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Subject: A City on the other side of the artifact.
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If you look closely when you get to the part with the artifact on the trailer there is a city on the other side! Click here to see not very visible though
http://www.geocities.com/maris276/cov-Halo3city.JPG

Note: it is easier to check 1:48 on the trailer

What is this city?
Will it involve gameplay?
Why haven't the Covenant blown it to Bits?
Does this mean there are plenty of Humans? (I assume so)

I just noticed it and have plenty of questions to ask because of this. I have not seen a thread on this subject. But if anyone has answers please tell me.

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  • 05.15.2006 5:56 PM PDT
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Wow, until now I never noticed that. Best observation I've read in days.

  • 05.15.2006 5:58 PM PDT

"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and was widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams

on the other side of the canyon there is another ring from the elevator and what is either a city, the ruins of a city, or some very large rocks.

Until 2007, the choice is yours.

  • 05.15.2006 5:59 PM PDT
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can you post a screenshot? BTW great observation. Far better than someone posting that they saw a grunt's head on a sign or something like that.

  • 05.15.2006 6:00 PM PDT
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i'll try to can't promise. you get the best view at 1:48 in the trailer

  • 05.15.2006 6:01 PM PDT
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Just watch the trailer Spartan, it's very noticable.

  • 05.15.2006 6:01 PM PDT
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Its either New or Old Mombasa.. you decide.

  • 05.15.2006 6:03 PM PDT
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Even so, I enjoyed reading this, rather then reading a thread about 117's leg placement..

  • 05.15.2006 6:04 PM PDT
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That city may not ever be relevant in the actual game. Perhaps it is just that--attractive scenery used to decorate this amazing game.

  • 05.15.2006 6:05 PM PDT

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Its new mombasa and according to the news article on the front page you can go to it.

  • 05.15.2006 6:07 PM PDT

I thought it was kind of obvious, but oh well. The city looks destroyed (after all, it's sitting on the edge of an enormous crater with molten rock flowing through the sides) because just look at the height of the buildings in proportion to their width. It looks like the tops of them were knocked off. (Check how jagged they are).

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  • 05.15.2006 6:09 PM PDT

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i guess you can climb the buildings

  • 05.15.2006 6:10 PM PDT
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well I got a pick for those who don't see it

  • 05.15.2006 6:11 PM PDT
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This is simple and I noticed it a while ago. Basically, since you're on Earth, this means a few things.

1-The "rings" in the back are the ruins of the bridge in Halo 2.

2-The hole in the ground is in the same location as the giant tower in the center of New Mombasa from Halo 2. (Do NOT tell me you don't know what I'm talking about. It's freaking huge.)

3-The city we're talking about is the town you traverse through in order to get to New Mombasa through the tunnel. ( I believe it was called Old Mombasa?)

Before you go and say, "that isn't possibly the bridge! Where's the water?" I'll explain it with something simple. The Covenant hand-held plasma weapons scorch the ground like you lit it on fire. What do you think happens when HOT PLASMA hits water? It evaporates.

  • 05.15.2006 6:17 PM PDT

"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and was widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams

uh, to TheDeadGuy, read the weekly update.

The rings are from the space elevator in new mombasa (the "tower" you are referring to)

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  • 05.15.2006 6:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheDeadGuy
1-The "rings" in the back are the ruins of the bridge in Halo 2.


The rings were part of the Space elavator

2-The hole in the ground is in the same location as the giant tower in the center of New Mombasa from Halo 2. (Do NOT tell me you don't know what I'm talking about. It's freaking huge.) '

The hole in the ground is on desert outskirts of New Mombasa, and many miles inland.

3-The city we're talking about is the town you traverse through in order to get to New Mombasa through the tunnel. ( I believe it was called Old Mombasa?)

The city is New Mombasa.

  • 05.15.2006 6:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheDeadGuy
1-The "rings" in the back are the ruins of the bridge in Halo 2.


The rings were part of the Space elavator

2-The hole in the ground is in the same location as the giant tower in the center of New Mombasa from Halo 2. (Do NOT tell me you don't know what I'm talking about. It's freaking huge.) '

The hole in the ground is on desert outskirts of New Mombasa, and many miles inland.

3-The city we're talking about is the town you traverse through in order to get to New Mombasa through the tunnel. ( I believe it was called Old Mombasa?)

The city is New Mombasa.



I was going to do a post just like this, but you did first...and you're exactly correct on all of them. Read the Weekly Updates and FAQs and half of these threads would not exist.

  • 05.15.2006 6:27 PM PDT
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oh thanx

  • 05.15.2006 6:31 PM PDT
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yea i noticed that the first time i watched the trailer and that lava underneth it but that coool i did not notice somethings either but i guess it a good find

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  • 05.15.2006 6:38 PM PDT