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Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?
Posted By: Omega <OmegaInTexas@aim.com>Date: 6/7/08 4:26 p.m.

In Response To: The Smuggler, Part 2? (Avateur)


: Hey everyone. As was posted in the BWU topic lower down, another interesting
: message was left at the bottom of this week's update. I just spent two
: hours typing up an analysis of it at ABO just in case anyone is
: interested in following this indepth or contributing to the
: topic/critiquing my analysis. Thanks, and enjoy!

Regarding Chronology:
In your analysis, you suggest that this week’s messages take place before last week’s. I disagree. The context clearly suggests that both take place simultaneously (over ~300 years). All of the messages in this week’s WWU are titled LOG and all of the messages in last week’s WWU are titled REPORT. I’m assuming that this week’s messages are personal logs by an unknown author on Delta Halo and last week’s messages were reports filed by the same author to the Ark.

In chronological order:
REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE (1) *
LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES *
REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE (2) **
LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED (1) **
REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE (3) **
LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED (2) **
LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES †
REPORT: SECURITY BREACH †
REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY ‡
LOG: FILED COMPLAINT TO INSTALLATION 00 ‡

* REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE (1) was made 8 minutes after the initial failure, and makes no reference to contact with other installations, so I’m placing it before LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES.

** LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED 1 could come before or after REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE 2 and/or 3. The only reference for timing is that the request was unanswered, so it must come after REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE (1). LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED 2 could come before or after REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE 3 (24 hours after initial containment failure), depending on how long it took the atmospheric seals to show signs of stress.

† LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES states that the “emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits” (teleportation grid) has been accessed but not used. REPORT: SECURITY BREACH says that the teleportation grid has been used, and must therefore come after the LOG entry.

‡ I’m assuming, again, that the REPORTs from last week were being sent to the Ark. If the assumption is correct, then LOG: FILED COMPLAINT TO INSTALLATION 00 refers directly to REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY.

All of the information necessary to place these in the overall timeline is contained within:

LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES says that 874068942 hours, 4 minutes, and 46 seconds have passed since an outside agent accessed Delta Halo. That’s 99713.3117 years (given a 365.2425 day year). REPORT: SECURITY BREACH was sent 2512332 hours, 14 minutes, and 6 seconds after initial containment failure. That’s 286.6055 years (given a 365.2425 day year). 286.6055 + 99713.3117 = 9999.9172 years. I’ll call that 100,000 years for the sake of the simplicity.

Now it’s certain that the initial containment failure occurred in the 2260s and that the security breach occurred in 2552, most likely from the Gravemind transporting the chief to High Charity (the arbiter is teleported within the ring, which I wouldn’t consider a breach of security. LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES must be the Gravemind taking control of 2401 PT and the teleportation grid, an indefinite period of time before the security breach.

The question I’ll end with is this:
If REPORT: SECURITY BREACH takes place during the events of Halo 2, then does REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY coincide with some event from the novels or Halo 3?


