Underneath the UNSC research base stationed at Impact, a large column of glowing stone gives an eerie essence. ONI research has stated this particular specimen to predate most Forerunner artifact by millions of years. While we are all aware that all traces of the Precursor civilization were shattered after the Halos were fired, the artifact is heavily weathered, and the orange crystalline material we are seeing may be some form of protective coating. Not only does the eerie sounds of the blackness of space shroud this map in mystery, but the shattered Planetoid that sits in the horizon like a hideous specter may have been once home to the Timelock once inhabited by the Primordial countless millenia ago. Could this column of glowing stone be home to a relic of the Precursors, will the map make a more canonical appearance in future Halo titles?
Discuss…
It has got to be Precursor in origin. I was hoping, if there ever was a second season of Spartan Ops that Impact might be used to introduce the Precursors.
343 hints at the Precursors everywhere, I believe we will be seeing them before long. Technically we already have in Halo 2/3 with the Gravemind.
As for the artifact on Impact, I’ve always thought of it as a piece of Precursor Star Road that survived the Halo’s fire and impacted on that asteroid.
It’d be cool for them to make a forge map based in the UNSC base that shows the research conducted there, it’s a shame that it is at such an odd angle making it impossible to build anything.
The nebulae resemble monolith’s as well.
I also think it’s a Precursor artifact of some kind.
I also find it interesting that it’s gold. Perhaps Precursor artifacts could be gold in order to contrast how Forerunner artifacts are silver.
Never paid attention to the description. Wow, nice job OP.
i thought the artifact was the hologram thing above the rock
I think the hologram is a way to unlock the artifact trapped in the rock? I mean UNSC or ONI couldve easily broken down that rock but they didnt and its coated in gold
I always imagined that precursor stuff would be bronze/gold
And yeah I got that weird feel looking at that artifact. Perhaps… Bold statement here, what if its the Organon? I know it should be destroyed by Halo Array. But I mean, what would be the point of saying it got destroyed if were to never make an apperance in the halo universe again?
> I think the hologram is a way to unlock the artifact trapped in the rock? I mean UNSC or ONI couldve easily broken down that rock but they didnt and its coated in gold
The Hologram also serves as built-in magnet that hooks the Central Floor Cap object directly to the floor.
It could very well be part of the Precursor structure however…
> I always imagined that precursor stuff would be bronze/gold
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> And yeah I got that weird feel looking at that artifact. Perhaps… Bold statement here, what if its the Organon? I know it should be destroyed by Halo Array. But I mean, what would be the point of saying it got destroyed if were to never make an apperance in the halo universe again?
I do too. It’s unfortunately silver.
> I always imagined that precursor stuff would be bronze/gold
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> And yeah I got that weird feel looking at that artifact. Perhaps… Bold statement here, what if its the Organon? I know it should be destroyed by Halo Array. <mark>But I mean, what would be the point of saying it got destroyed if were to never make an apperance in the halo universe again?</mark>
To possibly explain why the Halo 4 terminals are inaccurate?
I strongly doubt a multiplayer level would be the location of something so important as a somehow surviving organnon.
Since the organnon is the domain, it being on some random rock floating in space feels rather…random.
> I strongly doubt a multiplayer level would be the location of something so important as a somehow surviving organnon.
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> Since the organnon is the domain, it being on some random rock floating in space feels rather…random.
Good point. It’s probably just a Precursor artifact, and we’ll never hear about ever again, probably like those lizard things on Abandon.