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Alright, so what theories has everyone developed on Halo 3? Try not to get too deep into the plot, but some stuff about the Arc might be nice. It may be easier to hypothesis about Coretana's current state, the identity of the Forerunners, or the Halo universe in general. I'll reply to this thread with a theory of my own in a second.

Theories thus far: (alphabetical)
* Coretana's Plot
* Elevator Theory
* Flood on Earth? Forerunners in Africa? (and more....)
* Location of Arc tied to Biblical references?
* Why are the Covenant so advanced?


[Edited on 5/11/2006]

  • 05.11.2006 7:10 PM PDT
Subject: Why are the Covenant so advanced?
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If you just want to cut to the chase, skip down a few paragraphs to the bolded sections.

Anyways, let's assume for a moment that the rings, when set off the first time, killed ALL life forms in the galaxy. That puts everything at stage 1. Life arguably begins to develop (which isn't feasible on developed planets like Earth, but we'll go with it) yet again, and sentient species evolve after many millions of years.

First this theory assumes that our own carbon dating of our world is way off. Reason being that life does not develop immediately, and it would take a while for optimal development conditions to arrive again. Hence suggesting that our section of the galaxy is new and all the elements on it equally new; being compounded from the "older" elements back during the time of the Forerunners.

However, this cannot be possible because Guilty Spark said that he was some 100,000 years old. 100,000 years is hardly enough time to watch any form of significant evolution, let alone develop life.

This means that life somehow survived after the rings went off the first time. Okay, with that settled, now we ask the more relevant question. How is it possible for the Covenant to be light years ahead of the UNSC's technology? Especially if they are quote: "imitative not innovative"? Certainly that means that human tech would progress far more rapidly then alien Covenant technology. And remember, this is assuming that life as we know it started over once the rings were reset--reverting everyone to a "zero" tech state.

But is that possible? Since the Covenant are so much further then the UNSC, it implies one of the following:
* The Covenant preserved their technology better then humans when the first rings were activated
* Covenant races were granted information about the rings and possibly technology by voluntary Forerunner intelligence and cooperation.

The latter is especially interesting to consider because if the Covenant were really helped by the Forerunners, and we go with the whole: Forerunners equal humans theory, why would the Forerunners set themselves at an intentional disadvantage--or for that matter, set any sentient race (namely humans) at a disadvantage? Why would they place the Arc on a relatively sentient homeworld (100,000 years ago, we are talking about pre-Neaderthal man...etc). It just doesn't add up why they have clearly favored the Covenant. Even if they positioned a ring near a Covenant race homeworld and that race managed somehow to survive, even though the blast would probably be stronger, the relative proximity still indicates favoritism. Why?!?!

None of that makes sense. Especially if Forerunners really are humans. This implies a very grave future for the Master Chief. The Forerunners placed a ring relatively near a Covenant homeworld, hoping to kill them off to stop the Flood. The ring must have failed to activate properly, hence the Covenant survived. There can be no other explanation why humans exist today on the world of the Arc (where one would logically assume the blast would hold high concentration) or why the Covenant magically sprang ahead in technology--infused by a vision of Forerunner glory.

That was long but what do you guys say?

  • 05.11.2006 7:10 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Speculation!!!!
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i think mabie the big structue is like a elivatoreor or some ting cusz you saw it drop down and mabie the flash was a scanner but the question still remains why is there forerunner stuff on earth

  • 05.11.2006 7:12 PM PDT
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[room for future posts on this first page]

  • 05.11.2006 7:13 PM PDT
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Alright...if you can, send me a PM when you are ready.

  • 05.11.2006 7:15 PM PDT
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got these rumers off of some one on Xbox.com. here it is.

-1. magine the Flood coming to Earth(Gravemind figures it out from Cortana), 3 races on one planet fighting, and the humans go to the arc and activate the halos and kill everything, but they take REFUGE IN THE ARK!!! NOAH'S ARK! Noah took REFUGE from the great FLOOD in his ARK!

