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Re: Maybe true, but...
Posted By: scarabDate: 4/25/08 3:43 p.m.

In Response To: Maybe true, but... (stan)


: Our friend xMixMasterx suggested that "the [halo] explosion is big
: enough to destroy everything within multiple radii of the galaxy."
: We're not talking about a few truck bombs or even a massive
: sweep-across-the-face-of-a-whole-world explosion. We're talking about an
: explosion on a galatic scale. That'd mess most shit up pretty well.

The Halos don't work by exploding.

Any shock wave or electromagnetic pulse could not exceed the speed of light. That's too slow to be an effective weapon against an ememy with FTL comms and transports. It would take 25,000 years for the pulse to reach the limit of its range.

From Terminal six:

[00:H 00:M 00:S]

The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift].

Either the effect was instantaneous or the countdown was adjusted to take account of the pulse's travel time.

But its unlikely that the battle was less than a few hundred light years from a ring. Even 100 light years gives 100 year travel time.

From Terminal six:

[07:H 36:M 41:S]

My auxiliaries are momentarily stunned by Mendicant's opening move

The battle lasted a little over 7 and a half hours. I don't believe that the Array was activated 100s or thousands of years before the battle started. I don't believe that the battle happened within 8 light hours of an Array installation.

Whatever the pulse is, its FTL.

Also, the force of a spherical blast is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

A force that is strong enough to kill all sentients on a planet 25,000 light years away would be hugemoungous. Bigger than any supernova. There would be nothing left of 04, or Basis, or the Soell(?) system.

An explosion doesn't have the selectivity of an Array activation.

I believe that Sparky believed that a correct 04 activation would not damage the Ark.


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A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/25/08 11:36 a.m.
     Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/25/08 11:36 a.m.
           Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1mendicantbias00 4/25/08 11:52 a.m.
                 Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/25/08 12:09 p.m.
                       Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1xMixMasterx 4/25/08 12:29 p.m.
                             Yeah but...stan 4/25/08 1:17 p.m.
                                   Re: Yeah but...xMixMasterx 4/25/08 1:43 p.m.
                                   Re: Yeah but...nomis78 4/25/08 2:18 p.m.
                                         Maybe true, but...stan 4/25/08 2:43 p.m.
                                               Re: Maybe true, but...scarab 4/25/08 3:43 p.m.
                                                     Re: Maybe true, but...xMixMasterx 4/25/08 3:53 p.m.
                                                           Re: Maybe true, but...Cthulhu117 4/25/08 4:42 p.m.
                                                           Re: Maybe true, but...scarab 4/25/08 5:27 p.m.
                                                                 Yet...stan 4/25/08 5:34 p.m.
                                                     Re: Maybe true, but...deadguy71 4/25/08 3:57 p.m.
                                                           Re: Maybe true, but...scarab 4/25/08 5:18 p.m.
                             Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Don 4/25/08 1:46 p.m.
                 Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Awe Venger 4/25/08 12:21 p.m.
                       Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/25/08 12:39 p.m.
                             Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Don 4/25/08 12:47 p.m.
                             Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1xMixMasterx 4/25/08 2:35 p.m.
                                   Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1discopete019 4/25/08 2:59 p.m.
                                         Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1deadguy71 4/25/08 3:50 p.m.
                             Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1scarab 4/25/08 4:02 p.m.
                                   Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/25/08 10:00 p.m.
                                         Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/25/08 11:23 p.m.
                                               Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Dubble.utoo 4/26/08 12:57 a.m.
                                                     Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1reprobate 4/26/08 1:50 a.m.
                                                           Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/26/08 10:40 a.m.
                                                     Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1deadguy71 4/28/08 6:06 p.m.
                                         Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1scarab 4/26/08 3:36 a.m.
                                               Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/26/08 10:45 a.m.
                       Did the Forerunner crew volunteer?Jillybean 4/26/08 7:36 a.m.
     Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1mub 4/25/08 7:17 p.m.
           Re: A little speculation *Spoilers* Part 1Jillybean 4/26/08 7:41 a.m.
     On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *long*elpolloguapo 4/30/08 1:31 p.m.
           Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lLouis Wu 4/30/08 1:44 p.m.
                 Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lelpolloguapo 4/30/08 1:52 p.m.
                       Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lbluerunner 4/30/08 2:51 p.m.
                             The Halo EffectCapo Rip 5/6/08 1:39 a.m.
                       Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lCiarán 5/2/08 8:31 a.m.
                             You are a GENIUSscarab 5/2/08 2:56 p.m.
                             Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lelpolloguapo 5/2/08 4:37 p.m.
                 Re: On the Relationship Between Halos and Flood *lRed_Breast 4/30/08 1:52 p.m.
                 Exactly...stan 4/30/08 5:26 p.m.
                 Total Perspective Vortexscarab 5/2/08 2:53 p.m.
                       Re: Total Perspective VortexLeviathan 5/2/08 3:40 p.m.
                       The total perspective vortex doesn't kill...elpolloguapo 5/2/08 4:39 p.m.
           In response to UNSC Trooper's question...elpolloguapo 5/4/08 7:41 a.m.
                 Re: In response to UNSC Trooper's question...DHalo 5/4/08 11:46 a.m.
                       Re: In response to UNSC Trooper's question...InnerRayg 5/4/08 9:17 p.m.
                             Fair enoughelpolloguapo 5/5/08 6:29 a.m.



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