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Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Package
Posted By: FrankieDate: 2/19/10 11:27 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Package (SPARTAN-034)


: Sorry.

: I concede that the visuals were quite awesome. But it doesn't seem to fit
: anywhere into canon. ONI having a super-prowler with active camo?
: Spartan's riding kickass space attack fighters that boast the firepower of
: a frigate? Said kickass space attack fighters having shields? New, madeup
: Spartans randomly dying for no apparent reason? Covenant ships deploying a
: new gimmicky "ejection" mechanism that could have easily
: thwarted previous player controlled events in the games and fiction? An
: Elite that is heavily implied to be Thel Vadum having the lowly rank of
: major when he would have seemed to be a shipmaster? Another question in
: that rising inquisitive tone of voice?

: Artistic license is great up to a point, but when the consistency of the
: story is on unstable ground for the sake of looking cool, the overall
: quality of the work is degraded. I'm only talking about The Package
: though. I absolutely loved Origins Part I, and I happily await Part II.
: I also enjoyed most of the other entries. It's just that this one in
: particular seemed to far "out there".

I liked this post waaaaaaay better. No sarcasm.

One note: ONI has a lot of secret stuff. The "prowler" will be featured and explained in Waypoint fairly soon. The "eject" mechanism is, as far as canon is concerned more to do with Covenant reliance on a) Forerunner technology and b) the use of discrete, rather than distributed systems. Example - rather than have a very smart AI run the ship, they will have a dumb one controlling the elevators, another the doors, etc, etc. Otherwise it exists for drama, obviously. Kind of like an exhaust vent on the Death Star.

As for the use of that device, it's made quite obvious that the commander making the decision is doing so recklessly and egotistically. For all the comments made about the major's fate, it seemed obvious to me that the commander was the one going to be in hot water when he gets back to High Charity - package lost, two very expensive ships scuppered.


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Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageAladelAngel 2/18/10 2:05 p.m.
     Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageTDSpiral 2/18/10 2:24 p.m.
           Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageMetalingus627 2/18/10 2:30 p.m.
                 Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageGrimBrother One 2/18/10 2:32 p.m.
                       Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageTDSpiral 2/18/10 2:43 p.m.
                       Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageFrankie 2/18/10 2:58 p.m.
                             Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageGeneral Vagueness 2/18/10 5:51 p.m.
                                   and would it be so hard to put in dates? *NM*General Vagueness 2/18/10 5:52 p.m.
                                         Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Bry 2/18/10 6:59 p.m.
                                               Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 7:44 p.m.
                                                     Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Bry 2/18/10 8:17 p.m.
                                                           Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 8:23 p.m.
                                                                 Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Avateur 2/18/10 8:31 p.m.
                                                                       Soap keeps Halo clean *NM*rolandk73 2/18/10 8:37 p.m.
                                                                       Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Bry 2/18/10 8:54 p.m.
                                                                             Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Metalingus627 2/18/10 9:05 p.m.
                                                                             Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Avateur 2/18/10 9:14 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Bry 2/18/10 9:32 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Avateur 2/18/10 9:46 p.m.
                                                                                               Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Bry 2/18/10 9:58 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Avateur 2/18/10 10:00 p.m.
                                                                                                           Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Metalingus627 2/19/10 12:29 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: and would it be so hard to put in dates?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 10:03 p.m.
                       Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageSPARTAN-034 2/18/10 5:11 p.m.
                             Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageFrankie 2/18/10 6:20 p.m.
                                   Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageLeisandir 2/18/10 7:07 p.m.
                                         Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageFrankie 2/18/10 7:10 p.m.
                                               Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Packagerolandk73 2/18/10 7:15 p.m.
                                               Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageGeneral Vagueness 2/18/10 7:16 p.m.
                                                     Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageFrankie 2/18/10 7:48 p.m.
                                                           Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageGeneral Vagueness 2/18/10 8:23 p.m.
                                                                 We need dates, especially on Valentine's dayrolandk73 2/18/10 8:42 p.m.
                                                                       Re: We need dates, especially on Valentine's dayStephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 9:57 p.m.
                                                                       Hell, a decade.Document 2/19/10 12:48 a.m.
                                                                             Hey... Hey YOU!grantix 2/19/10 1:17 a.m.
                                                                                   Nevermindgrantix 2/19/10 1:33 a.m.
                                               Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Packagekanbo 2/18/10 8:02 p.m.
                                                     HBO: A bunch of spoiled winos *NM*rolandk73 2/18/10 8:18 p.m.
                                                     Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageAvateur 2/18/10 8:25 p.m.
                                                           Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Packagekanbo 2/18/10 8:51 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageAvateur 2/18/10 9:22 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageStephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/18/10 9:44 p.m.
                                                     Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageMetalingus627 2/18/10 9:16 p.m.
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                                   Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageSPARTAN-034 2/18/10 11:57 p.m.
                                         Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageFrankie 2/19/10 11:27 a.m.
                                               Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageStephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/19/10 1:23 p.m.
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                                                                       Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageStephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/19/10 4:56 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageArchilen 2/19/10 5:05 p.m.
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                                                                                   Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageBry 2/19/10 6:07 p.m.
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     Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageArchilen 2/18/10 3:15 p.m.
           Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Packagerolandk73 2/18/10 3:19 p.m.
           Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The Packagegrantix 2/18/10 3:24 p.m.
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                                   Thank You!grantix 2/19/10 2:07 a.m.
                                         Re: Thank You!Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 2/19/10 6:52 a.m.
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                 Re: Unnamed Elite Major in The PackageArchilen 2/19/10 1:51 a.m.
                       HE'S A DEMON *NM*Avateur 2/19/10 5:28 p.m.
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