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Posted by: Grunty_Thirst
because that's the human's first encounter with the 343 GS.
If he was a "plain ole human A.I." then how could he have been programmed specifically to the Halo, when the modern humans didn't know anything about halo, refering it to as a "ring" or "object".
Actually, some humans (Ackerson/ONI) did know about Halo before the PoA blindly jumped to it.
Posted by:Eagle 117 (Me)
A plethora evidence for this accusation can be found in the books. Cortana derived the coordinates of Halo 04 from the symbols found on the artifact at Sigma Octanus IV (p.335-336, TFoR). That same artifact was used to send a Covenant transmission from the planet Sigma Octanus IV to a Covenant stealth ship in orbit around the planet. Keys (Iroquois) intercepted part of the transmission, and we later find that this transmission and symbols found on the artifact were shown to Col. Ackerson (p.231-235, TFoR)
We know for a fact that the artifact found on Sigma Octanus IV had coordinates to the Epsilon Eridani system (Reach), which is shown by Col. Ackerson’s own analysis in the S-III file (p.130, FS). We also know for a fact that the artifact symbols gave the coordinates to Halo 04, which is shown by Cortana using the coordinates for the PoA’s “blind” jump away from Reach (p 336, TFoR). In the S-III file there are two sets of coordinates. One coordinate, which is plainly stated to be taken from the artifact symbols found on Sigma Octanus IV, gives the location of Reach. The other location in the S-III file is in uncontrolled chartered UNSC space. Cortana describes the coordinates to Halo 04 using the exact same terms: “uncontrolled UNSC space.”(p.336, TFoR) One can easily see that the two sets of coordinates, which are both located in the S-III file around the details of the artifact found on Sigma Octanus IV, are a likely 99% match.(p.130, FS).
Given that Ackerson derived the coordinates of the Epsilon Eridani system (Reach) from the symbols on the artifact, then it's logical to conclude that he, like Cortana, found the coordinates of Halo 04. Ackerson was involved with something at this “uncontrolled UNSC coordinates,” which I've shown to be the location of Halo 04. Further evidence of this can be found in several MP map descriptions. Rat Race, for example, is described as an “asymmetrical map which involves some human mining into one of Halo's hallway system.” As was discussed in an earlier thread of mine, the humans who escaped the Pillar of Autumn, only to crash land on Halo, certainly didn’t have the time, man power, nor equipment to go on a “mining expedition” into one Halo’s hallway system. However, we do know that in the S-III file, right after the details of those coordinates, there is a brief mention of Ackerson being interested in procuring digging equipment: “Additional files detailed the procurement of digging equipment, and a new set of blueprints and geological surveys. The new maps looked like a network of veins and arteries. What am I looking at, Kalmiya? According to the coordinates of these secondary maps, Doctor, this facility was built over an old titanium mine... and before that this site was surveyed as an extinct volcano. These are designated as a series of lave tubes. I wonder if they used the natural passages to help build the mines, and later this facility. Dr. Halsey removed her glasses and cleaned them as she thought this through. No... if it was as simple as that, why would Ackerson be interested? And why then classify this data as level X-ray? How does this connect to the alien artifact of Cote d Azur?” (p.131 FS) I won't go any further into the MP map descriptions, though, becasue I know that some of you find their descriptions to be major coincidences, and nothing more;-)
In an interview between HBO and Eric Nylund (the author of Halo: TFOR and FS), this question was posed to the author, “Why, if Halo is in uncharted space, are the moon and planet know as Basis and Threshold?” Nylund responded with, “I’ll throw out a clue here: “uncharted” from whose perspective? “Surveyed” by whom?” I believe this was a hint pointing toward ONI, because they are the ones who charter space ( Office of Navy Intel ). To add to this, if one looks at the computer monitor on the bridge of the PoA during the first mission, then they will notice that it displays the names Basis and HALO. Does it seem a reasonable possition to hold that the PoA's computers name planets/moons/and strange artifacts as it comes across them? Of course not. Those names are displayed because they are the names assigned to them by the Navy when this are of "uncontolled UNSC space" was chartered. If Threshold/Basis were charted, then someone must have discovered Halo before the Pillar of Autumn did the so called “blind” jump to it.
After all this, mainly the coordinates found on the artifact parts, it’s quite easy to see the Ackerson knew of Halo 04 before the PoA’s blind jump:-)
That was from another one of my threads:-)
-Eagle 117
[Edited on 10/11/2004 2:34:08 PM]