Just how long has Chief been on Requim...

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So today, whilst watching the Halo 4 E3 demo (part of my daily routine), i noticed something that i have somehow not noticed up until now.

The man giving the speech at the start of the live action section of the demo, says “It has been 4 years since the end of the war”…

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m sure 343 has said Halo 4 takes place 3 years after Halo 3, and we know, Chief is on Requiem by the 2nd mission, and the E3 mission is about a third of the way through the game, meaning surely not a lot of time would have seemingly passed whilst on Requiem.

So when i heard this, at first i disregarded it as Microsoft making an error, however then it dawned on me.

Anyone who has read glasslands, or even Halopedia lol, knows that inside Onyx, as a result of being inside a slipspace bubble of compressed space-time, time passed much slower inside the Shield world than it did outside, a few days spent inside translated into months on the outside.

Does this mean chief has been inside Requiem for “a whole year”…?

More importantly however, the Infinity, UNSC/ONI’s best ship, and full of our finest men and women, along with presumably a small army of Spartan IV’s, and Chief are all on Requiem at the same time, after “an ancient enemy has been awakened”. So say they’re trapped there for a few days, and a year passes on the outside, with Humanities best defenses nowhere to be found.

This could end up being a whole year for this Ancient Enemy to have their way with our precious galaxy, leaving us with a potentially very grim scenario to greet us when we escape…

Of course it could have just been Microsoft’s mistake, but considering 343’s involvement in Glasslands surely this isn’t something they’ve overlooked…

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Actually it takes place almost 5 years after Halo 3, not 3 years.

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> So today, whilst watching the Halo 4 E3 demo (part of my daily routine), i noticed something that i have somehow not noticed up until now.
> <mark>Austin7934: I lol’ed at how this is apart of your daily routine.</mark>
>
> The man giving the speech at the start of the live action section of the demo, says “It has been 4 years since the end of the war”…
>
> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m sure 343 has said Halo 4 takes place 3 years after Halo 3, and we know, Chief is on Requiem by the 2nd mission, and the E3 mission is about a third of the way through the game, meaning surely not a lot of time would have seemingly passed whilst on Requiem.
> <mark>Austin7934: You are incorrect, Halo 4 takes place 4 years 7 months and 10 days after Halo 3. This information was learned from the Game Informer article on Halo 4. Chief probably won’t be on Requiem very long before the infinity shows up. So that is probably his first encounter with the ship.</mark>
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> So when i heard this, at first i disregarded it as Microsoft making an error, however then it dawned on me.
>
> Anyone who has read glasslands, or even Halopedia lol, knows that inside Onyx, as a result of being inside a slipspace bubble of compressed space-time, time passed much slower inside the Shield world than it did outside, a few days spent inside translated into months on the outside.
>
> Does this mean chief has been inside Requiem for “a whole year”…?
> <mark>Austin7934: Have not finished glasslands so I can not argue agains this.</mark>
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> More importantly however, the Infinity, UNSC/ONI’s best ship, and full of our finest men and women, along with presumably a small army of Spartan IV’s, and Chief are all on Requiem at the same time, after “an ancient enemy has been awakened”. So say they’re trapped there for a few days, and a year passes on the outside, with Humanities best defenses nowhere to be found.
>
> This could end up being a whole year for this Ancient Enemy to have their way with our precious galaxy, leaving us with a potentially very grim scenario to greet us when we escape…
> <mark>Austin7934: Well they did say Halo 5 will be the darkest Halo game ever.</mark>
>
>
> Of course it could have just been Microsoft’s mistake, but considering 343’s involvement in Glasslands surely this isn’t something they’ve overlooked…
> <mark>Austin7934: From what I’ve HEARD about Glasslands was Karen Traviss didn’t do the greatest job pot raying some of the fiction. I would ask guys in the Halo Universe Forums for more information on this…</mark>

Im going to comment within your quote and highlight everything I write.

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343 said that Halo 4 takes place some where around five years after Halo 3. Requiem is filled with artificial light which means we don;t really know but it probably won’t be some slip-space type thing.

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Chief was floating in space for five years and then landed on Requiem. The Infinity probably arrived not long after.

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@Austin

oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.

I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.

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> @Austin
>
> oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
>
> I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.

Forerunner parking garages you mean?

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Cobra i was referring to the time-space deal. Having a year or so pass on the outside of Requiem while only a few days go by on the inside opens up over 9000 possibilities…

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It’s a decent idea I’ll admit, but Glasslands didn’t establish it, First Strike did with the Forerunner slipspace crystal.

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> It’s a decent idea I’ll admit, but Glasslands didn’t establish it, First Strike did with the Forerunner slipspace crystal.

Ahk, one of the two Halo books i havent read (along with The Flood). Worth reading then i take it?

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The timeline of everything is very confusing. It’s possible that the shield world is similar to the one in Halo Wars, other than Onyx and Grasslands, but it’s not clear. If its similar to Halo Wars, it’s possible that the whole time slowing down thing is not applied, but I don’t know much about the one in Wars.

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Read both. The Flood may have a bad rep for being a game-to-book adaption, but it’s still great and expands on the game.

