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| Re: Why is Cortana so important in Halo Reach? | |
| Posted By: Ragashingo <ragashingo@me.com> | Date: 12/7/10 6:33 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Why is Cortana so important in Halo Reach? (Stephen L. (SoundEffect)) : There's some clever writing in I think the Preston Cole story or Halsey's : Journal about how the Covenant should have been able to easily pinpoint : Earth by triangulating transmissions that have been heading out from Earth : since the 1940's at the speed of light. In the intervening 580-odd years, : there'd literally be a spherical region over 1,100 light years diameter : centered on Earth where TV and radio broadcasts would be detectable. It : was made known in the story that Slipspace and conventional scramblers of : some sort were there to disrupt this transmission sourcing somehow. Not : elegant perhaps, but they acknowledged the issue and addressed it. I : thought it was a nice touch. : The Cole Protocol was specific that they not jump in the direction of any
: Although the Conversations From the Universe booklet has two Elites
Wasn't this also addressed in I Love Bees with the ONI radio beacon deployment program. They'd use FTL travel to go ahead of the expanding transmission sphere and place beacons to rebroadcast and confuse any triangulation attempts.
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