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Subject: Tell me more about "The Halo"
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Well I know that it is an ancient artifact but what was it ment for and what does it do? Does it have weapons? No insulting comments please.=)

  • 05.23.2004 4:10 PM PDT
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Well, it shoots stuff and keeps the Flood hungry....

  • 05.23.2004 4:13 PM PDT
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Ok, for exactly 101,217 local years, it lay forgotten and derelict in a disused portion of space. Sedentary, save for the unrelenting pull of Basis and Threshold, Halo was a testament to its builders' technological capabilities. It was constructed to withstand innumerable millennia, and this superannuated edifice certainly shows that the Forerunner were very capable at their craft. So Installation 04 sat, an orbital bear trap or a beckoning clue, waiting for someone or something to stumble upon it and trigger its proverbial spring, or finish whatever work had been started there so long ago. And this is where Halo begins...

Upon return to Einsteinian space at the co-ordinates detailed upon the rune-etched rock of Sigma Octanus, Cortana and Keyes discover an interesting and immediately invaluable fact about Halo: it is a habitation with an Earth-like environment. Halo is roughly 10,000 kilometres in diameter and 22.3 km thick, and remains in orbit at a Lagrange point between Basis, the moon, and Threshold, the gas giant (Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG). With the Pillar of Autumn immutably crippled and their defeat unavoidable, Keyes decided to abandon ship and take flight to Halo.

Halo's geography was much like they had anticipated. It was Earth-like, complete with mountains, hills, plains, seas, rivers, waterfalls, swamps, deserts, and icy canyons, with the only surprise being just how multi-climatic it was, considering that Halo was artificial. At a cursory glance, it seemed to be little more than a large, and habitable, ring-shaped construct; a feat of engineering and will. But, as they delved further into the interiors of Halo, and as they continued to monitor Covenant transmissions, they began to suspect that Halo was more than a mere ecosystem. The almost termitic passageways and arcane machinery of the Forerunner were intricately woven throughout the entire Halo. And although Halo outwardly appeared to be benign, it's self-contradictory purpose was soon discovered.

When Cortana uploaded herself into Halo's network, she uncovered Halo's true purpose, which the Covenant had only had mild inferences of. Halo was designed to study, contain, and, if necessary, prevent the Flood from spreading throughout the galaxy. It was indeed a weapon, and although mysteriously not an all smiting cudgel, seemingly not one that could be accurately wielded by either Covenant, or Human, against their foes. With a maximum range of 25,000 light years, Halo would easily destroy them both, and all other life capable of sustaining the Flood. What good it does to kill all life quickly before all life is merely consumed by the Flood eventually is known only to the builders. Life situated on the ring is, in theory, unaffected.

After Master Chief is made aware of Halo's true function, it is decided that this Halo should be destroyed, to prevent 343 Guilty Spark from finding someone else to activate Halo at some point in the future. By blasting the vent core of the Pillar of Autumn, Master Chief and Cortana succeed in ending the threat of this Halo.

What it is that the Covenant emissary, the "Protector of the Luminous Key", was to retrieve or accomplish at Halo 04 remains to be seen.

reference: HBO

[Edited on 5/24/2004 4:27:36 PM]

  • 05.23.2004 4:14 PM PDT
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....................Wow.

  • 05.23.2004 4:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: BEZERKER
No insulting comments please.=)


Ay, don't worry

Like I said, there are about 10 good people for every "flamer" on here. You shouldn't feel like you have to put things like that

The lot of us are good people

Now to your question: There are theories that people have come up with to what the structure actually does, and from what we know, it's a weapon that kills The Flood's food.

What is The Flood's food? Us, and any sentient life (sentient meaning, "One who has the faculty of perception". In other words, anything edible)

The weapon it has is...itself; Halo is a weapon. It's just a beautifully organic weapon.

Have you seen the video for "Pts. of Authority" by Linkin Park? That's how I think Halo looks when it goes into "Weapon Mode"

Pretty cool huh? :)

Wow SPARTAN, you really beat my ass on that one didn't you? :)

[Edited on 5/23/2004 4:17:22 PM]

  • 05.23.2004 4:16 PM PDT
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Dag son, dag.

you were prepared for that question :)

  • 05.23.2004 4:17 PM PDT
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halo is monitored by 343 guilty spark and is instalation 04 it is used to contain and study the flood and if nessicary destroy all sintient life in the galaxy, maximum radius is 250 million light years the index is used to activate it. it is a artificial planet built by the forerunners. and "uses 3 phase pulse generators to amplify halo signal" (cortana's words)...now am i missing anything?

  • 05.23.2004 4:17 PM PDT
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*Shows a shocked face*

  • 05.23.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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on the level "halo".....what is that structur shooting?....@ first I thought it was to signal to the other marines where they were.....

  • 05.23.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: SPARTAN 00029
Ok, for exactly 101,217 local years, it lay forgotten and derelict in a disused portion of space. Sedentary, save for the unrelenting pull of Basis and Threshold, Halo was a testament to its builders' technological capabilities. It was constructed to withstand innumerable millennia, and this superannuated edifice certainly shows that the Forerunner were very capable at their craft. So Installation 04 sat, an orbital bear trap or a beckoning clue, waiting for someone or something to stumble upon it and trigger its proverbial spring, or finish whatever work had been started there so long ago. And this is where Halo begins...

