After reading the Bungie weekly update for June 6th I’m beginning to think that Delta Halo is still intact or at least partially. The logs seem to have come from the installation itself, possibly another AI or maybe a sentinel, heck it could could have been 343GS himself before he left it; but nonetheless, it seems as though there is more of a story to be told on Installation 05.
“mr.roach, this is the ring from halo 2 which last time I checked wasnโt a desert. I donโt think flood eat plants”
so if the flood dont eat plants then wouldnt that mean the ring would still have the environment that we had seen on halo 2? meaning that seen from space that it would still look like the same as when we first saw it in halo 2? but with the atmosphere having sort of a brownish bronze tint to it?? just a thought
Hey people, I would recommend you to read the books, in Ghost of Onyx all is explained, or at least what happens to Installation 05. When the Covenant civil war begins at the end of Halo 2 and throughout Ghost of Onyx, the ships of the Elites and Brutes both fired at Halo Delta, attempting to glass the ring and kill the flood. It may be posible that the ring was glassed, but not entirely, leaving some of the surface almost intact or just burned, allowing an atmosphere to exist.
On Ghost of Onyx, Cortana sends a message to the UNSC requesting the NOVA-bombing of Halo Delta, but apparently it hasn’t been bombed yet, as is not in pieces(on Ghost of Onyx a covenant planet is burned thanks to a NOVA bomb going off in near by space).
there is no way that this is installation 05! it doesnt even look like it! have ya ever noticed that if you went from the activation panel back to the drop tuby thingy and look up AT EVERY RING, once u get to 04 keep going and look up at 05 and YOU WILL FREEKING see that there is a close resemblence to 04! you people have the order backwards, the pics, descriptions, EVERYTHING! and you also need to realize that anyone can take a pic of these rings and say which one is whitch and make everyone believe them… -_-
chiefy…come on. Go to campaign level: The Covenant and go to the citadel. The rings inside are the same ones here, same order and everything. The flood took over 05 and (or) it was glassed by te covenat. gosh retard. this site is not lying retard
I personally believe that the red color indicates areas of flood contamination. This would explain why the entire ring isn’t red – the flood were only able to expand to the areas within the atmosphere.
As for the glassing theory, I don’t believe that it was ever specifically stated that they were glassing the ring. The Elites were concerned about dealing with the numerous phantoms/banshees that were coming from Delta Halo’s surface (many of which under flood control). They weren’t firing on the ring, they were firing on any craft attempting to escape from it.
Also, the landmasses that are visible beneath the red “contamination” indictor are a dark shade of brown, which looks more like massive flood infestation than the product of glassing…
The whole ring is red. Take a look at the edges of this ring and the others. The others have the gray metallic look, this one is red. Like it’s colored red on purpose.
Guys, the installations count UP from the activation pannel. The one closest is installation 01, then 02, and so on, until you get to installation 07 closest to the elevator.
Vociferous got it backwards, and it’s an easy mistake to make because the one unmistakeable ring, installation 04, is right smack dab in the middle.
This is really installation 03. Trust me; trust the Halo wiki.
Comment by the silver fox — August 21, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
so silver fox are you telling us that Vociferous’s Installation 3 is Installation 5 when it looks like it’s covered COMPLETELY in water? BS, i’m pretty sure Halo’s wikia got that wrong >_> Or maybe you interpreted it wrong
Comment by ReshenKusaga — August 22, 2008 @ 2:08 am
No, actually, go back and play Halo 2’s campaign again and compare the geography of Delta Halo to Vociferous’s installation 03.
Then maybe you’ll see what I’m saying.
Comment by the silver fox — August 22, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
You can see land on Vociferous’s installation 03, if you look hard enough. Most of the rest is probably covered by clouds. You would have to play through the level again yourself, as my 360’s out with the RROD.
Comment by the silver fox — August 23, 2008 @ 12:43 am
looks barren and lifeless reminds me of sandtrap maybe thats where it is or maybe not but it also looks volcanicso there might be some volcanoes on the surface of the ring
I thought it was highlighted a faint red because that was where the standby status originated from at the end of Halo 2, just maybe…
Comment by PartnersInRhyme — August 24, 2008 @ 5:06 am
I’m sort of confused. This ring REALLY looks Flood infested, but in Ghosts of Onyx, it says the Elites fought to eliminate the Flood from the ring.
That would mean “glassing” it, right? Otherwise they would be leaving a whole infestation to get out of control. Doesn’t seem like a smart idea to leave it infested.
Comment by Ziterminator — September 18, 2008 @ 1:45 am
NICE ONE REZ! (#10) I’d have to agree. The whole ring looks devoid of water, and cracked. Could the red atmosphere be a side effect of glassing a place? Maybe fumes rise and make it that way?
Look at the black with red in-between. The melted surface is cooling.
