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Fine, I'll say it...You're brilliant, CH :)[NT]

Posted By: SiliconDream=PN= <querl@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Date: 1/15/00 3:21 a.m.
In Response To: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) (Cannibal Harry =PN=)

> I posted this at the core a few hours ago, and forgot to post
> it here. Go nuts. Hmmm, maybe this can even go in the theories
> section...
> So I was looking at the Hamish's labor of love, more
> specifically, the Halo transmissions section. I hit the pipe,
> and the juices started flowing...
> Now, Joe said that before each human colony/outpost was
> destroyed, it recieved a cryptic transmission from the
> covenant. At the big final battle, the Pillar of Autumn escapes
> and the entire Cov fleet follows it.
> The following is my take on how the transmissions on the
> original Halo site tie into this story. I also offer that the
> PoA
> was at the battle preceeding the final battle also, and has
> gone out of its way to piss of the Covs to ensure they follow
> it.
> Anyway, the way I see it is this:
> The Transmissions started with this one
> • CAR Contrition (DE H c-5)
> o SCS Hermes II
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.14.6.1835
> via x-process 375.2.686.0632091
> (process owner GA - AI - Class II)
> Through war we will teach your heresy.
> Through battle we will teach your frailty.
> Through death we will teach your fate.
> After this, I assume the Hermes II was probably detroyed.
> The date and time this transmission was received (by
> my crack-addled reckoning, anyway) was 1635 hours
> on June 14th, 2804. (still putting it squarely in the 17
> year range between M and MII)
> • CAR Penance (DE H c-4: OB)
> o ESP 8 Reach
> RECEIVED 04.15.6.1428
> via p-process 34022.1.8.230390
> (process owner Pr Govern via Reach PSN node 21)
> You live without discipline and will die without honor.
> Could ESP Reach be the name of a colony or outpost rather
> than a ship? Reach seems a little to simple to be a ship name
> to me, especially if they're following the Culture tradition
> Also note that the process owner is not tagged as an AI
> (neither will Cortana be, but I'll get to that later)
> I go on.
> Four minutes later, this transmission was received:
> • CCS Purity of Spirit (DE H c-2: OB)
> o ESP 8 Reach
> RECEIVED 04.15.6.1432
> via p-process 34022.1.8.240601
> (process owner - &X2^%xxx*)
> It is said remorse is the pain of sin. We feel no remorse.
> This time the process owner is garbaged, perhaps as a
> result of the relay of the transmission being terminated at
> the source?
> The next transmission is received by the PoA.
> • CPV Reverence (DE H c-7)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.1.7.0317
> via x-process 02775.2.32.939444
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> You slave, toil, bleed and sweat for your food. And we shall eat
> it.
> By my reckoning, this transmission is received a full two
> weeks after the first three transmissions. (The time it took
> to search for another colony? Or was the PoA dispatched
> to investigate the disappearance of the Hermes II and the
> loss of contact with Reach only to find the galactic Holsteins
> laying in wait?
> I think the PoA destroyed the Reverence at this point, as no
> further transmissions come from it.
> *Takes another hit from da pipe*
> A day later, the PoA gets this:
> • CPV Esteem (DE H c-10)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.2.7.1139
> via x-process 02988.2.32.738288
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> You will not know where we have struck until you have fallen.
> The Covs have dispatched a ship because they lost contact
> with the Reverence. It locates the PoA, still in the vicinity.
> (Conjecture, CPV = Covenant Patrol Vehicle/Vessel?)
> The PoA, still not greatly challenged, takes out the Esteem
> also.
> After losing two small ships, the Covs send out a big one. Five
> days later, this ship makes an appearance.
> • CCS Truth and Reconciliation (DE H c-1)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.7.7.1640
> via x-process 04019.2.32.273390
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> What you have begun in anger you shall end in shame.
> (Conjecture: CCS= Covenant Capitol Ship?)
> The PoA holds its ground and fights the good fight,
> the battle ends about two-and-a-half hours later in
> a stalemate. The Covs send this:
> • CCS Truth and Reconciliation (DE H c-1)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.7.7.1907
> via x-process 04022.2.32.872499
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> None will exist to say whether you were defeated by valor or
> cruelty.
> The Covs are still talking trash, meaning they've got backup. A
> day
> later, The Sacred Promise shows up and opens up on the PoA,
> potentially giving rise to Cortana's rampancy
> • CCS Sacred Promise (DE H c-3)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.8.7.0232
> via x-process modified (WARNING)
> (REDIRECTED)
> Our conviction is like an arrow already in flight.
> Your life will only last until it reaches you.
> Note that the process has been modified and redirected.
> Realizing the situation's gotten much worse, the captain of the
> PoA decides discretion is the better part of valor and gets the
> hell out of dodge. The Covs, of course, pursue. The next day,
> the PoA starts talking back, maybe.
> • SCS Pillar of Autumn (?)
> o CCS Sacred Promise (DE H c-3)
> SENT 04.9.7.0600
> via x-process 04087.2.32.742573
> (process owner Cortana)
> "... He says I came not to send Peace but a Sword ..."
> I came not to send Peace but a Sword is definitely a Cortana
> reference. Note that the sender is Cortana. This transmission
> angers the Covs, up till now they've been doing all the talking.
> The PoA continues to run.
> • CCS Truth and Reconciliation (DE H c-1)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.11.7.0000
> via x-process 04118.2.32.465603
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> You have brought nothing to this world, and
> we will ensure you bring nothing out.
> The Covs are pissed. I think this is the date of the big battle,
> as the next transmissions take place over a week later, after
> the PoA has jumped and led the Covs on a not-so-merry chase. I
> believe The "You have brought nothing to this world"
> references the colony world the battle is fought around.
> The PoA jumps into the Threshhold/Basis system and prepares to
> dig in on the newly found Halo. This internal transmission is
> meant to fire up the troops:
> • SCS Pillar of Autumn (n13a)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn (n1)
> SENT 04.20.7.1412
> x-process 04494.2.32.143320
> (process owner unspecified)
> "These are the tygers of wrath."
> We're not going down without a fight.
> • CCS Purity of Spirit (DE H c-2)
> o SCS Pillar of Autumn
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.21.7.0800
> via x-process 04498.2.32.200932
> (process owner BW - AI - Class III)
> This world will be ruled in blood.
> You've got a fight, a big one.
> A minute later, the Covs make their intentions clear.
> • CCS Truth and Reconciliation (DE H c-1)
> o ALLCH (SC)
> RECEIVED (trans) 04.21.7.0801
> via x-process MODIFIED
> (process owner EXALTED (?))
> When no single human brick lies atop another, then will we be
> satisfied with your destruction.
> The PoA goes down, Halo begins.
> The only piece that doesn't fit neatly here is this one:
> • SCS Pillar of Autumn (?)
> o undetermined
> SENT xx.15.2.1049
> via u-process 011366.x.xx.895999
> (process owner Cortana)
> I have governed the unwilling.
> I have walked the edge of the Abyss.
> Who or what is Cortana sending this message to, and
> when? We know February 15th, but The year is blocked.
> Is she talking to Durandal? The Covs? who?
> Since I first posted this Tsao mentioned that The first
> Cortana letter was received by Hamish on February 15th.
> Curiouser and curiouser
> *CH puts down the pipe*
> Rip it to shreds, boys and girls.
> CH
> "I am Jack's tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
> signifying nothing..."

