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What happens to the area around installation 04? we destroyed it so halo04 can no longer hit what was in its radius. Every halo has to have a area of destruction around it. We destroyed one so what hapens to the area around the destroyed halo?

Just a thought. Comments?

  • 06.29.2006 6:03 PM PDT
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they could have overlaping feilds just in case something happens

  • 06.29.2006 6:04 PM PDT

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I think with just one going active it was for that immediate area, but with all going off they overlap or send a bigger shockwave out to kill.

Think of it as setting off one smoke grenade, kinda weak, but if you set off six, the effects are bigger and spread a lot further and last longer.



  • 06.29.2006 6:08 PM PDT
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Actually, that's a good point. Assuming there is not an overlap (which would be dumb), then everything that's in 04's radius would survive... Except that we don't know how, exactly, the halo rings kill the flood's food. So it might not matter anyway.

  • 06.29.2006 6:09 PM PDT

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  • 06.29.2006 6:11 PM PDT

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well i posted this same theory two days ago........and i have to say i agree he (and I) makes a very logical point, but now the question is....is Earth in it?

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  • 06.29.2006 6:14 PM PDT
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Its like in THE CORE the six nuclear bombs were able to restart the core maybe the halos are to weak to fire without them all working

  • 06.29.2006 6:54 PM PDT

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Its like in THE CORE the six nuclear bombs were able to restart the core maybe the halos are to weak to fire without them all working


I was gonna say that except that if they placed it right, it would be a continuing death ray that kept circling and got bigger and destroyed the universe???

  • 06.29.2006 6:59 PM PDT
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EDIT: NOOOOO!!!!!

[Edited on 6/29/2006]

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well, wait, that safe zone theory sounds correct, but whats been bothering me is the name "The Ark". Now I don't know if anyone has already addressed this, but as we all know the Ark in the bible kept the survival of the species during the flood. Now think about it, we already know The Ark sets off all the halo's, but what if it also can be used to survive on when the Halo's go off. Although then you have to wonder why they didn't use it when they set it off.

  • 06.29.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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If you want a little math explanation here it is:
The galaxy is a circle of with 1 galactic radius
The 7 halos when activated should wipeout 3 galactic radii
The minimum range of each Halo to reach that far would be for all to have a range of 1.5 galactic radii, all positioned on a cicrle concentric about the galaxy with a radius of 1.5 galactic radii. A distribution like this would actually place the Halos outside the galaxy, which is not where installation 04 was placed, and it also would not cover the entire middle of the galaxy.
Let's say a more logical set up is placing the Halos on a circle concentric with the galaxy with a radius of 0.5 galactic radii, halfway between the middle and edge of the galaxy. To reach 3 galactic radii, each halo would need a range of 2.5 galactic radii. If one installation were to be destroyed, there would be no "safe zone", in fact one installation could cover the entire galaxy.
On a further note 343 Guilty Spark notes that Installation 04 has an effective range of 25,000 light years and Wikipedia puts the Milky Way's radius at about 50,000 light years (which would be one galactic radii), so in no way is that Halo's range anywhere near 2.5 galactic radii (actually only .5).
I probably shouldn't really harp on a Video Game's math, just like any movie's

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  • 06.29.2006 7:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mike Sendker
well, wait, that safe zone theory sounds correct, but whats been bothering me is the name "The Ark". Now I don't know if anyone has already addressed this, but as we all know the Ark in the bible kept the survival of the species during the flood. Now think about it, we already know The Ark sets off all the halo's, but what if it also can be used to survive on when the Halo's go off.


Another "Ark" in the Bible is the Ark of the Covenant (funny name, huh), which embodied the covenant between God and his chosen people, but it also was God's literal earthly seat of power. The "Ark" could also be the center of power for the Halos, the place from which they can all be controlled. Also deciding whether the Forerunner ship from the end of Halo 2 or the Forerunner artifact on Earth form the Halo 3 teaser functions as the "Ark" could also change which ark from the Bible you might consider it to be.

  • 06.29.2006 7:46 PM PDT

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  • 06.29.2006 7:53 PM PDT