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Subject: ** Halo Graphic Novel Thread **
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This thread is here to discuss the Graphic Novel at length, and how it pertains to Halo 3 and the Haloverse. Just picked mine up, I'll post my ideas when I finish reading it.

BEWARE OF SPOILERS

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  • 07.18.2006 9:26 AM PDT

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Where are they selling them? Amazon.com doesn't have them till Aug 2 (I believe, I might've read wrong)

  • 07.18.2006 9:27 AM PDT
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GameStop had 'em. They only had two though, and I caught it right when they took it out of the box (I was there to pick up NCAA Football...I had ordered mine on Amazon and just canceled it).

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  • 07.18.2006 9:29 AM PDT

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The Halo REACH Script (post thoughts in thread)

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Oh..maybe you got one of those prototype versions Bungie said that some retailers had..

  • 07.18.2006 9:31 AM PDT
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Mwahahaha did I get the first copy on this forum?

  • 07.18.2006 9:34 AM PDT

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Possibly..tell me how Johnson escaped in a PM if you can ;)

  • 07.18.2006 9:48 AM PDT
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Haha, ok. Yeah, this thing kicks major ass so far. Everyone should read this. I'll let you know when I find out about Johnson....

  • 07.18.2006 9:57 AM PDT

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Alllright, thanks ;)

  • 07.18.2006 10:03 AM PDT
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You know the wierd, four-eyed thing they had in one ad for the novel? What is it?

And Im not getting mine until tomorrow. Lucky :]

  • 07.18.2006 10:07 AM PDT

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What's the thing with two mandibles, that looks like a shaved Brute in "Second Sunrise" ? lol

  • 07.18.2006 10:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
What's the thing with two mandibles, that looks like a shaved Brute in "Second Sunrise" ? lol

I think it's a Flood form.

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You know the wierd, four-eyed thing they had in one ad for the novel? What is it?

And Im not getting mine until tomorrow. Lucky :]

Haven't seen that ad, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Picture link?

OK, so I just finished the book, and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Just an FYI, Johnson's escape is a fairly short chapter in the GN, and leaves a lot to your imagination. That means they don't outright tell you everything. Very mysterious indeed....

And who is Maria-062? ;-)

  • 07.18.2006 10:29 AM PDT
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Please don't post any spoilers.I wanna pick it up and enjoy it also.lol.

  • 07.18.2006 10:33 AM PDT
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I put a spoiler warning in the original post, so don't come in here if you don't want things spoiled :)

  • 07.18.2006 10:37 AM PDT

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-062 is one of the Spartans who was too far away to be recalled to Reach during the invasion. I guess she was at Earth testing the Mk VI armor.

Are you sure it was a Flood form? Sunrise was on Earth, and i was in the Covenant ranks..it reminds me of that Brute / Elite thing from the Halo 3 Documentary..

  • 07.18.2006 10:38 AM PDT
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Well according to the GN, she's retired.

Not sure it was a Flood form because I'm not 100% sure what creature you are talking about. The first chapter in the book probably explains it for you.

Oh, and I know it's only a drawing of an Artificial Intelligence, but there is one smoking hot drawing of Cortana. Who did she model herself after?

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  • 07.18.2006 10:40 AM PDT
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When does Amazon get them and how long will it take them to ship? Anyone know?

  • 07.18.2006 10:45 AM PDT

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This thing without top mandibles (which Elites DO have)

  • 07.18.2006 10:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: MLG Cheehwawa
This thing without top mandibles (which Elites DO have)

Ahh. That just looks like an Elite without a helmet to me. No real explanation in the GN....

  • 07.18.2006 10:49 AM PDT

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But there's a different Elite on the right of the page, without a helmet..and it shows that they have upper, and lower m andibles (for a total of 4)

What if a new race is introduced in Halo 3? Maybe that thing in the documentary isn't a Brute..or at least 100% Brute.

  • 07.18.2006 10:51 AM PDT
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Ah, well, the Elite on the left has his "mouth closed." If you notice, there is a slit in his upper lip. When he "opens" his mouth, the slit unlatches the upper mandible. In other words, the two teeth things lie inside the mouth when it's "closed."

  • 07.18.2006 10:54 AM PDT

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Dangit, I thought I ws onto something..

Well, at least we know there will be Brute Rangers in Halo 3 :-)

  • 07.18.2006 10:56 AM PDT
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There is a page in the Gallery section of the GN with some information on it (i.e. random transmissions, etc). Some of the text is so small that I can't read it, and I have no magnifying glass. Anyone make out what those boxes say?

  • 07.18.2006 11:42 AM PDT
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Here's what we now know:

*These are spoilers*

1) The Flood do begin creating a "Gravemind" creature once they begin infesting a group of hosts. This creature is an amalmagation of other bodies and serves as the proverbial "brains of the operation." Thus, Keyes' Flood form was indeed the beginnings of said creature. The Flood absorb the knowledge of each infected host, meaning they get smarter with each infection. They appear to communicate quite well too. This means they would likely be able to get High Charity up and running after the events of Halo 2.

2) The Forerunners were indeed fighting the Flood, and could not defeat them. Thus the activation of the Halos.

3) The Ark or something important that leads to it is indeed in New Mombasa.

4) Johnson's escape seems more and more likely to be due to the human occupation of Halo 04 before the events of Halo: CE.

New questions raised:

1) Who exactly is Spartan-062, Maria?

2) How does the SpecOps Elite get off the Flood infected ship? Did the Flood manage a Slipspace jump?

3) How does Johnson get off Halo 04 after fighting through the Quarantine Zone? Also, what is the object he is confronted with at the end of his chapter?

Feel free to add to the frenzy.

  • 07.18.2006 7:12 PM PDT
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I ordered it, who

  • 07.18.2006 7:15 PM PDT

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