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| Re: No | |
| Posted By: BINARYGOD <jameshulsmann@gmail.com> | Date: 5/30/07 5:11 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: No (AOClaus) : I think it's safe to assume that the Ark IS a sanctuary to protect creatures : from the activation of the Halos. Just because it can activate the Halos : doesn't mean it can't protect from them. : No one knew about all the defenses on Onyx until the events we read about in : the novel, therefore there might BE defenses like Sentinels etc that no : one has noticed (because the Ark has been buried) or that have been : inactive. Just because they aren't active all the time, or visible to : anyone on the surface, doesn't mean they aren't there or don't exist. : 343 GS is intelligent enough to choose his words carefully and precisely. He : used the word Ark specifically, and the word Ark has a specific : meaning/imagery attached to it in English that points toward the idea of : Noah's Ark. GS likely has a firm grasp of the English language and all of : our synonyms, slang, and colloquialisms, because of his study of the PoA's : computer systems and library banks, and he knows the imagery the word : "Ark" brings to mind. Granted, when the Chief was asked to : activate Halo's defenses in Halo 1 he didn't know what GS really meant, : but that wasn't because GS didn't have a grasp of English, in my opinion : (yes I realize this is before he had access to the PoA), but because GS : assumed the Chief already knew what activating Halo meant. "the word Ark has a specific meaning/imagery attached to it in English that points toward the idea of Noah's Ark." it has just as much attachment to "Ark of the Covenant" as it does to "Noah's Ark" - besides, we know that the Ark is the one place where you can set off all of the halo's at once - that lends itself more to the Ark of the Cov. then it does Noah's Ark... Keep in mind that GS knows English before he even speaks with MC or examines the PoA's computers. Anyway, we have to look at why Bungie calls it the Ark a little more then over analyzing GS and his use of out language. Keep in mind we dont know what language they actually are speaking in the future - the fact that everyone speaks english, including the covenant, is for OUT benefit - kinda like Gladiator or Hunt for Red October. The accents given to human marines are just to make other english speaks in other countrys feel included so they DONT just hear american accents through out the whole game.
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