galactic war was even implied then. The same stuff that should be happening is happening. None of the races are healthy enough to fight themselves let alone somebody else.

And 343 as been promoting the current dates that were set after halo 3. So it would be a waste and very unprofessional of them to completely change everything after accepting it.


Meaning none of that garbage you or blue ruby want is going to happen.

  • 11.16.2011 5:41 AM PDT