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Subject: The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust. ***UPDATED***

Why is everyone saying the Ark can't be shaped like a Halo? It could be a Halo with a new name and a different role to play in galactic containment.

  • 05.25.2006 7:15 AM PDT

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you have a point.
an ark is like a semicircle or a curve.
however, it would be more exciting to have a different(ly shaped) structure for the ark instead of yet another halo

  • 05.25.2006 7:18 AM PDT
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i dont know dude......if you look at the end of halo 2 they are looking and talking about the other "installations" guilty sparks is the key:

sgt. johnson: "listen tinkerbell, dont make me...."

(keyes interrupts)

keyes: "then where? where would someone go to activate the OTHER rings?"

sparks: "why the ark. of course."

(arbiter interrupts)

arbiter: "and where, holy oracle, is that?"
-cuts to earth and finale

now from the way keyes says "the other rings" look at the diction. she says ' other' which insinuates that there are seperate group of objects waiting to be acted upon. sparks then concludes by revealing the ark, which is a seperate entity from the "other" rings

  • 05.25.2006 7:26 AM PDT
Subject: Solid Evidence The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust
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Posted by: ghostvirus
Scarab rifle? WTF? You say thats a dumb thing for me to say? IT looks nothing like a damn halo at ALL. Even look at a picture of a scarab ( the hole in the center and the thigns around the side are exactly the same). So now we have it sounding and looking like a scarab main gun and with your theory it makes no mathamatical sense.


You seem confused. He is not saying the stucture IS a Halo, he is saying it is one of those circles on the exterior of the Halos, and so there may be an enitre Halo under the surface of the Earth, with the Earth surrounding the Halo.

Anyway, I like this theory, and although it is 100% beleiveble, I think you may be reading too far into this. On the other hand, you may have the truth. In which case I apologise. However we won't know until some currently-undefined date in 2007.

  • 05.25.2006 7:31 AM PDT
Subject: The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust. ***UPDATED***

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
i dont know dude......if you look at the end of halo 2 they are looking and talking about the other "installations" guilty sparks is the key:

sgt. johnson: "listen tinkerbell, dont make me...."

(keyes interrupts)

keyes: "then where? where would someone go to activate the OTHER rings?"

sparks: "why the ark. of course."

(arbiter interrupts)

arbiter: "and where, holy oracle, is that?"
-cuts to earth and finale

now from the way keyes says "the other rings" look at the diction. she says ' other' which insinuates that there are seperate group of objects waiting to be acted upon. sparks then concludes by revealing the ark, which is a seperate entity from the "other" rings


if u were at a (random example) an airport and someone said to you what about the other airports, they would be refering to different airports, but the same if you get the drift. or is that not what you are trying to say?

love the signature by the way

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dont get me wrong, im not sayin there cant be a halo in the earth.....i like the theory too and it adds quite an interesting twist...but i still thinks its a bit unprobable,not impossible.

think of it this way: you contain a virus and you have a SAFEHOUSE to get away from it......would you really keep the virus in one of the safehouses and then live inside with it?
what i wuold do is get the hell as far away from it as humanly possible and stay in my safehouse, away from harm

btw thanks for da signature shout out!

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The lack of information is truely astounding in this topic.
The first poster had no evidence of this being true, other than the ring kinda looked like something on the outside of a halo.

...right...

The rest is just him listning to himself talk. Plus the fact of the curviture. Look how much the object in the crater curves, that ratio would make its diameter more like 50 miles, much too small for a Halo.

THE OBJECT IS NOT HALO. GET OVER IT.

  • 05.25.2006 7:43 AM PDT
Subject: Solid Evidence The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust
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I Feel everybody has thought up some real possablilites to what the dome structure in the video really is. Im not about to write a whole essy myself to what i think this structure is. All i beleve is that each 7 of the Halo rings are all different diametres of what not.
I got a theory to how a Halo ring could be under the surface of the earth. (Please dont castrate me for this theory as i respect the views and opinions of other forum members)
Talking about Slip-Space and intersteller travel, I beleve there a true theory that if a object or mass traveling at the speed of light, it can pass through a greater mass or object like or sun or earth and it can apprear from the other side intact with out causing harm to the object or to its self. Viable? I dont know, but please feal free to politly correct me on this.
Also after watching last night on channel 5, The way Wlliam Shatner changed the world, He talked to a scientist who has devoted his life in creating means to propelling a ship to faster than light. And this lead to his theory that when a star ship travels faster than light, it doesnt travel as such. It in theory folds space time. So the object never moves just instantaneously moves from one point in space to another. Hence the ring being placed inside the Earth without no one having knowledge of it being done.
Would it be possable that the forrunners could have used either theory to plant the Halo ring inside the Earths crust, if in fact the theory of the Halo ring being inside the Earths crust is true.
Feal free to comment and give your suggestions.


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  • 05.25.2006 7:44 AM PDT
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http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_e3200 6_structure.jpg

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~pf/htdocs/downloads/pics/wall_H2-D elta_Temple_1600.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Halo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Lagrangepo int1.png

these links show the truth about halo 2 and 3.......wow

  • 05.25.2006 7:57 AM PDT
Subject: Solid Evidence The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust

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firstly, "not an essay". think u might have got carried away.
secondly, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT
e=mc^2 so that if you speed an object up it gains extra mass.
greater force is needed to maintain the speed due to the increase of mass.
this greater force makes the object heavier, and so on.

  • 05.25.2006 7:59 AM PDT
Subject: The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust. ***UPDATED***

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_ e32006_structure.jpg

http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~pf/htdocs/downloads/pics/wall _H2-Delta_Temple_1600.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Halo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Lagra ngepoint1.png

these links show the truth about halo 2 and 3.......wow


okay...nothing on there but a load of noraml images and some confusing diagarm about orbits

  • 05.25.2006 8:02 AM PDT
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here, this'll clear things up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_3

  • 05.25.2006 8:06 AM PDT

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no, this just tells me evrything i already knew...
just tell me what u mean!

