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| Re: Something looks wrong with The Silent Cartogra | |
| Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com> | Date: 6/15/11 6:55 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Something looks wrong with The Silent Cartogra (Narcogen) : Be prepared to do a lot of objecting, then :) : Are you the only one who notices? No. Are you one of the few who care?
: With regards to other elements, I would also fall into that boat. Geography
: Even if they could have, they wouldn't have, because they don't need to. It
Well, they already made the ring. Making it larger would be a matter of math and scaling, which a 3D program is quite capable of. It could be done is about 10 keystrokes and mouse clicks. What would then be needed is to increase the fidelity of a structure that large. Again possible, but as you say, not worth the resources. Instead, they opted for setting the scene as you would a motion picture effects shot: a smaller model of a Halo ring suspended in front of the Autumn model. Except the Autumn is real and in-world scale, but the Halo is smaller and Threshold, Basis and Soell are flat background graphics. : They represent a large item : The problem is the script uses the word "installation" which is
: Access to Delta Halo's control room, for instance, is gained without
: The relevant lines are:
: and :
: and :
: The use of the word "substation" here always indicated to me that
: This next one I think bolsters both that interpretation, as well as the
: Whereas Cortana previously said "installation" and Keyes said
Agreed. Some of the particular text eluded me. The installation refers to the Cartographer island itself. : The *Ark* is isolated, but on the Ark, the Cartographer is not isolated.
Presumably anyone with access to the Ark is also allowed to access the cartographer (even though to actually activate the device itself would have required a Forerunner or Reclaimer to do so), so there's some security. You don't stumble upon the Ark by accident. : If the designers considered the portal and the Ark's own geographical
That's puzzling from a fictional standpoint...you'd think Reclaimers could easily walk through. Then again, we know that in that building Guilty Spark had come under scrutiny when accessing a Terminal so even Spark had to hack the door. That may have been a recent change and not relected the actual security of the cartographer building normally. Form a gameplay standpoint, locked doors allows room for exposition, deliberate pathing, pace, and so on. We might not be able to find a pleasing fictional explanation, but I can understand a few gameplay reasons for the locked doors. You could always fly in to the cartographer itself from the waterfall side unobstructed.
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