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| A brief history of blue beams | |
| Posted By: Jillybean | Date: 4/4/08 8:47 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue (Simpsons Rule) : Do we have confirmation of the purpose of the blue beams? I remember in some : interview somewhere, a Bungie employee was speaking about the difficulty : in getting those blue beams to play nice in the game. I thought to myself : "Why would they go through all the trouble to keep the blue beams in : when they were under such tight time restraints?" That's a very good point. I've been doing a bit of research on the HSP (only a little because my internet is being very grumpy today). They were first brought up here. They were expanded upon as either a source of power or a method of communication between the rings. Other theories have included Atmosphere Control, Venting energy (and again and transferring energy), Tide Control, Stabilisation, ... But it's not till Halo 2 starts to come out that the idea is first bandied about that the blue beams are some sort of pulse generator. This leads on to them being a failsafe which I really like. It almost ties in with the observations at the end of Halo 2 (seems so long ago now!) This was the first time they were connected to simulation firings. Now, as far as I can tell (and I beg one of my fellows to help me here if they can see something I can't) there's been nothing official about the blue beams. Everything we know is fanon. : It'd make sense that they were critical to the function of the ring. I mean,
: -SR
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| 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual | [AMS] GreyThor | 4/2/08 1:42 a.m. |
| Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual | scarab | 4/2/08 7:46 a.m. |
| Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual | Simpsons Rule | 4/2/08 8:10 a.m. |
| I wonder if that's American trillions? | Eddy 071 | 4/2/08 9:12 a.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | Eddy 071 | 4/2/08 9:29 a.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | Louis Wu | 4/2/08 9:34 a.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | scarab | 4/2/08 1:29 p.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | elpolloguapo | 4/2/08 4:04 p.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 4/2/08 6:28 p.m. |
| Re: Nevermind | elpolloguapo | 4/2/08 7:38 p.m. |
| T3h S3rch to the rescue | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 4/2/08 10:15 a.m. |
| Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue | Louis Wu | 4/2/08 10:21 a.m. |
| Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 4/2/08 10:42 a.m. |
| Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue | Jillybean | 4/2/08 4:13 p.m. |
| Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue | Simpsons Rule | 4/2/08 7:25 p.m. |
| A brief history of blue beams | Jillybean | 4/4/08 8:47 a.m. |
| Valhalla? *SP* | GatchamanUK | 4/4/08 3:50 p.m. |
| :(... | stan | 4/2/08 10:12 a.m. |
| Re: :(... | Grimlock | 4/2/08 10:21 a.m. |
| It's not the size of your trillion... | tucsonbatman | 4/2/08 11:20 a.m. |
| Re: It's not the size of your trillion... | Cthulhu117 | 4/2/08 2:07 p.m. |
| Re: It's not the size of your trillion... | elpolloguapo | 4/2/08 4:08 p.m. |
| Re: I wonder if that's American trillions? | ACEfanatic02 | 4/2/08 2:25 p.m. |
| Umm... | stan | 4/2/08 3:09 p.m. |
| Re: Umm... | Simpsons Rule | 4/2/08 3:13 p.m. |
| Ah... | stan | 4/2/08 4:46 p.m. |
| Re: Umm... | Louis Wu | 4/2/08 3:13 p.m. |
| "Debt ceiling" *NM* | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 4/2/08 3:46 p.m. |
| 1 million tests per month | scarab | 4/2/08 2:22 p.m. |
| Re: 1 million tests per month | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 4/2/08 6:26 p.m. |
| Re: 1 million tests per month | scarab | 4/3/08 1:38 a.m. |
| Re: 1 million tests per month | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 4/3/08 4:10 p.m. |
| Re: 1 million tests per month | scarab | 4/3/08 4:44 p.m. |
| Re: 1 million tests per month | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 4/3/08 6:48 p.m. |
| You, good sir, are a genius *NM* | elpolloguapo | 4/3/08 8:03 p.m. |
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