Comment by Wrath of T3nma — November 18, 2008 @ 10:46 pm
I think we all assume the Forerunners merely wanted to save humanity and built all these rings for us. I doubt this was the case, because each race inhabited similar yet different worlds, Grunts could not naturally live in our oxidized environment, they would need Methane tanks… which at the time were far beyond their engineering. Each world was to house different species, or to model different worlds.
Comment by SwishiestB0g — January 21, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
my guess is the red tint to it is a sort of red alert to notify something is wrong on this ring and its prob a red alert kind of thing. Not that its infected as some ppl have mentioned.
The only glassing on Installation 5 that I can remember is the temple that the Chief killed Regret. If you all remember their was at least some orbital bombardment there. Also I think the icon is red to act as a heads-up that containment protocol has failed, and that the surface is indeed infected.
It could not have been glassed, at least by the Covenant. Remember, the Covenant revered the Forerunners as God-like, they wouldn’t dare destroy something that the Forerunners built.
And IF anyone glassed it, it would have been the Elites. Apart from the humans, the Elites are the only others that fully acknowledge the danger the Flood present.
My guess, Delta Halo has succumbed to the Flood
Halo-05 didnt get glassed(except Regret’s little hideout, of course), this is its natural terrain. If you look at the color and pay attention to the topography you’ll notice that it actually looks like an African mountain range (at least, where the Chief landed it does). The only area on the ring that isn’t like this is the Library (and the Quarantine Zone level. Of course, that might be at the Library, too).Even the vegetation looks African. The whole ring matches the area in btween New Mombasa and Voi (the town where the Flood landed on Earth). Speaking of the Road to Voi (great song, by the way), did anyone else notice that the path the Chief took to Voi in Halo 3 looks almost identical to Uplift Reserve in Halo: ODST?
After reading the Bungie weekly update for June 6th I’m beginning to think that Delta Halo is still intact or at least partially. The logs seem to have come from the installation itself, possibly another AI or maybe a sentinel, heck it could could have been 343GS himself before he left it; but nonetheless, it seems as though there is more of a story to be told on Installation 05.
Comment by Joel — June 19, 2008 @ 1:55 am
“mr.roach, this is the ring from halo 2 which last time I checked wasnโt a desert. I donโt think flood eat plants”
so if the flood dont eat plants then wouldnt that mean the ring would still have the environment that we had seen on halo 2? meaning that seen from space that it would still look like the same as when we first saw it in halo 2? but with the atmosphere having sort of a brownish bronze tint to it?? just a thought
Comment by Mal — June 21, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
Hey people, I would recommend you to read the books, in Ghost of Onyx all is explained, or at least what happens to Installation 05. When the Covenant civil war begins at the end of Halo 2 and throughout Ghost of Onyx, the ships of the Elites and Brutes both fired at Halo Delta, attempting to glass the ring and kill the flood. It may be posible that the ring was glassed, but not entirely, leaving some of the surface almost intact or just burned, allowing an atmosphere to exist.
On Ghost of Onyx, Cortana sends a message to the UNSC requesting the NOVA-bombing of Halo Delta, but apparently it hasn’t been bombed yet, as is not in pieces(on Ghost of Onyx a covenant planet is burned thanks to a NOVA bomb going off in near by space).
Comment by Antonio — June 25, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
there is no way that this is installation 05! it doesnt even look like it! have ya ever noticed that if you went from the activation panel back to the drop tuby thingy and look up AT EVERY RING, once u get to 04 keep going and look up at 05 and YOU WILL FREEKING see that there is a close resemblence to 04! you people have the order backwards, the pics, descriptions, EVERYTHING! and you also need to realize that anyone can take a pic of these rings and say which one is whitch and make everyone believe them… -_-
Comment by chiefy — June 30, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
chiefy…come on. Go to campaign level: The Covenant and go to the citadel. The rings inside are the same ones here, same order and everything. The flood took over 05 and (or) it was glassed by te covenat. gosh retard. this site is not lying retard
Comment by A HAM5TER — July 28, 2008 @ 1:05 am
I personally believe that the red color indicates areas of flood contamination. This would explain why the entire ring isn’t red – the flood were only able to expand to the areas within the atmosphere.
As for the glassing theory, I don’t believe that it was ever specifically stated that they were glassing the ring. The Elites were concerned about dealing with the numerous phantoms/banshees that were coming from Delta Halo’s surface (many of which under flood control). They weren’t firing on the ring, they were firing on any craft attempting to escape from it.
Also, the landmasses that are visible beneath the red “contamination” indictor are a dark shade of brown, which looks more like massive flood infestation than the product of glassing…
Comment by Omega 2401 — August 14, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
The whole ring is red. Take a look at the edges of this ring and the others. The others have the gray metallic look, this one is red. Like it’s colored red on purpose.
Comment by mirel — August 21, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Guys, the installations count UP from the activation pannel. The one closest is installation 01, then 02, and so on, until you get to installation 07 closest to the elevator.