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Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) Cannibal Harry =PN= 1/15/00 2:18 a.m.

Fine, I'll say it...You're brilliant, CH :)[NT] SiliconDream=PN= 1/15/00 3:21 a.m.

Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) ajlb 1/15/00 10:43 a.m.

D'oh! ajlb 1/15/00 11:09 a.m.

Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) Chris Huff 1/15/00 5:39 p.m.

Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) Canibal Harry =PN= 1/15/00 7:46 p.m.

Thank you thank you thank you CH! Freewill 1/16/00 12:06 a.m.

This is disrespectful! Revolver Ocelot 1/16/00 12:19 a.m.

Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long) Myndreach 1/16/00 10:44 p.m.

The origin of the messages Regdren 1/17/00 7:56 a.m.

Where you can find them. Forensic 1/18/00 1:40 p.m.

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Cryptic messages and the PoA (long)	Cannibal Harry =PN=	1/15/00 2:18 a.m.
Fine, I'll say it...You're brilliant, CH :)[NT]	SiliconDream=PN=	1/15/00 3:21 a.m.
Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long)	ajlb	1/15/00 10:43 a.m.
D'oh!	ajlb	1/15/00 11:09 a.m.
Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long)	Chris Huff	1/15/00 5:39 p.m.
Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long)	Canibal Harry =PN=	1/15/00 7:46 p.m.
Thank you thank you thank you CH!	Freewill	1/16/00 12:06 a.m.
This is disrespectful!	Revolver Ocelot	1/16/00 12:19 a.m.
Re: Cryptic messages and the PoA (long)	Myndreach	1/16/00 10:44 p.m.
The origin of the messages	Regdren	1/17/00 7:56 a.m.
Where you can find them.	Forensic	1/18/00 1:40 p.m.