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Halo |OT5| Believe, Again
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TS x Massacre
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Completely off-topic rage post incoming
Sigh, some of the current MLG staff is so condescending to the Halo community.
Easy to forget their roots were with this community. They'd be nothing without Halo.
ElzarTheBam
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Cracked me up.
After rewatching the trailer, I still can't figure if Del Rio is already looking at Requiem before the infinity gets scanned and taken to the planet.
Methink, the Traviss trilogy is meant to position ONI as a strategic and powerfull force, and idea served better by them having sent Infinity towards Requiem rather than the Ship appearing there. that ONI cannot control everything is in line with the books too.
hopefully not offensice to our turkish friends. But I know Istanbul is a favored place for medical tourism. Not that I would go there...
Der Flatulator
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Brolic Gaoler
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It would have been ONI if anything that planned it.
no more. I stop. it's too much, I'm grinning like the Chechire Cat from Wonderland.
Hypertrooper
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That the Infinity is in the orbit of Requiem? Definitely it was planned. The crashing on it? Accident. Or not expected.
ONI tells lies about Infinity to the public. Wrongly say that Infinity's purpose is for research and peaceful measures.
ElzarTheBam
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But Requiem appears to have just one opening to it, which can open and close. It opened to let the ship crash there. I'm wondering, was it pulled in? Did it open up just because? Why would the occupant of the place let a giant, heavily armed ship full of enemies inside?
Dat question!
yet the gloomy voiced Didact could be so full of himself he considers no threat in bringing in humans and covies, or he needs those weapons and men (more skulls).
The Librarian
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Given the size of Requiem I think it's likely there's more than one opening. My baseless speculation: Infinity follows FUD's beacon to Requiem, they get too close to one of the openings, then BAM.
Edit: Infinity's landing takes place about a third of the way into the game, so I think it gets pulled in after the Chief and Cortana crash.
I get to see an extended Halo 4 trailer in between the Steven Gerrard Show. Boss.
Extended?
I was under the assumption that ONI is part of the UNSC?
Poker Face
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MrGreencastle
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Which is why I think that Cortana is yelling at Del Rio, and possibly the Didact, in the trailer. The whole idea that the Infinity is a ship for exploration is complete bullshit. ONI is up to something, they knew about Requiem, ancient humans, and even the Didact. Infinity, and Del Rio are going to play a bigger part in Halo 4 than people think.
/complete conjecture on my part.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Perhaps it's designed to let all precursor/forerunner life forms in since it's a shield world. Only it's working as a prison (unintentionally) now more than anything. All ships/life forms in it now are unwittingly sucked in and trapped.
Der Flatulator
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ElzarTheBam
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Just because it's a part doesn't make them the same thing with the same chain of command and the same motivations. Think of it like the CIA. It's part of the overall UNSC government, but it's a separate entity.
MrGreencastle
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I agree, but why? ONI delivering something to him? A nice shiny army of Spartan IV? A certain book-keeper and her guilty escort?
Excellent question.
Giddy with excitement.
You're kidding, right?
Yeah guys, why would you want more of something you really enjoyed seeing?
Yeah, there is only one opening but they seem to have been pulled in. The captain even says when it opens to reverse thrusters.
Der Flatulator
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Depends how much ONI knows... I doubt ONI knew that the ship would crash. They probably found Reqiuem and sent Infinity to investigate. The Didact probably wants to build an army. What better an army is 100s of Spartan IVs?
Went back in time over the last few days. Busted out the ODST disc to play H3 MP and then played Reach.
All I did when Reach came out was complained about it, but I now see it's because I was coming hot off the tails of 3. I appreciated Reach more in the hour I played it yesterday than I did in all the hours I put into it before. I'm garbage, but I enjoy it.
Fresh H4 hype. Choo choo
All I did when Reach came out was complained about it, but I now see it's because I was coming hot off the tails of 3. I appreciated Reach more in the hour I played it yesterday than I did in all the hours I put into it before. I'm garbage, but I enjoy it.
Fresh H4 hype. Choo choo
Yeah, I was thinking the Chief would put out a call somehow. My guess was the Chief and Cortana use Requiem to somehow contact the UNSC. I figure, he's been adrift for years, if they could have made contact in the Forward Unto Dawn, they would have. That the UNSC arrive at the same place the Chief does is probably not a coincidence.
MrGreencastle
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"crash"
Considering the state of the Pillar of Autumn after crashing on Halo, and the fact that the Infinity eventually leaves again, I'm not sure it really crashed, more like a controlled/forced rough landing.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
This, which is why I figure that the shield world has been "trapping" other ships/races inside it because its function is to keep life away from the flood. Just like the rings are independent of what "life wants" the shield world probably is too. "Oh look, flood food, I'll just hold onto that..."
Poker Face
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Did anyone ever think Halo would be removed from the circuit during the Halo2/Halo3 eras of the franchise?
Der Flatulator
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Good point, but why does the Didact's symbol appear everywhere within the Infinity during its descent?
This was already clarified for you, but I just wanted to apologize (it was my wording that was bad, not the answer I got), and let you know I've tweaked the wording to be less confusing to others.
Hmm... swordfighting, an evil queen, an awesome dwarf... is this what everyone's been talking about recently?
HOLD ON - did you just call Halo 4's story cheesy? Oooooh
It's coming. They filmed some clips for it at E3.
I'm pretty sure this is just the live-action bit that came at the start of the Halo 4 stuff shown at the MS press conference. ('Extended' suggests that there might be a bit we haven't seen yet... but I'm not positive about that.)
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
He's probably scanning it/disabling it.
Poker Face
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MrGreencastle
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Absolutely agree. It just seems too damn coincidental that out of all of space, the Infinity would just happen to be near Requiem. It had to have been sent there on purpose for something. What better than humanity's best ship to deliver something as part of a truce, or strategic move by ONI higher-ups. Or perhaps they're trying to find something, or someone.
Deliciously cheesy. Not metaphorically
Can't wait for that BTS Video. 343 don't make no Vidocs, guys.
Tha Robbertster
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In this screen, you can see on the console right from the chief that the last communication was 3 years and 4 months ago. (maybe it's not very clear in this picture but somebody pointed it out in the GI reveal thread.) I don't know what it'll mean for the story but I'm sure it's there for a reason.
Pretty sure MLG is making a lot more money with Starcraft right now than they've ever done with Halo. MLG definitely doesn't need Halo right now and Halo's competitive scene is practically non-existent without MLG.
I've heard they interviewed some fans, is that what you're talking about? If so, it doesn't exactly sound like MP vidoc material sadly.
Please go on, you make me feel my posts are worthy of HaloGaf.
ONI knowing of old humansis meaningless for now, since only a fraction of the crew of one ship got to hear the story and GS² has disabled every mean of communication and is sailing towards an unknown place.
Why would Cheif contact UNSC when he had the Arbiter lie about his death?
Wouldn't he rather more willingly contact the only person who knows he's still alive? (me like the situation of Chief & Arbiter vs ONI vs Zealots vs Prometheans vs ?)
And why would he drag UNSC into a trapworld?
In this screen, you can see on the console right from the chief that the last communication was 3 years and 4 months ago. (maybe it's not very clear in this picture but somebody pointed it out in the GI reveal thread.) I don't know what it'll mean for the story but I'm sure it's there for a reason.
Interesting, I missed that.
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