So… I played the campeign and I like it, I do but it could have been better (I’ll explain how later). Mainly I am here to address the Huge plot holes that exist and to question how they appeared.
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The domain is Precursor- not forunner (even though lots of forunner conciousnes is in it). The incorrect statement that the domain was of forunner creation was mentioned at least once in the campeign. Just, why contradict your story like that Frank? Was that a test, and if so what do I get for passing?
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The domain was destroyed upon the firing of the halo array by the forunners in defense against the flood. Also confirmed by the gravemind that imprinted the lord of admirals that told the librarian (and she believed it (not to be discredited)) . This one is probably the biggest flaw in the story by far.
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The domain could only be contacted by the forunners through “harupsis”. Proves the forerunners didn’t have any sort of facility to do so OR harupsis was the warden eternal but makes no sense considering he could have called himself harupsis if he was.
Really surprised all this made it to the finished game before frank corrected the story team.
Oh, forgot how it could have been better, lol. Cortana contacts chief to look for her and he does then Locke is sent after him (if he should even be in at all). Locke catches up with the chief and they understand their goal is the same (to just find cortana) and keep looking. Then they find her captive of a forunner thing then beat it then TAKE HER HOME.
While I would appreciate the higher ups that control story and universe to respond to this I know that probably won’t be the case. But I know some people can.
is what I know either, 100% true or somehow 100% not the truth (retconned)?
i really would appreciate an answer here
First of all you are absolutley right that the Domain was destroyed. The only conceivable way it might (and this is pushing it) have survived is if the Precursor device (or series of devices) responsible for generating the Domain were in slipspace at the time that the Halo array was fired. Keep in mind that this is only an assumption based on the fact that the Didact survived in the Slipspace cocoon generated by his Cryptum. If that was the case, how come the Didact was still psychotic and obsessed with the destruction of Humanity? One would think after 10 000 years of being in contact with something as powerful as the Domain, it would have at the very least helped him overcome his hatred of Humanity.
Secondly as per the end of Halo 4 we see Cortana literally decompile her rampant matrix to overload the Didact’s ships Composer shielding. A small portion being held back to wrap the Chief in a shield of Slipspace energy to prevent his death from a Havok nuke. How could she have been absorbed into the Domain and supposedly cured of her (almost) incurable rampancy, when she was literally torn apart to stop the Didact?
Another hole to point out is that the Covanent vehicles and weapons are somehow compleatly modified from any other design we have seen before. Before the fall of the Covanant any and all tech info was stored and accessed only by the Prophets (San’Shyuum) and the Engeneers (Huragok). Since the Huragok left the Covanant, and were adopted by Humanity, the Covanant remnants aka the Elites (Sangheili) had no technical knowledge. After the fall of the Covanant they had a hard time re-learning basic agriculture and government. They literally would not be able to modify something as advanced as a plasma based, antimatter powered Wraith tank. This could be explained by the Forerunner’s Promethians, but… I doubt it.
Long story short, the campaign was disappointing. It left far to many holes in the story. For anybody who has read the Halo books, played the Halo games, and been inspired by the story, the campaign was a huge confusing disappointment.
I dont think it was confusing. I would not even say disappointing because it succeeds in making me interested in halo 6 which is what a story is meant to do. Sad to think even with these holes it was a better story than all modern COD games lol. Any way, the holes dont really make it confusing, at least for me, it was still easy to follow. Catching these holes is a good thing for future games, it may lead to an explanation in future external lore or future games.
Good job catching these holes guys.
If I recall correctly about the Domain, the reason the Librarian locked the Ur-Didact away in it was because he could study it, however, in Silentium it’s revealed to the Librarian that the Organon was the Domain the whole time, and that locking the Ur-Didact away was a huge mistake because now he’s just stuck in there and crazy, which was the whole reason for the events of Halo 4…I don’t have a clue as to what they were thinking.
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> If I recall correctly about the Domain, the reason the Librarian locked the Ur-Didact away in it was because he could study it, however, in Silentium it’s revealed to the Librarian that the Organon was the Domain the whole time, and that locking the Ur-Didact away was a huge mistake because now he’s just stuck in there and crazy, which was the whole reason for the events of Halo 4…I don’t have a clue as to what they were thinking.
I think the assumption is that the Domain fixed itself over time, though just WHEN is a problem. Had to be pretty recent otherwise I fail to see how the Didact could not tap into it whereas Cortana seems to access it fairly soon after the Didact’s attack on Earth.
