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Subject: The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust. ***UPDATED***
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On a final note, someone mentioned the words of 343. When Cortana asks where one would need to go to activate Halo he merely replies, "why Earth, of course."

Cortana wasn't there, it was Miranda who asked him. And Guilty Sparks reply was "Why, the Ark, of course." To which The Arbiter say: "And where Oracle, is that?" Finish the game again if you doubt me.

I would still like someone to answer my question. Why does the Ark need to be in the shape of a Halo?

  • 05.27.2006 6:47 AM PDT
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Sure this is a plausible theory, but can't we simply stop and ask ourselfs WHY!?

When building a theory the basics are that you question it! And if it still holds up then it's a good theory, can someone please answer me WHY the Earth hides a Halo under its crust?

  • 05.27.2006 8:28 AM PDT
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Maybe the forerunners saw that the earth had convenient circumstances for life to grow on it. Build the Ark there so that it can actually provide life after the Halo-activation.

If humans are the descendents of forerunners, the Ark must have then contained possibilities for the forerunners to reproduce again and eventually we're here.

[Edited on 5/27/2006]

  • 05.27.2006 8:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: Helmer Ve
Sure this is a plausible theory, but can't we simply stop and ask ourselfs WHY!?

When building a theory the basics are that you question it! And if it still holds up then it's a good theory, can someone please answer me WHY the Earth hides a Halo under its crust?


There's no good reason. Especially, if you think about Bungie's side. Would Bungie do something as corny as putting a Halo in the earth? They wouldn't.

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Thank you!

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Posted by: Halo Empire
The Question: HOW DID THE MASSIVE 60KM WIDE OBJECT IN THE HALO3 TRAILER WITH OVER 7KM OF UNDISTURBED GEOGRAPHY ABOVE IT THAT IS MORE THAN A BILLION YEARS OLD GET THERE ?

You...bury...it. Where did that huge meteor that supposedly killed most dinosaurs hit? I don't know the location..

But read my above theory on how the dinos may have been killed by the Halos, and the things that survived were either not sentient, or taken inside the Ark by the Forerunners (Simians, Alligators, etc.)

I no longer think Earth, as a whole, is the Ark..I think that there are two installations on Earth - The one we saw is the Ark (Ark of the Covenant), and the other structure is the Ark tha is used to save everyone (Noah's Ark)

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Posted by: Col Forbin7
before i start i would like to say that superbouncing is NOT cheating. If we consult the faq section we will notice that it is not considered cheating since it is an abiltiy that ALL Haloers have the option to use. If it was cheating Bungie certainly would have removed it from the game in an update, don't you think?

Okay, this isn't a cheating thread - but I guess you saw my sig and didn't like that by Bungie's definition you are cheating.

More proof? Here.
Posted by: Ninja 0n Fire
Don't call them "glitches" - that's just a candy coated term and does not accurately describe what they are. They're bugs that alter the intended functionality of the weapons and gameplay.

What you do in tournaments on LAN is between you and your tournament organization, but do not advocate the exploitation of bugs being used in our matchmaking service. Whether it's superbouncing or interrupting weapon animations, just because we don't personally ban you for it doesn't mean it isn't cheating and extremely poor sportsmanship.

We only issue suspensions for modified content and network manipulation, Xbox Live administrates all other aspects of cheating or social issues.

When I see someone superbounce or use weapon exploits, I leave cheating feedback, I suggest you do as well.


[b]There ya go, any and all game bugs, map bugs, and major glitches (all not meant to be in te game) are cheating, and if you exploit any - you are a cheater.

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Posted by: Jaffer
Why would they bother to keep a handful of stupid cavemen alive?

1. Humans come from apes - no doubt about that. humans evolved else where in the galaxy, and came to Earth.

2.
* Apes began to evolve
* By the time -blam!- Sapien Sapiens emerged with the Neanderthals (sp?) the Halos fired
* We just thought the -blam!- Spaiens Sapiens survived to become us but the Forerunners actually were us (we are basically the same)
* It would also explain why the Neanderthals went extinct for no apparent reason.
* The -blam!- Sapiens Sapiens are believed to be us, but the Forerunners being present covered up the fact that they became extinct
* This would explain why we subconsciensly know how to use Forerunner and Covenant technology


Maybe my idea on the dinos dissapearing was dumb - the Halos fired after the Dinos were gone. Possibly the Foreruners found where they'd put their Ark, and destroyed the wildlife so we wouldn't get killed when we exit the Ark..

  • 05.27.2006 10:04 AM PDT
Subject: Solid Evidence The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust
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(note to self: join Apple's team always, as he is a god)

Remember the leaked Halo 3 script. In that there was a giant Halo under earths crust...

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Posted by: Apple Cookie
Remember the leaked Halo 3 script. In that there was a giant Halo under earths crust...


We all know how reliable leaked scripts are. Wait, not at all. Sorry.

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nice... uhm... essay, but sry thats the ark, the device that controls all the Halo's

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Posted by: Apple Cookie
Remember the leaked Halo 3 script. In that there was a giant Halo under earths crust...

