I was thinking about everyone arguing about when Halo 4 takes place. I just wanted to post the concept (if it hasn’t been discussed already)of Halo 4 having a warped timeline.
If Master chief is on forerunner planet then it is possible that the planet is in a time bubble. Glass lands proves the possibility. If by the end of Halo 4 Master chief were to leave the planet then its possible that when he reaches human forces it could be months if not years in the future.
Just wanted to post the concept.
2556 at the earliest with a hint at 2559 because of The Return and Primordium. I think the planet is DEFINITELY encased in a time bubble and that there are living ancient beings there, be it Forerunners, Precursors or Ancient Humans.
Hmm that is all a very good point. I thought at the end of Primordium its hinted that Guilty Spark will take the human ship he has just captured and take it to that mysterious planet where the Chief finds him on. A planet i think which holds all that remains of the Forerunners.
We know it cannot start any time before 2556-57 because of Cortana revealing her age of 7 during the Origins episodes on Halo Legends. So the absolute start of Halo 4 has an absolute earliest start date of 3-4 years after Halo 3. From there we have no idea of how space and time will occur for John vs. the rest of humanity. He could easily enter a slipspace bubble in mission one and be transcending time decades (or more) into the future outside of it. All we know is the first number of earliest possibility, and it is still a 2 year range and not that concrete anyway.
> Hmm that is all a very good point. I thought at the end of Primordium its hinted that Guilty Spark will take the human ship he has just captured and take it to that mysterious planet where the Chief finds him on. A planet i think which holds all that remains of the Forerunners.
The monitor went in search of the Librarian, yes. I think it can be presumed that the ship he captured is the Infinity and that he is headed towards the same place John and Cortana are headed.
Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
> Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
It really isn’t 343 Guilty Spark. The ONI folks communicating with a Monitor who had an ancient human as it’s AI named Chakas, decided to give him the placeholder name of 343 Guilty Spark. Not because it is him, but just because it would look good for morale.
> > Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
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> It really isn’t 343 Guilty Spark. The ONI folks communicating with a Monitor who had an ancient human as it’s AI named Chakas, decided to give him the placeholder name of 343 Guilty Spark. Not because it is him, but just because it would look good for morale.
That, and Chakas was used as the base for 343 Guilty Spark.
> > > Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
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> > It really isn’t 343 Guilty Spark. The ONI folks communicating with a Monitor who had an ancient human as it’s AI named Chakas, decided to give him the placeholder name of 343 Guilty Spark. Not because it is him, but just because it would look good for morale.
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> That, and Chakas was used as the base for 343 Guilty Spark.
Wasn’t Chakas, the human with Bornstellar?
> > > > Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
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> > > It really isn’t 343 Guilty Spark. The ONI folks communicating with a Monitor who had an ancient human as it’s AI named Chakas, decided to give him the placeholder name of 343 Guilty Spark. Not because it is him, but just because it would look good for morale.
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> > That, and Chakas was used as the base for 343 Guilty Spark.
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> Wasn’t Chakas, the human with Bornstellar?
Yes. In Primordium, he his gravely wounded, and Bornstellar, now the Didact, transfers his consciousness into a Monitor’s body. This Monitor would become the basis for 343 Guilty Spark.
> > > > > Doesn’t 343 GS blow up in Halo 3? Or is that explained in the book?
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> > > > It really isn’t 343 Guilty Spark. The ONI folks communicating with a Monitor who had an ancient human as it’s AI named Chakas, decided to give him the placeholder name of 343 Guilty Spark. Not because it is him, but just because it would look good for morale.
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> > > That, and Chakas was used as the base for 343 Guilty Spark.
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> > Wasn’t Chakas, the human with Bornstellar?
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> Yes. In Primordium, he his gravely wounded, and Bornstellar, now the Didact, transfers his consciousness into a Monitor’s body. This Monitor would become the basis for 343 Guilty Spark.
Oh, quite intriguing. I read a small part of Cryptom. And I currently am reading Glasslands.