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Re: My thoughts and minor ODST theories
Posted By: free	Date: 9/6/09 8:24 p.m.
In Response To: My thoughts and minor ODST theories (Hikaru-119) : Another thing we don't really know is how tight the security was around : Regret's carrier. : There could have been many artillery pieces, AAA, AA , and since it was a : carrier Bungie only knows how many fighter craft as well. Especially since : there was a Prophet on board, a Hierarch no less, I would imagine the : security being very hard to get through. Hence calling in a Spartan. Yeah, after all, it was a carrier that ended up over New Mombassa. Once it was anchored to its grav lift, I reckon it was able to get enough troops and armor on the ground to occupy the city within hours. This is yet another area where Halo 2 fell short of the E3 2003 demo. That gave the impression that we'd spend a lot more time retaking the city and rallying forces before going after the carrier (er, cruiser at the time). Still, I'm sure these actions had to take place. Maybe the Chief and Johnson actually sat one out while the marines made an opening for the Pelicans at the beginning of Outskirts. : Then we have the collateral damage problem. : Attacking the carrier in space is one thing. Attacking it on your home turf : when it is sitting right next to a space elevator is a completely : different matter. Especially since a space elevator is extremely huge and : would have devastating effects on anything it lands on for hundreds of : miles. You don't want to accidentally miss with your MAC rounds and end up : killing who knows how many in the process. That and if we go by the novel : GoO (I think...) there were other battles happening that the UNSC had to : deal with. Let's not forget about Mars as well. All of these things would : distract from killing Regret's carrier. And since they discovered that a : Prophet was on board the UNSC high command and ONI (obviously) saw this as : a great opportunity to complete the original mission the SII's had before : Reach got whacked. : The UNSC discovers this intel about a Prophet being on board, cancels any : attack on it, and then immediately starts doing quick interviews for the : ODST team we have in the new game to go and do whatever it is they are : going to have to go do. Prep for drop and we have our new game with a : slightly fixed time line. Maybe the ODSTs were supposed to board the carrier from above while MC and the Marines went up the grav lift like the Truth and Reconciliation. A two pronged attack might've actually pulled it off. If Regret hadn't jumped at the last second, the timing for that was almost perfect. Still doesn't explain what Dare is up to and why ONI didn't really intend to assault Regret's ship. Or why Fred, Linda, and Will weren't sent in with MC as BS Police mentioned. We'll see how much of this is tied up in ODST. Alas, I suppose some questions will never be answered.

Message Index

Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we thought?	CaptainTony	9/6/09 4:33 p.m.
Re: Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we though	The BS Police	9/6/09 5:13 p.m.
Nothing there mate. *NM*	CaptainTony	9/6/09 5:15 p.m.
Re: Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we though	The BS Police	9/6/09 5:18 p.m.
Re: Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we though	Bry	9/6/09 5:40 p.m.
Re: Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we though	The BS Police	9/6/09 5:44 p.m.
Re: Battle of Mombasa - Longer than what we though	Bry	9/6/09 6:22 p.m.
Uhh, Bro...	Riceatron	9/6/09 5:42 p.m.
Re: Uhh, Bro...	The BS Police	9/6/09 5:49 p.m.
Re: Uhh, Bro...	Gravemind	9/6/09 11:49 p.m.
Well....	Riceatron	9/7/09 1:50 a.m.
Re: Uhh, Bro...	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/7/09 10:48 a.m.
Re: Uhh, Bro...	Riceatron	9/7/09 11:25 a.m.
Re: Uhh, Bro...	Gravemind	9/7/09 3:30 p.m.
Arguing with video game logic...	MffnMn	9/7/09 6:18 p.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Bry	9/7/09 6:32 p.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Gravemind	9/7/09 9:38 p.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Hikaru-119	9/7/09 9:59 p.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Gravemind	9/8/09 3:21 a.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Bry	9/8/09 5:14 a.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Gravemind	9/8/09 2:22 p.m.
Re: Arguing with video game logic...	Riceatron	9/8/09 5:43 a.m.
and	Riceatron	9/8/09 9:44 a.m.
My thoughts and minor ODST theories	Hikaru-119	9/6/09 6:22 p.m.
Re: My thoughts and minor ODST theories	free	9/6/09 8:24 p.m.