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Poll: How do they hold up?  [closed]
Damn near perfect.:  30%
(19 Votes)
Great!:  23%
(15 Votes)
Could be...:  20%
(13 Votes)
Meh, I don't see it.:  16%
(10 Votes)
Halo 2 destroyed these theories.:  11%
(7 Votes)
Total Votes: 64

Back before Halo 2 came out, there was a certain person on these forums who went by the name of Eagle 117.

I will post a couple of his theories here. Why, you ask? A few reasons, actually...
* To illustrate the thought process of a good theory, in hopes that many of these people posting theories think their processes through better.
* To see how they held up since they were thought out before Halo 2 even came out.
* Because I was cleaning out my email and found them way in the back.


And now, the postings:

Posted 2 years ago by Eagle 117

CONNECTING THE RANDOM: A THEORY TO CONNECT THE DOTS

Those of us who’ve read the books, specifically Halo: The Fall of Reach, should know chapter 30 TFoR very well. This chapter seems to hold important insight into the Halo universe/storyline, but it has yet to be explained. Who are the two code named individuals in the transmission, what is OPERATION HYPODERMIC, and other questions lead one to believe that this particular chapter may hold some nasty secrets. In this theory, I hope to shed some light on these secrets, and just maybe, peel another layer off this onion.
First off, here is Ch. 30 for those of you who need to refresh your memory:


0000 Hours, August 29, 2552 (Military Calendar)/
narrow-band point-to-point transmission: origin
UNKNOWN; termination: Section Three, Omega secure antenna array, UNSC HQ Epsilon Eridani System, Reach Military Complex
PLNB Priority Transmission XX087R-XX
Encryption Code: GAMMA
From: CODENAME: COALMINER
To: CODENAME: SURGEON
Subject: PROGRESS REPORT/OPERATION HYPODERMIC
Classification: EYES ONLY TOP SECRET (SECTION III
X-RAY DIRECTIVE)
/file extraction-reconstitution complete/
/start file/
Secured space-dock repair bay. Corvette Circumference
undergoing final stealth upgrades. Shipyard records
successfully altered.
Queries from transient AI. Operation deemed AT
RISK of being uncovered.
As per contingency plan TANGO: ship registration
numbers scrambled; hard isolated from dockside computer
network; counterintrusion software implemented; Alpha
security protocols enacted onboard.
Just as you called it, sir. Don’t worry— as far as the
station computers are concerned, Circumference never even
existed.
/end file/
/scramble-destruction process enabled/
Press ENTER to continue.

Pretty suspicious, don’t you think? Most people just count this chapter as pointless blab, but it is more than that... much more if my theory is correct.
First off, who are the two individuals code named COALMINER and SURGEON? Well, we can knock Dr. Halsey off the list of suspects just by looking at the transmission. This is an X-Ray classified transmission. On pages 125-126 FS, Kalmiya (Dr. Halsey’s current AI) finds an anomaly in Spartan 087's (Kelly) DNA files. Dr. Halsey decides to follow the path of bread crumbs, and she discovers a request dated 3 months ago by Araqiel (Ackerson’s "watchdog" AI). Dr. Halsey tells Kalmia to trace the request, and Kalmia responds with, "Done and terminated contact at node FF-8897-Z. Access restricted to X-Ray level clearance."(p.126) After being told she is restricted from viewing this info because she doesn’t have X-Ray level clearance, Dr. Halsey has to override Kalmia’s ethics routine, and break into the files in order to gain access to the info they contain. Since Dr. Halsey doesn’t have X-Ray level clearance, then she is not one of code named individuals.

We can also knock the Master Chief and Cortana off the list of suspects by looking at their locations. The transmission was made on the same date that the MC and Cortana where being put through their paces on Reach to test project MJOLNIR. As a matter of fact, let me go a little more in dept into their time on Reach. During these test of MJOLNIR, Cortana says this: "Picking up scrambled radio frequencies on the D band. Encrypted orders from this facility to Fairchild Airfield. They’re using personal code words, too- so I can’t tell what they’re up to."(p.260) If you ask me, this sounds very familiar to the transmission in Ch. 30. However, we know that this particular transmission (the one to Fairchild Airfield) was to call an air strike on the MC. But, who made the transmission? Who was calling the shots that day, running the exercises, and wanted the MC to fail? On page 264 Dr. Halsey says this after the MC completes the test on project MJOLNIR, "Test concluded. Call off you men, Colonel Ackerson! We’ve won." Ackerson was in charge that day, and he is the person who issued the orders. This includes the "code named" order sent to Fairchild Airfield!

Now, we’re getting somewhere. We know that Ackerson was on Reach the same day that the Ch. 30 transmission was sent. We know that he has X-Ray level clearance because his personal AI was guarding the X-Ray classified information that Dr. Halsey was restricted from... not to mention, he’s apart of the UNSC High Command. (p.98-106 FS) If you really want proof that he has X-Ray level clearance, then look at this quote, "why would Ackerson be interested? And why would HE classify this data as level X-Ray?"(p.131)We also know that Ackerson is up to something secretive... S-III and King Under The Mountain files. So, I’m going to say that the code named individuals COALMINER is Col. Ackerson, big surprise, right? Keep reading, though. It gets much more intriguing.
From here on out, things are going to be a bit crazy for those of you who’ve never read any of my theories. Please try to stick with it, though. Everything will be tied together in the end. There’s some really good stuff coming up :)


To be continued...


