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Re: Some reading to do before playing Halo 2
Posted By: Ray <Ray777444@yahoo.com>	Date: 3/1/04 10:18 a.m.
In Response To: Some reading to do before playing Halo 2 (Wintermute @ work) : Actually, do a little digging and you'll find that Jason Jones has already : explained much of the inspiration for Halo. : First off, the Halo superweapon idea came from Starhammmer, a novel by : Christopher Rowley that is still to this day one of my favorite pieces of : space opera. The Flood also came from Starhammer, they were basically : transplanted directly from the book with a few very minor changes, they : were called the Vang Oormikoowl. The Starhammer was the superweapon : designed to win a war between an ancient race and the Vang. : Starhammer was the first of three books about the Vang, if you read the : second book, The Military Form, you'll get some insight into the Keyes : blob that MC punches his hand into in Halo. Its a breeding ground for a : higher form of the Flood/Vang lifeform. I have a feeling we will see some : of these new higher forms in Halo 2. I would almost say you can count on : it. : The idea of the Halo superstructure came from the Ringworld series by Larry : Niven. : The idea of the Covenant caste system came from the novel The Mote in God's : Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle(sp?). If you really want some good : insight into the covenant, read at least this first book in the Motie : series, I have a feeling we will learn a whole lot about the covenant : heirarchy in Halo 2, and I think there will be very many similarities : between the Covies and the Moties, especially in regards to their : technology and the way they use it. : Cheers! : ~W I bought the mote in Gods eye a few months ago, haven't gotten around to reading it yet though i hear it's pretty good. :D

Pentathlon

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Starcraft and Halo	Scipio	2/29/04 6:23 p.m.
Re: Starcraft and Halo	Mantis819	2/29/04 6:44 p.m.
Re: Starcraft and Halo	Ray	3/1/04 5:11 a.m.
Some reading to do before playing Halo 2	Wintermute @ work	3/1/04 7:04 a.m.
Re: Some reading to do before playing Halo 2	Ray	3/1/04 10:18 a.m.
Re: Starcraft and Halo	Lone_Sniper_SG	3/1/04 4:02 p.m.
Dare i say anything about the Zerg or Protoss?*NM*	Lone_Sniper_SG	3/1/04 4:04 p.m.
Re: Dare i say anything about the Zerg or Protoss?	Wintermute @ work	3/1/04 4:23 p.m.
Re: Dare i say anything about the Zerg or Protoss?	Scipio	3/2/04 6:13 p.m.