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Subject: 1. Alpha Halo...2. Delta Halo...3???

The first Halo that was found was named Alpha Halo. The Second was called Delta Halo. Why didn't they name the second Halo Beta Halo? And have the next Halos follow in suit with the Greek alphabet, either by order of discovery, or installation number?

  • 05.29.2006 7:28 PM PDT
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becuase they didnt have to find the halos in order

  • 05.29.2006 7:33 PM PDT
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Or in military terms, like alpha, bravo, charley.

Charley Halo...

  • 05.29.2006 7:33 PM PDT
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Ώmega Halo

  • 05.29.2006 7:35 PM PDT

Sighness

Indubidubly. Banana.

Will there even be a 'Halo' in Halo 3?

  • 05.29.2006 7:36 PM PDT

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The Greek alphabet is what is used.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon...

  • 05.29.2006 7:36 PM PDT

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I agree with Matched Player 2 Omega Halo


  • 05.29.2006 7:37 PM PDT
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i was just being funny, idk if itll be omega halo, but omega does have that overcommanding tinge to it

  • 05.29.2006 7:38 PM PDT

Posted by: MasterChef1013
becuase they didnt have to find the halos in order


I know they didn't have to find them in order, and they didn't. The found installation 04 first then installation 05 second. They named 04 Alpha, like the first letter in the Greek alphabet, but they named 05 Delta, the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet. So my question was, why didn't they name 05 Beta?

Maybe 05 is not the 2nd they found, only the 2nd they landed on. There isnt mention that installtion 04 and 05 are the ONLY Halo's they have found.

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  • 05.29.2006 7:42 PM PDT
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Eh?

Or maybe....they just like the letters A and D....I prefer B but ...to each his own.

  • 05.29.2006 7:47 PM PDT
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or why, if they knew it was installation 05, name it after the 5th letter in the Greek alphabet, "Epsilon"?

and name the first Halo, "Delta Halo", as it is Installation 04?

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beta

  • 05.29.2006 7:50 PM PDT

Posted by: Hermes
or why, if they knew it was installation 05, name it after the 5th letter in the Greek alphabet, "Epsilon"?

and name the first Halo, "Delta Halo", as it is Installation 04?


I was also thinking that. So maybe there isnt a reason why they named them Alpha and Delta, or maybe we just don't know enough yet?

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Well, supposedly, from theroies I've heard, ONI has known about Alpha Halo for a while, thats why Threshold and Basis already has names. Maybe they knew about the others.

  • 05.29.2006 8:12 PM PDT
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someone refresh my memory, when was alpha halo first called alpha halo?

  • 05.29.2006 8:14 PM PDT

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1) alpha halo 2) delta halo 3) THE ARK!

guys this is the end of the halo story i dont think there gunna have the game on another ring...

  • 05.29.2006 8:16 PM PDT

I'm not exactly sure when, but I think they referred to installation 04 as Alpha Halo in Halo 2.

  • 05.29.2006 8:18 PM PDT
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Right, because you don't label something 'alpha' if it is the only one of its kind, right?
Delta being called delta probably has something to do with the architecture that reflects how old it is compared to the first halo

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why greek anyways?. its only a name. my mom had me 4th (and last) and didnt name me delta.. it coule be a new military thing.. remember ppl, its the future and we dont know what basis they are going on now.. some of you are just looking into things to much. trying to figure out why they named them w/e they name them, its like asking why sarge is black... IT JUST HAPPEND THAT WAY. or why the covie's main colour is purple... it all just happend that way.. ooooh wait... they might be -blam!- and all have aids!! *rolls eyes*
haha.. maybe thats how the covenant end?.. they all die of aids becasue they are -blam!-.. and they are -blam!- becasue purple is their main colour....

seriously though.. purple is cool in some places

  • 05.29.2006 8:24 PM PDT
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actually the purple metallic material the covenant use has functional implications when working with plasma

  • 05.29.2006 8:34 PM PDT

Posted by: RaggedDog
why greek anyways?. its only a name. my mom had me 4th (and last) and didnt name me delta.. it coule be a new military thing.. remember ppl, its the future and we dont know what basis they are going on now.. some of you are just looking into things to much. trying to figure out why they named them w/e they name them, its like asking why sarge is black... IT JUST HAPPEND THAT WAY. or why the covie's main colour is purple... it all just happend that way.. ooooh wait... they might be -blam!- and all have aids!! *rolls eyes*
haha.. maybe thats how the covenant end?.. they all die of aids becasue they are -blam!-.. and they are -blam!- becasue purple is their main colour....

seriously though.. purple is cool in some places


This topic was just a question I had because I thought maybe I forgot or missed something in the story that would point to why they named the Halo's Alpha and then Delta. There very well be no reason why, but knowing Bungie, there very well could be a significant plot twist involving Beta and Gamma Halos.

  • 05.29.2006 9:08 PM PDT
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Delta also means change

  • 05.29.2006 9:10 PM PDT
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someone refresh my memory, when was alpha halo first called alpha halo?

I think it was first called Alpha Halo by Jason Jones. In the games it was first called Alpha in Halo 2, by 343 guilty Spark.

This mining facility predates Installation Alpha by several hundred years. It was retrofitted to research possible offensive and defensive measures against the Flood. Indeed, I designed and oversaw the construction of this facility's various outbreak management systems.

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  • 05.29.2006 9:13 PM PDT
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so are we assuming that there is contained flood on every single halo?

  • 05.29.2006 9:16 PM PDT

Dawn of the Dead video Here
6 Minutes of Hell video here

Which sounds better, Alpha Halo, Beta Halo, Gamma Halo, Delta Halo, Epsilon Halo, Zeta Halo, Eta Halo...or.... Alpha Halo, Bravo Halo, Charlie Halo, Delta Halo, Echo Halo, Foxtrot Halo, Golf Halo....
Neither sound that great. I doubt bungie would throw in a Zeta Halo or a Golf Halo. Perhaps bungie never planned for us to visit all 7 halo's, so they just picked out random names that sounded best. How else do you justify instillation 04 being named Alpha, and instillation 05 being Delta? I have a stong feeling that most of the halo's will go unmentioned. Further proof of this is the Monitors.
The monitor of instillation 04 is 343 Guilty Spark, the monitor of instillation 05 is 2401 Penetient Tangent. 343 is 7^3, and 2401 is 7^4, so the monitor's number is 7 to the power of the instillation number minus one. Meaning the monitor of instillation 01, is 7^0 or 1, and the monitor of instillation 07 is 7^6 or
117649. I am assuming we won't ever meet them, since their numbers would be cumbersome and sound odd.

  • 05.29.2006 9:25 PM PDT

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