Upon return to Einsteinian space at the co-ordinates detailed upon the rune-etched rock of Sigma Octanus, Cortana and Keyes discover an interesting and immediately invaluable fact about Halo: it is a habitation with an Earth-like environment. Halo is roughly 10,000 kilometres in diameter and 22.3 km thick, and remains in orbit at a Lagrange point between Basis, the moon, and Threshold, the gas giant (Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG). With the Pillar of Autumn immutably crippled and their defeat unavoidable, Keyes decided to abandon ship and take flight to Halo.

Halo's geography was much like they had anticipated. It was Earth-like, complete with mountains, hills, plains, seas, rivers, waterfalls, swamps, deserts, and icy canyons, with the only surprise being just how multi-climatic it was, considering that Halo was artificial. At a cursory glance, it seemed to be little more than a large, and habitable, ring-shaped construct; a feat of engineering and will. But, as they delved further into the interiors of Halo, and as they continued to monitor Covenant transmissions, they began to suspect that Halo was more than a mere ecosystem. The almost termitic passageways and arcane machinery of the Forerunner were intricately woven throughout the entire Halo. And although Halo outwardly appeared to be benign, it's self-contradictory purpose was soon discovered.

When Cortana uploaded herself into Halo's network, she uncovered Halo's true purpose, which the Covenant had only had mild inferences of. Halo was designed to study, contain, and, if necessary, prevent the Flood from spreading throughout the galaxy. It was indeed a weapon, and although mysteriously not an all smiting cudgel, seemingly not one that could be accurately wielded by either Covenant, or Human, against their foes. With a maximum range of 25,000 light years, Halo would easily destroy them both, and all other life capable of sustaining the Flood. What good it does to kill all life quickly before all life is merely consumed by the Flood eventually is known only to the builders. Life situated on the ring is, in theory, unaffected.

After Master Chief is made aware of Halo's true function, it is decided that this Halo should be destroyed, to prevent 343 Guilty Spark from finding someone else to activate Halo at some point in the future. By blasting the vent core of the Pillar of Autumn, Master Chief and Cortana succeed in ending the threat of this Halo.

What it is that the Covenant emissary, the "Protector of the Luminous Key", was to retrieve or accomplish at Halo 04 remains to be seen.

*Shows a shocked face*

  • 05.23.2004 4:20 PM PDT
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Two shocked faces in a row?

Can't be healthy, buddy. :)

  • 05.23.2004 4:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: vash_241987
on the level "halo".....what is that structur shooting?....@ first I thought it was to signal to the other marines where they were.....


Now there is a question I don't know.

  • 05.23.2004 4:23 PM PDT
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I thought it was the pulse generator thingy

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Posted by: vash_241987
on the level "halo".....what is that structur shooting?....@ first I thought it was to signal to the other marines where they were.....


Ya, I also would like to know the answer to that question.

  • 05.23.2004 4:25 PM PDT
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No, there are more than three of those light thingies on Halo. Just in campaign, there is a lot.

  • 05.23.2004 4:26 PM PDT
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or maybe it's letting out steam...you know like a smoke stack at the refineries

  • 05.23.2004 4:27 PM PDT
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Is it possible to sit in the warthog, then have it be hit by the blue beem, then be sent flying?
There is a vid of someone who got it to the very top of the vower but could you actualy sit in it as it is going?

  • 05.23.2004 4:27 PM PDT
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I have never been hit by one. Do they kill you?

  • 05.23.2004 4:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: BEZERKER
I have never been hit by one. Do they kill you?


No idea.

  • 05.23.2004 4:37 PM PDT
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maybe bungie can answer this????

  • 05.23.2004 4:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: BEZERKER
I have never been hit by one. Do they kill you?
I tried to get hit by the beam and it doesn't kill you.

  • 05.23.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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hmmmm...interesting that your taking credit for something written by the guys at the HBO story page

  • 05.24.2004 4:01 PM PDT
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I didn't put a reference up? thanks for the update, i am doing that now. (I usually reference stuff if you have read my threads).

  • 05.24.2004 4:28 PM PDT

Play as a team win as a team or die as a team!


I have a question how did the Covenant release the Flood like opening a big door or pressing a button or even by entering the building? Or maybe making noise what the hell woke them up what did the Covenant do to piss them off? (Covenant are a bunch or dumb bastards!!)LoL

  • 05.24.2004 4:32 PM PDT

Play as a team win as a team or die as a team!


And another question How will the Flood get off Halo do they have ships or can they fly(don't answer that) or do they hi-jack ships and go other places?!! And did the Covenant lead the POA right to Halo or did the Humans(POA) find it by accident? And if Halo did go off will there be like a EMP like ring throught the Gaxily? Or will there be like a big ass explosion and there?

  • 05.24.2004 4:35 PM PDT

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