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Subject: Foreshadowing Halo 3 in Halo 2... Somethings you probably missed.
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Bungie is simply brillant. How so you ask?

The scarab, which we fight at the end of the New Mombasa level, is not actually a COV. attack vehicle, but is in fact primarly used for mining.

Flash ahead to the Halo 3 trailer and wham, we're outiside New Mombasa checking out a huge artifact the CoV have just unearthed (hmmm....most likely the ARK).

Fits perfectly then that the COV. knew to look for it on Earth and that someone told the COV. where to find Earth (Ackerson?....)

This defiently tells me Bungie's had the entire Halo story planned out from day 1.

Whats this mean for Halo 3? Not much really, just that the story is going to be indepth and the game is gonna kick even more ass then the first two combined.

  • 07.05.2006 11:02 AM PDT
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wuts a scrabob? loll.

  • 07.05.2006 11:04 AM PDT
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Posted by: wtf is bfg
wuts a scrabob? loll.


I don't know...what is a scrabob?

  • 07.05.2006 11:05 AM PDT
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“To say more would spoil be it’s overall its a game that needs to be played.” - Aristotle

Well... I doubt Ackerson even knew... the Humans didn't know till Keyes and Johnson with the Arbiter found it out from the Moniter... (whew mouthfull). But I do think that Ackerson betrayed us. He most likely told the Covies to put the tracker on the Pillar of Autumn so that they could find Reach and destroy it... and all of his competition... alongside it. Nice idea about the scarab tho, I'm pretty sure the covies knew beforehand...

  • 07.05.2006 11:10 AM PDT
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Again?

And no duh, we all know that Bungie had the story planned out. Bungie told us that!

  • 07.05.2006 11:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: Lord Snakie
Well... I doubt Ackerson even knew... the Humans didn't know till Keyes and Johnson with the Arbiter found it out from the Moniter... (whew mouthfull). But I do think that Ackerson betrayed us. He most likely told the Covies to put the tracker on the Pillar of Autumn so that they could find Reach and destroy it... and all of his competition... alongside it. Nice idea about the scarab tho, I'm pretty sure the covies knew beforehand...


wuts all tohsee peepoles?

  • 07.05.2006 11:16 AM PDT
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i wish u people would read the books. there is alot of information regarding the inventory of the halo genre. a scarab is a ship that the covvies use. and reffering to the subject. the scarab was at the "heritics" place. the covvies arnt part of whats going on in halo 3 they dont know any thing about earth and the ARK.

  • 07.05.2006 11:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: Thing1
i wish u people would read the books. there is alot of information regarding the inventory of the halo genre. a scarab is a ship that the covvies use. and reffering to the subject. the scarab was at the "heritics" place. the covvies arnt part of whats going on in halo 3 they dont know any thing about earth and the ARK.


wats ARK? loll.

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the scarab is the giant vehicle that looks like a giant scarab. It walks instead of hovering like other cov vehicles and has a mining laser beam that shoots out of its one "eye" in front. The eye is mounted to a pivoting "head." The cov use it mine... and its not a ship. It was not only at the hertics place... it was at the end of the level on New Mombasa. maybe you should play the games all the way through Thing1 and get your facts straight before you post.

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Posted by: Carnage SWAT
the scarab is the giant vehicle that looks like a giant scarab. It walks instead of hovering like other cov vehicles and has a mining laser beam that shoots out of its one "eye" in front. The eye is mounted to a pivoting "head." The cov use it mine... and its not a ship. It was not only at the hertics place... it was on the first Eart-based level at New Mombasa... maybe you should play the games more Thing1 and get your facts straight before you post.


Even though I flamed you on my first post, I'll definitely agree with you on this one. Wow.

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Posted by: Carnage SWAT
a mining laser beam that shoots out of its one "eye" in front. The eye is mounted to a pivoting "head." .


liek soupermna?

