Honestly, I hope Halo 5 takes place on a Halo ring, or even the Ark. I feel that Halo 4 had a great campaign, but it was missing a vital piece: the Halo ring. We only saw it a few times in the campaign, and we never landed on it. I think that we should go back to the focus of the Halo series: Halo itself.
Who knows were Halo 5 will be. Probably over the series of many locations of course, but we can make inferences.
Sanghelios is, IMO, the most obvious assumption right now. We’ve seen concept art of a desert-like planet with a statue of an Elite in the background, and the promo cover for the game looks similar to what that art piece is showing.
Installation 07 should definitely be coming into play here soon. I think that Infinity’s mission (or one of them) was to set up investigative bases on the ring. The Flood were a major part of the Halo storyline. They can’t be ignored for long.
I suspect that maybe the case since the Flood are supposed to return from Halo Wars, the other Halo rings are unknown plus it’s possible that the Librarian built a 2nd Arc somewhere just in case the first one fails, even if it’s a prototype version. So there could be a Pro-Arc/Ring out there that was used to test the design before building them on a mass scale. Also I suspect if there was any that it be in the outer rims of the galaxy where some Forerunners might actually still exist.
Based off the outcome of The Next 72 Hours, I’m expecting both Chief and Locke to visit a variety of locations. After all, at the end of tenth issue, when asked by Kelly where they would go next, John responded with,
“Anywhere we’re needed.”
Essentially, I’m expecting Blue Team’s self-assigned (which counts as AWOL) missions to visit a variety of places where “they are needed” and will eventually draw them to the Ark. Locke, a significant amount of time later (at least 6 months due to how Chief going AWOL occurs in late July of 2557 and Locke’s arc seems to be at some point in 2558), will follow in their footsteps to find them.
Come to think of it, “anywhere we’re needed” fits perfectly with the name Halo 5: Guardians.
Now I’m going go on a tangent in terms of the 6+ month separation between Chief’s and Locke’s arc (if it indeed exists) and how it effects Locke’s motives. He said to Thel that his orders were a result of the UNSC “wanting him back,” but you’d think that if that was the ONLY reason, the UNSC would have sent a team to find him immediately after he left rather than 6+ months later. Clearly, something has happened between now (Chief’s arc) and then that has compelled the UNSC/ONI to finally decide to find him and also use an excessively elite squad of Spartan-IV’s to carry out the task.
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> Based off the outcome of The Next 72 Hours, I’m expecting both Chief and Locke to visit a variety of locations. After all, at the end of tenth issue, when asked by Kelly where they would go next, John responded with,
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> Essentially, I’m expecting Blue Team’s self-assigned (which counts as AWOL) missions to visit a variety of places where “they are needed” and will eventually draw them to the Ark. Locke, a significant amount of time later (at least 6 months due to how Chief going AWOL occurs in late July of 2557 and Locke’s arc seems to be at some point in 2558), will follow in their footsteps to find them.
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> Come to think of it, “anywhere we’re needed” fits perfectly with the name Halo 5: Guardians.
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> Now I’m going go on a tangent in terms of the 6+ month separation between Chief’s and Locke’s arc (if it indeed exists) and how it effects Locke’s motives. He said to Thel that his orders were a result of the UNSC “wanting him back,” but you’d think that if that was the ONLY reason, the UNSC would have sent a team to find him immediately after he left rather than 6+ months later. Clearly, something has happened between now (Chief’s arc) and then that has compelled the UNSC/ONI to finally decide to find him and also use an excessively elite squad of Spartan-IV’s to carry out the task.
I think the first mission will be John and Blue Team, ending in a cliffhanger where he disappears (and for co-op purposes Blue Team will join him non-canonically, or maybe in an alternate universe type of thing, I wonder if the cutscenes will adapt to the number of active players). Then it’s all about Locke until the mystery is solved.
So my guess for the locations is this:
-Forerunner installation where John goes AWOL (possibly after revealing/confirming that the Didact is still alive post-Escalation)
-Locke’s missions then take him through a human colony (seen in the first concept art), Sanghelios (possibly interacting with Jul Mdama and Halsey)
-Finally, we reunite with Master Chief at the Ark’s ruins, where the rest of the game unfolds and where he and Locke cross paths
Should be a bit longer than Halo 4
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> Essentially, I’m expecting Blue Team’s self-assigned (which counts as AWOL) missions to visit a variety of places where “they are needed” and will eventually draw them to the Ark. Locke, a significant amount of time later (at least 6 months due to how Chief going AWOL occurs in late July of 2557 and Locke’s arc seems to be at some point in 2558), will follow in their footsteps to find them.
