Comments on: The Terminals

By: PartnersInRhyme

PartnersInRhyme — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:51:32 +0000

Oops, I meant to say:

“Anyway, has someone recorded these? I’m too into the story whilst playing solo, that I get so scared”

By: PartnersInRhyme

PartnersInRhyme — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:49:51 +0000

These records are fantastic! VERY thorough.

I was wondering if anybody else saw this.
I was playing split-screen co-op with a friend casually, and I was helping him get the terminals, on easy, or normal I think.
Amongst all the red writing that displays after the data corruption, there are little messages from someone inside the system.

One said something like “I know you’re there, I can see you”

And others were just as cryptic, but I didn’t take notice of them because they went away too fast.

But then, on the last one, on the new Halo, the red writing simply said:
“I win”

I was so freaked out, so I distracted myself by trying to get my friend into the corner with that weird guy, lol.

Anyway, has someone recorded these? I’m too into the story to record them whilst playing solo.

Regarding the epic double-trilogy to be directed by Peter Jackson and believed to surpass profits of Lord of the Rings, I say “HELL YEAH!”

By: wazooty

wazooty — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:40:11 +0000

Maybe at the very end there, medicant sent chief to the same “great journey” that the forerunners partook on.

If it IS a shield world, then perhaps the paradise inside is essentially heaven…or the great journey…or nirvana or whatever you want to call it. So MC, along with the remaining spartans from ghosts of onyx and a few others, join the forerunners at the great journey…in heaven, as it were?

A much more fitting end.

Anyways, absolutely love the site. After reading the forerunner story and your analysis, I can imagine a massive epic movie beyond the scale of lotr dealing with it. A 2-3 part movie dealing with the forerunner, then a trilogy dealing with humanity/MC. Sigh…I can only imagine peter jackson directing these 6 movies, and end up having them outdo lotr or…anything.

I’m just blathering.

By: Harm

Harm — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:04:28 +0000

Thank you! Thank you for analysing all information regarding the Forerunners, their creations, their plans and their final doom. Thank you!

As a big fan of the Haloverse and its story, i have been seeking for a long time for more information about The Forerunners. I searched tons of sites, looking for more tales, interpretations and people who have the same kind of interest for the mysteries of the Forerunners as i do. Thank you.

@ Embee: I feel EXACTLY the same.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:06:07 +0000

This is my take. I don’t believe the ideas that humanity is directly descended from the Forerunner and that the original ring builders found them on Earth are mutually exclusive. Perhaps the Forerunner were astounded to find a people that they believed to be directly descended from themselves on Earth and decided to form a plan which involved the reclamation of their technology when they were gone. The AI constructs they left behind would know that humanity was descended from their makers, but their limited knowledge concerning the grander schemes of the Forerunner (as alluded to by guilty spark), would lead them to believe that humanity was the original builder of the rings. This would explain the cryptic statements from Guilty Spark in Halo CE and Mendicant in contact Harvest. This is just my take and while it is only speculation and may be far off the mark, it should be noted that the foundation for this theory is extrapolated from direct quotes from the AIs, Gravemind, and the Prophets along with the information provided in the terminals, all interperated quite literally with no speculation on possible figurative meanings within statements that were made by Guilty Spark in Halo 3 or Mendicant Bias in Contact Harvest. I should very much like to hear anybody’s opinion on this theory and its viability.

By: Max12345

Max12345 — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:43:30 +0000

vociferous your articles are ridiculously informative and i wouldn’t know half of what i know about the halo universe if it wasn’t for this site. hopefully bungie will eventually give us more information about the forerunners until then we can just wait. thank you for all the time you spend doing this

By: Halo 3 glitcher

Halo 3 glitcher — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:14:47 +0000

Sooo much info, it’s blowin my mind!

By: Christian Bethel

Christian Bethel — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:37:36 +0000

Cocopjojo, are you going to post where to terminals can be found? Oh, you did that in the hindsights. my bad!:(

By: Name

Name — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Wait. The rings destroy the flood? I was under the impression that it just starved the flood and they got really hungry. Where does it say that the flood remember their past memories? I’m really confused. Also why is there flood in Halo Wars?

By: ChRis

ChRis — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:55:37 +0000

Although there is much wonderful talk and discussion about the Forerunners, Flood and Gravemind here, I have a minor little nitpick that has bothered me with some time. The stunning pictures of the Ark that were included in these articles have only highlighted my concern: Where is High Charity on the Ark after it crashed?
The Ark’s core gives us a rough estimate of how big the entire installation is – and looking back at the smaller-than-moon-sized Alpha Halo, I’d say that the Ark’s diameter is small enough to have High Charity visible on the surface. Especially considering that the city is practically half a planet.
If anyone has any information regarding High Charity’s crash site, it’d be greatly appreciated if you posted it here.