But what is the UNSC doing in requiem?
my theory is kinda obvious since it is repurposed for peace. Like how with Onyx. That the UNSC probably went to Requiem to harvest more forerunner artifacts and tech, to ‘forward humanity’ and to make it a new colony. It doesnt need to be terraformed, it hard two surfaces to colonize, no tectonic activity, and a central sun. Plus the only ones who could get in are humans and forerunners (covvies went in because they were sucked along with Dawn. But i feel like its something more.
One strange question is how come the outer surface has no vegetation etc. Onyx and the shield world SoF had a vegetated and liveable surface, but onyx does not. Also these previous shield worlds have no prometheans, and the one in halo wars was infected by flood, and got into the dyson sphere. How did they get in there with all the sentinels inside. Isnt their purpose to also sterilise the infection? Did the prometheans fail? How did the flood get inside?
They either followed the distress beacon Cortana had set, or they had some information that led them to Requiem and did not expect Chief and Cortana to be there too.
Infinity/UNSC: The Forward Unto Dawn dirfted into Requiem (possibly sent there by Mendicant Bias).
The UNSC Infinity was likely patrolling the nearby systems as Storm Covenant activity was increasing. (They (Covenant) were looking for Requiem). The Covenant found Requiem and were sucked inside, and that is where the Infinity picked up Cortana’s beacon inside the planet. The Infinity arrived to respond to the beacon, I’m pretty sure the Infinity was not directly looking for Requiem, nor would they plan to colonize it after what appears to happen there.
Requiem: is quite different. Instead of a standard Shield World, (habitable outer surface and inner core with a sun) Requiem is an actual planet, encased in a massive Forerunner shell. No artificial star, artificial lighting from the shell.
Halo Wars: Its unknown what really caused the outbreak on the Shield World in Halo Wars. It may just be from a failing containment protocol, or inefficient ways of keeping them out. The Sentinels were likely taken back to the core as the Flood infested the outer surface. There were no known survivng Forerunners able to help, and they probably didn’t have a good way to alert the installations.
> The UNSC Infinity was likely patrolling the nearby systems as Storm Covenant activity was increasing.
This can’t be the case unless Master Chief’s half of the ship went through the portal, was still cut in half, and went to a location different from Earth.
I’m not saying that’s not possible. It’s just nothing has mentioned that, as far as I know. In Halo 3, it just appears that the portal closed while the Dawn was in the middle of passing through it.
The portal was near the Ark, which was far outside of the galaxy, so there’s no way that the Infinity was just randomly passing by. There are no nearby systems.
> > The UNSC Infinity was likely patrolling the nearby systems as Storm Covenant activity was increasing.
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> This can’t be the case unless Master Chief’s half of the ship went through the portal, was still cut in half, and went to a location different from Earth.
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> I’m not saying that’s not possible. It’s just nothing has mentioned that, as far as I know. In Halo 3, it just appears that the portal closed while the Dawn was in the middle of passing through it.
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> The portal was near the Ark, which was far outside of the galaxy, so there’s no way that the Infinity was just randomly passing by. There are no nearby systems.
Master chief was teleported too, somewhere near requiem.
> > The UNSC Infinity was likely patrolling the nearby systems as Storm Covenant activity was increasing.
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> This can’t be the case unless Master Chief’s half of the ship went through the portal, was still cut in half, and went to a location different from Earth.
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> I’m not saying that’s not possible. It’s just nothing has mentioned that, as far as I know. In Halo 3, it just appears that the portal closed while the Dawn was in the middle of passing through it.
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> The portal was near the Ark, which was far outside of the galaxy, so there’s no way that the Infinity was just randomly passing by. There are no nearby systems.
It did.
Requiem’s location is still mostly unknown, but we’ve known that Chief made it through the portal. We also know that Mendicant Bias likely altered the destination so it would send the Chief to Requiem.
The Chief most likely didn’t end up right outsde Requiem for 5 years, but they probably arrived farther out and drifted towards it.
From what we can understand, Mendicant Bias tampered with the Portal. When the Frigate was passing through it collasped. Slicing the Dawn in half, but not before pulling the rest in. The Arbiter’s half was able to make it along the collasping portal back to Earth, appearing somewhere in Earth’s atmosphere. The Chief’s side was probably dropped out somewhere near the edge of the galaxy, where it drifted towards Requiem.
I mean, the simplest explanation of what we see at the end of Halo 3 is that the portal closed while the ship was passing through it, cutting it in half.
I realize that Mendicant or someone else could have done something like what you’re describing (though it’s still odd that he would cut the ship in half, and how exactly does that happen?), but where is the evidence for this? As far as I know, there is no media released that sheds any details on this other than the ending of Halo 3.
“And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I’m not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.”
> But why do you guys think this?
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> I mean, the simplest explanation of what we see at the end of Halo 3 is that the portal closed while the ship was passing through it, cutting it in half.
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> I realize that Mendicant or someone else could have done something like what you’re describing (though it’s still odd that he would cut the ship in half, and how exactly does that happen?), but where is the evidence for this? As far as I know, there is no media released that sheds any details on this other than the ending of Halo 3.
It’s very simple: If the Chief’s section of the Dawn had remained by the Ark, he would have died from the activation of Installation 04B. The whole Dawn made it into the Portal. Due to the instability of the Portal, the ship was ripped in half. With a little help from Mendicant Bias, one half was sent to Requiem.
That explanation does make sense, though to be honest, I was never clear on whether the Halo effect actually occurred, or whether the ring just got destroyed, killing and destroying mostly everything, ensuring that even if some flood did survive, the Gravemind probably would not and any Flood that did survive would have no way to leave the immediate area. Remember, the the Ark was very far outside of the galaxy.
> Imagine a planet, then encase it in a big shell. That’s requiem.
I don’t think that’s right… imagine the big shell, and the inside surface of the shell is covered in land/water, ala a Halo ring, and in the very center is an artificial sun. THAT’S Requiem. It’s exactly like the shield world in Halo Wars.