User:CrzyAznSprtn

Hello fellow Halo fans.

I'm new to wikipedia in general, but I don't do that much on it anyway.

I first played Halo (not knowing its name at the time) in a video game store at a display. When I bought an Xbox, Halo: Combat Evolves was the first game I ever bought and I played it over and over again. The storyline was intriguing and diversity of characters and enemies intrigued me.

Then came Halo 2, the second best thing in the world (assuming Halo 3 rocks). Although the ending sucked, it expanded the knowledge of the Flood, the Covenant, and humanity itself.

I've only ready Halo: First Strike and the Graphic Novel, but I have my many theories and many questions. I play Halo for the story line and the cool action. I don't play so I can beat Legendary and waste hours upon hours. I do play live (Gamertag: BlackOp Spartan), but I haven't really tried to get my levels that high. Again, the story line is much more interesting to me, but online play is still FUN.

My theories:

Rampant Cortana
Clearly nuts. She let the Gravemind take her over as seen in the Halo 3 Trailer. Hello? A: the Flood now have coordinates for every human planet B: access to High Charity's Slipspace Drive C: Coordinates for every Covenant planet D: all the knowledge of the Index, UNSC's weapons, Covenant weapons, and Cortana's computer abilities. Uh....WTF Cortanan? Way to screw the galaxy over. What a sell out.

The Ark
That gigantic thing is the Ark in the Halo 3 Trailer. If you read HGN, the UNSC intercept a transmission stating that once they clear the city, they can dig out the Ark so it IS on Earth...which is good and bad. Unfortunately for humanity, the Covenant now have coordinates for Earth and the Cole Protocol only slowed their discovery. However, it sort of explains why the Monitors refer to humans as reclaimers.

Let's assume either a: the Forerunner are human ancestors or b: the Forerunner used the humans in the Ark. The Halo system activates 100,000 years ago, but humanity is protected in the Ark when the rings activate, hence the name Ark. The Ark runs a phsysiological scan of the humans in the Ark and transmit the data to ALL the Halo rings (at least to the Monitors). The monitors are programmed to recognize the protected race as reclaimers.

The Prophets know the truth about the Halos and secretly want to rule the galaxy after the rings activate. However, they know the humans are the reclaimers and can't join the Covenant because then the rest of the COvenant will know the truth. Therefore, the Prophets say "destroy humanity."

An Inconsistency
I forgot where I heard it, but I remember seeing that the rings were activated 100,000 years ago. How could any sentient races, much less EIGHT (the races of the Covenant) evolve within 100,000 years. I think there's a time-line translation error. This is a problem, but not a big one.

My Fascination with the Flood
As utterly HORRIFYING as it would be to ENCOUNTER the Flood, their method of reproduction is simple, straightforward and efficient. They're fast, small, and have almost infinite genetic abilities and expanding intelligence. All it takes is ONE infection form and a host and welcome the Flood. They remind me of the Borg from Star Trek and the Zerg from StarCraft all wrapped into one evil, souless, diabolical, awesome package. Just hope that if you encounter the Flood, a Spartan is around to save your ass and run in the opposite direction.