Comments on: Installation 05

By: Person

Person — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:52:22 +0000

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?

By: Ziterminator

Ziterminator — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:45:05 +0000

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.

By: PartnersInRhyme

PartnersInRhyme — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:06:14 +0000

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…

By: SFF

SFF — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:15:05 +0000

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

By: the silver fox

the silver fox — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:43:32 +0000

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.

By: the silver fox

the silver fox — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:55:01 +0000

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.

By: ReshenKusaga

ReshenKusaga — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:08:21 +0000

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

By: the silver fox

the silver fox — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:50:53 +0000

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.

By: mirel

mirel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:16 +0000

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.

By: Omega 2401

Omega 2401 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:08:18 +0000

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…