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Posted By: Narcogen | Date: 9/25/01 3:29 a.m. | |
In Response To: Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text ([Tycho?]) :
: "The ship's commander reports that an alien warship with powerful
: I love the word presumably. I wonder what role the Argo will have in Halo? :P : Ok, for this new info to fit into the marathon story line, some dates will
Well, we already know the Marathon's AIs changed the calendar to fool the Pfhor. Perhaps to an unexpected extent. : Possibility #1: The Marathon was launched before FTL drive was invented, the
You'd have to assume for this that the date of Durandal's return to Earth is also off-- by almost ten thousand years. And since that date occurs after the war with the Pfhor is over-- and presumably that with the Covenant as well-- there'd be little reason for anyone to fake that part of the chronology. On the whole, unlikely. : Possibility #2: The Marathon was launched well after the events in halo,
Agreed. Also unlikely. : Possibility #3: The launch of the marathon is followed by the development of
It is possible to fudge some of the dates to make this likely. What makes it unlikely is the lack of mention of these events. Obviously you could explain away from a purely practical standpoint the fact that the events of Halo that overlap those in Marathon aren't mentioned in Marathon-- perhaps the ship didn't really have FTL communication. (From the creative perspective, of course, Halo wasn't imagined yet.) What doesn't make any sense, of course, is the lack of mention of Marathon or the Pfhor at all in the existing Halo backstory. Since it was a major colonization effort, it would seem to be worth mentioning. The absence is conspicuous. Certainly, meshing the timelines would have been easy if they had intended to do it. Obviously Bungie has reason to do so-- either to ensure that Halo is viewed as distinct from Marathon, or simply to inspire Rampant discussion. --Narcogen |
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Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Chlazza | 9/21/01 3:32 p.m. | |
Re: Yowza. Hamish take note... (nt) *NM* | mnemesis | 9/21/01 4:15 p.m. | |
impressive *NM* | Still Thinking | 9/21/01 4:36 p.m. | |
Wow.. | Mojo | 9/21/01 5:09 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Ferrex (Dead) | 9/21/01 5:15 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Claude Errera | 9/21/01 5:22 p.m. | |
Re: Complete 'Early Conflicts' Text | Dispatcher | 9/21/01 5:57 p.m. | |
Re: Complete 'Early Conflicts' Text | Eric Trautmann | 9/24/01 11:33 p.m. | |
Re: Complete 'Early Conflicts' Text | Claude Errera | 9/25/01 1:07 a.m. | |
Halo Bible, sorta. | Dispatcher | 9/25/01 9:16 p.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Claude Errera | 9/26/01 7:29 a.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Lophan | 9/26/01 9:11 a.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Claude Errera | 9/26/01 9:20 a.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Dispatcher | 9/26/01 7:27 p.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Claude Errera | 9/27/01 1:36 a.m. | |
Ya had to be there. | Dispatcher | 9/27/01 5:53 p.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Martin Antell | 9/26/01 11:02 p.m. | |
Re: Halo Bible, sorta. | Eric Trautmann | 9/27/01 10:33 a.m. | |
Re: Complete 'Early Conflicts' Text | Eric Trautmann | 9/27/01 1:40 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Cunbelin the Insane | 9/22/01 2:28 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Soapstone | 9/22/01 10:20 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Cunbelin the Insane | 9/22/01 11:10 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | jamesa | 9/25/01 9:27 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Hamish Sinclair | 9/22/01 1:18 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Chlazza | 9/22/01 10:11 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Cunbelin the Insane | 9/22/01 2:06 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Mr Tree | 9/22/01 4:25 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Hippieman [B.Org] | 9/22/01 7:30 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Fei | 9/22/01 9:49 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | [Tycho?] | 9/22/01 1:35 p.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text | Narcogen | 9/25/01 3:29 a.m. | |
Date Inconsistencies | Bachus | 9/22/01 2:00 p.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Inverted Sock Puppet | 9/22/01 6:06 p.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | ReconN | 9/22/01 6:11 p.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Charles D. Clifford | 9/22/01 7:30 p.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | NoNameBrand | 9/23/01 5:46 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Narcogen | 9/25/01 4:05 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Daedelus | 9/25/01 9:58 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Michael | 9/23/01 1:17 p.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Narcogen | 9/25/01 3:48 a.m. | |
Unecessary Actions | Soapstone | 9/25/01 10:44 a.m. | |
Re: Unecessary Actions | ReconN | 9/29/01 10:40 a.m. | |
Re: Unecessary Actions | Soapstone | 9/29/01 2:27 p.m. | |
Re: Unecessary Actions | ReconN | 9/29/01 3:05 p.m. | |
*Thud thud thud* | Elendale | 9/24/01 12:14 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Acid Core | 9/24/01 2:49 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Narcogen | 9/25/01 4:22 a.m. | |
Re: Date Inconsistencies | Gary Kamchungry | 9/25/01 11:52 p.m. | |
Also, think about this: | Daedelus | 9/25/01 10:08 a.m. | |
Re: Also, think about this: | Rahmeve | 9/27/01 2:46 p.m. | |
Re: Also, think about this: | REB | 9/27/01 4:20 p.m. | |
Re: Also, think about this: | ReconN | 9/29/01 11:50 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text *NM* | ya | 9/24/01 6:19 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text (German) | -[CFS]-MoD | 9/24/01 7:03 a.m. | |
Re: Compleate 'Early Conflicts' Text (German) | Paris | 9/26/01 7:35 p.m. |
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