Hello Everyone,
There are many theories and speculations on the story of Halo 5. I would like to know what your theories are and how you think everything will turn out. The game is still in development of course but lets use our imaginations with the known knowledge of the halo universe.
Have fun and keep it clean 
From what I’ve read and watched H5 is going to be all about Chief looking for a way to restore Cortana. If I were writing it he would succeed at the end only to have her turn evil, take control of the prometheans and serve as the big bad for H6.
Why is this in the Halo 4 forum?
Wrong forums.
Yes there is a halo 5 forums but as Sousuke Sagara will say “not a problem.”
I actually disagree. I personally haven’t seen anything to really make me think that chief finding cortana would be the main plot for Halo 5. However, I do think that this will become part of the story, I doubt it will be the main concept. I think it will more have to do with spotting the Didact again and getting the Janus Key.
I think cortana will come back through some sort of forerunner tech
I don’t have very many predictions, but I do hope Chief’s grief for Cortana doesn’t take up most of the screentime. I wouldn’t mind it being a sub-plot, but there are many dangers lurking in the Halo Universe. Jul and Halsey both have their legitimate beefs with the UNSC and ONI, the Flood lurks in the shadows ready to strike, the Didact is still out there, the Ark is coming back to relevance with Mendicant Bias and the “true” solution to the Flood, the New Colonial Alliance is building up strength and the Arbiter is busy creating a better future for his people. If people want to rescue Cortana, they can play Halo 3. There is a lot more going on that warrants attention in Halo 5.
What if Halsey reincarnates Cortana or makes another A.I similar to her and tries to destroy the UNSC and The rest of the covenant(I forgot there name and leaders name lol)
OR revives her and gives her back to John and the go AWALL
ORRRRRR halo 5 will be a strategy game like halo wars…jk(which if it did I wouldn’t complain)
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> I don’t have very many predictions, but I do hope Chief’s grief for Cortana doesn’t take up most of the screentime. I wouldn’t mind it being a sub-plot, but there are many dangers lurking in the Halo Universe. Jul and Halsey both have their legitimate beefs with the UNSC and ONI, the Flood lurks in the shadows ready to strike, the Didact is still out there, the Ark is coming back to relevance with Mendicant Bias and the “true” solution to the Flood, the New Colonial Alliance is building up strength and the Arbiter is busy creating a better future for his people. If people want to rescue Cortana, they can play Halo 3. There is a lot more going on that warrants attention in Halo 5.
I do agree with you on this.
I was doing some thinking, and I believe that most of Halo 5 will be in the fashion of ODST. I’ve heard that there are open-world maps, just like in ODST, so my theory is that we will play as Locke, finding clues or testimonies that then segue into a level told from the perspective of John-117. Also, as ever, I believe that Cortana is being held safe at the Absolute Record by the Librarian, and that she will play an important part as an emissary for mankind to Mendicant Bias.
I feel as though locke will find Chief, and they’ll come to some sort of understanding, and ONI will end up bein the antagonist.
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> From what I’ve read and watched H5 is going to be all about Chief looking for a way to restore Cortana. If I were writing it he would succeed at the end only to have her turn evil, take control of the prometheans and serve as the big bad for H6.
Holy crap. Never seen something like this before. My god, that actually seems plausible–maybe even smart. I don’t think, from the way they’ve been marketing Halo 5, that will end up happening, but there’s potential for that in a future game, maybe.
My theory:
Halo 5: Guardians. "Peace is shattered when colony worlds are unexpectedly attacked. But when humanity’s greatest hero goes missing, a new Spartan is tasked with hunting the Master Chief and solving a mystery that threatens the entire galaxy.” But it is so much more than a simple mission to find a lost soldier. Because this soldier, the one Locke must find to bring an end to these attacks, is none other than Master Chief Petty Officer Sierra-117. But this Spartan is AWOL because of something monumental: he lost Cortana. She was his humanity, his rock, the AI that was his sole companion and most loyal friend, and caused him to question who he is. “Before this is all over, promise me you’ll figure out which one of us is the machine.” And in turn, “She said that to me once… about being a machine.” The Chief’s absence is a quest to find himself. So much of his life has been turmoil since Reach, and with the Covenant War over, what use is he? He’s an aging Spartan. What room is there for him in this brave new galaxy? So Chief is on a journey of self-discovery, searching for Cortana and a way to revive her seems like the most obvious way to start such a quest. The Chief needed to find a deeper meaning in himself, to prove he isn’t a machine, and that he can live.