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Continued
Before I get into who I think the other code named individual is, I want to talk about the Circumference’s mission. We know that the Circumference was involved in "OPERATION HYPODERMIC".(that’s in the transmission) If you dig a little deeper, you can find some other info on the Circumference. If you look on p.269 TFoR, you see that Cortana is doing her usual snooping around. She decides to do "a little reconnaissance into ONI’s databases."(p.266) While in ONI databases, Cortana comes in contact with "a very well piece of counterintrusion software, far superior to the normal ONI slugcode." (p.269) This code is so well crafted, that it even detects Cortana and starts a trace on her signal.(p.268) Of course, Cortana stops the trace made on her, and she "withdraws from the database to look for an unguarded way into ONI Section Three files." (p.269) She then notices that there’s " an unusual amount of packets that day: queries and encrypted messages from ONI operatives. There were orders for ship movements and operatives outbound from Reach. This was a new directive to send scouts into the periphery systems and find the Covenant. She saw several ships docked in Reach’s space docks— ONI stealth jobs made to look like private yachts. They had cute, innocuous names: the Applebee, Circumference, and the Lark."(p.269) We can gather from this that the Circumference, and these other stealth ships, may have been a part of this new directive to send scouts into the periphery systems.
Something about those three ships caught my attention. On Aug. 27, 2552, three days before the Circumference transmission was sent, Dr. Halsey gathers the surviving Spartan’s to inform them of their mission on the Pillar of Autumn. All the surviving Spartans are at this mission briefing except three. "The three missing Spartans are "Engaged on fields of combat too distant to be easily recalled."(p.241) The names of these missing Spartans are not given. All we are told that there are two dozen Spartans, not including the MC, there for the mission brief. We know for sure that the MC, Fred, Linda, Joshua, and James are there for the mission briefing.(p.241) Counting the two dozen Spartans, and the MC, there are 25 Spartans present for the mission briefing. Take into account that there are 3 Spartans missing from the mission briefing, there is a total of 28 surviving Spartans.
Before the Pillar of Autumn starts it’s secret mission, Reach is attacked by the Covenant. The PoA is recalled back to Reach in order to defend the planet. While the PoA is in route to Reach, a transmission from Reach Space Dock Quartermaster AI-8575(a.k.a Doppler) is sent out to the Fleet. In the transmission there is an urgent message: "the corvette Circumference/Bay-Gamma-9/ is isolated from REACH DOC NET," and "Unsecured navigation data on the Circumference has been detected by the Covenant."(p.302) This is quite a snag, and the MC decides he has to make two teams of Spartans. One team will go on a space op to take care of the unsecured navigation data on the Circumference. The other team (Red Team) will go defend the planet Reach.
Before the MC even has a chance to explain the situation, or his plan to deal with it, Kelly steps forward and says, "Master Chief, permission to lead the space op, sir."(p.303) The MC responded with, "I’ll be leading that one."(p.303) The MC then goes on to explain the he, Linda, and James would do the space op, and that Fred would lead Red Team on the ground op on Reach.
Now, it gets interesting. Lets add up how many Spartans are present on the PoA mission. The space op to the Circumference has 3 Spartans, including the MC. But, how many Spartans are on Red Team (a.k.a. - the ground op to Reach)? While the Spartans are falling through the atmosphere of Reach, Fred (Red team leader) "activated his motion sensor, boosting the range to maximum. His team appeared as blips on his heads-up display. With a sigh of relief he saw that all TWENTY-SIX of them were present."(p.12 FS) HOLD ON.... if you add up the numbers here, there is a problem. 26 Spartans on the ground op, and 3 Spartans on the space op = 29 Spartans. But, at the mission briefing, there were 25 Spartans present, and 3 Spartans on other missions, which = 28 Spartans... remember. Keep reading:)
Here is what’s going on, and this is what you’ve all been reading this thing for. Fred boost his motion sensors to maximum in that quote above. Notice he uses his MOTION sensor, and not a bio/life reading type sensor. Fred picks up 26 bodies around him. One of those bodies is the dead pilot of their pelican. The rest of the 25 bodies are Spartans. If you take this into account, then that means there are 25 Spartans on the ground op mission to Reach, and there are 3 Spartans on the space op mission to the Circumference. Add that up, and you get 28 Spartans! This means that ALL the Spartans are on the PoA mission, including the 3 that aren’t present at Dr. Halsey’s mission briefing! But, there is more. If you know me, then you know that I like to back up my statements with evidence, and lots of it. So, here is the evidence of how ALL the Spartans are present for the PoA mission.