So I’ve read the books and from how the Forerunner trilogy was presented as a retelling from guilty spark to someone, I think its possible (though unlikely) Halsey was not aware of the domains actual makers and concluded that it must have been forerunner. Precursors have not been mentioned yet in the games as far as i know. all in all though if youve read the books and the comics the story besides these holes should not have been hard to grasp, and i actually liked it. though would have liked to see more blue team.
So I recently found two books that I had not known about and they may lead to some well needed answers. So far as I can tell from what I’ve read so far, it could be possible for Cortana to have survived. SPOILERS!!! Ok so one of the characters is a Forerunner AI responsible for tending to the Ark. Tragic Solotude 000. And so far he seems to have similar views on life in the galaxy as the Halo 5 Cortana. My theory is that when Cortana decompiled herself on Mantles Approch, the Didact’s ship, some parts of her fragmented matrix could have merged with or been recompiled by Solotude. That could explain why she thought the Domain had “cured” her of her rampancy. An extension of that theory could explain how Cortana could contact Master Chief as we see in the beginning of Halo 5. Another fragment got lost or was left behind in Master Cheif’s nural implant.
So far the book I’m reading has at least began to sort out the confusion the Halo 5 campaign left us with. Hopefully more questions will be answered and holes will be filled as I continue reading. 
I think we need to consider that perhaps we shouldn’t be trusting Cortana as an information source in the story of Halo 5 as we’re not even sure if it’s her.
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> So… I played the campeign and I like it, I do but it could have been better (I’ll explain how later). Mainly I am here to address the Huge plot holes that exist and to question how they appeared.
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> 1. The domain is Precursor- not forunner (even though lots of forunner conciousnes is in it). The incorrect statement that the domain was of forunner creation was mentioned at least once in the campeign. Just, why contradict your story like that Frank? Was that a test, and if so what do I get for passing?
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> 2. The domain was destroyed upon the firing of the halo array by the forunners in defense against the flood. Also confirmed by the gravemind that imprinted the lord of admirals that told the librarian (and she believed it (not to be discredited)) . This one is probably the biggest flaw in the story by far.
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> 3. The domain could only be contacted by the forunners through “harupsis”. Proves the forerunners didn’t have any sort of facility to do so OR harupsis was the warden eternal but makes no sense considering he could have called himself harupsis if he was.
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> Really surprised all this made it to the finished game before frank corrected the story team.
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t want to accept that humanity was the Precursors choice and most did not know of them by the point of the trilogy. Forerunner AIs probs wouldnt be told that they betrayed THE Precursors because “Daddy we want the mantle! :’(”
- It was never fully understand by the forerunners. They was confused when it started playing up towards the end of the forerunner-flood war.
- The chief got messed with by the Liberian and Cortana was connected to it via her. We also don`t knoiw what exactly “Harupsis” Is yet.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the games going forward aren’t necessarily using the books and extended content storylines as canon are they?
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> Correct me if I’m wrong but the games going forward aren’t necessarily using the books and extended content storylines as canon are they?
To my knowledge they are
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> > Correct me if I’m wrong but the games going forward aren’t necessarily using the books and extended content storylines as canon are they?
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they are connected
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> > If I recall correctly about the Domain, the reason the Librarian locked the Ur-Didact away in it was because he could study it, however, in Silentium it’s revealed to the Librarian that the Organon was the Domain the whole time, and that locking the Ur-Didact away was a huge mistake because now he’s just stuck in there and crazy, which was the whole reason for the events of Halo 4…I don’t have a clue as to what they were thinking.
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> I think the assumption is that the Domain fixed itself over time, though just WHEN is a problem. Had to be pretty recent otherwise I fail to see how the Didact could not tap into it whereas Cortana seems to access it fairly soon after the Didact’s attack on Earth.
I believe that the Domain was destroyed, but it was never “fixed” after the fact. The Halo Array destroyed the Domain, a sentient collection of knowledge, but did not destroy any additions the Forerunners added to it. The platforms in The Breaking are clearly Forerunner, and remote access to the Domain from other Forerunner installations is obviously not a Precursor design. Otherwise, the Domain, a Precursor artifact, would be unable to grant Cortana the ability to access and control Forerunner constructs and installations.
Notice how empty the Domain is in Halo 5. Would you expect such a wealth of knowledge to be entirely composed of a few clouds surrounding a massive vacuum? The Domain is like a cleared hard drive: All that remains is an empty shell.