- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I'm not sure if this has been suggested already, or it's obvious to everyone to watched the trailer, but Cortana says that "this is the way the world ends," just after the blast goes off and the screen goes completely white.
To me, it seems like John is just standing by and watching this happen, like he knew the arc was armed and ready to go off. On the other hand, it looks like the Covenant were none the wiser. It seemed like they were all rushing to the site of the explosion, possibly to try to halt the explosion? I haven't figured out as to WHY the covenant would even want to halt the explosion at all, seeing as how it is part of their "Great Journey", but that is the feeling I was getting while watching the trailer. Other people have suggested that the Prophet was on the Phantom that was being escorted by the Banshees, which would make sense if the Prophet is the only one that the Covenant BELIEVE has the knowledge to stop the explosion from starting. Then, as the arc is arming, it looks like all the covenant ships are trying to escape the blast site (not that it would matter), while MC is simply standing around, awaiting the explosion.
Suggestions, comments?