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Subject: The Ark in Halo: Combat Evolved???

What we do in life, echoes in eternity.

I went back and began playing Halo: Combat Evolved after the Halo 3 trailer came out, and I was just sitting at the home screen ( the one where you can choose campaign, multipler, or settings). I noticed the Marathon symbol in the middle right above the word "Halo", but then I noticed something that was behind/surrounding it.

It was a big circle with some dash marks in it. I thought it looked somewhat like the Ark from the trailer, so I counted the dash marks...I counted 14. I then went to the trailer where those arms open up, and you can clearly make out 13, but it appears as though they go in pairs, so if you use deductive reasoning, you come out with ...14

I don't have a picture or anything to show you, but I'll have to get a capture card and then repost this. If anyone else has seen this or finds any relation, or doesn't find any relation, please don't hesitate to post.

  • 05.18.2006 6:41 PM PDT
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"You must face the truth squarely and without flinching from duty. Our enemies are mortal no longer. Mercy for such as they is a chimera, self-deception is its only ally. Dedicate this weapon, given unto your hand at the behest of the Emperor, to their destruction. Regard its function as your only duty: you live only to bring cleansing fire."

i've seen it too. i counted 14 pillar things on the ark

good find

  • 05.18.2006 6:43 PM PDT
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i just rebeat the game today and after the credits i sat watching the main screen and i noticed that too and thought about posting. you beat me to it haha

  • 05.18.2006 6:47 PM PDT

What we do in life, echoes in eternity.

lol...sorry about that

  • 05.18.2006 6:49 PM PDT
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*cough cough* the ark in the trailer as we have now confirmed is either a) a giant gun b) a thruster c) something that thousands of theroies haven't pointed to yet.. such as a transmitter because all of the halos have those same "ark rings" on the outside of them

  • 05.18.2006 6:49 PM PDT
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yea ive noticed that as well, bungie said weve seen it before, this leads me to believe that it is one of many on earth just as there are many on the underside of halo

  • 05.18.2006 6:50 PM PDT

Bungie has stated before that when we played Halo 2 or Halo 3 and went back to Halo 1, we would notice things that we didn't before. I mean, the story has been planned out for a very long time, hence the Halo Bible. It works quite well together, so, I wouldn't doubt if you could find the Ark elsewhere, or at least references to it.

  • 05.18.2006 6:52 PM PDT

What we do in life, echoes in eternity.

yeah, that's true. I can see bungie putting something subtle in halo combat evolved that would prove to be very relavent in halo 2 and more so 3

  • 05.18.2006 7:14 PM PDT
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There's probably tons of things yet to be discovered, like stuff like this and other things on the Special Edition DVD, things most people see all the time when playing but haven't realized the significance of it. Pretty crazy stuff.

  • 05.18.2006 7:57 PM PDT