- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
OK guys I'm gonna have us a little plot rant here, based on all I've read and all the things you guys see in the distortions.
Earth is the location of the Ark, which is the facility to control all Halo's and thus ultimate kickass power. Cortana acts a little weird, as if she swapped knowledge with the Gravemind. If you check the storyboards for the trailer there's one of her as well in which she looks stark raving mad and scary too to say the least. About what she says, I agree with the lot of ye'. She has defied Gods (the Holy Covenant, bound by their religious belief in the Great Journey and indeed led by Prophets) and Demons (the Flood and the Gravemind). If indeed she has defied them, she must have some measure of control over her faculties despite the close encounter with the Gravemind. She knows the spartan's past (perhaps the Forerunner were human indeed) and the future. I'll get back to that.
Now, what actually happens in the trailer is there's a single Covenant dropship being escorted towards the centre of the huge structure, presumably the Ark, when it opens up. Like someone said in another thread, the Covenant's reaction is pretty weird. Instead of continuing into the Light, they bolt like the devil's on their heels. This seems to indicate that this is not supposed to happen right at that point.
Now for anyone who's played any of both Halo games, it's clear that there's a nasty little detail about forerunner facilities - such as the Ark. Or a library. Starting to feel me there?
Forerunner facilities are infested with Flood. Now another Flood rush would be something to bolt from wouldn't it? Also, Cortana may well know the future with her knowledge and the gravemind's combined. The covenant will probably want to activate the Ark. If it is activated, the most likely thing to happen would be the destruction of all life , Flood, Human or Covenant in the entire galaxy. This is the way the world ends. Now no matter the alliances possibly in effect in Halo III, that's something humans, flood and enlightened covenant would want to avoid. So hopefully the new and improved Cortana will be Master Chief's shield and sword.
He'll need it to finish the fight. He's gonna kick some ass anyway :^)