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Subject: I have a QUESTION about the Timeline...please answer!
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http://halosm.bungie.org/story/halostory.timeline.html

Unknown - The remaining Spartans, Admiral Whitcomb, Dr. Halsey, Sgt. Johnson, Lieutenant Haverson, Warrant Officer Polaski, and Corporal Locklear jump to Slipspace on board the Covenant/Human hybrid ship Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice, and discover that the shard seems to have the ability to bend both space and time.

2552
Sep 12 - The Gettysburg/Ascendant Justice arrives for refit and provisioning in Eridanus system and meets with the rebels under Governor Jiles. Dr. Halsey sedates Spartan 087, Kelly, and absconds with her on Governor Jiles ship, a Chiroptera-class vessel, the smallest UNSC classification that contains an SFTE. Before she goes, she gives the alien artifact to Corporal Locklear, with implicit instructions to destroy it.

2552
Sep 13 - Admiral Whitcomb and Lieutenant Haverson destroy the majority of the surrounding Covenant fleet by detonating the Unyielding Hierophant. John, Linda, Will, and Fred, the last known remaining Spartans, along with Sgt. Johnson, and, of course, Cortana, depart for Earth to warn of the impending Covenant invasion.

2552
Sep 19 - The Pillar Of Autumn arrives at Halo.

2552
Sep 22 - The Master Chief and Cortana, onboard a Longsword in the debris field of the destroyed Halo, find one remaining Pelican containing Sgt. Johnson, Lieutenant Haverson, Warrant Officer Polaski, Corporal Locklear, and a set of cryotubes containing Spartan 058, Linda.

2552
Sep 23 - The Master Chief, Cortana, Linda, Polaski, Sgt. Johnson, Haverson, and Locklear depart for Reach via Slipspace aboard the Covenant Flagship Ascendant Justice, captured near the Halo debris field. A Time/Date Record Anomaly continues from this point in the narrative, resolved above on Sep 7, 2552.

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Can anyone please explain me - Why there is a Time Fluxuation here? (Jumping back and forth from Halo) and whats the deal about the Crystal (Yes i have read the books, but i dont really get its deep meaning)? I don't really get that...can anyone care to explain me that? Please.
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  • 05.29.2006 9:39 PM PDT
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Here is my explanation.

When the events appeared to occur First Strike:

August 30th: [b] Reach Falls

[b] September 23rd:
MC and Other Halo survivors capture the ascendant justice

Time anomaly: Reach Survivors are rescued

September 13th: The Unyielding Hierophant is destroyed


This looks like time travel, but here is when the events really occurred:


August 30th: Reach falls. When the POA enters slipspace the crystal "slows Down" time for it.

September 7th: Crystal is found by Dr. Halsey and Reach Survivors. They are rescued by the Halo survivors. Crystal activates when Cortana jumps away from Reach. This causes time to "speed up" for occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg

September 12th: Crystal activates as Locklear destroys it. Pieces of it are squeezed outside the ship and also "speeds up" time for the occupants of the Ascendant Justice/Gettysburg

This is what is happening in the two timelines above: The crystal is slowing down time for the Master Chief and the people aboard the POA when it leaves Reach. This means that several hours on Reach is days for the MC on the POA. The time anomally is caused by the differences in the mission clocks of the Reach Team and the Halo team. Since the Reach Team was not affected by the time warping powers of the crystal, therefore they had the correct time. The time anomaly occurs until Dr. Halsey figures out what happened.


[Edited on 5/29/2006]

  • 05.29.2006 9:42 PM PDT