We have been given lots of details on various things on the halo universe, yet many others are still a mystery. What would you choose for 343 to pull the curtain back on next if given the chance?
Oh so many things…
- The Rain Forest Wars - Admiral Preston Cole’s possible survival - Ancient humanity (their alliance with the ancient San Shyuum as a bonus) - The war between the stoic and reformist San Shayuum Broken Circle did a lot to get this ball rolling, but I want more - The formation of ONI and how it became such a massive organization (Parangosky’s backstory would work well here) - Colonel Watts’ backstory - How the Librarian and the Didact met - The Precursor-Forerunner War and how that led to the creation of the Flood - The Ussan Sangheili and how they integrated into modern Sangheili societyI’m sure I will think of plenty more, but these are off the top of my head.
A novel or short story that focuses on the Silent Shadow as they attempt to hunt down a Spartan would be great.
More on Jiralhanae culture, please! They’re the only Covenant species with clearly defined genders that we have yet to meet a female character for, and I am curious as to their roles in their society!
I’d love a book written from the perspective of a Spartan that takes the reader through every minute of wearing his/her armor for an entire work day. It would go into every single detail like how the visor compensates for crap on it after sneezing on it.
Also, I’d love one written from the perspective of a scientist and/or engineer that discusses Forerunner, human, and/or Covenant tech in great detail. So, there’d be some heavy sci-fi engineering discussion in it.
I don’t think there is any material like that above out right now. But please correct me if there is so I can go have a look.
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> More on Jiralhanae culture, please! They’re the only Covenant species with clearly defined genders that we have yet to meet a female character for, and I am curious as to their roles in their society!
True, think the closest we have for the females is just taking care of cubs. I would imagine other roles they have would reflect what women had in Germanic tribes.
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> > More on Jiralhanae culture, please! They’re the only Covenant species with clearly defined genders that we have yet to meet a female character for, and I am curious as to their roles in their society!
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> True, think the closest we have for the females is just taking care of cubs. I would imagine other roles they have would reflect what women had in Germanic tribes.
If it turns out there’s a rarely-happening-but-existing thing like shield maidens for Jiralhanae, I will be nodding so hard in approval.
I would like for 343 to expand on New Mombasan citizens trying to rebuild their city but ONI not letting them because of the giant Forerunner artifact sitting there.
Or maybe where did Guilty Spark go? Like, I need to know where my favourite Monitor of Installation 04 be at. Please, 343, bring him back, don’t let his storyline go nowhere.
Significant technical information about the M808 and M820 Scorpions would be cool. Like types of ammo, performance stats, and more lore, Like a “Get Inside” for the Scorpion. Like what generation of tank is the m808 and m820 Scorpions?
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Or what type of targeting systems and driver HUD does it use? A type of VISR Mode with a 1,200 meter range motion tracker similar to what the ODSTs and the Prototype suit use? Whats the driver cockpit look like?
How much and type types of Ammunition does the Scorpion use Tungsten APFSDS, HESH, HE and Cannister Shells? We know they at least have “Tungsten”, “HE”, and Canister Shells. And What types of guided munitions does the 150mm ETC launch in the M820 Scorpion?
What sort of performance does the M512 90mm SB-HV Gun have and 150mm ETC gun have? Autoloader reload speeds? Gun range, is it 9 kilometers (which is further than the Gauss Hog IIRC) what about more Info on the 105mm Cannon some Scorpions use in HALO: The Flood? Those at least have HE Shells. What about the 90mm, 150mm and 105mm Cannon’s muzzle velocities?
How about On-road and Off-road speeds? Hydrogen Turbine performance? How much power does it generate and what’s the fuel capacity?
What about the Unloaded Scorpion weight? We already know the M808C Scorpion is 66 tons when loaded fully. Crew kit? What guns and equipment do they get? Compact stuff like the M6, M7, M20 and MA5K?
How about NxRA (Non-Explosive Reactive Armor) Plates and Energy Shields? Do some scorpions use that? Is the “Ceramic” part of the Ceramic-Titanium Armor of the Scorpion Chobam armor? What about the Titanium, does the Halo: Warfleet regenerative, self sealing and spall protection from the ship Titanium-A also apply to the M808/820 Scorpions?
I want stuff on the Scorpion. A novel too with a crew in an armored battle between something. hell I’d take a short story like Halo: Evolutions
They’re not really doing a good job at creating or explaining the current lore, so none.
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> They’re not really doing a good job at creating or explaining the current lore, so none.
How so? Under Bungie we didn’t know the as much as we now. We have the forerunner novels, the book Broken Circle talking on the early days of the Covenant’s existence, the Warfleet book, Halo: Mythos, Halo:Fractures. When it comes to expanded lore would say we are doing better with 343 over Bungie.
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> > They’re not really doing a good job at creating or explaining the current lore, so none.
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> How so? Under Bungie we didn’t know the as much as we now. We have the forerunner novels, the book Broken Circle talking on the early days of the Covenant’s existence, the Warfleet book, Halo: Mythos, Halo:Fractures. When it comes to expanded lore would say we are doing better with 343 over Bungie.
