Comments on: Installation 06

By: Truth And Reconcillation

Truth And Reconcillation — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:50:11 +0000

Looks like the frozen moon Europa* to me. This fits into the whole ‘Halo’s have different environments to study the flood’ theory as many scientists believe that life could exist under the ice of Europa, and this type of life-supporting environment could be the most common in the galaxy. Thus it would make sense that the Forerunner would want to study the flood such an environ.

*Covered in a vast ocean sealed beneath several kilometer think ice.

By: Person

Person — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:55:17 +0000

No. ^^^^ The description even talks about it being “within the bowels of Installation 05″

By: Rolla7

Rolla7 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:01:38 +0000

This is likely the location of Cold Storage.

By: SFF

SFF — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:22:58 +0000

looks barren, mountainous and snow covered prehaps the location of avalanche. i read yesterday or the day before that if an outbreak occured the forerunners could lower the temperature in the quarantine zone to slow the growth of the infection so it can be dealt with more easily

By: SAVAGE REAP3R

SAVAGE REAP3R — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:23:38 +0000

hey putting out there halo 2 had a multiplayer map named contaminment u look and see a ring that your on and a face in the ring

By: Swekyde

Swekyde — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:37:10 +0000

13: “Isolation could take place on the infected delta halo”

If my memory serves me correctly, you can see parts of the Ark in the sky while on the level Isolation; meaning it’s on the Ark.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:25:53 +0000

Just theorizing here, but since there was quite a bit of climate variation on Installation 04, do you think that the rings may be programmed to alternate different climates to test the effects on the flood and/or different flora and fauna? Like, maybe Installation 04 or the Ark acts as the climate origin and every other ring would alter its climate based on a certain section of ‘04 or the Ark
Example: Installation 01 would mimic desert area the Ark’s Cartographer was located in. Or, Installation 06 would mimic the Control Room on ‘04, or the Citidael on the Ark.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:54:03 +0000

What can I say? I think is obvious that this ring has its surface covered entirely of ice, with some water running below, and as almost everybody said, a dark spot that looks like a lake. I find Spartan-039 opinion about the Grunts really logical, but then, the atmosphere must be methane-based, and probably difficult for the Master Chief or any human to actually take control of this ring, maybe using oxygen tanks and thermal suits to go down to the surface.

By: Spartan-039

Spartan-039 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:30:28 +0000

Definatly ice, perhaps the ring was meant for Grunts for a temporary place to live while waiting for relocation.

By: K

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:30:40 +0000

Maybe they were cultivating different types of life forms that needed various kinds of specialized environments to survive, in the hopes that they could produce a cure from something in these creatures’ DNA? Much like our own scientists searching for cancer cures in exotic flora and fauna from all over the world, but on a galactic scale. And the isolation of the Halos makes them perfect testing grounds for any potential cure - let out a bunch of Flood, spray them with genetically engineered bacteria X, see what happens.