At the mission briefing on the PoA mission, Dr. Halsey says that the three missing Spartans are "Engaged on fields of combat TOO DISTANT to be easily recalled."(p.241) You should then recall that on Aug. 30th, 3 days after Dr. Halsey’s mission briefing, Cortana snoops through ONI databases and finds out that there is a new ONI directive to send scouts into the periphery systems and find the Covenant.(p. 269) Here is the definition of "periphery," for those of you who don’t know it’s EXACT meaning: " an outside boundary; the CIRCUMFERENCE of a circle or other closed curve."(Webster’s Dict.) This new ONI directive was to send scouts into outermost systems, in order to locate the Covenant. Now, notice that Cortana also finds THREE ONI stealth ships, the Applebee, Circumference, and the Lark, docked at Reach’s space ports on Aug. 30th also, which is three days after the PoA mission briefing. If you haven’t put two and two together yet, let me spell it out for you. The 3 missing Spartans from the PoA mission briefing where TOO DISTANT to be easily recalled. (p.241) There is a new ONI directive to send scouts into the MOST DISTANT parts of known space to find the Covenant. There are three ONI stealth ships which are apart of this new ONI directive, and all these ships are docked at Reach’s space docks. Add it all up, and you can see that the three missing Spartans from the PoA mission briefing where missing from the mission briefing because they were apart of the ONI directive to send scouts into the periphery systems to find the Covenant. Given three days, these 3 missing Spartans/ONI scouts had time to make it back to Reach (the ONI stealth ships are at Reach) for the PoA mission. ALL 28 SPARTANS ARE ON THE PoA MISSION BEFORE REACH IS ATTACKED. This means that a Spartan is the code named individual SURGEON in the Circumference transmission, but which Spartan is it? Keep reading:)
First, lets go over some things that I found to be interesting. Right before the PoA mission briefing, the Chief looks around the room and names a few Spartans. He notices that Fred, Linda, Joshua, and James are there for the mission briefing.(p.241) Do you notice one particular Spartan who is missing from that list. This Spartan is perhaps the MC’s closest friend (except for Sam, who is KIA). Whenever there is a group of Spartans mention in the books, this Spartan is always a prominent character, and is always mentioned. This Spartan is extremely skilled, as they all are. Have you caught on yet. Spartan 087 (Kelly) is missing. It seems likely that if she where there, the MC would notice her among all others. The MC, Sam, and Kelly where all extremely close friends from their first days on Reach on up. After Sam was killed, Kelly and the MC where the only ones of this group of close nit friends left. It’s seems highly unlikely that the MC would overlook her from the group of Spartans. As a matter of fact, I would venture to say that she would be the first Spartan the MC would notice.
The S-III and King Under the Mountain files are found by Dr. Halsey through an anomaly in Spartan 087's (Kelly’s) DNA files. The anomaly in Kelly’s DNA files was a surreptitious (stealthy; secret and unauthorized) data request made three month’s before the Covenant attacked Reach, by Araqiel, Ackerson’s AI.(p.126) If you look in the transmission itself, it has "PLNB Priority Transmission XX087R-XX," you see Kelly’s ID (Spartan 087). Even more interesting is what happens when the MC finds out about the Circumference and the unsecured navigation database while on the PoA. Before the MC even has a chance to give out orders, Kelly steps forward and says, "Master Chief, permission to lead the space op, sir."(p.303) Stepping out of line, speaking without being given the authority to do so by the ranking officer (the MC) seems very un military like. Kelly does this because she is the one who was aboard the Circumference, and she is the one who isolated the ship from the space dock computers. She wants to clean up the mess she made!
So, Ackerson is COALMINER, and Kelly is SURGEON. The mission, at least part of it, OPERATION HYPODERMIC (under the skin), was to go into the outermost systems and find the Covenant.
You know what’s located in an outermost systems don’t you. A place the Covenant are very interested in... Halo! I’m willing to say that Kelly found Halo before the PoA, and that she is the Reclaimer. One can’t tell a man Spartan from a woman Spartan when they’re in armor. It’s quite possible that 343 GS confused the MC with Kelly when the events of Halo take place. I’m trying to leave a lot of room here for you guys to debate. I don’t want to spell it all out for you :)

