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Subject: Unified Theory
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:58:38 -0700
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I have read several of the posts concerning airflow throughout the Halo system. Based on some of the videos, and the apparent placement of the gas giant, it appears that the halo is not orbiting around at least its Z-axis.
But in order for the planet to be seen like it
is, it would have to be spinning around either
its X or Y-axis, and maybe even both. This ring
construct is obviously some creation of an advanced
race. Now picture this. Assume that the halo is
indeed rotating around all three axes. This would
provide extra rotational force, meaning that the
ring would not have to spin as fast overall. The
atmosphere inside the halo would, originally, be
extremely chaotic. However, like most things in
nature, the weather would fall into a pattern,
and that pattern would eventually smooth itself
out. There would be extremely high velocity winds
in the upper atmosphere, but these winds might only
serve to increase travel. And all of this is
assuming that the makers of the construct intended the ring to be inhabitable.
If they did, it would have been no trouble to create a system that would be
able to contain oxygen. As noted in the Halo videos, the Covenant has a form
of an energy shield. If you line the trailing edges of the planet with these
shield generators, it would be possible to contain the oxygen inside of a
sphere, the surface of which is comprised by the spinning of the halo. With
such a system in place, any ship wishing to enter the halo without being injured
would have to create an inverse field around itself to cancel out the shield
surrounding the planet. So not only would this field keep air in, it would help
keep intruders out. Bungiešs original story said that the human ship was
destroyed by the covenant fleet, but if that is so, then even if the humans did
manage to eject, the Covenant could very easily have just used an orbital
bombardment and removed the human threat before it even began. Because of this,
I am inclined to believe that they will or have changed the story. If so, then
the energy field would perfectly account for why the humans are unable to leave
the ring. After fleeing the Covenant hoard, they take refuge on the first
inhabitable planet they see. When landing, their ship suddenly stops
functioning, and they are left stranded. The problem with the Covenant using
orbital bombardments can also be solved with this. So far, all of the Covenant
weapons have been energy based, so the shield would also stop these. When the
Covenant tried to drop below the shield, there ships would have also become
disabled, stranding them there. So now you have two hostile forces stranded on
one spinning ring construct, contained in a self-perpetuating energy field. Of
course, this might be the silliest thing you have ever heard, and if so, send
me an email telling me so, if not, well, send me an email anyways.