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Early-evening naps are a double-edged sword. On the blissful face of consequence, those initial, drowsy moments give way to an incredible slumber, wiping away in one fell swoop the combined unrest of a dozen long days and baker's dozen short nights.
But woe to those early-evening nappers whose sleep is not a single thread, those sorry folk who rise to face a waning sun still powerful enough to extract its due, vengeful and distressed by their conspicuous absence.
And so, as I try my best to fall back to sleep, I'm just going to close my eyes and click "Post"...
-Finn
I've always had a soft spot for the Continentals.
Geoff Chang (greyalpha@gmail.com) writes concerning a possible dalliance between the writings of Nietzsche and the character of 343 Guilty Spark. Keen.
-Finn
From a recent IGN interview with Brian Jarrard (Sketch) about the HGN (Halo Graphic Novel):
"[Breaking Quarantine] is essentially the story of Sergeant Johnson's escape from the first Halo. When the first game concluded, we were led to believe that the Sarge was overcome by the Flood. Yet, when Halo 2 opens, we see him again back at Earth doing just fine.
Everyone has speculated about what really happened down there in the depths of Halo and this was something we were interested in exploring further. Now, people who have read the Halo novels are going to be quick to point out that an explanation was already given (something along the lines of a genetic condition that made his body undesirable as a Flood host). We struggled with this a lot internally... while we're all big fans of Eric Nylund's Halo novels, we felt that the circumstances surrounding Sarge's survival was something we wanted to re-tell in a slightly different way. One of our goals for the book was to not only expand the fiction into new areas but make a small adjustment to existing lore."
A peek into the mechanics of the things that "needed to be corrected"; how satisfying. I suppose a little "ret-con" never hurt anyone... too badly...
-Finn
A few details from The Art of Halo: not-so-inert Flood crust on objects and walls, rampaging Juggernauts, and careening Sentinel Factories to name a few.
Darkneshasfallen (Darkneshasfallen@aol.com) writes:
I dont know if anyone had figured out what that structure was, and why the flood had caused it to crash.... The object that falls (crashing / exploding.) in the Single player level, "Quarantine Zone" not a human structure or ship at all, it is in fact a Forerunner Sentinel factory.
It makes sense that the flood would destroy it... the sentinels are the only thing keeping them at bay on Delta halo. I don't know if anyone had read the little white-boards that contained the level details from the book "The Art of Halo." but thats where I got the info... So its legit information.
Along with that text it also talks about where the Flood Juggernauts were supposed to spawn and how the battle between the flood and Sentinels was supposed to turn, as more Juggernauts spawned. It was new information to me, so I just thought I would share it...
Im kinda upset Bungie left out the Juggernauts... it seemed like it would have added a whole new "whoa!" (im creeped out by the flood again) factor.
It aslo explains that the player (Arbiter) had to destroy flood "crust"to keep the Juggernauts from spawning.
Pretty cool eh?
Very. Creepy that is. :)
-Finn
Dojorkan (Dojorkan@gmail.com) stumbles upon a few unused Shielded Carrier Forms: What will those zany B.boys think of next?
-Finn
The 7 scarred on Miranda's cheek. Neato.
-Finn
A new enemy in the HGN?
A while ago, Ross Mills noticed an advertisement for the Halo Graphic Novel; one of the drawings (seemingly by Simon Bisley, artist of "The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor") shows an elite-like creature, but with no split mandible and, most noticeably, four eyes rather than two.
While some artistic license is to be expected, other images by the same artist clearly show an Elite with the usual split chin and ocular equipment.
So what are we looking at? A Flood form, or something completely different? Time, as always, will tell.
permalink | Rampant Speculation
-Finn
"I've smelled that stench before..."
Spartan Jag (spartanjag@gmail.com) writes:
Yesterday, I went through a brief run of the Halo 2 Campaign, mostly the Arbiter levels. I was just talking about the Halo Graphic Novel, when I hit the cutscene at the end of The Arbiter, when Spec Ops Leader walks in, and says "I've smelled that stench before...". This got me wondering. There hasn't been to much info released about Spec Ops, not even his name. Maybe Bungie will work him in? Where? I'll tell you where: That section about the Flood Infested Covenant ship (Finn: The Infinite Succor, I believe). It makes sense to me. They could make it about a random band of Elites and Grunts, but wouldn't it be neater and cooler if it was a mission Half Jaw was on? Maybe it would explain the loss of his mandibles?
Sure, he could've gotten into dozens of fights with The Flood, or it may be someone completely different, but it would be a nice tie-in. So far, the Covenant aren't very well prepared against the Flood, it would seem (Projectile weapons work better then Plasma), maybe this isn't the dozenth/hundreth time. Maybe they don't know a whole lot, because of only a few encounters. Half Jaw could've been the only survivor, and he may have been promoted thus leading up to his current position.
I don't know. No-one knows at this point, but I just thought I'd toss that out there, because Bungie has a reputation for cool things like this, and this would be really cool. :)
In addition, the Hommock and Bisley interview mentions that The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor is the "tale of the Elite Spec Ops Commander, Rtas Vadumee, who has been exiled by the Covenant for failing to kill Master Chief during the events of Halo 1." Considering that this particular story takes place during Halo 1, I'm curious to see more of this blurb's context and to know who exactly we're talking about.
Good thinking :)
-Finn
