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Subject: Halo 3 Legendary Ending
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"Thought I'd try shooting my way out—mix things up a little."-Master Chief

So with Halo 4 looming over the horizon I just wanted to clear up EXACTLY what happened in the legendary ending of Halo 3.

Whats seemed to happen was as the Forward onto Dawn began to go through the portal, the portal closed, meaning the Arbiter made it through, while Chief and Cortana were left behind. That being said, the Halo should have killed them, and if it didnt, they're now floating around in empty space, outside the galaxy. This doesn't make much sense though...since that also leaves them far far away from any planets.

I also read somewhere that basically they made it through, but the portal wasn't stable...so for some reason the ship split in two and Master Chief and Cortana wound up somewhere else.

  • 06.12.2012 6:34 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

They got in the portal and the Forerunner AI Mendicant Bias re-routed Cief's half towards the direction of Requiem.

[Edited on 06.12.2012 6:43 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2012 6:42 PM PDT

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.
We are in the hands of infinite power and infinite sadism

It was my understanding that they were in Deep Space, in-between the regular colonized and charted systems and dark, outer galactic space.
I'm sure they were in slipspace when the portal closed, lucky it dropped them out into normal space intead of trapping them.
And, I believe when the Leg. Ending shows the planet behind them- who says thats not 4 years in the future?(Halo 4's setting) Pretty sure the first teaser was just for cinematic appeal, not accuality. (The teaser when he wakes up and sees the portal outside the hull)
Hopes this helps you.

  • 06.12.2012 7:27 PM PDT

Mendicant Bias changed the portals destination from Earth to Requiem when the chief and cortana went through.

  • 06.12.2012 7:41 PM PDT

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.
We are in the hands of infinite power and infinite sadism


Posted by: Sniffy6
Mendicant Bias changed the portals destination from Earth to Requiem when the chief and cortana went through.

I was just re-reading the Halo 3 Terminals. It said that ^^ on the last terminal right?

  • 06.12.2012 7:59 PM PDT


Posted by: NebuchadnezzaRT

Posted by: Sniffy6
Mendicant Bias changed the portals destination from Earth to Requiem when the chief and cortana went through.

I was just re-reading the Halo 3 Terminals. It said that ^^ on the last terminal right?
Essentially. Mendicant Bias wanted to show his creators that he changed and he used the Chief as an atonement.

  • 06.12.2012 8:07 PM PDT

What a waste....

They did get through; it isn't clear or not whether they were redirected consciously or by mere chance. The latter doesn't really make sense.

  • 06.12.2012 8:51 PM PDT