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Eagle Theory 2
A SHORT SUMMARY is available at the bottom of the theory for those of you who need to see what this theory is all about before investing your time reading it. For those of you who know that my theories don’t disappoint, prepare to be flabbergasted. You’re about to embark on a journey that will forever alter the cycle of thoughts concerning the Halo universe:)

The Spartan II program is said to be the culmination of Dr. Halsey’s life. The project took years of planning, and an investment of endless upon endless hours of study and preparations. To gain funding and support for her program, Dr. Halsey had to put up with the bickering of the UNSC military higher ups. The Spartan II program started off with 75 subjects, children. They were stolen from their parents in secret UNSC black ops missions, and then replaced with flash clones of themselves so the parents wouldn’t know. These children would grow to be the best humanity had to offer, and some began to take notice... Ackerson.
Col. Ackerson had plans of his own. He had special weapons projects, and, as mentioned on p.103,105 of FS, he had a backup plan on par with the Spartans. These projects of Ackerson competed directly against Dr. Halsey’s Spartan II program for funding. Of course, the Spartan II program continued its’ success, and it garnered more support from the UNSC higher ups. The relationship between Col. Ackerson and Dr. Halsey could best be described as sour one. Neither like each other, but they both recognized each others importance in the struggle against the Covenant.
So, you’re probably saying to yourself, "Yea... I know all that". Well, lets take what you already know and apply it to some thoughts I have. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised;)
In the beginning of The Fall of Reach (p.55-59) we’re told the specifics of the augmentations that will be given to the Spartans. Deja, an AI, decodes a transmission that contains the details of the augmentations, which was sent from Admiral Jeromi onboard the UNSC Research Station Hopeful. Deja states this while decoding the transmission: "The encryption scheme is extremely complex, I don’t even know why they bother. Who else but Beta-5 Division even has the resources to use this data?"(p.54) Once the transmission is decoded, we learn of the immense risks the augmentation procedures carry, including: bone pulverization, elephantiasis, suppressed -blam!- drive, permanent blindness, Parkinson’s disease, Fletcher’s disease, and 5% of the test subjects may experience a fatal cardiac volume increase. (p 57 TFoR). After Dr. Halsey reads this information, "she erases all traces of it, and sends Deja to track the file pathways all the way back to the Hopeful in order to destroyed Admiral Jeromi’s notes and files relative to the procedures."(p.58)
The next chapter (Ch.7) begins with the Spartans that survived the augmentations giving a farewell to their fallen comrades... those who didn’t survive the augmentations. On p.60, we’re told that the "fallen" Spartan’s bodies where burned, their remains put into ash canisters, and then those canisters were shot into the darkness of space. We’re told that there are 33 surviving Spartans, including the MC, who can remain in the program. "There were a dozen others who lived, but were no longer able to sever as soldiers"(p.61). We’re told of this dozen’s "injuries", which include all the risks mentioned above. There were 33 Spartans able to stay in Dr. Halsey’s program, and a dozen (12) others who lived, but were to injured to continue in the program. Add those numbers up, and you’ll find that 30 Spartans, 40% of the group, died from the augmentations (33+12+30=75 Spartans).
I found something to be very strange about all this. In the augmentation transmission, the only risk mentioned pertaining to death is that 5% of the subjects may experience "fatal cardiac volume increase. 5% of the 75 Spartans is only 3.75, not 30. Of course, no one else would know that only 5% of the Spartans, not 40%, should die from the augmentations, because Dr. Halsey herself erased ALL records pertaining to the augmentation procedures and risks. There were no bodies to confirm the 30 Spartans deaths, because they were all "burned to ashes"and ejected into space. On that note, imagine you’re the founder and lead scientist of a program that’s taken your life’s work and dedication to realize. At the near peek of your program, which, again, has taken your life’s dedication, 40% of the subjects in your program die because of procedures performed on them while in your program. Would you, being the founder and lead SCIENTIST of the program, dispose of those dead subjects by burning their bodies, and ejecting canisters containing their ashes into space, effectively erasing those subjects from existence, and culmination of your work? Or, would you study those dead subjects to figure out your mistakes, in order to learn how to better prepare for the next batch of subjects?
I find it improbable that 30 Spartans died from the augmentations. There were 12 Spartans present at the "farewell ceremony" who showed the extreme side effects of the augmentations: bone pulverization, elephantiasis, permanent blindness, Parkinson’s disease, and Fletcher’s disease. However, when it comes to the 5% of the Spartans that may have experienced a fatal cardiac volume increase, there are 30 canisters filled with the ashes of 40% of the Spartans! This could be an indicator to PART of Dr. Halsey’s secret mission at the end of First Strike.
Dr. Halsey:
"There was so much to do and so little time left for her, the Spartans, and the human race. She could do something , though. She’d save them one person at a time, starting with Linda, then Kelly, and then a handful of very important others. Of course, it meant betraying everyone who trusted her— but if that was the only way Dr. Halsey could save herself, and her soul, then she’d do it." (p.249)
Dr. Halsey states: "betray everyone who trusted her". Does that sound familiar to you? It stuck out like a sore thumb to me... the level TWO BETRAYALS. We’re aware that 343 GS betrayed the MC, but what is the other betrayal, and who performs it? You might say, "don’t even go there, because Dr. Halsey can’t go to Halo... it’s destroyed". Well, you’d be wrong if you think that;)
Halo is destroyed on September 22, 2552; however, because of the time warping issues caused by the artifact found on Reach, Dr. Halsey actually leaves for her secret mission on September 13, 2552. This is a whole 9 days before Halo is destroyed, and 6 days before the Pillar of Autumn even reaches Halo (Sept.19, 2552). READ THOSE STATEMENTS AGAIN! Another thing I should point out is that Locklear destroys the artifact on the same date that Dr. Halsey goes on her secret mission. This is significant, because on the date Locklear destroys the artifact (Sept. 13), the Spartans, Admiral Whitcomb, Dr. Halsey, and the artifact itself have yet to be "rescued" from Reach. Remember, the MC doesn’t rescue the artifact, and those on Reach until September 23, 2552, which is 10 days AFTER the artifact is destroyed by Locklear. This means that on the date Dr. Halsey leaves for her secret mission there are actually TWO of everything that is onboard the Ascendent Justice. There are two artifacts, two Ascendent Justices, and two of every person aboard the Ascendent Justice... including the Master Chief! The artifact has, in effect, created a "time loop" in which it can’t be destroyed. This also means that the artifact, which was thought to
be destroyed, can still control space and time around the MC’s actions!
Now that I’ve got your attention pointed in the direction of the artifact, here’s a short run down it’s space and time bending properties:

Pages 242 - 249 FS
After Dr. Halsey talks with the MC about Johnson’s condition on the captured Covenant flagship The Ascendant Justice (p. 242 - 245), Cortana and Dr. Halsey engage in an interesting conversation. One that pertains to the artifact found on Reach.

