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Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)
Posted By: Skeletor <skeletor05@ftml.net>Date: 9/5/02 3:28 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription) (YOTA)

: If you read the Fall of Reach, you would know that the Covenant are very
: religious. They say "Your desctruction is the will of the gods....and
: we, are their instrument...."
: Basically, we are infidels, and they are wiping us out.

I conjecture that there is more behind the Covenant's mission of destroying mankind than a simple "We kill every other species we come upon for no good reason" dogma.
I've always believed that there is some truth behind their so-called "Gods", and that their scriptures put more importance on destroying humanity in particular, rather than just every other race they find. Perhaps many years ago the Covenant had contact with another species that they considered to be Gods, and a prophecy was foretold that humanity would one day stumble upon the Halo(s), somehow causing the destruction of the galaxy. Perhaps the Covenant were given the mission to protect the galaxy at all costs. Orson Scott Card (In Speaker for the Dead) said:

"...But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart."

I think, to some degree, this quote can be applied to the Covenant as well. If we only knew their final cause, if they would have only told us, I think that we may find that it is truly ourselves that are the bad guys.


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Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)ElectricSheep 9/4/02 10:25 p.m.
     nice work! *NM**Ar-Isildur of *WP* 9/4/02 10:27 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Da Loaph 9/4/02 10:30 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)shibby 9/4/02 11:48 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Stick 9/4/02 10:32 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Stick 9/4/02 10:36 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Skeletor 9/4/02 10:34 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Rixor 9/4/02 11:26 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)vector40 9/4/02 11:36 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Skeletor 9/4/02 10:46 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)vector40 9/5/02 12:04 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Rixor 9/5/02 12:16 a.m.
           Re: Real hard-vacuum for Real marines•Mimer 9/5/02 1:04 a.m.
                 Re: Real hard-vacuum for Real marinesRazorback 9/5/02 9:07 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Skeletor 9/5/02 4:34 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)run 9/5/02 12:34 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Narcogen 9/5/02 12:45 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 voice actorsragereset 9/5/02 1:05 a.m.
                 Re: But they can't take away my Ventcore!•Mimer 9/5/02 1:08 a.m.
                 Re: Halo 2 voice actorsNarcogen 9/5/02 1:24 a.m.
     CORRECTED VERSION (FINISHED)smythsailor 9/5/02 2:18 a.m.
           Re: CORRECTED VERSION (FINISHED){mAc}Dark_Eagle 9/5/02 2:57 a.m.
                 Re: CORRECTED VERSION (FINISHED)Walker 9/5/02 9:28 a.m.
                       Good call. *NM*Louis Wu 9/5/02 10:28 a.m.
           H2TD(T) FinalPhaizonyx 9/5/02 5:25 p.m.
                 Sounds perfect to me. Nice work. *NM*Skeletor 9/5/02 6:29 p.m.
                       Um... no.Louis Wu 9/5/02 8:48 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)FrogBlast 9/5/02 2:32 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)GruntBlast 9/5/02 10:43 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Cunbelin 9/5/02 2:48 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Corsair 9/5/02 4:42 a.m.
                 Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)vector40 9/5/02 7:16 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)hack 9/5/02 4:17 a.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Master Chief Mabry 9/5/02 6:11 a.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Cunbelin 9/5/02 6:32 a.m.
                 Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Kamui 9/5/02 1:32 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)YOTA 9/5/02 1:52 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Skeletor 9/5/02 3:28 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Uriel 9/5/02 5:27 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)YOTA 9/6/02 2:44 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)GruntBlast 9/8/02 10:04 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)YOTA 9/8/02 10:13 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)g-money 9/5/02 12:48 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)vector40 9/5/02 7:21 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Master Chief Mabry 9/7/02 4:48 a.m.
                             Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Parathious 9/7/02 12:37 p.m.
     The voices....SP 9/7/02 2:03 p.m.
     WE WONT *NM*SP 9/7/02 2:34 p.m.
     Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Edward A. Nadimi 9/27/02 9:48 p.m.
           Re: Halo 2 Trailer Dialogue (transcription)Louis Wu 9/28/02 6:31 a.m.



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