Vociferous got it backwards, and it’s an easy mistake to make because the one unmistakeable ring, installation 04, is right smack dab in the middle.
This is really installation 03. Trust me; trust the Halo wiki.
Comment by the silver fox — August 21, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
so silver fox are you telling us that Vociferous’s Installation 3 is Installation 5 when it looks like it’s covered COMPLETELY in water? BS, i’m pretty sure Halo’s wikia got that wrong >_> Or maybe you interpreted it wrong
Comment by ReshenKusaga — August 22, 2008 @ 2:08 am
No, actually, go back and play Halo 2’s campaign again and compare the geography of Delta Halo to Vociferous’s installation 03.
Then maybe you’ll see what I’m saying.
Comment by the silver fox — August 22, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
You can see land on Vociferous’s installation 03, if you look hard enough. Most of the rest is probably covered by clouds. You would have to play through the level again yourself, as my 360’s out with the RROD.
Comment by the silver fox — August 23, 2008 @ 12:43 am
looks barren and lifeless reminds me of sandtrap maybe thats where it is or maybe not but it also looks volcanicso there might be some volcanoes on the surface of the ring
Comment by SFF — August 23, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I thought it was highlighted a faint red because that was where the standby status originated from at the end of Halo 2, just maybe…
Comment by PartnersInRhyme — August 24, 2008 @ 5:06 am
I’m sort of confused. This ring REALLY looks Flood infested, but in Ghosts of Onyx, it says the Elites fought to eliminate the Flood from the ring.
That would mean “glassing” it, right? Otherwise they would be leaving a whole infestation to get out of control. Doesn’t seem like a smart idea to leave it infested.
Comment by Ziterminator — September 18, 2008 @ 1:45 am
NICE ONE REZ! (#10) I’d have to agree. The whole ring looks devoid of water, and cracked. Could the red atmosphere be a side effect of glassing a place? Maybe fumes rise and make it that way?
Comment by Person — September 27, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
This one is glassed.
Look at the black with red in-between. The melted surface is cooling.
Comment by Wrath of T3nma — November 18, 2008 @ 10:46 pm
I think we all assume the Forerunners merely wanted to save humanity and built all these rings for us. I doubt this was the case, because each race inhabited similar yet different worlds, Grunts could not naturally live in our oxidized environment, they would need Methane tanks… which at the time were far beyond their engineering. Each world was to house different species, or to model different worlds.
Comment by SwishiestB0g — January 21, 2009 @ 7:44 pm
my guess is the red tint to it is a sort of red alert to notify something is wrong on this ring and its prob a red alert kind of thing. Not that its infected as some ppl have mentioned.
Comment by ck1984 — January 23, 2009 @ 12:25 am
The only glassing on Installation 5 that I can remember is the temple that the Chief killed Regret. If you all remember their was at least some orbital bombardment there. Also I think the icon is red to act as a heads-up that containment protocol has failed, and that the surface is indeed infected.
Comment by Taylor — April 20, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
Actually, Delta Halo looks completely fine to me. Except for the red color, which probaly mean’s it’s been infected by the Flood.
My guess? The Elites probaly have taken care of it by now.
Comment by Grant — April 24, 2009 @ 6:29 am
One major error I have noticed–this is Installation 03. The numbering goes from 07 (at the elevator) to 01 (near the console), which makes sense.
Comment by an elite — May 11, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
It could not have been glassed, at least by the Covenant. Remember, the Covenant revered the Forerunners as God-like, they wouldn’t dare destroy something that the Forerunners built.
And IF anyone glassed it, it would have been the Elites. Apart from the humans, the Elites are the only others that fully acknowledge the danger the Flood present.
My guess, Delta Halo has succumbed to the Flood
Comment by Halo Prodigy — July 14, 2009 @ 1:23 am
A NOVA bomb would have shattered it
it looks like the multiplayer map isolation flood walls
Comment by Antdog — March 23, 2010 @ 1:26 am
Halo-05 didnt get glassed(except Regret’s little hideout, of course), this is its natural terrain. If you look at the color and pay attention to the topography you’ll notice that it actually looks like an African mountain range (at least, where the Chief landed it does). The only area on the ring that isn’t like this is the Library (and the Quarantine Zone level. Of course, that might be at the Library, too).Even the vegetation looks African. The whole ring matches the area in btween New Mombasa and Voi (the town where the Flood landed on Earth). Speaking of the Road to Voi (great song, by the way), did anyone else notice that the path the Chief took to Voi in Halo 3 looks almost identical to Uplift Reserve in Halo: ODST?
Comment by Vulcan — June 3, 2010 @ 10:31 pm
BTW, I have no idea why this holo is red. The warning theory isn’t bad though.
Comment by Vulcan — June 3, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
He he, it’s a Halo hologram – it’s a Halogram!!!
Comment by Vulcan — June 3, 2010 @ 10:52 pm