Cortana and Halsey analyze some discrepancies found between the Spartan’s on Reach time logs, and the MC’s time logs from Halo (p.247). Cortana states, "The time stamps are off by an average of three weeks. I hypothesize that this was caused by my gravity - influenced slipspace transition." Halsey then smiles and says, "I’m disappointed, Cortana. That’s a guess... and an incorrect one at that." Cortana then reviews her analysis of the logs and come to an agreement that indeed her analysis is wrong. Cortana then challenges Dr. Halsey to explain the discrepancies in the time logs, and this (many of you may be confused here) is said between the two:


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"Plot the temporal irregularities (time log discrepancies) on a space-time surface. Then call up my file on the spatial distortion generated by the alien artifact (the artifact from Reach).On the displays appeared sets of nearly identical curved membranes that stretched about a central location and time: Reach and the recovery of the strange artifact. That thing not only bends space, Dr. Halsey whispered to herself, but bends time as well. That’s not possible, Cortana said. How could the artifact on Reach affect us on Halo - light years away? Don’t think of it as a physical distance, Dr. Halsey replied absentmindedly, staring at the monitors. You and John were on an event path intersecting the crystal. She moved the curves (on the monitors that deal with the alien artifact) over one another; the time and space surfaces were a perfect match. You had to be there at that place and time to recover us and remove the crystal - time and space warped to make that event occur. Cortana gave a derisive laugh. That’s circular logic, Doctor. It directly contravenes several well-established theories— And it fits the know data. Dr. Halsey shut down the files containing here analysis. I see now why the Covenant are so interested in this object. They mustn’t be allowed to get their hands on it. Not them, and certainly not Section Three, either."(p.247-248)
Before I get into Halsey’s secret mission, I have to ask myself, why does the artifact have the MC and Cortana "on and event path intersecting the itself"? In laymen terms, what makes the MC and Cortana "so special"? Well, the MC is the Reclaimer. You’re probably thinking, "Yea, so! There were other Reclaimers. Why weren’t they "selected" by the artifact on Reach?" The answer to that may lie in the Index. Do you remember what happens when the MC places the Index in the control panel in the level TWO BETRAYALS? After Cortana spouts off about 343 GS betraying the MC , she "waved the Index, and added the data contained within it to her memory."(p.256 TF) Remember, Cortana tells 343 GS "I have the Index, so you can just float and sputter". This means that Cortana has effectively become the Index, and whoever has Cortana is THE Reclaimer. I don’t have to tell you who the ONLY person is that has the capability of "carrying/storing" Cortana in their mind/armor... the MC! This is why he is THE Reclaimer, and possibly why the artifact has the MC and Cortana (Index), and only them, on an event path intersecting itself.
Taking all this into account, we can see that the artifact won’t allow itself to be destroyed; therefore, we should also see that the MC’s actions can still be affected by it. Remember, at the end of First Strike the date is only September 13, 2552... 9 days before the destruction of Halo, and 6 days before the Pillar of Autumn reaches Halo. Of course, at the end of FS the MC and his crew are no longer aboard the Ascendent Justice, because the Admiral Whitcomb uses it as a decoy, and crashes it into the Unyielding Hierophant so that the MC can escape. NOTE: The Ascendent Justice is still in existence. At the time Whitcomb destroys the Ascendent Justice, it’s also en route to Halo. The MC and his crew are aboard the Human ship the Gettysburg at the end of First Strike, and are heading back to Earth. However, and this is important, Cortana states before they jump into slipspace, "I’m attempting to attune the Ascendant Justice’s slipspace drive to the Gettysburg’s mass and profile. We pulled the slipspace matrix out of our piggybacked ship (Ascendant Justice) and slapped it into the Gettysburg."(p.329) This statement means that the Gettysburg now has the slipspace capabilities of the Ascendent Justice, and maybe even a little better capabilities due to the Gettysburg’s small size, in comparison to the Ascendant Justice. What does this mean? Well, it took the Pillar of Autumn 18 days to make it from Reach to Halo, but it only took the Ascendent Justice a little under 13 hours to make the same trip! The MC is on a course for Earth at the end of First Strike; however, he has PLENTY of time to go back to Halo... for whatever reasons. One thing to remember is, the artifact found on Reach has created a time loop so that it can’t be destroyed. It’s quite possible that the artifact on Reach could interfere with the MC again, in order to stop it’s destruction. Another plausible thought is that the MC figures out Dr. Halsey’s secret mission, which, as she says, will betray everyone she loves, including the MC. It could be that the MC has to go back to Halo in order to try and prevent the betrayal of Dr. Halsey, which, again, would occur before the PoA visits Halo. This could possibly explain why 343 GS says to the MC: "But you already knew that. I mean, how couldn't you? And, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." Oh, by the way. AIs measure time in milli/nano seconds. It takes no time at all for an AI to perform complex thoughts, such as slipspace calculations. So, a "considerable amount of time" for an AI, such as 343 GS, to give an answer a simple question, which he’s already given an answer, could be considered days, and not years;)
Back to Dr. Halsey’s secret mission. At this point in time, I’m fairly certain of a few things concerning the "good" doctor. One, she’s not as one dimensional as most of us have made her out to be. Admiral Whitcomb thinks these’s thoughts about her while aboard the Ascendent Justice: "He’d read enough reports of her "projects" that he’d found it impossible to relate to her. If half the rumors he’d heard about her were true, she’d been mixed up in every black op from here to Andromeda. He didn’t trust her." (p.225 FS) Dr. Halsey has some BIG secrets, and I’m going to say that one of those secrets is that the 30 ash canisters that where shot into space after the Spartans received their augmentations wasn’t 30 dead Spartans. As I showed at the beginning of this theory, it seems unlikely that 40% of the Spartans (30) would die from the augmentations, because the risks show that only 5% may die (3.75). On top of that, the Spartan program is a scientific project, which was funded by the military. If there was a failure of this magnitude (40%) in the program, being that it’s based on science, the bodies of the failed subjects would be kept for study. I believe that when the Spartans were told, "CPO Mendez will be departing to train the next group of Spartans"(p.99 TfoR), that Mendez may have been taken to do something with these 30 "dead" Spartans.
This leads me to another point, Ackerson’s S-III file. Among the various data contained in the file was information pertaining to the experimental procedures used to enhance the Spartan’s strength, agility, and mental resiliency.(p.131 FS) How did Ackerson get his hands on this information, because we’re told that Dr. Halsey destroyed it. Could it be that the complex encryption sequence used on the transmission containing the augmentations info was in fact a precaution that had to be taken because of Ackerson? The only way I could see him gaining "specifics" on the procedures performed on the Spartans is if he was listing in on Halsey... keeping a watchful eye on her, through whatever means, because he knew she was up to something secretive. If Ackerson knew of the procedures performed on the Spartans, then he would have know that only 5% of them should have died, not 40% of them(30). It could be that the S-III file is Ackerson’s pieces to the puzzle that is Dr. Halsey. There is a 512 alphanumerical string attached to the S-III file that is a star chart reference, and CPOMZ is next to this long string. Put two and two together, and you could see that this is where Ackerson believes the 30 "dead" Spartans were trained at, and may still be. This would mean that Mendez was sent to this location, which, as Kalmiya says, isn’t in UNSC controlled space (p.130). But, where is this 512 alphanumeric location?
In the past, I’ve speculated that the 512 alphanumeric string could possibly be Halo. There is another location, though, that holds my interest... the rebel asteroid base. This is what we know about the rebel asteroid base. On the first mission the Spartans went on, which was to extract Col. Robert Watts from the asteroid base, we’re told several interesting things. One, "John took out the panic button. He triggered the green mode transmission and tossed it into an empty locker. If they didn’t make it out, at least the UNSC fleet would know where to find the rebel base."(p.92 TFoR) While the Spartans are leaving the asteroid, we’re told "the insurgent base looked like any other rock in the asteroid belt... but this rock was venting atmosphere and starting to rotate erratically." (p.93 TFoR) So, why is it that when the Ascendent Justice is looking for the base in First Strike, the only one’s who know of it’s existence is the MC , the other Spartans, and Dr. Halsey? Not only do the Spartans leave a beacon pointing to the location of asteroid, but the asteroid vents atmosphere into space, which causes it to rotate erratically. Now, if the asteroid is dependent on its rotation for gravity, as we’re told on p.253 FS, then there would have been HEAVY casualties inside the asteroid city, because of a gravity fluctuations. I find it improbable that the UNSC wouldn’t know about the asteroid base if they had sent their prized Spartans there, who, when briefed after the mission, could have given a first hand account of the asteroids general location, if all else failed.