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> Now I’m going go on a tangent in terms of the 6+ month separation between Chief’s and Locke’s arc (if it indeed exists) and how it effects Locke’s motives. He said to Thel that his orders were a result of the UNSC “wanting him back,” but you’d think that if that was the ONLY reason, the UNSC would have sent a team to find him immediately after he left rather than 6+ months later. Clearly, something has happened between now (Chief’s arc) and then that has compelled the UNSC/ONI to finally decide to find him and also use an excessively elite squad of Spartan-IV’s to carry out the task.
Lord Hood told them to rest, meaning that they are techically on leave. They just chose to spend it doing something constructive. John probably went on his own at some point. I doubt he would risk Linda, Kelly and Fred being punished because of him.
The UNSC wants him back because a new threat (possibly surviving Precursors or Flood from the Forerunner-Flood War) has emerged. Locke is assisted by the Arbiter because the unknown threat is also a danger to the Swords of Sangheilios.
Now that John’s geas has been unlocked, he is being guided by the Librarian. The geas could also have included the essence of a Forerunner or an Ancient Human. I personally think he is looking for Chant-To-Green, the Iso-Didact and the other surviving Forerunners. At the very least, he is looking for Medicant Bias. Possibly a way of getting Cortana back too.
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> I suspect that maybe the case since the Flood are supposed to return from Halo Wars, the other Halo rings are unknown plus it’s possible that the Librarian built a 2nd Arc somewhere just in case the first one fails, even if it’s a prototype version. So there could be a Pro-Arc/Ring out there that was used to test the design before building them on a mass scale. Also I suspect if there was any that it be in the outer rims of the galaxy where some Forerunners might actually still exist.
There is a second ark, the Greater Ark, but the Librarian didn’t have anything to do with it. It was built because of the Master Builder. It’s located outside the Milky Way galaxy.
The UNSC and the Swords of Sanghelios currently have forces stationed in orbit above Installation 07. The Flood is present on the ring and is for the moment, contained.
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> > Essentially, I’m expecting Blue Team’s self-assigned (which counts as AWOL) missions to visit a variety of places where “they are needed” and will eventually draw them to the Ark. Locke, a significant amount of time later (at least 6 months due to how Chief going AWOL occurs in late July of 2557 and Locke’s arc seems to be at some point in 2558), will follow in their footsteps to find them.
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> Lord Hood told them to rest, meaning that they are techically on leave. They just chose to spend it doing something constructive. John probably went on his own at some point. I doubt he would risk Linda, Kelly and Fred being punished because of him.
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> The UNSC wants him back because a new threat (possibly surviving Precursors or Flood from the Forerunner-Flood War) has emerged. Locke is assisted by the Arbiter because the unknown threat is also a danger to the Swords of Sangheilios.
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> Now that John’s geas has been unlocked, he is being guided by the Librarian. The geas could also have included the essence of a Forerunner or an Ancient Human. I personally think he is looking for Chant-To-Green, the Iso-Didact and the other surviving Forerunners. At the very least, he is looking for Medicant Bias. Possibly a way of getting Cortana back too.
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The Greater Ark was built first for the original 12 rings. It was destroyed near the end of Halo: Silentium
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Is there a source for that?
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> > > Essentially, I’m expecting Blue Team’s self-assigned (which counts as AWOL) missions to visit a variety of places where “they are needed” and will eventually draw them to the Ark. Locke, a significant amount of time later (at least 6 months due to how Chief going AWOL occurs in late July of 2557 and Locke’s arc seems to be at some point in 2558), will follow in their footsteps to find them.
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> > > Now I’m going go on a tangent in terms of the 6+ month separation between Chief’s and Locke’s arc (if it indeed exists) and how it effects Locke’s motives. He said to Thel that his orders were a result of the UNSC “wanting him back,” but you’d think that if that was the ONLY reason, the UNSC would have sent a team to find him immediately after he left rather than 6+ months later. Clearly, something has happened between now (Chief’s arc) and then that has compelled the UNSC/ONI to finally decide to find him and also use an excessively elite squad of Spartan-IV’s to carry out the task.
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> > Now that John’s geas has been unlocked, he is being guided by the Librarian. The geas could also have included the essence of a Forerunner or an Ancient Human. I personally think he is looking for Chant-To-Green, the Iso-Didact and the other surviving Forerunners. At the very least, he is looking for Medicant Bias. Possibly a way of getting Cortana back too.
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> > > I suspect that maybe the case since the Flood are supposed to return from Halo Wars, the other Halo rings are unknown plus it’s possible that the Librarian built a 2nd Arc somewhere just in case the first one fails, even if it’s a prototype version. So there could be a Pro-Arc/Ring out there that was used to test the design before building them on a mass scale. Also I suspect if there was any that it be in the outer rims of the galaxy where some Forerunners might actually still exist.
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> 1. The Greater Ark was built first for the original 12 rings. It was destroyed near the end of Halo: Silentium
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- You are correct. I could have sworn it was only badly damaged at the end of Silentium.
- Catalog. I think that topic is gone now after they changed this forum, but you can find confirmation in installation 07’s Halopedia page.