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Subject: Is 6 rings enough to destroy the entire galaxy?!
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I know the Forerunners built seven rings (Halos) throughout the Milky Way. The purpose of these is to destroy all life in the galaxy. However, with the destruction of Alpha Halo in the first game, will the blast radius from the remaining six rings be big enough to encompass the entire galaxy when/if they are activated from the Ark in Halo 3? Personally I think this leaves room for a sequel. What do you think?!

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  • 05.16.2006 11:17 AM PDT
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MAybe in halo 3 the ring that is showen in the tralier is strong enough to make up for the destroyed one

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  • 05.16.2006 11:21 AM PDT
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I thought 7 were given to the Dwarves...

  • 05.16.2006 11:22 AM PDT
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there was no ring shiwn in halo3 trailer, what are you talking about man?

  • 05.16.2006 11:22 AM PDT
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there was no ring shown but the ark was shown the object that activates the 6 remaining rings!

  • 05.16.2006 11:31 AM PDT
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Sorry wrong wording i meant the ark that was in the move it looks like it can produce a really nice BBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM

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  • 05.16.2006 11:32 AM PDT

I just realized this yesterday playing, it would be ironic that if the ring we destroyed in the first Halo just happens to be the one within our galaxy and so Earth isn't destroyed but everything else is.

  • 05.16.2006 11:37 AM PDT
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Well in Halo 1 343 said what the range of Halo was, a radius 20.000 lightyears IIRC and that the galaxy would be quite devoid of life after the other installations follow suit.

  • 05.16.2006 11:40 AM PDT
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The 6 rings are a result of fires, droughts, and infection.

You shouldn't have killed my Oak-tree you oil-mongerer!

  • 05.16.2006 11:43 AM PDT
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hay kurc you are right about 7 but then the forerunners turned on the first halo not
the one MC tosted thay distroyed 3 rings and 3 radi of the galaxy.
leaving 4 rings your friend MC finished the 4th ring know only 3 left
on standby mode for activation by the ark.and you only need one ring
to do the work thay are so powerfull thay even destroye other rings.
i think forerunners built so much for backup incase one malfunctions.
i wonder in halo 3 if they shutdown or blowup the ark then what are they
going to do about the flood infestation.

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  • 05.16.2006 11:51 AM PDT
Subject: Is 6 rings enough to destroy the entire galaxy?!

Facts are the enemy of tru7h....

Posted by: Kurc Urbstreet
I know the Forerunners built seven rings (Halos) throughout the Milky Way. The purpose of these is to destroy all life in the galaxy. However, with the destruction of Alpha Halo in the first game, will the blast radius from the remaining six rings be big enough to encompass the entire galaxy when/if they are activated from the Ark in Halo 3? Personally I think this leaves room for a sequel. What do you think?!


I don't thnk six rings would be enough.... at least not to be completely sure of getting teh whole galaxy....

I did a kind of mock up of where the rings might be placed a while ago, here. I know it looks like the rings can easily cover the whole galaxy, but even with the seven rings they have to be placed in pretty specific locations to be able to completely cover the whole galaxy. I did try it with six just for fun... i thnk i managed to get them to cover most of the galaxy but the galactic core and some bits around the edges just weren't covered. This is all assuming that the rings act individually. Personally i think the rings act together to achieve a much bigger radius than any one ring alone can.

-Stu

  • 05.16.2006 11:54 AM PDT
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At any rate there will be a part of the galaxy free from harm, who do we know lives there? The Heretics for one, maybe the books mention some colonies but I don't read them so...

  • 05.16.2006 12:01 PM PDT
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If my astronomy knowledge is correct, the galaxy we inhabit (which may not necessarily be the one in game, you all know how Bungie does that) is about 20K light years across and 100 light years thick. If the rings were dispersed evenly, then yes. Six rings may even be overkill, nothing to say of seven of them.

  • 05.16.2006 12:04 PM PDT
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No. Some nerd did a diagram of all possible places the halo rings could be including the destroyed halo and no matter where, Earth Gets destroyed and no matter where, Basicly the whole Galaxy is whiped clean. And bungie has already announced that this will be the last game of the Trilogy. ( Hence the termonology, TRILOGY )

  • 05.16.2006 12:07 PM PDT

Facts are the enemy of tru7h....

Posted by: Skullking02
No. Some nerd did a diagram of all possible places the halo rings could be including the destroyed halo and no matter where, Earth Gets destroyed and no matter where, Basicly the whole Galaxy is whiped clean. And bungie has already announced that this will be the last game of the Trilogy. ( Hence the termonology, TRILOGY )


That nerd would be me...

Posted by: ZMTalo
If my astronomy knowledge is correct, the galaxy we inhabit (which may not necessarily be the one in game, you all know how Bungie does that) is about 20K light years across and 100 light years thick. If the rings were dispersed evenly, then yes. Six rings may even be overkill, nothing to say of seven of them.


The Milky Way galaxy is between 80 and 100 thousand light years in diameter and 1000 light years thick outside the galactic core...

*Linky*

-Stu

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  • 05.16.2006 12:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: Skullking02
No. Some nerd did a diagram of all possible places the halo rings could be including the destroyed halo and no matter where, Earth Gets destroyed and no matter where, Basicly the whole Galaxy is whiped clean. And bungie has already announced that this will be the last game of the Trilogy. ( Hence the termonology, TRILOGY )


I hate to correct you, but Bungie said it is the last game in the story-arc.

  • 05.16.2006 12:12 PM PDT