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When Dr. Halsey sees the 512 alphanumeric string, she absentmindedly whispers aloud, "this longer portion is a star chart reference."(p.130 FS) Notice, she doesn’t have to compare the long string to star chars, or analyze it to find it’s meaning. Halsey is VERY familiar with this location, so familiar that she even knows the location by a huge 512 alphanumeric string. After Halsey blurts out this statement, Kalmia states, "Yes, Doctor, but it’s not a destination to any location in UNSC-controlled space." (p.130 FS) Is it a coincidence that the rebel asteroid base isn’t in UNSC controlled space, but is in fact controlled by the rebel forces who occupy the area?
What I’m getting at here, is this. If Halsey did in fact have a secret project for those 30 "dead" Spartans, one that didn’t involve the UNSC, then the perfect place to hide the project would be the asteroid base. This may be why Gov. Jiles acts so familiar with Dr. Halsey, and why Jiles men act as if they know who the MC is. While I still believe Ackerson is up to something, it’s possible to see that part, if not all, of the S-III file was information Ackerson was gathering on Halsey, because he knew that SHE was also up to something secretive... possibly more competition for his secret weapons programs.
Bringing all this back to Dr. Halsey’s secret mission, what are my predictions on it? Halsey mentions that there is little time to perform the mission. This may be because part of her mission involves going to Halo, and she knows that she only has a few days before Halo is destroyed. She then mentions that "she’d save them one person at a time, starting with Linda, then Kelly, and then a handful of very important others." The handful of very important others may be reference to the 30 Spartans that were thought to be dead, but were actually relocated for a secret project of her own. Of course, those 30 Spartans wouldn’t still be at the asteroid base. I actually believe that these 30 "dead" Spartans may be carrying out secret mission for particular individuals... the Ch. 30 transmission may pertain to this. But, that is a whole other subject, which we can get into later. The question I’m still left pondering after all this is, how will Dr. Halsey betray all those she loves?
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SUMMARY:
The artifact found on Reach creates a time loop, one in which it can’t be destroyed. Because of this time loop, at the end of First Strike Halo has yet to be destroyed. The date Dr. Halsey leaves for her secret mission there are two of everything and everyone who is aboard the Ascendent Justice. The 30 Spartans who "died" because of the augmentations are actually alive. Dr. Halsey had them trained/brought to the rebel asteroid base after the Spartans first mission for a secret project of her own. The MC will go back to Halo 04 at some point in or after Halo 2.
There’s a LOT more to it than this, so don’t post an argument unless you’ve read the actual theory :)


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Hope you enjoy these two theories from Eagle. He was the master.

