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Subject: MC will go back in time

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In Halo: CE, 343GS talks to the Chief about activating the rings. He says:

"Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. There is no choice. We must activate the ring."

This implies that he spoke with MC the first time the Halos were activated -- 10,000 years ago.

Also, in the new trailer, Cortana says: "I know you. Your past. Your future." She obviously knows his past because she worked with him for so long. But the future?

This can be explained by having the Chief go back in time, to just before the first activation of the Halos. If this happened, he would most likely encounter the Flood at some point. This memory would be preserved in the Flood's communal memory/intelligence (Gravemind), and would subsequently be passed on to Cortana when he absorbs/takes over/allies with her, which is suggested in the trailer.

If all this happened, then Cortana would "remember" the Chief being around on Halo thousands of years in the past, and would therefore know his ultimate fate -- his future -- because it already happened.

Finally, we know that time travel is possible in the Halo universe because one of the Halo books deals with time-warping crystals discovered by the Prophets.

Sound plausible?

  • 05.10.2006 9:58 PM PDT
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  • 05.10.2006 9:59 PM PDT
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I like it.

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But then it would just be one never ending cycle!?

  • 05.10.2006 10:02 PM PDT
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Different from most theories ive seen thus far. And not too far fetched either. Def. a possibility I think. Nice job.

  • 05.10.2006 10:03 PM PDT
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While Guilty Spark's statement is rather puzzling, I think it more refers to the fact that humans are forerunners. I just can't see something as far fetched as time travel placed into the story, specifically for the reason that everythign seems to rely on biblical myths, not sci-fi imagination.

  • 05.10.2006 10:05 PM PDT
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I had come to that same conclusion as Dawguard.
Besides going back in time sounds a little silly unless the secrets of the story have more to do with slipspace than we realise?

  • 05.10.2006 10:08 PM PDT
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it's a nice thory...but come on..tinme travel? that would kiill the game

  • 05.10.2006 10:09 PM PDT

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Time travel is perfectly plausible within the context of the game. It features rather prominently in the books, and Slipspace has a slippery way of dealing with the flow of time.

  • 05.10.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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Have you guys forgotten about the crystal the Chief found? It bends slipspace peossibly= Time Travel. However I do not agree with this theory. What 343 was referring to was the Forunners asking him that question, which Humans have come to be accepted as the neo-Forunners.

  • 05.10.2006 10:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: Redneck Gunny
But then it would just be one never ending cycle!?

What's wrong with that? I happen to think it makes the story more elegant.

Posted by: The_Wraith
What 343 was referring to was the Forunners asking him that question, which Humans have come to be accepted as the neo-Forunners.

I think it's heavily implied that he's talking about one person, not a whole ancient race. He says "you" and "we", and the phrase "[I had time] to ponder your query" really sounds like he's talking about the Master Chief, not humanity in general.

[Edited on 5/10/2006]

  • 05.10.2006 10:17 PM PDT
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Maybe 10,000 years ago, the Forerunners talked to/created Guilty Spark. I remember reading something in depth about this on HBO.

If you're playing the whole "Forerunners are human" theory, then it would make sense.

[Edited on 5/10/2006]

  • 05.10.2006 10:18 PM PDT
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It certainly is an interesting theory. I dunno if he would go that far back in time. The first time he may have refused.

  • 05.10.2006 10:19 PM PDT
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It bends slipspace peossibly= Time Travel

The crystal slowed time down. The books never hinted at going back in time with it. They managed to travel a couple days/weeks worth of distance within minutes by using the crystal. Also, the crystal was destroyed....that makes it kind of hard to use in Halo 3.

  • 05.10.2006 10:24 PM PDT
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Yeah, but you don't honestly think that that was the only crystal. There must be more. Anyways, I think that this sounds pretty feasable. Makes sense really. Who knows? Maybe Chief goes back in time to stop the Halos' activation from whiping out all life on Earth. Makes sense if you think about it. After all, Life on Earth's been around for alot longer than 10,000 years and it seems to me that we survived Halo's activation.

  • 05.10.2006 10:34 PM PDT
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Mc did not talk to him READ THE BOOKS ITS ALL THERE HE WAS BORN HUMAN AND WAS TURN INTO A SUPERSOLIDER

  • 05.10.2006 10:36 PM PDT