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The Smuggler, Part 2?Avateur 6/7/08 4:00 a.m.
     Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Ze Møøse 6/7/08 1:05 p.m.
     Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Omega 6/7/08 4:26 p.m.
           Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Avateur 6/7/08 5:28 p.m.
           Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?De Laal 6/7/08 10:22 p.m.
                 Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?De Laal 6/7/08 10:26 p.m.
                 Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Avateur 6/7/08 10:43 p.m.
                 Correctyakaman 6/8/08 10:39 a.m.
                       Re: CorrectSPARTAN-034 6/8/08 11:01 a.m.
                       Re: CorrectBry 6/8/08 3:00 p.m.
                             Re: Correctyakaman 6/8/08 5:29 p.m.
                                   Re: CorrectBry 6/8/08 6:48 p.m.
                                         Re: CorrectCthulhu117 6/8/08 7:24 p.m.
                                               Re: CorrectBry 6/8/08 8:10 p.m.
                                               Re: CorrectAvateur 6/8/08 9:53 p.m.
                                                     Re: Correctelpolloguapo 6/9/08 10:09 a.m.
                                                           You Suck *NM*Don 6/9/08 11:44 a.m.
                                         No-Clipping FishSonofMacPhisto 6/11/08 12:50 a.m.
                                   Beating that horse, nice and hardDe Laal 6/8/08 11:47 p.m.
                                         Just some speculation...Free Weights 6/9/08 1:48 p.m.
                       Re: Correctasd1070 6/12/08 11:05 p.m.
                             Re: CorrectDirkgently 6/13/08 8:26 a.m.
                                   Re: Correctasd1070 6/15/08 3:41 p.m.
                                         Re: CorrectDirkgently 6/16/08 3:29 a.m.
     Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?General Vagueness 6/9/08 8:56 p.m.
           Sorry about the errorsGeneral Vagueness 6/9/08 8:58 p.m.
           Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Omega 6/9/08 10:11 p.m.
                 Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Kurk 6/10/08 12:41 a.m.
                       Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Speedhuntr 6/10/08 1:29 a.m.
                             Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Avateur 6/10/08 3:24 a.m.
                                   Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Urban Reflex 6/10/08 3:52 a.m.
                                         Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Cthulhu117 6/10/08 5:56 a.m.
                                         Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?yakaman 6/10/08 8:28 a.m.
                                               Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Urban Reflex 6/10/08 9:22 a.m.
                                         Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Speedhuntr 6/10/08 11:55 a.m.
                                               Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Don 6/10/08 12:09 p.m.
                                                     Re: The Smuggler, Part 2?Speedhuntr 6/10/08 12:12 p.m.
                       Halo Effect absolutely kills Floodyakaman 6/10/08 8:23 a.m.
                             Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodEmpty Set 6/10/08 10:44 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodSpeedhuntr 6/10/08 11:52 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills Flood7he grunt w/a plasma pistol 6/10/08 3:11 p.m.
                                   Nice post.yakaman 6/10/08 12:50 p.m.
                                         Re: Nice post.GatchamanUK 6/10/08 1:30 p.m.
                                         Re: Nice post.Empty Set 6/10/08 4:11 p.m.
                                               All right, here's the problem here.Cthulhu117 6/10/08 8:16 p.m.
                                                     Re: All right, here's the problem here.yakaman 6/11/08 8:13 a.m.
                                                     Re: All right, here's the problem here.Empty Set 6/11/08 10:23 a.m.
                                                           Re: All right, here's the problem here.Dirkgently 6/12/08 6:11 p.m.
                                               Re: Nice post.yakaman 6/11/08 8:18 a.m.
                                         Keyes Wasn't a GM FormSonofMacPhisto 6/11/08 12:44 a.m.
                                               Re: Keyes Wasn't a GM Formelpolloguapo 6/11/08 9:59 a.m.
                                         Did GM survive the Array?Capt Spanish 6/13/08 1:37 a.m.
                                               I agree whole-heartedlyyakaman 6/13/08 12:23 p.m.
                                                     Re: I agree whole-heartedlyDHalo 6/13/08 2:52 p.m.
                                                           Re: I agree whole-heartedlyDirkgently 6/13/08 3:32 p.m.
                                                                 Re: I agree whole-heartedlyDHalo 6/13/08 4:03 p.m.
                                                           It absolutely kills Flood, and Gravemind.yakaman 6/13/08 4:33 p.m.
                                                                 Well said *NM*scarab 6/13/08 4:39 p.m.
                                                                 Re: It absolutely kills Flood, and Gravemind.DHalo 6/13/08 4:50 p.m.
                                                                       Halo: Story Evolvedscarab 6/13/08 5:44 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Halo: Story EvolvedDirkgently 6/13/08 6:14 p.m.
                                                                                   No, I misremembered. *NM*scarab 6/14/08 12:35 a.m.
                                                                       Re: It absolutely kills Flood, and Gravemind.Dirkgently 6/13/08 6:06 p.m.
                                                           Re: I agree whole-heartedlyStephen L. (SoundEffect) 6/13/08 8:30 p.m.
                                                                 Heh. It doesn't get more direct than that. *NM*yakaman 6/14/08 7:31 a.m.
                                               Re: Did GM survive the Array?Empty Set 6/13/08 6:30 p.m.
                                                     Re: Did GM survive the Array?DHalo 6/13/08 6:55 p.m.
                                                           Re: Did GM survive the Array?Dirkgently 6/13/08 7:01 p.m.
                                                     Re: Did GM survive the Array?Capt Spanish 6/13/08 7:21 p.m.
                             My opinion's out there on thiselpolloguapo 6/10/08 10:52 a.m.
                             Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodPeptuck 6/10/08 12:03 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills Floodyakaman 6/10/08 12:52 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills Floodelpolloguapo 6/10/08 2:05 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodCthulhu117 6/10/08 8:27 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills Floodelpolloguapo 6/10/08 8:33 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodCthulhu117 6/10/08 8:51 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills Floodelpolloguapo 6/10/08 9:00 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodFree Weights 6/10/08 11:04 p.m.
                                                                       Halo effect uses Flood telepathy ;-)scarab 6/11/08 1:13 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Halo effect uses Flood telepathy ;-)free weights 6/11/08 8:00 a.m.
                             Re: Halo Effect absolutely kills FloodBry 6/10/08 6:16 p.m.
                                   Is that like being only slightly pregnant? *NM*scarab 6/11/08 1:16 a.m.
                                         HaBry 6/11/08 3:56 a.m.
                                         Re: Is that like being only slightly pregnant?elessar787 6/12/08 12:05 a.m.
                                               All together now: EEEWWWWWWWW *NM*General Vagueness 6/12/08 7:54 a.m.



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