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W.O.W omg this is the best FREAKING THEORY!! Theory two i mean i din really get theory 1...

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Pretty good theories...I miss Eagle. Any theories to where he went?

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I am...whimsical today.

Wow that nearly killed me, but it was worth it :)
Unfortunately that means I have no mental energy to analyze it :P

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Still great theories. Although I have disagreed with him for awhile on the time travel part. I don't think the crystal causes time travel. And I disagree with Kelly being the reclaimer and her arriving on one of the stealth ships.


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Hope you enjoy these two theories from Eagle. He was the master.


Respectfully, I don't enjoy these theories. Apparently, fascination with such things is not limited to the b.net fanbase. I guess I could see how they might be amusing to someone who actually knows the true story arc.

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Far too long for me, im not an internet fiend, i send my regards to him, chances are hes researching and compsing some new ones in the light of halo2.

BTW: why is this being brought up by someone who knows for sure what he story is, hmmmm............

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If you take this into account, then that means there are 25 Spartans on the ground op mission to Reach, and there are 3 Spartans on the space op mission to the Circumference. Add that up, and you get 28 Spartans! This means that ALL the Spartans are on the PoA mission, including the 3 that aren’t present at Dr. Halsey’s mission briefing!

I can't believe I overlooked this when I firts read his theory back before Halo 2 came out, but this is wrong. There are 27 Spartans on the ground op.

Page 7 of First Stike

Twenty-seven Spartans braced themselves and clung to the frame of the ship

When Fred sees the 26 Spartans on his motion sensor he is seeing the 26 Spartans, and not the pilot. So there are 27 Spartans on the ground op, and three in space. Of course, there is a problem with this, as that means that there is a total of 30 Spartans. There were 25 at the briefing on Reach on the 27th, but there are 30 Spartans on the 30th. Even if the 3 spartans that were too far awway to be recalled did come back, there are two Spartans who should not be there.

I think that these 5 other Spartans DID arrive in the stealth ships, but I don't think that any of them are the ones who were too far away to be recalled. I also think that the 5 Spartans came from a Halo, where they had been training in Chiron TL34 ;-)

So, Ackerson is COALMINER, and Kelly is SURGEON. The mission, at least part of it, OPERATION HYPODERMIC (under the skin), was to go into the outermost systems and find the Covenant.

I don't think so. The Conversation would make more sense if Ackerson was SURGGEON, and someone else was COALMINER. Maybe Johnson ;-)




You know what’s located in an outermost systems don’t you. A place the Covenant are very interested in... Halo! I’m willing to say that Kelly found Halo before the PoA, and that she is the Reclaimer. One can’t tell a man Spartan from a woman Spartan when they’re in armor. It’s quite possible that 343 GS confused the MC with Kelly when the events of Halo take place. I’m trying to leave a lot of room here for you guys to debate. I don’t want to spell it all out for you :)

I don't think so. Unless Kelly was at Halo 100,000 years before John. 343 Guilty SPark was confusing the Master Chief with someone who had been to Alpha halo 100,000 years before 2552.

This is from Halo Story page interview with Joe Staten

HSP: 343 Guilty Spark says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." How much time is he referring to?

JS: 100,000 years. Give or take.


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I commend Mr. Eagle for his well thought out and articulated theories. He obviously is a student of the Halo universe and I wish I shared his enthusiasm for the back story. But I play Halo cause I like to blow crap up.

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BTW: why is this being brought up by someone who knows for sure what he story is, hmmmm............


Just for the record, I don't know what the story is.

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It could be that the MC has to go back to Halo in order to try and prevent the betrayal of Dr. Halsey, which, again, would occur before the PoA visits Halo. This could possibly explain why 343 GS says to the MC: "But you already knew that. I mean, how couldn't you? And, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." Oh, by the way. AIs measure time in milli/nano seconds. It takes no time at all for an AI to perform complex thoughts, such as slipspace calculations. So, a "considerable amount of time" for an AI, such as 343 GS, to give an answer a simple question, which he’s already given an answer, could be considered days, and not years;)

Considerable time is 100,000 years.

Halo Story Page : 343 Guilty Spark says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." How much time is he referring to?

Joe Staten : 100,000 years. Give or take.



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The best part about this post is that there have been other people on the forums recently that have either stolen or come up with some of the same parts of Eagle's theories. That goes to show there are some thieves or thinkers out here. Great theories, I would wager to say he's not far off.

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Hey! A moderator just quadruple posted! =O HYPOCRITE!!!

He posted 5 times in a row. So its a Killing spree.

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Considerable time is 100,000 years.

Halo Story Page : 343 Guilty Spark says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." How much time is he referring to?

Joe Staten : 100,000 years. Give or take.