-2. Africa is where humans originated from(Ethiopia). It seems perfect that the forerunners were last seen in the African desert. Plus no one would ever search under the huge Sahara, so that's why no one, even in the future, has ever bothered to look or find it.

-3. It's possible that that is not Cortana speaking, instead it is Gravemind speaking through her. Think about it, she says this is the way the world ends, and I thought I saw tentacles somewhere in that picture while she was speaking. Gravemind is the most intelligent thing ever, he could have controlled or hacked Cortana, thus finding where Earth is.

-4. They said Prophet of Truth. Prophets were common in biblical times.

-5. MC is some sort of savior. Now Jesus, but he is like Jesus, where he saves everyone from death.

-6. Human is sin and covenant is sin, therefore the flood(bad ones and from Noah's time) washes away sin(kills it)

that is what he said he herd.

  • 05.11.2006 7:16 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Speculation!!!!
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I didnt realize there was a similair theory to mine but I will post it.

I am not sure if this theory has been stated before but I will give it a shot.

Alright everybody knows the covenant believe in the forerunners which are most likely the humans. And with this said, us as humans, our forerunners are our prophets....Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and so on.(sorry if any of this insults you) And every Christian has a great journey, to receive all the sacrements to get one step closer to heaven. We must abide by God's laws which are the Ten Commandments.

Now since the covenant have prophets (the messenger of their god) they would typically be very religious. To keep their culture and religion alive the prophets must prove to the rest of the covenant that their god does exist and they help guide them into seeking that. Which would be their "great journey". So this is when they meet up with the humans and this creates war. AND we all know most wars have been caused by differences in religion and total control of the holy objects.

As we all know the Arc of the Covenant or AKA the Ten Commands suddenly dissapeard. Covenant means promise. Hence the name covenant for the enemy and hence the name for the prophets Truth and Regret and so on. So now as the evidence adds up it is possible that the covenant have the same religion and same god as us. They believe they must find this arc to find peace for eternity in their heaven and it proves that their religion does exist and the laws the covenant follow are correct. Hence the name great journey. Now most philosophers and archiologists believe the Arc of the Covenant or AKA The Ten Commandments is located somewhere near the middle east and the North Eastern/Eastern tips of Africa. That would be where zanzibar is and just to add this little detail in, Mount Kilimanjaro. That explains the area cheif was located at in the Halo 3 teaser. Very barren, and dry. The Sahara. And the Bible notes that the Arc of the Covenant is so powerful and holy that whoever touches it will instantly be disintegrated. I forget the name of the city but in battle, the muslims were in control of the Arc of the Covenant. The high priests and the muslim army walked around the city's walls for 3 days straight. Then the wall magically fell down and they won the battle. Whatever army containing the power of the Arc of the Covenant remained invincible as said in the Bible. This may be the arc the Covenant they are looking for.

So therefor my educated guess on what the arc is and where the arc is located is around the middle east and the northeastern/eastern tips of africa. And the arc is The Arc of the Covenant. So basically the covenant have the same god and religion as the forerunners or the humans.

  • 05.11.2006 7:16 PM PDT
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I thought it was located near New Mombassa personally...with the bridge shape and all.

  • 05.11.2006 7:20 PM PDT
Subject: Coretana's Plot
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Oh another one:

There is one obvious issue with this particular idea, and that is smart AI lifespan is between 7-10 years. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be surpised if Coretana had fooled Gravemind into thinking he had overrun her. Think about it. How could a biological lifeform trick / convince / corrupt an artificial intelligence? No doubt Gravemind has some means since he has been around so long, but Coretana is craftier then that.

No, I believe that the intial part of the trailer was Coretana merely baiting Gravemind. You can see in the third Corentana appearance that she maintains a good deal of sanity, and even in the fourth with her voice. Hence I suggest that somehow she had avoided the AI cutoff age and has deceived Gravemind for now in order to strike back later.

  • 05.11.2006 7:25 PM PDT
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If you guys would like me to link to posts on the main Halo 3 forum as well, I'd be happy to start doing that.

  • 05.11.2006 8:20 PM PDT