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originally posted in:Halo Archive
1/26/2015 4:01:47 AM
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I think the only question I still have on halo is what happened to the pillar of fire
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I presume you're referring to the Spirit of Fire. Its current status is infested Flood, and drifting towards UNSC controlled space. Location and status of the crew is unknown.
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Yeah thanks. Also do you know what happened to all the crew and Spartans
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Unfortunately not. The order to abandon ship was given and empty cryopods were shown. But whether or not the crew survived, or how many is unknown.
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End of Escalation #6 shows all of the Cryotubes open and an "Abandon Ship" warning on a screen. Oh, and a moonwalking Infection Form.
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Basically, typical bullshit of leaving important questions unanswered. As a fan of Halo Wars, the Mjolnir Mark IV armor, and more, I must know what happened!
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Obviously there is going to be a sequel since they teased it with that comic, be it Halo Wars 2 or in books and other media. Wait. I just had a thought. What if that new Halo TV Series is about what happened to the Spirit of Fire? I doubt it, but it is a good area to touch on if you're making a somewhat long term storyline.
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I just hope they do something. And not just have the entire crew become infected cliche bullshit.
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I don't think so. It implies that they all evacuated because of a small Flood outbreak. But surely they realize that if the Flood gain control of that ship they will slowly, ever so slowly reach Earth. Maybe. Though if the UNSC find the Spirit first, well, that might not end well.
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The problem and major plot hole with that theory stems from how cryosleep functions. Anyone exiting cryosleep would have been an easy target for the Flood. You see, people in cryosleep are generally naked, as wearing clothes can cause some very serious freezer burn. Also, after exiting cryosleep, crew members would have been slightly disoriented for a short time. In conclusion, the Flood would have wiped out most of the crew immediately.
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But for the sake of argument there is, as far as we know, only one Flood Infection Form on the ship. Remember that they quarantined the ship multiple times and when Serina said "something has happened", she doesn't appear to be suffering from rampancy, and Rampancy was an already established issue by the release of Halo Wars. This means that the order to abandon ship was made very early in the Spirit's (as of right now) 26 year journey home. And, if the Flood had assimilated the crew after exiting the Cryotubes, wouldn't there be Flood Biomass or blood on the floor and walls of said room? And wouldn't there be Flood Biomass on the hull, like every other Flood controlled vessel? I think that the crew abandoned ship for a completely different reason than the Flood, and that they never knew about its presence on the Spirit of Fire when they left. I also believe that, given the fiery exit of the Sheild World, that the parasite must have been either inside the the ship by the time of leaving, which isn't possible given that the Spirit of Fire wouldn't have been allowed to open the exit if Flood were present on the ship (even though the planet was collapsing), since that is a primary mechanic of that last mission. And even if an Infection form had managed to latch on to the hull as they were flying through the exit, it would have been either crushed/pulled by the gravitational forces the supernova was exhibiting moments before it's collapse, and the proximity to the star the Spirit experiences would have certainly killed anything on or within the outer hull. Which is why I believe that the parasite boarded the ship [i]after[/i] the crew abandoned ship, though the why the ship would still be flying without the crew or Serina is odd. Also, certainly the Covenant have the coordinates to the Apex Site, so finding the Spirit of Fire wouldn't have been that hard given the current state of affairs and it's obvious trajectory.
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When did Serina say that? I don't recall her saying that in Halo Wars. Did she appear in Escalation? I haven't read any issues of it, I've only seen Halo Canon's reviews on each issue. For copyright reasons he doesn't show everything in the issue.
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After the credits on Legendary. Look it up.
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Holy shit. How did I not know that Halo Wars had a Legendary ending?
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Did Reach have a Legendary Ending? For some reason I haven't seen one online.
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No, it did not. Which is rather strange, seeing as it was Bungie's last Halo game. You'd think they would have put in the most extravagant and complex Legendary ending in a Halo game ever.
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Well, it did have Lone Wolf.
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True, but it was essentially just a campaign version of firefight. And you could do it on any difficulty. I'm just glad they at least tried to leave as few loose ends as possible, and did so in a way that everyone could experience it. Just wish we'd gotten to know Jorge a little bit more before they killed him off. He was easily my favorite member of NOBLE, Jun coming in at a close second.
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I feel like Jorge was thrown in at the last second. He didn't have much character, in my opinion. Kind of flat. "Oh, I'll sacrifice my life to save my home for a few minutes."
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It does seem like that. But his concept art and such have been around about as long as any other character.
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On the topic of Reach Concept Art: You know that one of a nearly-completed Tip of the Spear opener with Kat and a Blue Operator riding in a Warthog? Yeah. My Spartan had that same exact armor down to the colors and helmer attachments. And this was before I had even seen the shot. It's official, my Spartan is canon!
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Lol, that's amazing. For as much flak as Reach gets, it was an awesome game. Campaign was epic and multiplayer was hella fun. And Forge. Oh my god was Forge ever amazing.
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Not like Halo 3's house of cards Forge. Halo 2 Ann.'s forge and it's buttons gives me high hopes for Halo 5.
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Yeah. Shame we didn't even get a completed Forge map in the beta. Doesn't help that there won't be another beta.
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We did get a forge map in the Beta, Pegasus and then we got Orion as well at the end. Never got a chance to play the third week, but they have a Halo 4-esque vibe in terms of appearance.
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Let me rephrase that. The map those two were built on was very much incomplete.