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> The timeline of everything is very confusing. It’s possible that the shield world is similar to the one in Halo Wars, other than Onyx and Grasslands, but it’s not clear. If its similar to Halo Wars, it’s possible that the whole time slowing down thing is not applied, but I don’t know much about the one in Wars.

Yeah i actually just remembered the Halo Wars shield world, do we know for sure time didnt slow down while they were in the shield world? i cant remember anything after them destroying it. Otherwise, is it also possible that due to it being flood controlled it wasnt functioning properly?

And Cobra cheers, ill have to get onto buying them when i can afford it. Only reason i hadnt read the flood is because i didnt see the point after playing the game, i hadnt actually heard the bad rep. IF its worth it though i suppose i will

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> Actually it takes place almost 5 years after Halo 3, not 3 years.

Correction: It’s four years after Halo 3, not five or three.

Four years drifting in space.

As for the time on spent on Requiem? Who knows? At least a couple days after being pulled in since the jungle level. It’s not the first or second level (to which the former is combat taking place on what’s left of the Forward Unto Dawn).

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> > @Austin
> >
> > oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
> >
> > I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.
>
> Forerunner parking garages you mean?

What’s wrong with that? Besides, the Dyson’s Sphere interior is some 550 thousand times the surface area of the Earth. Did you really expect the Spartans and company to find all of its secrets while walking on it? If there is anything else there I’m sure ONI will find it or the Engineers will show it to them.

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> > > @Austin
> > >
> > > oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
> > >
> > > I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.
> >
> > Forerunner parking garages you mean?
>
> What’s wrong with that? Besides, the Dyson’s Sphere interior is some 550 thousand times the surface area of the Earth. Did you really expect the Spartans and company to find all of its secrets while walking on it? If there is anything else there I’m sure ONI will find it or the Engineers will show it to them.

Just an exaggeration, but after 5 years or so of waiting for the continuation of Halsey and co., it was disappointing. We already knew ships were docked in Shield Worlds. I’m sure it will get more love later on, but still.

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> > > > @Austin
> > > >
> > > > oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
> > > >
> > > > I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.
> > >
> > > Forerunner parking garages you mean?
> >
> > What’s wrong with that? Besides, the Dyson’s Sphere interior is some 550 thousand times the surface area of the Earth. Did you really expect the Spartans and company to find all of its secrets while walking on it? If there is anything else there I’m sure ONI will find it or the Engineers will show it to them.
>
> Just an exaggeration, but after 5 years or so of waiting for the continuation of Halsey and co., it was disappointing. We already knew ships were docked in Shield Worlds. I’m sure it will get more love later on, but still.

Perhaps but technically the Dyson’s Sphere itself is the important discovery because unlike the Shield World from Halo Wars, this one survived and returned to normal space under UNSC control.

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> > > > > @Austin
> > > > >
> > > > > oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
> > > > >
> > > > > I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.
> > > >
> > > > Forerunner parking garages you mean?
> > >
> > > What’s wrong with that? Besides, the Dyson’s Sphere interior is some 550 thousand times the surface area of the Earth. Did you really expect the Spartans and company to find all of its secrets while walking on it? If there is anything else there I’m sure ONI will find it or the Engineers will show it to them.
> >
> > Just an exaggeration, but after 5 years or so of waiting for the continuation of Halsey and co., it was disappointing. We already knew ships were docked in Shield Worlds. I’m sure it will get more love later on, but still.
>
> Perhaps but technically the Dyson’s Sphere itself is the important discovery because unlike the Shield World from Halo Wars, <mark>this one survived and returned to normal space under UNSC control.</mark>

Until Jul inevitably finds some way to control it. Calling it now. But still, some nifty things, but overall it didn’t satisfy MY wait.

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I doubt he could go for a whole year without encountering the Ancient Enemy.

It is 1/3 of the way into the Campaign, probably no more than a few days.

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> > > > > > @Austin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > oh wow, so i was a bit off with the amount of time between the games lol. My bad.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I semi agree with your last comment. I hate the way Dr Halsey was portrayed, it was really unfair IMO, but i really enjoyed the rest of the book. Either way <mark>i really liked her/343’s “version” of Shield Worlds</mark>, and i think if done right, could be an powerfull story telling element for Halo 4.
> > > > >
> > > > > Forerunner parking garages you mean?
> > > >
> > > > What’s wrong with that? Besides, the Dyson’s Sphere interior is some 550 thousand times the surface area of the Earth. Did you really expect the Spartans and company to find all of its secrets while walking on it? If there is anything else there I’m sure ONI will find it or the Engineers will show it to them.
> > >
> > > Just an exaggeration, but after 5 years or so of waiting for the continuation of Halsey and co., it was disappointing. We already knew ships were docked in Shield Worlds. I’m sure it will get more love later on, but still.
> >
> > Perhaps but technically the Dyson’s Sphere itself is the important discovery because unlike the Shield World from Halo Wars, <mark>this one survived and returned to normal space under UNSC control.</mark>
>
> Until Jul inevitably finds some way to control it. Calling it now. But still, some nifty things, but overall it didn’t satisfy MY wait.

Taking the Dyson Sphere? Unlikely. Very unlikely. But I do think they capture some engineers…