He also said give or take, which could mean really anything. It's just the sort of thing Bungie would do.

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I remember these theories. Eagle 117 was a fooking genius. I think they still stand up pretty well and that Eagle was on the right track as far as his thought process goes.

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Considerable time is 100,000 years.

Halo Story Page : 343 Guilty Spark says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." How much time is he referring to?

Joe Staten : 100,000 years. Give or take.



He also said give or take, which could mean really anything. It's just the sort of thing Bungie would do.


It means 100,000 years. We know that 343 Guilty Spark has been left in charge of Alpha Halo for 100,000 years. The last time that 343 was reffering to was 100,000 years ago when the Halo's were activated.

Because of this time loop, at the end of First Strike Halo has yet to be destroyed.

I also think that this is wrong. The crystal did not make anyone go back in time. Halo was destroyed before the start of First Strike.

When the events appeared to occur First Strike:

August 30th: Reach Falls

September 23rd: Halo is destroyed. 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 6th: Alpha Halo is Destroyed.

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 Pillar Of Autumn/ Covie ships

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.

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Posted by: opogjijijp
If you take this into account, then that means there are 25 Spartans on the ground op mission to Reach, and there are 3 Spartans on the space op mission to the Circumference. Add that up, and you get 28 Spartans! This means that ALL the Spartans are on the PoA mission, including the 3 that aren’t present at Dr. Halsey’s mission briefing!

I can't believe I overlooked this when I firts read his theory back before Halo 2 came out, but this is wrong. There are 27 Spartans on the ground op.

Page 7 of First Stike

Twenty-seven Spartans braced themselves and clung to the frame of the ship

When Fred sees the 26 Spartans on his motion sensor he is seeing the 26 Spartans, and not the pilot. So there are 27 Spartans on the ground op, and three in space. Of course, there is a problem with this, as that means that there is a total of 30 Spartans. There were 25 at the briefing on Reach on the 27th, but there are 30 Spartans on the 30th. Even if the 3 spartans that were too far awway to be recalled did come back, there are two Spartans who should not be there.

I think that these 5 other Spartans DID arrive in the stealth ships, but I don't think that any of them are the ones who were too far away to be recalled. I also think that the 5 Spartans came from a Halo, where they had been training in Chiron TL34 ;-)

So, Ackerson is COALMINER, and Kelly is SURGEON. The mission, at least part of it, OPERATION HYPODERMIC (under the skin), was to go into the outermost systems and find the Covenant.

I don't think so. The Conversation would make more sense if Ackerson was SURGGEON, and someone else was COALMINER. Maybe Johnson ;-)




You know what’s located in an outermost systems don’t you. A place the Covenant are very interested in... Halo! I’m willing to say that Kelly found Halo before the PoA, and that she is the Reclaimer. One can’t tell a man Spartan from a woman Spartan when they’re in armor. It’s quite possible that 343 GS confused the MC with Kelly when the events of Halo take place. I’m trying to leave a lot of room here for you guys to debate. I don’t want to spell it all out for you :)

I don't think so. Unless Kelly was at Halo 100,000 years before John. 343 Guilty SPark was confusing the Master Chief with someone who had been to Alpha halo 100,000 years before 2552.

This is from Halo Story page interview with Joe Staten

HSP: 343 Guilty Spark says, "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." How much time is he referring to?

JS: 100,000 years. Give or take.

I don't think Spark was confused at all..remmeber hos Halsey had a few days to get back to Halo..? And how it's also said that MC will go back to Halo..I think part of H3 will be MC going back to Halo...before the events of Halo CE took place.

MC would be going back to start Halo's activation, maybe things go wrong on Earth and the Halos need to be set off..so 343 would be referring to MC asking him the question a few days prior to the 'real master chief' in Halo CE finding out what Halo does...

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I don't think Spark was confused at all..remmeber hos Halsey had a few days to get back to Halo..?


She doesn't have any time to get back to Halo. It was destroyed while she was on Reach

And how it's also said that MC will go back to Halo..I think part of H3 will be MC going back to Halo...before the events of Halo CE took place.

How can he go back to Halo? It has been destroyed. The Crystal does not cause time travel.

so 343 would be referring to MC asking him the question a few days prior to the 'real master chief' in Halo CE finding out what Halo does...

It wouldn't be a few days prior, it would be 100,000 years prior.

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I don't think Spark was confused at all..remmeber hos Halsey had a few days to get back to Halo..?


She doesn't have any time to get back to Halo. It was destroyed while she was on Reach

And how it's also said that MC will go back to Halo..I think part of H3 will be MC going back to Halo...before the events of Halo CE took place.

How can he go back to Halo? It has been destroyed. The Crystal does not cause time travel.

so 343 would be referring to MC asking him the question a few days prior to the 'real master chief' in Halo CE finding out what Halo does...

It wouldn't be a few days prior, it would be 100,000 years prior.

Eagle read the mission logs, and apparently the events in First strike took place before Halo's destruction. So technically the Halo blew up..but it's still allowing for them to go back.

Again, not time travel, but bending time, it's even stated as that by Halsey in the book..

It's the whole reason Chief is back at REACH before Halo blew up..and why would it work for him and Cortana? Eagle cleared that up with Cortana being the index, and the crystal (made by the Forerunners) won't let the index be destroyed.

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