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Posted by: wtf is bfg
Posted by: Carnage SWAT
a mining laser beam that shoots out of its one "eye" in front. The eye is mounted to a pivoting "head." .


liek soupermna?


WHO THE HELL TAUGHT YOU ENGLISH!?!?!?

  • 07.05.2006 11:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: Carnage SWAT
a mining laser beam that shoots out of its one "eye" in front. The eye is mounted to a pivoting "head." .


liek soupermna?


WHO THE HELL TAUGHT YOU ENGLISH!?!?!?


misses lovari.

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Posted by: Wuyie
Howd you get your hand in there wtf?...-removes hand from ass-....


why r u alwys usses bad werdss?

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Posted by: Wuyie
Howd you get your hand in there wtf?...-removes hand from ass-....


why r u alwys usses bad werdss?


Because apparently you can't spell a good word! Or a bad one...Or any word at all.

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Posted by: Rakdos
Posted by: wtf is bfg
Posted by: Wuyie
Howd you get your hand in there wtf?...-removes hand from ass-....


why r u alwys usses bad werdss?


Because apparently you can't spell a good word! Or a bad one...Or any word at all.


wut?

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Posted by: Wuyie
wtf you dont have to type the same way you speak dude....you can keep that wang in your mouth AND type coherently...


wi u alwyus tlak aboot seyx?

  • 07.05.2006 11:37 AM PDT
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Back on topic, YES Bungie is brilliant, YES they had the story planned out.

  • 07.05.2006 11:39 AM PDT
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Of course they had the story planned out.The covenant knew that the ark was on earth the whole time,hence why they came to earth in the first place.What they didnt know was that earth was the human homeworld.


edit:wtf is bfg,you -blam!- suck,so leave

[Edited on 7/5/2006]

  • 07.05.2006 11:41 AM PDT
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Ok CS, read the freaking books. In First Strike, which took place before Halo 2, the covenant both already knew the location of Earth, and Col Ackerson was accounted for before the covenant was going to attack Earth, which means he couldn't have gotten the coordinates to them. Anyway, factor in the likelyhood that the covenant would kill him if he tried to communicate with them. Factor in that When atacking Earth, the covenant would probably kill him along with everyone else, and factor in the fact that he probably ralized all this, it is unlikely that Ackerson told the covenant where Earth is.

It's actually not a bad theory, considering the others I've seen, but it probably wouldn't work. Ackersons a psycho but not that much of a psycho.

Also in first Strike, it is stated that the covenant already has a large scale digging machine, and its not a Scarab. Anyway, imagine a few, or even a few hundred scarabs trying to uncover that giant forrunner artifact. It's around 2 - 3 kilometers wide, and the covenant have to uncover this in mabye 2 weeks. The scarabs wouldnt have a chance.

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  • 07.05.2006 11:50 AM PDT
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Donos... one, theres no mention of how the COV obtained the location of Earth in first strike... however, there is the part where Cortana encounters the COV AI on the Ascendent Justice while taking control of the COV. wonders why its so much like here. howd they get a similar AI... maybe Ackerson sent it as a way to communicate with the COV. While I doubt elites and anyone lower on the food chain would talk to a human, the Prophets are much smarter and more cunning, and know they need Earth and the ARK to get going on the Great Journey. Plus, a huge betrayel (Ackerson betraying humanity) fits perfectly into a story as epic as this. Theres plenty of posts explaining Ackersons other sinister actions. its other important to note here that the Cov. took Keyes prisoner, which means they are willing to talk to human in order to get what they want ( and they defiently want to go on the great journey)

Secondly, Scarabs are the land based mining equipement that does the fine drilling (so to speak...). The Cov. fleet use their giant plasma weapons to dig away earth from space (like a coarse drill) and then the scarabs come in and do the remaining fine details. I assumse this is the "large scaling drilling machine you're talking about. Also importantt to note that a few hundred scarabs working all together at once could clear out that much Earth.

so why don't you go reread the books and stop wasting my time

  • 07.05.2006 12:07 PM PDT