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Subject: One clue/theory/idea whatever ya wanna call it.

Well im better lucky than dead.

I don't know if this has been said before, but i noticed as your playing through High Charity listen to the dialog. At the beggining Mercy says "we are goin to earth to finish what we started...and this time none you will be left behind." Maybe one of the halos has been activated before. And a clue about Cortana...when you are flying through the gravlifts outside she talks about how strong the Covenent construct trying to keep her out is. Just some clues/things i thought might be helpful. once again sorry if this has already been posted a buggillion times not trying to spam up the board. And sorry for any grammatical errors. =)

  • 06.08.2006 12:44 PM PDT
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that's actually pretty smart

  • 06.08.2006 8:44 PM PDT
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it means in short time that high charity will be overlooking earth.

or thats my take on it.

  • 06.08.2006 8:48 PM PDT
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If you'll remember, in First Strike when they are on the Covenant Capitol ship Cortana is in the system and eventualy has to irradicate a Covenant AI... however I doubt that she could get rid of one that was in all of High Charity... so you are probably right... she was probably damaged by the Covenant AI.

  • 06.08.2006 8:51 PM PDT

Mercy means that this time there will be no one left because Truth will attack Earth and wipe out Humanity, the this time part refers to how Regret failed before.

And I think Cortana's comment about an AI is very significant.

  • 06.08.2006 8:55 PM PDT
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guilty spark already told us that the rings were fired once

  • 06.08.2006 8:55 PM PDT
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it means that this time everyone will be killed by the halos

  • 06.09.2006 11:44 AM PDT
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i think he just meant that nobody would survive this time other than when Regret attacked Earth.

  • 06.09.2006 11:48 AM PDT
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if i go down ill take some gamer with me

no one ever said it was a cove AI, it could have been grave mind and i think she said it was formitiable for a Cove AI. then again it could have been a forrunner .... AI from that ship.

now when Cortana said it was strong for a cove AI, i think that would mean that a Cove AI would not have been a match for Cortana. (i could be wrong)

  • 06.09.2006 11:55 AM PDT

Well im better lucky than dead.

I like the ideas people are throwing at this. All of them are making me think more and more into this. I thought more on Mercy's quote and i think that as said by someone the rings have been previously activated and that the Reclaimers/humans survived some how. Just another thought.

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  • 06.09.2006 12:29 PM PDT

Well im better lucky than dead.

Bump..=p

  • 06.09.2006 11:24 PM PDT
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No. It means the Great Journey begins at Earth. None of the humans would be left behind 'on the path to salvation' because Earth is their homeworld. The Elites were meant by the Prophets to be 'left behind'. 'To finish what we started' could either mean the final defeat, or tying up loose ends since the Prophet and Elites were at war.

I think the "Covenant AI" aboard the Forerunner Ship is actually a Forerunner AI that Cortana mistakened. It could be the shipmaster. Since the Covenant base nearly all of their technology from the Forerunner, it is no surprise if AI constructs are similar. Not to mention we don't know whether Truth has reached the ship yet.

  • 06.09.2006 11:34 PM PDT