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Re: Marathon Symbol Theory
Posted By: zudoDate: 4/21/02 10:46 a.m.

In Response To: Marathon Symbol Theory (Jäger)

: now i'm stumped.
: In order to theorize about the human origins of these insignia, I could only
: speculate. By the abudance of the insignia, I'd guess that its probably
: the insignia of the Navy, or UNSC Forces. But why the designer of the
: insignia used an ancient forerunner symbol, and why the humans have been
: using the symbol for hundreds of years (The UESC Marathon had it too) is
: anyone's best guess. Bungie's sense of humor in using 'parrallel' themes
: is the only thing I can think of, but I know Bungie would be too
: conscience of such an obvious link to make it anything but coincidental.

Well, IF halo and marathon take place in the same (or similar) universe, and similarly IF marathon and pathways take place in the same (or similar) universe, we can recall the jjaro's solution to the sleeping god/wrkncacknter -- once you put it to sleep they would appear a bit later on and provide more permanent security measures.

I don't know about you, but I'd say a military cyborg capable of saving the universe from the release of a sleeping god by finding and altering a timeline where the god is captured, was a pretty damn effective preventative measure.

If we think about it this way, the similarity of the logos slots together nicely:

*Jjaro=forerunners (Jjaro is spanish for water-carrier or similar, and so isn't market-friendly for a worldwide hit like Halo. 'Forerunners' is nice and neutral)

*Jjaro formed or put into effect the UESC/UNSC as we know it, and promoted exploration of the Mjolnir/Spartan projects.

*UESC/UNSC adopted as their logo a jjaro glyph (perhaps simplified).

*Therefore, when the player visits Halo, they see glyphs and logos similar to the UESC/UNSC logo.

[z]

PS Re: the theories that the forerunner could be one creature -- this slots in nicely with my theory that the Jjaro are some form of collective like the s'pht.

Will I repost it?

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Marathon Symbol TheoryJäger 4/19/02 7:46 p.m.
     Re: Marathon Symbol TheoryErnie 4/19/02 10:20 p.m.
           Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryarchon 4/19/02 11:23 p.m.
           Re: Marathon Symbol TheoryToth 4/21/02 5:42 a.m.
     Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryarchon 4/19/02 11:22 p.m.
     Re: Marathon Symbol Theory•M 4/20/02 4:59 a.m.
           My bad, yes John 117. 114 is my login at work.*NM* *NM*Ernie 4/20/02 9:54 a.m.
     Origin of the Human "Marathon Symbol"Id 4/20/02 9:34 p.m.
           Re: Origin of the Human "Marathon Symbol"Lunair 4/20/02 10:42 p.m.
                 Re: Origin of the Human "Marathon Symbol"Lunair 4/20/02 11:49 p.m.
                       Re: Origin of the Human "Marathon Symbol"archon 4/21/02 3:24 a.m.
                 Re: Origin of the Human "Marathon Symbol"Hamish Sinclair 4/21/02 3:33 a.m.
     Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryzudo 4/21/02 10:46 a.m.
           Re: Marathon Symbol TheoryHamish Sinclair 4/21/02 12:16 p.m.
                 Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryzudo 4/22/02 10:05 a.m.
                       Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryzudo 4/22/02 10:06 a.m.
           Re: Marathon Symbol TheoryJäger 4/21/02 1:45 p.m.
                 Re: Marathon Symbol Theoryarchon 4/21/02 2:44 p.m.



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