None of that -blam!- is gonna happen, Bungie didn't write something like that lacking so much story, and with so many stupid little fake things (like a Halo under Earth, or fighting Gravemind)

Forerunners comeing back? COME THE -blam!- ON! Don't believe that dumb -blam!-, it ain't happening.

[Edited on 5/27/2006]

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there is a doubt about humans coming from apes - the doubt being it is not proven - in fact - macro evolution on a whole is unproven - micro evolution is a proven fact, a species will adapt to it's surroundings = micro evolution - a species will not change into another species = macro evolution - unless u can show me one lick of evidence supporting one species becoming another I would have to say there is a big doubt that we evolved from the species that are apes - and I am not religious, I don believe in macro evolution because I am not stupid.....

  • 05.27.2006 3:38 PM PDT

"the only thing we have to fear is fear it self..... and monsters"

K the forunners won't come back there dead. if they were alive then why would then have not done something to destroy the flood after they got loose in the first place. becasue remeber halo what already fired once before. also for all of you who don't say its a ring under the crust let me ask you this. what is the ark then. The only thing in halo that we have seen built that size is Halos themselves. why would it not be a ring every other outraguse structure is a ring.

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To the guy who posted above. Nobody said the Ark is as immense as the Halos. What we see in the trailer could be it's entire size (but ofcourse, it may not be...). And anyway, just because the only thing we've seen built that size by the Forerunners is Halo, doesn't strictly mean it's the only thing they can build that size.

Halo Empire mentioned something about the object being buried under millions of years undisturbed geography. Mt. Kilimanjaro for example is (aboout) 500,000 years old. Now, I don't know much about the geography of where the object in the trailer is specifically, but I'm guessing there isn't any thing there that could suggest that the ground has been undisturbed for millions of years. Especially considering Mt. Kilimanjaro erupting in the background. I may be wrong ofcourse.

Consider something else though. Most people date the use of the rings, and the death of the Forerunners as 100,000 years ago. The oldest human remains date to 150,000 years ago. There is also speculation that intelligent life excistes on earth millions of years ago.

  • 05.28.2006 5:25 AM PDT

Quick as a razor, sharp as a bullet.

i reckon the ark is earth and that the artifact is just the entrance/way to activate it. it would take enormous energy reserves to activate all 7 halos (as was originally intended) and those could not be created artificially so the power of a planet is harnessed

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Posted by: chunkyman9000
Have you guy read the thread about the lights in MCs HUD in the trailer? They talk about how tthe lights were a way of comms between the Spartans in the book and MC has light flashing in his HUD in the trailer. Once those lights have stopped he nods his head.
Also he talks about the 9 banshees escorting 1 spectre towards the centre of the structure. Once the structure begins to open the banshees and spectre pull awau from the structure and the 2 capital ships also pull away from it. As if they were afraid, as if the activation of the structure wa unintentional.
Very interesting stuff.


What lights? To me, the alledged lights look more like a reflection of lightning.

I plan on reading this entire thread, so if this has been answered, bare with me.

Also, someone said that Earth is the only Geothermic planet in the solar system. No, its not. Venus is still active.

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most posts like this i would disagree and say that it is the ark (that only makes sense) but I might be wrong. you're on to something. find out more stuff to have hard evidence of that being a halo then message it to me.

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Maybe thats why we cant get past the crust cause we been hitting the halo

  • 06.01.2006 2:33 PM PDT
Subject: The Earth Hides a Halo Under its Crust. ***UPDATED***

Posted by: Chobo 66
So here's some advice. Hookers. You give them your money. they give you a few moments of happiness. Then you go home. The way it was meant to be. Posted by: Blackbird42
Actually I listened to the audio and he said something about the body rewarding social interaction because is was necessary to survive... well so was the appendix, and now all the appendix does is explode and kill you.

ok. Maybe I'm just retarded (which is probably the case), but I counted 13 panels

  • 06.01.2006 5:24 PM PDT

Posted by: Chobo 66
So here's some advice. Hookers. You give them your money. they give you a few moments of happiness. Then you go home. The way it was meant to be. Posted by: Blackbird42
Actually I listened to the audio and he said something about the body rewarding social interaction because is was necessary to survive... well so was the appendix, and now all the appendix does is explode and kill you.

And im also confused on how cortana said "this is how the earth will end", when you guys say that this halo might not affect us. According to Cortana, we're all screwed! Unless Gravemind corrupted her somehow...

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And im also confused on how cortana said "this is how the earth will end", when you guys say that this halo might not affect us. According to Cortana, we're all screwed! Unless Gravemind corrupted her somehow...

...Or the Ark isn't the Earth, but a huge structure (a few miles wide like the one in the trailer) under Earth with a shield from the Halo's effect..then you exit the Ark when all is done.

The world ending will happen in a sense, since most people WILL die if the Ark is a structure rather than the Earth itself..

  • 06.07.2006 2:22 PM PDT
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africa is the cradle of life...maybe so due to the "ark" thats under there that protected beings way before time from being killed off by the halos

  • 06.07.2006 9:02 PM PDT