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Subject: Why the Covenant is turning around
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well after reading several theories about the trailer, and why it appears that once the forunner structure begins open, we see the phantom with its banshee escort and all the other ships suddenly start turning around as if they where trying to get away from it.

This action reminded me of a quote from the prophet of (mercy?) in halo 2. It was something along the lines of "halo, its divine wind will rush threw the stars, propelling all those worthy along the path, to salvation". This made me think that instead of trying to escape the wave of energy unleashed by the opened structure, the ships and phantoms are simply trying to "ride" the energy, sort of like a surfer would a wave, hence the "propel" part of what mercy said to the arbiter. Hence they are simply trying to build up speed and ride the energy threw the "great journey"

this implies that the structure opening was as the Covenant planned, and masterchief had failed, hence the "this is the way the world ends".

Meh, just my 2 cents

  • 05.19.2006 8:10 AM PDT
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alright i never ever ever flame...ever

but i mean theres always exceptions and i think this is it
i think we all are a little more stupid from reading this

wow i cant belive i just wasted 2mins of my life reading that

  • 05.19.2006 8:13 AM PDT
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heh, thats funny. First time i post on these forums in about a year, all i do is post a simple idea, and i get that kind of response, while there are people out posting "n0 M0rE arb1torz!!1!113, The best way to kill grunts POLL! and whats masterchiefs face! (thread number 19208122), who will get 400 responses. Now i remember why i dont post here.

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  • 05.19.2006 8:30 AM 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."

dont let one persons post effect you that much, some people are losers and have nothing better to do than complain about others topics

  • 05.19.2006 8:39 AM PDT

I think that they're backing up almost in surprise, or, preparing to see what's going to happen.

  • 05.19.2006 8:40 AM PDT
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man, sorry if you cant handle the truth...im not disrespeting you im just saying your idea is very very very very ...i cant even find a word to describe it... i just read it and couldn't believe you would even bother posting it on here...

  • 05.19.2006 8:40 AM 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."

well people are entitled to their misguided beleifes, as are we all. for all you know he could be right

  • 05.19.2006 8:42 AM PDT

Who cares what others say. You can say what you want.

By the way I was watching the DVD with my H@ collectors Edition I got a long time ago and I saw the picture tha is floating around that says earth_ark_09 on it and I saw under where it says cheif/dervish I wonder if that means anything.

Also I saw a sketch right after that and it said Cyclotron above it. I think it may be part of the structurebut it said it. Maybe that has something to do with the Cyclone looking cloud above the ark.

Another thing I was wondering. I read how they said there were blips on radar near Saturn(a gas planet) during I think the attack on earth and the Cairo Station was used partly to collect gases so that may mean something.

What else, oh and I saw a scene they cut where the prophets were showing the Arbiter the 7 pictures on the wall showing their history I suppose. I never stopped and used the flashlight to see if they are on the wall of the room. The room right before the last elevator taking the MC to the Ship to Earth.

Lastly, in the video the guy with the glasses(his name escapes me) said during the volleyball that the Flood was all one body and one mind. Reminds me of Starship Troopers bugs. Maybe that will spark someones mind to further back up their theory or someone elses.

That is my 2 cents as well.

  • 05.19.2006 8:46 AM PDT
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alright i guess your right...he is entitled to his belief...but i will stand on the fact that it is one of the funniest thing iver read on these boards

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Posted by: Kurks
Why the Covenant is turning around



Because they left the stove on.

  • 05.19.2006 9:17 AM PDT
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partly because of the ginormous dustwave, which has a phsical impact, so the covies are all like "whoa, un-called for" and then are like, "hmmm, give me a w t and a side serving of F"

  • 05.19.2006 9:53 AM PDT
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If the Covies are trying to catch a wave, why are they all facing the thing when they know they will just have to turn around?

  • 05.19.2006 10:31 AM PDT
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ok.. I have another cool theory.. everything the covenant owns is either pink or purple, maybe they're -blam!-.. and so they saw the hole and were like WHOA LOOK AT THAT HOLE.. I BET YOU COULD STICK ANYTHING IN IT! so they went toward it, and it opened, and they were like OMG..... and they went away...

  • 05.19.2006 10:39 AM PDT
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For heavens sake, i'm tired of these theories as to why the covenant ships turned around. It's not a mystery, there's a giant seething atomic machine opening (note the warped clouds), and is about to do something, they're clearing the area, to give it bloody space. Also note the couple of ships that stayed behind (excavation ships) which got physically knocked around by the energy wave released.
Finally, if you're a highly religious society on the verge of a religous awakening discovery, you wouldn't want to sit around whilst a great holy event is taking place, you'd leave out of respect.

  • 05.19.2006 10:49 AM PDT
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yeah!, what he said!!

  • 05.19.2006 10:49 AM PDT
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yes, riding the energy wave to the stars above. heheee its like peter pan!

  • 05.19.2006 10:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: phastroh117
Who cares what others say. You can say what you want.

By the way I was watching the DVD with my H@ collectors Edition I got a long time ago and I saw the picture tha is floating around that says earth_ark_09 on it and I saw under where it says cheif/dervish I wonder if that means anything.
That is my 2 cents as well.

Dervish was the old name for Arbiter.

  • 05.19.2006 11:11 AM PDT
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Dervish was the old name for the arbiter as the guy above me said, and cyclotron is the old name of one of the levels, i think "The Arbiter" or "The Oracle"

  • 05.19.2006 11:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: Kurks
heh, thats funny. First time i post on these forums in about a year, all i do is post a simple idea, and i get that kind of response, while there are people out posting "n0 M0rE arb1torz!!1!113, The best way to kill grunts POLL! and whats masterchiefs face! (thread number 19208122), who will get 400 responses. Now i remember why i dont post here.

That is because you are probably not the first to mention it here. Also, don't think that the people that post those polls and stuff do not get people acting in a similar fashion towards them, it is just how people are these days.

  • 05.19.2006 11:22 AM PDT