Yeah… I actually find 343’s expanded lore to be some of the best content for the entire series. Broken Circle, Hunters in the Dark, Retribution, just to name a few fantastic books that I had a hard time putting down. And the great thing about it is how (except for Halo 5), you can pretty much ignore a large portion of the expanded lore and still understand and enjoy the games, which makes the series accessible to more casual fans.
The Prometheans themselves. Here and there they’ve touched on the idea: the most poignant example being the Knight at the end of Halo 5, the one that seems clearly distressed.
Personally I would like to see more on the brutes. Or any of the factions aside from elites would be pretty cool too.
On Halo Nightfall…How and why Spartan Randall able to leave the spartan program? Why did the Coventant attack that colony and which Coventant did it?
The Meddlers. Let me explain,
They’ve been touched on the absolute least in the lore, almost non-existent. An example is the Flood breakout on Delta Halo. There were a few A.I.’s in charge of watching over the flood containment facilities, but something bad happened inside the facility, so the entire place went into lockdown mode, and since the only way in was a teleportation system connecting to the inside, the circuits connecting the inside teleporters to the outside ones were disconnected and re-routed to the ones inside. So the system inside only connected to itself, and nothing could get out. But somehow the flood were able to escape through the teleported system, and the way the storytelling is told, it HEAVILY implies, almost practically waving a huge sign in the reader’s face, that there were other beings out there who are known to tamper, or “meddle” with Forerunner installations. If you want a better explanation, then just search up HiddenXperia’s video on the Meddlers. I want some more lore on them.
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> A novel or short story that focuses on the Silent Shadow as they attempt to hunt down a Spartan would be great.
To expand on what you said it would be nice if they also gave more info on their counter parts, the UNSC Headhunters. In particular the operatives that survived the Human-Covenant and now serve after the reorganisation of the Headhunter program.
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> The Meddlers. Let me explain,
> They’ve been touched on the absolute least in the lore, almost non-existent. An example is the Flood breakout on Delta Halo. There were a few A.I.’s in charge of watching over the flood containment facilities, but something bad happened inside the facility, so the entire place went into lockdown mode, and since the only way in was a teleportation system connecting to the inside, the circuits connecting the inside teleporters to the outside ones were disconnected and re-routed to the ones inside. So the system inside only connected to itself, and nothing could get out. But somehow the flood were able to escape through the teleported system, and the way the storytelling is told, it HEAVILY implies, almost practically waving a huge sign in the reader’s face, that there were other beings out there who are known to tamper, or “meddle” with Forerunner installations. If you want a better explanation, then just search up HiddenXperia’s video on the Meddlers. I want some more lore on them.
I knew you watched HiddenXperia from bringing them up. I 100% agree with this too. It’s been bastly unexplored with very little references to their existnece. 343i should take a chnace to capitalise on this and make this in however they want as Bungie hasn’t explored the behaviour and mannerisms of the meddlers even though they are most likely several different species at each time they appear. You also forgot the part with the unknown ship crashing on Installation-04.
If I were to choose a topic, I’d like new lore on Spartan-IIIs (in particular Mjolnir-clad S-IIIs like Kevin and Owen).
I want to know what happened to Gauntlet, Red and Echo Teams that we hear about after the mission New Alexandria. We know from a canon fodder article that Gauntlet, Red and Echo teams are all S-III Mjolnir-clad teams, not to confuse the Spartan III Red Team with the Spartan II Red Team that we hear of in Halo: The Fall of Reach.
If we don’t get new lore on Spartan-IIIs (besides what we see from Halo: Battle Born) then give us some new lore on ODSTs, particularly after the war as we know they are still active but that there numbers are significantly reduced due to the Spartan-IV programme. We know that the programme extends an invitation to exceptional performing UNSC personnel such as personnel from the ODSTs of the Marine Corps.
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> > The Meddlers. Let me explain,
> > They’ve been touched on the absolute least in the lore, almost non-existent. An example is the Flood breakout on Delta Halo. There were a few A.I.’s in charge of watching over the flood containment facilities, but something bad happened inside the facility, so the entire place went into lockdown mode, and since the only way in was a teleportation system connecting to the inside, the circuits connecting the inside teleporters to the outside ones were disconnected and re-routed to the ones inside. So the system inside only connected to itself, and nothing could get out. But somehow the flood were able to escape through the teleported system, and the way the storytelling is told, it HEAVILY implies, almost practically waving a huge sign in the reader’s face, that there were other beings out there who are known to tamper, or “meddle” with Forerunner installations. If you want a better explanation, then just search up HiddenXperia’s video on the Meddlers. I want some more lore on them.
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> I knew you watched HiddenXperia from bringing them up. I 100% agree with this too. It’s been bastly unexplored with very little references to their existnece. 343i should take a chnace to capitalise on this and make this in however they want as Bungie hasn’t explored the behaviour and mannerisms of the meddlers even though they are most likely several different species at each time they appear. You also forgot the part with the unknown ship crashing on Installation-04.
I didn’t really forget them, just didn’t want to blow the minds of people who don’t know. I’d really like some lore on the Spartan III’s as well. Maybe even a little bit of a reveal on Noble Six.(Am I reviving a dead thread?)