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I don't call myself a theorist... well okay I do actually muah ha ha.
So far all current speculation is rooted from the trailer and the behind the scenes video, at least we (as Halo gamers) finally settle the score back on our own home turf. Yay.
Or, (as my so-called "hypothesis" will offer contrary to that thought), maybe not.
Following the climatic events at the end of Halo 2:
*The Covenant civil war will most likely decimate that entire armada stationed near Threshold. Truth probably sent a signal to all remaining, and loyal, Covenant fleets around the galaxy to converge on Earth to crush the defenders and occupy the planet.
High Charity, under control by the Gravemind and probably using Cortana (for purposes I don't want to write another paragraph about), the Flood unleash their fury onto whatever left is living on Earth.
The trailer might offer a clue, that massive structure opening up and activating is probably NOT the Ark. Think of it this way, in the trailer Cortana states, "this is the way the world ends."
So we got Covenant occupying what's left of the planet and Flood are arriving looking for hosts to infect. Doesn't that sound like the world was on it's way to an ending???
That Forerunner structure is probably a beacon or some transport TO the Ark. The Ark itself could possibly be another installation just like the Halo's, or maybe even a ship!
In THIS version of ideas and speculative theory the Ark is NOT on Earth. Okay I'm done.
[Edited on 7/16/2006]