- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Umm, didn't they, the Forerunners, activate the Halo (Halo's) at some point in the past? Did Gravemind "survive" the last activation of the Halo (I wonder how many times they have had to activate those stupid things?). Don't tell me Gravemind is immune (oh god I hope not). And if Gravemind has the ability to teleport (Gravemind in telepathic, is he/she psychic too?) Master Chief and the Arbiter anywhere about the ring it wants, does that mean Gravemind has the ability to teleport you to "any" Halo "anywhere"? Gravemind had one of the Prophets in his 'possession, along with MC and Arbiter. The Prophet was 'a part' of Gravemind, 'linked' with Gravemind. Does Gravemind "know" everything the 'Prophets' know? Captain Keys of the Pillar of Autumn was also "linked" with what I assumed was the Flood mind (the Flood all look like little heads). Was Gravemind "accessing" everything the human Keys knew? Remember Robotech, remember Reflex Point, the central brain that controlled all of the other Invid? Did Gravemind also possess one of the Guilty Sparks as well? I can't seem to recall. The Prophets also possessed one of the Guilty Sparks, they too would know much. What did the Sparks tell them? They would certainly have to know about the true purpose of the Halos. Did the Guilty Spark with Gravemind communicate with the Guilty Spark with the Prophets? Ok, that might be going a bit far. But, remember the movie Alien, their ship didn't just "happen" to stop near that planet, they were "sent" there by Earth on purpose. Did the Pillar of Autumn just "happen" to "blind?" jump coincidentally right at a Halo? What are the odds? The Captain acting all innocent like. Why was Captain Keys so determined to land the Pillar of Autumn on the ring, so as to be ready to blow it up? Why didn't he just abandon ship like everybody else? I guess more crewmembers did survive that way (Reunion Tour). And why did the head Brute require a Guilty Spark when he went to activate the ring? And you remember, it was as though only a Human could actually activate the ring. He kept Captain Keys' daughter alive as though "they knew" that only a human hand could actually touch the key and activate the ring. Remember what the Brute said "if you refuse, I'll cut off your hand and do it myself." Cut off her hand? Why didn't the alien humanoid just put the key in himself, why did he need a human with him to do it? In the first Halo the Master Chief, human though cyborg, was bidden by the Guilty Spark to activate the halo ring (because the Flood had "escaped"). If the Guilty Spark could take the key from MC at will (while they traveled back to the ignition site) why didn't Guilty Spark just activate the ring himself? In fact, what kind of system is that, they keep all these Sparks around do kill and defend against the Flood, but the Sparks are not capable of actually activating the rings? What exactly are these Sparks good for? If the Flood escape and there are no humans around, what happens then? Who activates the rings? Wait a minute, the Flood are immune, the rings only kill their food (what, I'm 'food' now!!?). Apparently the Flood don't actually die (damn, these things are old). Gravemind "is" immune, wow. And listen to the trailer. When "Cortana" is talking (to the Master Chief?) she says "I have known gods and demons... When she says "demons" she says it in a "deep" voice, just like how Gravemind talks. Forerunners=forefathers; Reclaimers=inheritors? Those beings infected with Flood, over who knows how many years, you don't suppose those stupid things "evolve"? I don't even want to think about that one. So, if Gravemind (Deadhead) "was" able to teleport to any halo ring anywhere, then does that mean Earth is a place within the ring system that Gravemind could teleport Cortana (and himself?) to? But just another thing. In Halo 2, the sequence of events was that the Prophets had already taken off for Earth "before" they knew that the Grunts had failed to activate the ring. Why? Why did they bother leaving? Just in case the Grunts failed? Master Chief was actually with them, whether they knew it or not. If the Grunts had succeeded, everything, including the Prophets, would be dead. Did the Prophets find out about Earth from "Captain Keys"? Is the reason Master Chief was so casual in approaching the crater because he was already aware of something, the Covenant too were aware? Were they on the same side, allies? I mean, the Prophets, from the Sparks, would have to know now what the rings are actually for, to kill Flood. There is no great journey to take, just don't let the stupid Flood out of their cages. Is there a way to activate the rings without killing anything "but" the Flood? I hope so. So what's the point? If the Flood have escaped, you would have to activate the rings to stop them. The Prophets and the Covenant would know this. That's what the rings are for. Maybe this "is" the last Halo. The ultimate sacrifice. Remember Gravemind wanted to "touch" Cortana, she prevented him with a wave of her hand. It was as though Gravemind wanted to "upload" her, link with her program in the same way she links with the Master Chief. Is Gravemind linked with the ring's computer? Did Earth know about the rings all along? Where the Covenant, the Prophets, looking for the rings all along, before they came into contact with the humans and they didn't want the humans to find out? Is that the real reason they destroyed Reach, the humans were too close? Didn't Cortana say at the start of the first Halo that after they made the "blind" jump that "the Covenant were waiting for us". The Covenant traveled to a point is space before the Pillar of Autumn got there "doing a supposedly blind jump"? The Covenant were travelling to the ring, the same point in space Captain Keys asked Cortana to fly the Pillar of Autumn to. Coincidence or intentional? Was Cortana aware all along? When we were on the first Halo, did you, like me, get the distinct feeling that Captain Keys had a hidden agenda, like he knew something, wanted something? He sounded suspicious when he seemed awfully eager to learn whether or not MC and Cortana had gotten inside yet. And what did the Captain mean he might be unable to be contacted by Cortana, how did he know he would be out of communications range, unless he intentionally turned his radio off so he couldn't be contacted? Cortana had no trouble talking to the Marines on the surface when she asked if they could take cover inside the structure. The Captain was captured, rescued, then captured 'again'. When the Chief removed the Captains cyber link after the Captain was found dead (linked with Gravemind?) what information exactly was contained in Captain Keys' cyber link the Master Chief put in his head? Did Earth learn anything? How did Master Chief know that he was going finish the war now that he had returned to Earth? He couldn't possibly have known anything at that point. Cortana was just then meeting Gravemind. Or am I just reading too much into it. You know what, in the first Halo, I don't think the Covenant just "happened" to let the Flood escape, I think the Flood were let loose on purpose. Did the humanoid Brutes betray the Prophets? I forget now. Are the Covenant and Prophets actually on Earth to "stop" the activation of the Halos? Is that why Master Chief is so calm? The Covenant didn't seem to be fighting Earth anymore in the trailer. Every Covenant vessel on Earth seemed to be gathered at that one spot. A truce?