  • 05.25.2006 8:14 AM PDT

98% of Americans have tried marijuana, if you are .... WHOA, my hands are HUGE

If someone took the time to write the post then I will take the time to read it.

I love your theory but...

it's still just a theory.
At this point in time, all we know about halo 3 is what was in the trailer and what was answered in the FAQs. In a year, we'll know more, but for now, it could just as easily be anything else.

(Still a great theory though)

  • 05.25.2006 8:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: DepressedRobot
I love your theory but...

it's still just a theory.
At this point in time, all we know about halo 3 is what was in the trailer and what was answered in the FAQs. In a year, we'll know more, but for now, it could just as easily be anything else.

(Still a great theory though)


its still fun putting theories forward, readin other people's and thinking "never looked at it that way before"

  • 05.25.2006 8:18 AM PDT
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I have discovered a minor problem with the idea ( which, by the way is fantastically well thought through and very detailed).
If the dome is indeed a halo surface whatsamajig, then what the hell is it doing on the wrong side of the halo?
All Halos buildings and main surface are on the internal track of the ring. All the other stuff is on the external track.
Unless its some sort of engine on the outside of the Halo ... OR a beacon to link the other Halos.

  • 05.25.2006 8:20 AM PDT
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Near the end of Halo 2, 343 Guilty Spark explains that the Forerunner destroyed themselves along with other sentient life within three radii of the galactic center by activating the rings of Halo. The Ark is believed to be on or near Earth; it is unknown whether it encompasses the entire Earth or is simply an installation or object located on Earth. It is hypothesized that possible locations for The Ark include New Mombasa, East African Protectorate (from Halo 2); Jerusalem; and Boston, Massachusetts (from the Haunted Apiary). Some have also suggested that the Ark may in fact be located on or in the Earth's moon. Another possible location of the Ark is Coral, the planet mentioned in; "Conversations From The Universe".

  • 05.25.2006 8:20 AM PDT

98% of Americans have tried marijuana, if you are .... WHOA, my hands are HUGE

If someone took the time to write the post then I will take the time to read it.

Good Point
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Posted by: DepressedRobot
I love your theory but...

it's still just a theory.
At this point in time, all we know about halo 3 is what was in the trailer and what was answered in the FAQs. In a year, we'll know more, but for now, it could just as easily be anything else.

(Still a great theory though)


its still fun putting theories forward, readin other people's and thinking "never looked at it that way before"


Good Point

  • 05.25.2006 8:21 AM PDT
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compliments of wikipedia

Humanity as Forerunner
It has been hypothesized that humanity may actually be Forerunner who were protected from the original activation of the Halo weapons, possibly by The Ark in the same manner that Noah's ark saved life from God's flood.

When confronted about the true function of Halo after retrieval of the Index, 343 Guilty Spark comments: "But you already know that… I mean… how couldn't you. (…) Last time you asked me, if it were my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." When taken together with the knowledge that the Forerunner apparently destroyed themselves with Halo (see "History," above), it suggests that 343 Guilty Spark believes that Master Chief was present when the Halos were originally fired. This would explain why only humans can use the Index to activate Halo (e.g., Tartarus uses Miranda to activate Delta Halo at the end of Halo 2). Guilty Spark's comments may also hint at why the AI Cortana states in both Halo and Halo 2 that something seems "familiar" about the Forerunner computer systems.

and i agree

  • 05.25.2006 8:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Near the end of Halo 2, 343 Guilty Spark explains that the Forerunner destroyed themselves along with other sentient life within three radii of the galactic center by activating the rings of Halo. The Ark is believed to be on or near Earth; it is unknown whether it encompasses the entire Earth or is simply an installation or object located on Earth. It is hypothesized that possible locations for The Ark include New Mombasa, East African Protectorate (from Halo 2); Jerusalem; and Boston, Massachusetts (from the Haunted Apiary). Some have also suggested that the Ark may in fact be located on or in the Earth's moon. Another possible location of the Ark is Coral, the planet mentioned in; "Conversations From The Universe".



again, what's your point?

  • 05.25.2006 8:23 AM PDT
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aight tartan, in a nutshell im tryin to say to u and everyone else:

THERE ARE 6 HALOS LEFT IN DA GALAXY, THEY ARE ACTIVATED BY THE ARK IN THE TRAILOR. THAT IS WHY CORTANA SAYS ' THIS IS TEH WAY TEH WORLD ENDS'

the ark does not equal another halo

  • 05.25.2006 8:26 AM PDT

98% of Americans have tried marijuana, if you are .... WHOA, my hands are HUGE

If someone took the time to write the post then I will take the time to read it.

The biggest problem with theories is that if they are true, then either Bungie will have to change the storyline so they aren't true, or we play the same game that we have been predicting for the past year and a half, and will therfore diminish our enjoyment of the game because we already know most of the story and plot twists.

[Edited on 5/25/2006]

  • 05.25.2006 8:28 AM PDT

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*claps (sarcastically)* sorry to get u annoyed, i just didn't know what you meant. i thought it was something new.

  • 05.25.2006 8:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: DepressedRobot
The biggest problem with theories is that if they are true, then either Bungie will have to change the storyline so they aren't true, or we play the same game that we have been predicting for the past year and a half, and will therfore diminish our enjoyment of the game.


u have a point.
hopefully, bungie are such masters that no-one will have even scratched the surface of the plot.

  • 05.25.2006 8:29 AM PDT
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no dude, u alright

i wasnt annoyed, i JUST LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 05.25.2006 8:29 AM PDT