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Re: I suppose...
Posted By: The More Deluded <TheAmazingOliAndHisEducatedRodents@orange.net>Date: 1/24/09 5:38 p.m.

In Response To: I suppose... (stan)


: I guess the (or at least one) point of this game is going to be to illustrate
: how exactly the transition from Elite to Brute occurred. But, given the
: timeline urk laid out yesterday, it all seems a bit too clean cut.

: In the announcement trailer we saw that the ODSTers dropped in right as the
: slipstream event destroyed the city and later in that trailer we saw
: brutes patrolling the city. Now, we don't know how long our hero ODSTer
: was out for, and I'm assuming the game's story will explain how those
: Brutes got there. But doesn't it all seem like it's happening a bit fast?
: If Regret's death on Nov. 2 (13 days after Regret left) provided Truth the
: opportunity to enact his Brute for Elite switcharoo, why are Brutes (and
: only Brutes) patrolling New Mombasa (presumably) hours after Regret left?
: Yes, urk said that Truth is a careful schemer, and that Regret's
: ignominious retreat from Earth allowed him to set things in motion, but he
: must have been incredibly well prepared if his Brutes are able to jump to
: Earth just hours after that retreat.

: Further, even if we accept that Truth had the insertion of the Brutes planned
: way in advance (which is reasonable to accept) I have more trouble
: believing that every single Elite who might have been in a position to
: fight the humans before Regret left Earth, totally changed their
: allegiance within a matter of hours. Or are we to think that every single
: covenant that was in New Mombasa either died when Regret left, or went
: with him? Are we seeing, then, a wholesale switch-out of Old-style covies
: (including Elites) for new, Truth-allied covies in a matter of hours?

"After the devastation of Regret's jump to slipspace above the city, the ODST was the only survivor of his unit to land, with a 99.99% expected fatality rate (later corrected to 00.52%), showing only battered armor and a 6 hour period of being unconscious to show for it."

Thats what Halopedia says at any rate.

Retcon


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The update is up and its a good one.Injunfett 1/23/09 6:32 p.m.
     Re: The update is up and its a good one.Urban Reflex 1/23/09 6:55 p.m.
           I am on the fenceInjunfett 1/23/09 7:17 p.m.
                 Re: I am on the fenceJonnyOThan 1/23/09 8:27 p.m.
                 Re: I am on the fenceFyreWulff 1/23/09 9:32 p.m.
                 sometimes i wish there was editFyreWulff 1/23/09 9:36 p.m.
           Personally...stan 1/23/09 8:12 p.m.
                 Re: Personally...Nevan 1/23/09 10:00 p.m.
     Re: The update is up and its a good one.FyreWulff 1/23/09 7:06 p.m.
     Re: The update is up and its a good one.SPARTAN-034 1/23/09 7:44 p.m.
     *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*SonofMacPhisto 1/23/09 8:14 p.m.
           Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*grantix 1/23/09 8:19 p.m.
                 Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*SonofMacPhisto 1/23/09 8:34 p.m.
                       Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*grantix 1/23/09 8:43 p.m.
           Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*Leviathan 1/23/09 8:54 p.m.
                 Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*Urban Reflex 1/24/09 4:24 a.m.
           Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*FyreWulff 1/23/09 9:30 p.m.
                 Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*SonofMacPhisto 1/23/09 9:36 p.m.
                       Re: *thoughtfully smokes speculation pipe*grantix 1/23/09 9:56 p.m.
     DLC Marketplace datingFyreWulff 1/23/09 9:39 p.m.
           Try the singles bar instead *NM*Cody Miller 1/23/09 10:29 p.m.
                 ZING! *NM*Urban Reflex 1/24/09 4:23 a.m.
     I could weep for joyJillybean 1/24/09 6:36 a.m.
           Re: I could weep for joyLouis Wu 1/24/09 9:25 a.m.
                 Re: I could weep for joyJillybean 1/24/09 1:42 p.m.
           Wait a minute...stan 1/24/09 11:18 a.m.
                 Re: Wait a minute...Leviathan 1/24/09 12:47 p.m.
                 Re: Wait a minute...Jillybean 1/24/09 1:46 p.m.
                       I suppose...stan 1/24/09 2:19 p.m.
                             Re: I suppose...The More Deluded 1/24/09 5:38 p.m.
                                   Yeah...stan 1/24/09 6:08 p.m.
                                         Re: Yeah...The More Deluded 1/25/09 6:00 a.m.
                       What Retcon?scarab 1/25/09 5:10 a.m.
                             Re: What Retcon?Bry 1/25/09 6:39 a.m.
                                   What he said *NM*Jillybean 1/25/09 6:48 a.m.
                                   Re: What Retcon?scarab 1/25/09 1:39 p.m.
                                         Re: What Retcon?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/25/09 1:46 p.m.
                                               Re: What Retcon?scarab 1/25/09 2:21 p.m.
                                                     Re: What Retcon?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/25/09 2:27 p.m.
                                                           Re: What Retcon?scarab 1/25/09 3:10 p.m.
                                                                 Re: What Retcon?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 1/25/09 4:58 p.m.
                                         Re: What Retcon?Bry 1/25/09 3:07 p.m.
                                               Re: What Retcon?scarab 1/25/09 3:26 p.m.
     hmmmmmm :(The More Deluded 1/24/09 9:07 a.m.



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