Look twice. There are two sides to every story. But what about the truth? Hunt the Truth isn’t about the story. Not about Master Chief’s side, nor Locke’s. It’s THE truth. What really happened during the events of Halo 5, past all it’s lies and secrecy that shroud what truly occurred. The campaign that ONI wanted Benjamin Giraud to make the Chief sounds so great, with the perfect origin story. But what they give Giraud to work with is false. He unravels the truth behind the Chief. This “Hunt the Truth” discovers what will become an elaborate conspiracy of cover-ups and lies in order to shroud the true fate of our favorite Spartan from the public. About who he became. Benjamin Giraud is behind that gun, pulled that trigger that fired the bullet mad up of identities, and shattered the image the world had of him. As Locke says in the trailer, the world will remember him as the protector, the savior, the conquering hero. Giraud was supposed to paint the lies that the public will accept as the truth. But he doesn’t.
Chief isn’t supposed to be a traitor, and ONI tries to hide it. Locke tells us so: “All hail the conquering hero. Let us remember him as our protector, and not the one who gave us this. As our savior, and not our betrayer! Let us see him forever as you, and not as you. All hail the conquering hero. The one who was supposed to save us all! But now I must save us… from you.” Locke reveals that the Chief has gone against human interests, betrayed his own kind. That is at least half the truth. Chief’s actions have resulted in disaster, catastrophe… death. The anomalies coming out of deep space, and the attacks on colonized planets? All linked to the Chief. But what if this damage he seemingly wrought was misunderstood? He could be fighting to bring mankind—his race!—to a better future. He has found his identity as a god and a demon: he is the Reclaimer. The Mantle WILL fall into humanity’s hands.
At the end of this journey that both the Chief and Locke will experience, there’s something terrifying. Dangerous. Apocalyptic. Chief went one way. Locke… went the other. While Locke’s words are one of spite and anger at the Chief choosing one that would result in death and danger, the Chief spoke in a bitter tone, blaming Locke for failed results: "This. Is this what you wanted? Is this what you were looking for? Was everything you’ve compromised, everything you’ve done, worth it? Was it? You’ve completed your mission, Spartan Locke. Mine is just beginning.” Their dialogue mirrors each other. They went two different ways in this story, and it appears as if the Chief’s went against the interests of his own people. Locke and Chief may have completed the journey, and Locke, the dutiful soldier he is, might have found the Master Chief, unraveled this galaxy-changing secret, but that mission is over. The Chief’s on a path that stretches much father, much more complex. His mission is only beginning. And now, it’s Locke’s turn to stop him.
Which side? Because both are Guardians of mankind. But who is, or are, the true Guardians? Something more sinister is afoot, something Forerunner, and my guess? It’s on John’s side.
Lock and chief will eventually become friends and fight the didact which I bet is still alive
do you guys want to know the basic story of Halo 5 well to do that you have to watch the spartan ops and go back in the history of the first game…
so as we see in the first trailer the master chief is standing in front of a forerunner artifact a as if to remind himself of something he grips Cortanas chip…
as we see in the spartan ops Halsy in saying that she is looking for forerunner artifackt’s,and Chief is looking for Halsy and when(in the game i might add) he
finds her she tells him that for her to bring back Cortana he must find the artifackt’s for her…
Now the UNSC THINKS that Chief has gone bad and wants him back and sends Lock to find him.
i hope you like my theories for this game,
peace out OmegaOsalot64XD
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> > I don’t have very many predictions, but I do hope Chief’s grief for Cortana doesn’t take up most of the screentime. I wouldn’t mind it being a sub-plot, but there are many dangers lurking in the Halo Universe. Jul and Halsey both have their legitimate beefs with the UNSC and ONI, the Flood lurks in the shadows ready to strike, the Didact is still out there, the Ark is coming back to relevance with Mendicant Bias and the “true” solution to the Flood, the New Colonial Alliance is building up strength and the Arbiter is busy creating a better future for his people. If people want to rescue Cortana, they can play Halo 3. There is a lot more going on that warrants attention in Halo 5.
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OK. Been thinking a lot about this. Watching some videos and all that jazz. Locke has been commissioned to catch chief for some reason. He calls him a traitor in the most recent trailer. So…
The teaser trailer shows chief wandering and holding Cortana’s chip. A lot of Halo 4 was about trying to get Cortana back to Halsey to repair her. However, at the end of Spartan Ops she is now with Jul Mdama and is pissed that the UNSC tried to kill her.
I believe Halo 5 focuses on the chief seeking out Halsey in order to bring back Cortana. This leads him to taking the other Janice key. This could be viewed as Chief being a traitor as he is going against orders of the UNSC, and siding with a enemy (Halsey) of the UNSC.
I’m sure there will be more to it, with th the Diadact involved,but I think a big arc will focus on this portion. What other reasons could Chief be called a traitor for?
I think that chief finds out about one of ONI’s dirty little secrets (up for speculation about what ever it could be, there is a lot of potential here to make a gripping and exciting story) so he goes to put and end to it however ONI brand chief as a physcopath and a traitor and they send Locke to hunt him down and kill him so the truth doesn’t get exposed.
hunt the truth
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I found this site on Wordpress and have been using it since for upcoming game theories. They have a podcast on the Halo 5 storyline which was fairly decent: Halo 5: Guardians | All We Know About …