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Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*
Posted By: Red Loser <dnannery@purdue.edu>Date: 10/22/03 6:14 p.m.

In Response To: Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers* (RustedAngel)

: well... actually she set a grenade off and blew up one of those magical
: "hey marine, guard this pipe because the slightest damage to it will
: destroy the whole ship"-type objects. The general idea was that
: positively, absolutely nothing, including a bunch of Flood who had stowed
: away, survived.

What makes you think that? The ship crashed. That doesn't mean it exploded in a massive fireball and everyone on board died. It simply means that it couldn't be flown to Earth.

: I find the idea that anything could survive being on the ring after it's
: destruction a little silly. Anyone not done in by the insane concussion
: would get promptly sucked into space as the atmosphere failed. Even if
: somebody was concealed "below decks", all of Halo's temperature
: controls and energy generators would also fail, and they would freeze to
: death. Assuming the didn't suffocate first, or get torn to ribbons as the
: ring shredded itself under the weight of it's own rapidly dissipating
: centrifugal force.

You're assuming that

1) The Forerunners were stupid enough to think that no catastrophe would ever happen to Halo and therefore would not build in backup equipment to allow any survivors to stay alive for a while until rescuers arrived. Or that the Truth and Reconciliation was annihilated with no one on board the ship surviving.

2) Halo's artificial gravity is due to centrifugal "force." In fact, this gravity is due to artificial generators built into the ring.

: I like to think that Bungie has lots of control over the plot of these books,
: but I'm not sure how much influence they really exert. Some of the fluff
: actually doesn't fit all that well with the game. Remember that we're back
: to eric nylund here, the guy who characterized the grunts as
: semi-intelligent dogs. I got turned off FoR when I read the grunt parts...
: I love grunts. The little guys have such... PLUCK. While the author of
: "The Flood" seemed to have played the game on easy before
: writing the book, Nylund isn't all that in touch with the game universe.

Perhaps. Alternatively, maybe you're not all that in touch with the game universe. He's read the Story Bible; he's been scourged by Bungie employees to assure his loyalty. Neither has happened to you. At least, I hope not.

: This brings up my final point; it's dangerous to use the books as de facto
: guides to the plots of the games. Especially the Nylund books.

Yet Bungie endorses them and oversees the writing process.

: Jury's still out (we haven't read the book yet!) but I have some doubts.

Me too.

But the cover art is nice.

Yellow Banshee - updated 8/16/03



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Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Jillybean 10/22/03 2:50 p.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Shishka 10/22/03 2:59 p.m.
           Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Jillybean 10/22/03 3:13 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Free at Last (at work) 10/22/03 3:21 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Green Grunt 10/22/03 3:29 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Shishka 10/22/03 3:34 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Red Loser 10/22/03 5:47 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Haesslich 10/26/03 9:34 p.m.
                       Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*mnemesis 10/27/03 12:22 a.m.
                             Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Haesslich 10/27/03 1:21 a.m.
                                   Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Wado SG 10/27/03 2:56 a.m.
                                         Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Haesslich 10/27/03 9:40 a.m.
                                               Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*mnemesis 10/27/03 10:23 a.m.
                                                     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Haesslich 10/27/03 1:12 p.m.
                                                           Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Wado SG 10/28/03 6:19 a.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*mnemesis 10/27/03 1:09 a.m.
     More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*Free at Last (at work) 10/22/03 3:15 p.m.
           Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*Jillybean 10/22/03 3:24 p.m.
                 Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*Free at Last (at work) 10/22/03 3:39 p.m.
                 Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*RustedAngel 10/22/03 3:50 p.m.
                       Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*Mainevent 10/22/03 5:37 p.m.
                       Re: More "First Strike" questions *spoilers*Red Loser 10/22/03 6:14 p.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*C-B 10/22/03 3:44 p.m.
     Another possiblillity...SketchTeno 10/22/03 4:35 p.m.
           Re: Another possiblillity...Executioner 10/22/03 5:12 p.m.
                 Re: Another possiblillity...DJ 10/22/03 5:34 p.m.
                       Re: Another possiblillity...DJ 10/22/03 5:38 p.m.
                             More speculation. Alas, not Cortana, but a SpartanGre'Thor117 10/22/03 6:39 p.m.
                       Ask me a question about The FoR. I dare you.Gre'Thor117 10/22/03 6:20 p.m.
                 Re: Another possiblillity...Ninja-Steve 10/25/03 3:45 a.m.
                       Re: Another possiblillity...Ninja-Steve 10/25/03 3:50 a.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Wado SG 10/22/03 6:41 p.m.
           Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Jillybean 10/22/03 6:44 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Wado SG 10/22/03 6:59 p.m.
                       Heh - lets stop now tho, far too OT *NM*Jillybean 10/22/03 7:03 p.m.
                             Sure NP, it was fun, what was your name again? *NM*Wado SG 10/22/03 7:17 p.m.
                                   DOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ahem *NM*Jillybean 10/22/03 7:19 p.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Spartacus 10/22/03 10:40 p.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*ThorsHammer 10/23/03 8:30 p.m.
           Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*sKribbler 10/25/03 2:50 a.m.
     Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Tim Bowman 10/24/03 7:47 p.m.
           Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*JAGUAR2G 10/24/03 7:52 p.m.
                 Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*DJ 10/25/03 12:19 a.m.
                       Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Jamirus99 10/25/03 11:34 a.m.
                       Re: Prepare for Cortana spec - *spoilers*Haesslich 10/27/03 1:45 a.m.



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