The Director Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ok, so I came across this conversation in the Halo book Primordium: ONI COMMANDER: “I have to say, I’m having difficulty with all this information. ‘Arks?’ There’s more than one?” SCIENCE TEAM LEADER: “The Halo as described is also larger than any we’ve encountered. That could imply a larger Ark, right?” ONI COMMANDER: “Hmmh. There’s still a high probability that this machine is a decoy, and all of the information it’s giving us is a ruse. However ancient, the Forerunners might have anticipated an eventual human resurgence, and possible rematch, and prepared for it. To the extent that this testimony could demoralize our troops, we may be playing right into their hands." This leads us to believe a few things. First, there is another ark. Second, this other ark is LARGER than the first one, considerably so. From this, we can hypothesis a bit. From the available data, I believe that the forerunner object/ship in the Halo 4 trailer may actually be this larger arc. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZB-85 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yeah thats what i thought it was, after i read it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 The blue one? No that is a shield world.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 The blue one? No that is a shield world.. No, not the planet. I mean the thing at 1:11 in this video It's too small to be a planet (compared to the size of the half of ship that master chief is on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 It certainly looked a lot more planet-sized in the ending cutscene for Halo 3. Also, I think they're actually saying if there is a second Ark, that it's just bigger than a Halo, so it could be bigger or smaller than the first one. That said, 343 Guilty Spark talked about the Ark, not an Ark, so it's unlikely that there's more than one. I'll be interested to see where this goes, though. Good spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 It certainly looked a lot more planet-sized in the ending cutscene for Halo 3. Also, I think they're actually saying if there is a second Ark, that it's just bigger than a Halo, so it could be bigger or smaller than the first one. That said, 343 Guilty Spark talked about the Ark, not an Ark, so it's unlikely that there's more than one. I'll be interested to see where this goes, though. Good spot! The forerunners used compartmentalization when making the monitors, so it is possible that 343 Guilty Spark didn't know about the other ark until the humans tried to tap into his memory core. And Primordium confirms that there is a lesser ark, and a greater ark. The greater ark made the first set of Halo Rings. The second one made the ones that are currently in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmons Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 it looks like the ark would be backwords because the way its curved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 it looks like the ark would be backwords because the way its curved Indeed, it may be the bottom of the ark. o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The forerunners used compartmentalization when making the monitors, so it is possible that 343 Guilty Spark didn't know about the other ark until the humans tried to tap into his memory core. And Primordium confirms that there is a lesser ark, and a greater ark. The greater ark made the first set of Halo Rings. The second one made the ones that are currently in use. Ah, right. I haven't read Primordium - thank you for the information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Also, Halo Glasslands seems to be a prequel to Halo 4! I recommend reading it before Halo 4 comes out so you will be up to date on the story so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Will do - am I mistaken in thinking that's the one were they introduce the Mark VII Mjolnir Armor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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