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Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?
Posted By: Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) <sumpca@yahoo.com>Date: 10/7/04 12:13 p.m.

In Response To: Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill? (Louis Wu)

: My belief has always been that the Halo was modeled on the Starhammer, a
: creation of Christopher Rowley's. The way IT worked: ...a super-weapon;
: called the Starhammer, it creates a gravitational disturbance in the
: center of its target - a small target, like a starship, will have its
: engines imploded; a large one, like a star, will go nova. It works
: instantaneously over any distance.

: I've always assumed that the Halo works similarly.

But that would destroy ALL life, not just life big enough to be carriers. And "It's not a cudgel" (not finishing that quote, thank you) according to the green Cortana. A trih xeem is about as blunt an instrument of war as you can get. Though the individual targeting could qualify, I don't see a Halo squashing lifeforms one-by-one with coherent graviton pulses (splotch, splotch, splotch) as an efficient or elegant way of eliminating Flood-food.

My bet is something like a cosmic dimmer switch, lowering the brightness of stars under its influence so that only big lifeforms die out while the remaining elements of the ecosystem (insects, bacteria, small mammals) survive. That does just enough damage to contain the Flood without complete wrecking the targets.

-- Steve is probably wrong, but what the heck... guesses are free.

The Northwest London Gamers' Group


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HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?tj 10/6/04 10:13 p.m.
     All Sentient Life in Halo's firing range. *NM*serpx 10/6/04 10:22 p.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Death Box 10/6/04 10:29 p.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Dr. Nick 10/6/04 10:48 p.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?insaneidiot432 10/6/04 10:36 p.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Mantis819 10/6/04 11:47 p.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Dark Bastion 10/6/04 11:53 p.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Ain Soph Aur 10/7/04 12:18 a.m.
                 Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Dark Bastion 10/7/04 1:43 a.m.
                       Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Ain Soph Aur 10/7/04 1:56 a.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?vshields ash 10/7/04 12:07 a.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?munkeypantsman 10/7/04 3:36 a.m.
     it goes boom *NM*immortal kombattant 10/7/04 12:24 a.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Louis Wu 10/7/04 10:32 a.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/7/04 12:13 p.m.
                 Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Capo Rip 10/7/04 11:22 p.m.
                 Halo: The Galaxy's Lightswitch. *NM*Saint [lpn] 10/8/04 11:47 p.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Pico 10/7/04 1:44 p.m.
                 Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Ain Soph Aur 10/7/04 3:10 p.m.
                       Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?Pico 10/7/04 5:24 p.m.
           Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?LietLives 10/8/04 3:32 p.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?yakaman 10/7/04 12:17 p.m.
     Re: HOW or WHAT does halo actually do to kill?PsycoJoe 10/7/04 12:34 p.m.



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