Comments on: A look at the Halo Array… http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ninjathon http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1601 Ninjathon Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:46:59 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1601 This is one brilliant blog, in its entirety. I'd like to respond to a few ideas. #4 by brian kelm - I like where your head's at. I didn't piece together why Installation 05 is extremely decayed until I read here about how Penitent Tangent went AWOL in vociferous' article about the Flood (what a beautifully subtle detail!). Vociferous spoke of a containment breach (again, the low-temperature atmosphere in the quarantine zone is another excellent detail), and listed a couple of possible explanations for that breach, but he didn't consider (or at least explicate) the possibility that Penitent Tangent went rampant, and the monitor himself broke the containment. Conceivably, he could have been tricked by the dormant Gravemind aboard Installation 05, much like Mendicant Bias had been, and once Gravemind was free he captured PT. Just a thought! #10 by Bradley - I was under the impression that the gas giant you're referring to is the planet next to Installation 04. I'll have to check again, but I thought the ruined Installation 04 is in the cutscenes just before that level. I've since operated under the belief that the Forerunners placed the rings next to resource-rich worlds, so that sentinels could travel to the remote (but reachable) factory, harvest essential elements, and then bring them back to the installation for functional purposes. All speculation, of course. On a much more unrelated note, I had an idea about possible connections to Marathon. I've wondered if, in the future, Bungie would adapt the Marathon universe so that it could conceivably fit within the Halo universe. And if so, I wonder whether or not the humans could then use the Forerunner's artificial-world-building technology (a la the Ark) to create Marathon, or at least carve it out of Deimos. This is one brilliant blog, in its entirety. I’d like to respond to a few ideas.

#4 by brian kelm - I like where your head’s at. I didn’t piece together why Installation 05 is extremely decayed until I read here about how Penitent Tangent went AWOL in vociferous’ article about the Flood (what a beautifully subtle detail!). Vociferous spoke of a containment breach (again, the low-temperature atmosphere in the quarantine zone is another excellent detail), and listed a couple of possible explanations for that breach, but he didn’t consider (or at least explicate) the possibility that Penitent Tangent went rampant, and the monitor himself broke the containment. Conceivably, he could have been tricked by the dormant Gravemind aboard Installation 05, much like Mendicant Bias had been, and once Gravemind was free he captured PT. Just a thought!

#10 by Bradley - I was under the impression that the gas giant you’re referring to is the planet next to Installation 04. I’ll have to check again, but I thought the ruined Installation 04 is in the cutscenes just before that level. I’ve since operated under the belief that the Forerunners placed the rings next to resource-rich worlds, so that sentinels could travel to the remote (but reachable) factory, harvest essential elements, and then bring them back to the installation for functional purposes. All speculation, of course.

On a much more unrelated note, I had an idea about possible connections to Marathon. I’ve wondered if, in the future, Bungie would adapt the Marathon universe so that it could conceivably fit within the Halo universe. And if so, I wonder whether or not the humans could then use the Forerunner’s artificial-world-building technology (a la the Ark) to create Marathon, or at least carve it out of Deimos.

]]> By: reclaim_ARK00 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1002 reclaim_ARK00 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:54:23 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1002 or...maybe...maybe the halos were designed for experiments, not for habitibility... i mean, it seems like each halo installation has a flood laboratory. so, maybe its to see how they react to different extremes, like the planets...only problem, 7 rings, 9 planets. i saw mercury, venus, earth, mars, luna, pluto, and neptune or venus. that would make seven. it seems like the forerunner race had shield worlds for homes, and that would protect the main part of the species. so if something went wrong on one, t could be activated, wipe out life on the halo, but not the architecture, and the forerunners could start over, like...terraforming, in a sense. or maybe im just wrong. but, i think this might be pretty close. or…maybe…maybe the halos were designed for experiments, not for habitibility… i mean, it seems like each halo installation has a flood laboratory. so, maybe its to see how they react to different extremes, like the planets…only problem, 7 rings, 9 planets. i saw mercury, venus, earth, mars, luna, pluto, and neptune or venus. that would make seven. it seems like the forerunner race had shield worlds for homes, and that would protect the main part of the species. so if something went wrong on one, t could be activated, wipe out life on the halo, but not the architecture, and the forerunners could start over, like…terraforming, in a sense. or maybe im just wrong. but, i think this might be pretty close.

