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Subject: Halo 4 and its (flawed?) physics? (spoilers?)

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Posted by: annoyinginge
Posted by: Darthbill99
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My only criticism was right at the end. He had no shields and set off a nuke in his hands....and survived. NO.

Cortana shielded him in hard light. Hard light is light, and so theoretically could wrap him up so fast that he would be protected before the detonation mechanism even had time to trigger. It's a bit of a stretch, and I still can't figure out how she kept it activated for so long after the projector blew up, but it is explainable.

What, so the stuff the Forerunners used to make bridges could also be used to make nuke-proof armour? That would make the entire Halo universe implode in a sea of ridicule.
sure, none of the other races have mastered it, and forerunner ships could probably take any number of nukes from the outside to survive. It's plausible

  • 12.01.2012 2:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: annoyinginge
Posted by: Darthbill99
Posted by: MattallicA09lol
My only criticism was right at the end. He had no shields and set off a nuke in his hands....and survived. NO.

Cortana shielded him in hard light. Hard light is light, and so theoretically could wrap him up so fast that he would be protected before the detonation mechanism even had time to trigger. It's a bit of a stretch, and I still can't figure out how she kept it activated for so long after the projector blew up, but it is explainable.

What, so the stuff the Forerunners used to make bridges could also be used to make nuke-proof armour? That would make the entire Halo universe implode in a sea of ridicule.


In Halo 3, the Keyship has plating capable of not even being scratched by over 14 MAC blasts.

  • 12.01.2012 2:22 PM PDT

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  • 12.01.2012 2:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: annoyinginge
Posted by: Darthbill99
Posted by: MattallicA09lol
My only criticism was right at the end. He had no shields and set off a nuke in his hands....and survived. NO.

Cortana shielded him in hard light. Hard light is light, and so theoretically could wrap him up so fast that he would be protected before the detonation mechanism even had time to trigger. It's a bit of a stretch, and I still can't figure out how she kept it activated for so long after the projector blew up, but it is explainable.

What, so the stuff the Forerunners used to make bridges could also be used to make nuke-proof armour? That would make the entire Halo universe implode in a sea of ridicule.

In Halo 3, the Keyship has plating capable of not even being scratched by over 14 MAC blasts.

My point it, the Forerunner sentinels would use it. The Prometheans and the Didact would've used it. Cortana could've given it to Chief at any time. Et cetera, et cetera. It's like somebody inventing a cure for cancer, sitting staring at it for a few years while people all around them die of cancer, then using it to save one person before chucking it away.

[Edited on 12.01.2012 2:40 PM PST]

  • 12.01.2012 2:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: annoyinginge
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: annoyinginge
Posted by: Darthbill99
Posted by: MattallicA09lol
My only criticism was right at the end. He had no shields and set off a nuke in his hands....and survived. NO.

Cortana shielded him in hard light. Hard light is light, and so theoretically could wrap him up so fast that he would be protected before the detonation mechanism even had time to trigger. It's a bit of a stretch, and I still can't figure out how she kept it activated for so long after the projector blew up, but it is explainable.

What, so the stuff the Forerunners used to make bridges could also be used to make nuke-proof armour? That would make the entire Halo universe implode in a sea of ridicule.

In Halo 3, the Keyship has plating capable of not even being scratched by over 14 MAC blasts.

My point it, the Forerunner sentinels would use it. The Prometheans and the Didact would've used it. Cortana could've given it to Chief at any time. Et cetera, et cetera. It's like somebody inventing a cure for cancer, sitting staring at it for a few years, then using it to save one person before chucking it away.
the prometheans did use it, thats what the hard light shields are. the one cortana used likely had all the power in the ship's generator pumping into it. The ground troops simply don't have that kind on energy.

  • 12.01.2012 2:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Comrade Napoleon
Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd
Artificial gravity?
That's impossible, you can't simulate gravity


Yep guys, Halo's done. Gravity can't be artificial in a video game so none of it makes sense. Better to stop playing now.

Also, try watching Spartan Ops. They mention artificial gravity on the Infinity.

  • 12.01.2012 2:42 PM PDT

Dude, it's just a game. It's not going to make sense otherwise we'd be able to travel to other galaxies like in Halo.

  • 12.01.2012 2:44 PM PDT

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-Gravity generators.(What ever they are called.)
-The inside of the planet can be spinning.

  • 12.01.2012 2:45 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"


Posted by: NewRadical12

Posted by: Yakov Sidorov
Its a planet, it spins. Last time I checked, that could create artificial gravity.
No.

If the mass is concentrated in the crust, there would still be gravity, with the center of gravity being in the center of the hollow sphere. There wouldn't be too much of a difference.

  • 12.01.2012 2:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Comrade Napoleon
Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd
Artificial gravity?
That's impossible, you can't simulate gravity
Not by our technology.

The forerunners could, and the humans can on warships.

  • 12.01.2012 2:46 PM PDT
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The Forerunners made some pretty big scientific advancements in the novels; from travelling to alternate dimensions like a realm solely made of photons, the Librarian altering genetics to implanting memories of ancient human warriors in de evolved humans and suits that allowed Forerunners to survive without eversleeping (plus their lifespans were thousands of years).


Creating artificial gravity in a micro dyson sphere, in my opinion, probably would have been within their grasp.

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  • 12.01.2012 2:46 PM PDT

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Why? Because super aliens have invented a way, with their magical space technology.

  • 12.01.2012 2:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: NewRadical12

Posted by: Yakov Sidorov
Its a planet, it spins. Last time I checked, that could create artificial gravity.
No.

If the mass is concentrated in the crust, there would still be gravity, with the center of gravity being in the center of the hollow sphere. There wouldn't be too much of a difference.
the gravitational pull would only be on the outside, not the inside.

  • 12.01.2012 2:48 PM PDT

Halo rings: Use centripetal acceleration to create artificial gravity.

Shield Worlds: Create it some other way, probably the same way that is used on UNSC warships only more advanced. An entire would can't use the fundamentals of centripetal acceleration to create uniform gravity across the entire planet (key word being uniform).

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Simple answer: the Forerunners are crazy smart.

  • 12.01.2012 3:05 PM PDT

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