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Yeah, that's right, we're already getting to theories just from the announcement...i should be ashamed of myself...oh well, here it goes.

In halo2, on the second to last level (or fourth, i can't remember which), cortana mentions an AI aboard the forerunner ship. Cortana, in the announcement trailer, speaks differently than normal. What does she say?


I have defied Gods and Demons. I am your shield...i am your sword.


The only problem with all this is that it looks like Cortana, but it isn't. Cortana only appears after these lines. On top of that, it isn't really her voice for the first line, though the second one is questionable.

On top of that, the game revolves around the Ark (drr) and they are on Earth, supposedly, which opens up. AKA, the Earth is the Ark.

Then MC has an AR, which looks enhanced. Banshee's fly faster than before. And probably other little snippets are around, though i haven't seen them yet. What else?

We already know earth is in deep -blam!-. They said that in the halo2 announcement trailer. So that's not knew...guess we'll just have to wait and see.

  • 05.09.2006 2:41 PM PDT
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ok...does cortana say "i am your sheild i am your SWORD"...or does she say "i am your shield i am your SOURCE"

source makes more sense but peeps keep saying sword...i mean...why would cortana be a sword?...she'd be his source

here's what i noticed:

Chief’s armor:

new gloves
two separate sections to the breast plate
scars, scrapes, and dents
paler color

and also, the lightning hits the same place twice...not sure that means anything...

but honestly, i think it's just a new look for Cortana...i like it...and yeah the AR looks moded...dont think it's the same though.

  • 06.14.2006 9:01 PM PDT
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I am your shield, I am your sword

you dough heads.

  • 06.14.2006 9:07 PM PDT
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im sick of halo 3 theories. not one theory is anyware close to being right stop posting bull-blam!- theories thank you

  • 06.14.2006 9:17 PM PDT
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ok. 4 all the people who read this, these are cortana's lines.

'I have defied gods and demons."

"I am your sheild... I am your sword..."

"I know you. Your past. Your future."

"This is how the world ends."

and on that, yes, its the AR. i better get my M6D pistol back with its 2x scope. but on many forums it was agreed that the thing opening is the Ark, and that the covenant didnt know wut it was, because they obviously started backing away from it when it opened.

one more thing. i found the little Grunt sign in the trailer pretty funny.

  • 06.14.2006 9:23 PM PDT
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ok...does cortana say "i am your sheild i am your SWORD"...or does she say "i am your shield i am your SOURCE"

source makes more sense but peeps keep saying sword...i mean...why would cortana be a sword?...she'd be his source

here's what i noticed:

Chief’s armor:

new gloves
two separate sections to the breast plate
scars, scrapes, and dents
paler color

and also, the lightning hits the same place twice...not sure that means anything...

but honestly, i think it's just a new look for Cortana...i like it...and yeah the AR looks moded...dont think it's the same though.



I dont care what enyone says SWORD does not have an S sound on the end. I listened to that part on a loop for a full minute and heard source every time.....

  • 06.14.2006 9:27 PM PDT
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it might just be video hiss or static

and that is the ark on earth. there was some halo concept art in the LE version of halo 2 w/ some concept art of that exact same thing and it was labeled "Ark"

o and the reason she sounds weird is she was last found w/ the gravemind at the end of halo 2, and listen to her voice, the gravemind's voice is obviously detectable in it

either hes talking thru her or hes taken control of her somehow, i believe hes capable of it since he had both fused w/ penitent tangent and had full control of delta halos teleportation grid.

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  • 06.14.2006 9:32 PM PDT
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I am your shield ... I am your SOURCE!!!!!

If you listen closely then you will hear the S sound.

  • 06.14.2006 9:37 PM PDT
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it does sound alot like source actually, but it really doesent matter and sword makes more sense

shield and sword

shield = defense

sword = offense

source = electric generator to power your house. or some1 giving information to a news agency

i think its the gravemind talking thru her right there so why would the gravemind be either of those tho

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR HALO 3 THEN WONT WE

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Frankie already said that it was sword, not source.

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  • 06.14.2006 10:09 PM PDT
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oooo thanks

THEN HAHAHA I WIN

jk but yah there ya go theres proof

  • 06.14.2006 10:11 PM PDT
Subject: Banshee's fly faster than before.
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Actually I think that's for dramatic effect.

  • 06.14.2006 10:11 PM PDT
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Is this even a theory? It's just saying what is in the trailer.

  • 06.14.2006 10:15 PM PDT