]]> By: reclaim_ARK00 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1000 reclaim_ARK00 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-1000 it seems like the forerunners copied earths biomes(safari, rainforest, ocean, tundra, desert, etc, etc)... and copied the terrrain of other planets in the Sol system. it seems like the forerunners copied earths biomes(safari, rainforest, ocean, tundra, desert, etc, etc)… and copied the terrrain of other planets in the Sol system.

]]> By: Irate Witness 142 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-995 Irate Witness 142 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:46:21 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-995 It would probably be a good idea to get a screenshot of the hologram at the end of halo 2 that showed the instillations. it would probably help It would probably be a good idea to get a screenshot of the hologram at the end of halo 2 that showed the instillations. it would probably help

]]> By: Spartan-039 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-920 Spartan-039 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:49:03 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-920 Sorry, I meant ring in previous comment. Sorry, I meant ring in previous comment.

]]> By: Spartan-039 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-919 Spartan-039 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:48:23 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-919 Possible story for Instillation 05's condition, 2401 went insane and started to let the rig fall into disarray. Then, when the Covenant arrived, the Gravemind captured 2401 and now could infest the entire ring and High Charity. Also, the Ark may have functioned as a huge shipyard for the Forerunners before activation of the rings. It's very large and could have many hidden bays from which ships are built and launch from. Possible story for Instillation 05’s condition, 2401 went insane and started to let the rig fall into disarray. Then, when the Covenant arrived, the Gravemind captured 2401 and now could infest the entire ring and High Charity. Also, the Ark may have functioned as a huge shipyard for the Forerunners before activation of the rings. It’s very large and could have many hidden bays from which ships are built and launch from.

]]> By: BungieJump http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-849 BungieJump Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:58:44 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-849 I think the symbols look like a kind of number or name for each ring. I think that if the Ark could turn them all on, I think it could do something else, too. Something bigger, something more important. I think it may have something to do with the Shield World. I think the Arc has an even bigger purpose than any of us could imagine. I think the symbols look like a kind of number or name for each ring. I think that if the Ark could turn them all on, I think it could do something else, too. Something bigger, something more important. I think it may have something to do with the Shield World. I think the Arc has an even bigger purpose than any of us could imagine.

]]> By: Verses Fatum http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-649 Verses Fatum Thu, 29 May 2008 23:38:21 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-649 The Symbols look more like depictions of Instuments... Violin playing over Strings for example is Instillation 02s Symbol. The Symbols look more like depictions of Instuments…

Violin playing over Strings for example is Instillation 02s Symbol.

]]> By: Reuben http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-558 Reuben Sun, 25 May 2008 11:41:52 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-558 even though the terminals say that mendicant bias(can't spell it) was destroyed, perhaps he flashed his ai onto 343 Guilty Spark as a cover, but as just a monitor, he couldn't do many things, as he was bound by protocol so perhaps the whole halo story arc was his cration to try re-releasing the flood.perhaps? even though the terminals say that mendicant bias(can’t spell it) was destroyed, perhaps he flashed his ai onto 343 Guilty Spark as a cover, but as just a monitor, he couldn’t do many things, as he was bound by protocol

so perhaps the whole halo story arc was his cration to try re-releasing the flood.perhaps?

]]> By: Sev117 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-520 Sev117 Sat, 24 May 2008 02:35:25 +0000 http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/2008/03/23/82/#comment-520 I think I have solved the mystery of the glyphs. First, the circles that make up the glyphs portray the the planet or sun that the ring is orbiting around. For Installation 04, this is the gas giant Threshold. Each glyph has a smaller circle or circles. They represent the moon or moons (or other orbiting bodies). In Installation 04, for example, the smaller circle near the center of the glyph represents the moon Basis. When a glyph has two small circles, it depicts two 'moons'. The wavy lines could be features of the planet/sun, for example, solar flares, debris rings, surface storms, or radiation clouds. I think I have solved the mystery of the glyphs.

First, the circles that make up the glyphs portray the the planet or sun that the ring is orbiting around. For Installation 04, this is the gas giant Threshold.

Each glyph has a smaller circle or circles. They represent the moon or moons (or other orbiting bodies).
In Installation 04, for example, the smaller circle near the center of the glyph represents the moon Basis.

When a glyph has two small circles, it depicts two ‘moons’.
The wavy lines could be features of the planet/sun, for example, solar flares, debris rings, surface storms, or radiation clouds.

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