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Subject: I kinda noticed something about the Ships in halo, and halo 3...

"Thoughts are the shadows of feelings; always darker, emptier, and simpler."

Posted by: fearfulkitty
"drink your ovaltine" WTF???


I prefer StarBucks

  • 07.22.2006 4:16 PM PDT

that which is not dead can eternal lie, but with strange aeons even death may die.

Posted by: NumbNEVER
The ship uses the electromagnetic field of earth to float. Kinda like when you put two magnets together and there is resistance between them.


This seems like the only good explenation, because we do know that the humans are jacking covie tech, and useing it right?, but in order for that to work, wouldnt they need like some big magnectic coils or something. and in order to keep that ship floating tht high would make the magnets like way bigger than the ship it self, so that kinda blows that theory.

  • 07.22.2006 4:28 PM PDT

They are using technology stolen from the covenant. Like they did with MC's shields. Maybe we just got the anti-gravity tehno and haven't prefected it in smaller vehicals yet.

Well, makes sence to me at least. ;)

  • 07.22.2006 4:34 PM PDT

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I would like to consider myself a Floodian. WRLAAWRSHGLK!

Posted by: JohanOwnz
Or they could just have boosters firing downwards keeping the ship up like the pelican. And you dont necessarily need to be able to see the boosters for them to be there. Who knows what technology they are using. What about those army jets that hover? They could have expanded upon that technology.


wouldn't that take a lot of fuel?

  • 07.22.2006 4:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: NumbNEVER
The ship uses the electromagnetic field of earth to float. Kinda like when you put two magnets together and there is resistance between them.


I'd imagine the giant magnetic coils that would be required to do that would both be much larger than the ship itself and play hell with the electrics. That, and the main cannon is a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Earth's magnetic field isn't really that strong at that level of magnification.

  • 07.22.2006 4:50 PM PDT
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yah but im going to put a funny sugestion whtu if

if they justhave venst that pull in lots of air and force it down to keep it up

or whut if theyere tied to a mac cannon station by a gigantic invisble fishing line and in turn the mac station is tied to a moon and the moon in turn conects to all the othere planets and moons and finaly its tied to a halo (lol jokeing)

  • 07.22.2006 4:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dwiggy
He said "because its a game" because sometimes there doesn't need to be a reason or explanation for things. You're the one looking like a dick by flipping out about it.



Yes but EVERYONE knows it is "just a game". Posting replies like that serve no real purpose.

Oh and I am not flipping out either I am merely expressing my views. Personally I find replies like "It is just a game" not only absolutely pointless but rather annoying. But alas I do let everyone express their views freely.

  • 07.22.2006 8:03 PM PDT
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Anything is possible in the Bungieverse

  • 07.22.2006 8:07 PM PDT
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its really quite simple geuss what the mac cannon is!!! thats right baby a gaint magnet!!! geuss what the earth is!!! a giant magent!!! geuss what happens when you repeal 2 magents and then use a computer to control the repulsion and attraction!!! thats right floating!! then we couple in some of them massive thrussters and walla hovering and flying in a atmoshere!!! Im really just full of crap but hey thats sometihng new right.

  • 07.22.2006 8:08 PM PDT

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WTF?! WHY would you did they to us?

Maybe Bungie didn't realise anyone would notice and now they've decided to hold off Halo 3 because you made them look bad? Lol j/k. But I think the magnatism theory is the most likely.

  • 07.22.2006 8:13 PM PDT
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Magnets or reversed engineered covie tech... or a bit of both perhaps.

  • 07.22.2006 8:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Blitz2o MKII
Have any of you wondered how the Covenant ships just float in the air? like the big capitol ships, like In the trailer...and in halo 2 "In Amber Clad" just floats around in the second level begining, when johnsons all "ragady ass fleet", in the background the IAC, is just floating, I Mean How the hell to the human ships do it? covie ships have anit-gravity, but is god holding up the IAC by strings?


It was mentioned in the Fall of Reach that the UNSC was applying covenant artificial gravity tech to human ships. Also the UNSC probably got a lot of information when Cortana got back to Earth after First Strike. In Amber Clad could be outfitted with covie tech.

  • 07.22.2006 8:18 PM PDT
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If it's magnets, not all planets have a gigantic spinning core of iron and aren't capable of creating a magnetic field.

Just say it's reverse-engineered Covenant technology or the belly-thrusters. It works better.

  • 07.22.2006 8:20 PM PDT

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WTF?! WHY would you did they to us?

Yeah it's covie tech for sure, it would be dumb to think otherwise... I fell stupid now...

  • 07.22.2006 8:24 PM PDT
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Superior Technology. We do have a few ships like that on earth now by the time Halo takes place it is quite feasible the tech would be there.

  • 07.22.2006 8:33 PM PDT
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ITS THE FUTURE RETARD

THEY CAN MAKE THINGS FLOAT IN THE FUTURE. i know, i have been there

[Edited on 7/22/2006]

  • 07.22.2006 8:46 PM PDT

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