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Dulfite on 17 December 2021

I saw something that if you beat it on legendary, a timestamp is made showing that Atriox did that jump (at the final cutscenes) like 100,000 years ago. If I understand correctly, that doesn't mean the Zeta Halo is currently in a different spot? I only beat it once (not on legendary) so this may be a noob question.



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Dulfite on 17 December 2021
Ryuu96 said:
Dulfite said:

I saw something that if you beat it on legendary, a timestamp is made showing that Atriox did that jump (at the final cutscenes) like 100,000 years ago. If I understand correctly, that doesn't mean the Zeta Halo is currently in a different spot? I only beat it once (not on legendary) so this may be a noob question.

The timestamp is for the dialogue between the Forerunners, Atriox is in the present day.

Is this confirmed? I read an entire article about how he did what he did in the past, not the present. Just want to make certain. The article suggested he was able to go to the past and move it, which suggests the Endless can time travel.



Dulfite on 17 December 2021
Ryuu96 said:
Dulfite said:

Is this confirmed? I read an entire article about how he did what he did in the past, not the present. Just want to make certain. The article suggested he was able to go to the past and move it, which suggests the Endless can time travel.

Not confirmed but it's sorta obvious, the dialogue and date only exist as part of the Legendary ending, thus it is saying that the dialogue between the Forerunners is from 97,368 BCE while Atriox is in the present day and freeing the Endless, the dialogue and date is shortly after the firing of the Halo array and shortly after the Forerunners found the Endless.

Plus Atriox has no way to go to the past.

If I remember correctly, the writer of the article suggested Atriox learned how to get to the past from the boss-lady-alien we fought (can't remember her name) and freed them there. I guess we will find out for sure in the coming months!



Dulfite on 17 December 2021
Ryuu96 said:
Dulfite said:

If I remember correctly, the writer of the article suggested Atriox learned how to get to the past from the boss-lady-alien we fought (can't remember her name) and freed them there. I guess we will find out for sure in the coming months!

I have no doubt that the writer of the article is wrong, lol.

It's like the Halo 4 ending which was set in the present day but had Didact speaking over it, except this time 343 has attached a date to the dialogue, both things which only exist in the Legendary ending so the date is 100% for the dialogue.

Atriox went to Cortana and got blown up, went missing and was assumed dead, the ending reveals he isn't dead but actually somewhere deep within Halo and about to unleash the Endless.

The date is from when the Forerunners locked up the Endless so if Atriox just strolled in, the Forerunners would still be there and end his life in a second, plus the huge time paradox that unleashing them 100,000 years before would cause.

I'd be fine with any and all paradoxes if Chief and Cortana can be married.



Azzanation on 17 December 2021

Curious, could the Harbinger be a Precursor? Has it been confirmed what she is?



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Dulfite on 17 December 2021
Ryuu96 said:
Dulfite said:

I'd be fine with any and all paradoxes if Chief and Cortana can be married.

Maybe Atriox should win

More than that, maybe he should wed them. I could see it now:

Atriox: "AND DO YOU... DEMON... HEHEHEHE... TAKE THE CREATED TO BE YOUR WIFE?"

Masterchief: *Agreeable silence.

Atriox: "AND DO YOU... CREATED... TAKE THE DEMON TO BE YOUR HUSBAND?"

Cortana: "Like I've always wanted to... Yes."

Atriox: "THEN I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE. YOU MAY NOW DISCONNECT THE COMPUTER CHIP FROM THE VISIBLE SCREEN AND REINSERT IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD."

Masterchief: *does as instructed

*Random combination of humans, Spartans, Covenant, Banished, prophet worshippers, forerunners, and even flood start applauding.



Angelus on 21 December 2021
Ryuu96 said:

Humans > Grunts > Jackals > Brutes? > Flood

There's also Elites in the Human/Grunt room.

Oddly no Prophets from what I can see but maybe they're in a different room.

Would it be ethically right to unleash all these (aside from the Flood, obviously) or just destroy them.

Is Atriox going to unleash all the Brute ones? Lol. Hell, why not unleash all of them to add to his army.

He could add thousands to his ranks and just claim to be their saviour or some shit, not like they'd know any better.

Let's suppose they do all store bodies...I don't think it would make sense for Atriox to release all of them. At the end of the day, they're all individual beings from god knows when, and you have no idea how they're going to stand in relation to your cause. You could make a case for unleashing the brutes, I suppose. Telling them about the destruction of their homeworld, and that the UNSC is more or less responsible for it - as an AI of their making did the deed - would be pretty powerful as motivations go to take up arms against them...but everyone else? You just woke them up from a mega slumber...what's their motivation for going to war first thing upon receiving their life back? These "people" would need a damn strong incentive imo to put their newly regained life on the line immediately in a war that they presumably would know nothing about.

Just cus you woke me, don't mean I instantly wanna go die for you.