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Re: Covenant and Flood.
Posted By: pete_the_duck <taidanaahiru@hotmail.com>Date: 12/9/02 11:35 a.m.

In Response To: Covenant and Flood. (Warbow)

: 1. The Covenant? What holds them together? Why would a bunch of alien races
: group together under one religion?

A question we will very likely be teased with in Halo 2. I don't know how much Bungie plans to reveal, but it seems that a great deal of effort has been taken to say that the relationship between the Elites and the Prophets will be elaborated upon. It's likely conclusions we can draw from that will apply to the whole of the Covenant society.

: 2. The Flood? Are they really as stupid as the appear in the game. What
: haven't we seen?

They really aren't stupid, they're quite smart. As for what we haven't seen, keep an eye out for the second Halo book which is coming out--um--I'm not sure. Halo: The Flood is stated to be a novelization of the game that Combat Evolved covers, and has also promised to reveal things which the game did not. I'm guessing some of our answers will come from there.

: The first transmission from the Covenant was "Your destruction is the
: will of the gods." Is it possible that the "gods" that the
: Covenant refer to are actually the Flood?

: If the Flood were to spread throughout the entire galaxy consuming everything
: that they came into contact with, they would basically starve themselves.
: It would seem likely that the Flood would not destroy every living thing
: in it's path. They would keep slaves/breeding stock. Is it possible that
: the Covenant are the slaves of the Flood? Remember that Jason said the
: Covenant had a long history with the Flood.

: Is it possible that the Covenant were ordered to find the Halo's and release
: more Flood?

This is actually a pretty good theory. The Covenant don't show concern for their own kind (glassing Reach while its armies are battling on the surface), so why wouldn't other aspects of the Covenant show similar disregard? The Covenant FEAR the flood, in fact it is the only enemy which they do, but they are the race that releases them. Cortana states, "They must have known--there must have been signs". What if there were? What if the Covenant knew exactly what they were doing--they WANTED the flood released. That's why they abandoned Halo when their mission was accomplished--the flood were free, and their task was done. Remaining to retake the Truth and Reconciliation is justified by their fear. Nice one, I haven't heard this before.

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Replies:

Covenant and Flood.Warbow 12/9/02 11:24 a.m.
     Great Idea *NM* *NM*SniperMan27 12/9/02 11:30 a.m.
     Re: Covenant and Flood.pete_the_duck 12/9/02 11:35 a.m.
           Re: Covenant and Flood.Red Loser 12/9/02 11:51 a.m.
                 Re: Covenant and Flood.Warbow 12/9/02 12:01 p.m.
                       One thing just occured to mepete_the_duck 12/9/02 12:13 p.m.
                             Re: One thing just occured to meWarbow 12/9/02 12:19 p.m.
                                   Re: One thing just occured to mepete_the_duck 12/9/02 12:27 p.m.
                                         Re: One thing just occured to meWarbow 12/9/02 12:47 p.m.
                                               Re: One thing just occured to meRed Loser 12/9/02 12:53 p.m.
                                               Re: One thing just occured to meopie301 12/9/02 4:49 p.m.
                                                     Re: One thing just occured to meRed Loser 12/9/02 4:56 p.m.
     Re: Covenant and Flood.arhra 12/9/02 11:54 a.m.
           Re: Covenant and Flood.c0ld vengeance 12/9/02 12:08 p.m.
                 Re: Covenant and Flood.Warbow 12/9/02 12:14 p.m.
     Re: Covenant and Flood.Scalrag 12/9/02 11:56 a.m.
           Re: Covenant and Flood.Warbow 12/9/02 12:13 p.m.
     Here's my big question about your theory.ThePerfectCore 12/9/02 12:41 p.m.
           Re: Here's my big question about your theory.Red Loser 12/9/02 12:51 p.m.
     Flood and Covenant gods - longWado SG 12/9/02 1:58 p.m.
           Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWarbow 12/9/02 2:15 p.m.
                 Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWado SG 12/9/02 2:29 p.m.
           This theory is getting better and better. *NM*Red Loser 12/9/02 3:06 p.m.
           Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWarbow 12/9/02 3:09 p.m.
                 Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWado SG 12/9/02 3:22 p.m.
                       Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWarbow 12/9/02 3:24 p.m.
                             Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWado SG 12/9/02 3:31 p.m.
                                   Re: Flood and Covenant gods - longWarbow 12/9/02 3:34 p.m.
                                         lol...Wado SG 12/9/02 3:45 p.m.
                                               So, tell me, Wado...Red Loser 12/9/02 3:49 p.m.
                                                     Re: So, tell me, Wado...Wado SG 12/9/02 11:51 p.m.
           New Theory - Longopie301 12/9/02 5:28 p.m.
                 Re: New Theory - LongRed Loser 12/9/02 6:02 p.m.
                       Re: New Theory - Longopie301 12/9/02 6:17 p.m.



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