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Don't you hate that? Uncomfortable silences.

  • 05.13.2006 11:41 AM PDT

Skillet was here and referred to himself in the third person.

Um...no...time was bent by the crystal so that the Chief and the rest of the Spartans would still unite on Reach AFTER the events on Halo.

  • 05.13.2006 11:42 AM PDT
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i remember in first strike after they go into slip space with the artifact its like august 24th*** or something
an when they come out it says like august 14th***
i use to have some huge elaborate theory about this but i sorta forgot it, but i do remember that IN THE BOOK they go back in time so far it is before covenant attack reach.
but they didnt really mention this in halo 2, so im not quite sure....
but i just didnt want people to forget this cause it seemed important to me


***P.S.
correct the dates or anything thats wrong i havent read first strike since it came out
PSS maybe smarter halo ppl can make this seem better

  • 05.13.2006 11:40 AM PDT
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They do not go back in time.

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  • 05.13.2006 11:44 AM PDT
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i dont remember this at all, can you give me evidence plz. :)

  • 05.13.2006 11:44 AM PDT
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ok ill go get the book an give u evidence
but that oggjjjp is -blam!- smart as hell
so now i belive im wrong
cuz i read some -blam!- he said an he seamed liek he knew what he was* doing but ill go get the book ill be back in a little bit




EDIT
nvm im moving an the book is in storage, but seriously can someone look
its on the beginnin of chapters, like how it says "military calendar" an stuff
the dates go back..

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  • 05.13.2006 11:49 AM PDT
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Understanding the time bending affects of the crystal

It is important that you understand that the crystal does not cause time travel. Its effects can look like time travel, but it is really not. If you are confused read the two timelines below.

When the events appeared to occur First Strike:

August 30th: Reach Falls

September 23rd: MC and Other Halo survivors capture the ascendant justice

Time anomaly: Reach Survivors are rescued

September 13th: The Unyielding Hierophant is destroyed


This looks like time travel, but here is when the events really occurred:


August 30th: Reach falls. When the POA enters slipspace the crystal "slows Down" time for it.

September 7th: Crystal is found by Dr. Halsey and Reach Survivors. They are rescued by the Halo survivors. Crystal activates when Cortana jumps away from Reach. This causes time to "speed up" for occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg

September 12th: Crystal activates as Locklear destroys it. Pieces of it are squeezed outside the ship and also "speeds up" time for the occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg

October 18th(estimate and Guess): the Gettysburg Ascendant Justice arrives back at Earth. While only 36 hours passed for the MC, over a month passed on earth.

October 20th: The Covenant attack earth

This is what is happening in the two timelines above: The crystal is slowing down time for the Master Chief and the people aboard the POA when it leaves Reach. This means that several hours on Reach is days for the MC on the POA. The time anomally is caused by the differences in the mission clocks of the Reach Team and the Halo team. Since the Reach Team was not affected by the time warping powers of the crystal, therefore they had the correct time. The time anomaly occurs until Dr. Halsey figures out what happened.

  • 05.13.2006 12:12 PM PDT
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So Ascendant Justice really wasn't captured on Sept 23rd but some time between Aug 30th and Sep 13th? And MC's clock reported it as Sep 23rd because more time had passed for him?

  • 05.13.2006 12:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Agent ME
So Ascendant Justice really wasn't captured on Sept 23rd but some time between Aug 30th and Sep 13th? And MC's clock reported it as Sep 23rd because more time had passed for him?


Yes.

  • 05.13.2006 1:35 PM PDT