I decided to read through my copy of Halo: The Essential Visual guide, and I noticed that the page on the Ark says:
> The Ark can only be reached using a Forerunner keyship to activate a gateway Portal buried on specific planets in the galaxy.
So if Earth isn’t the only planet with a portal, where could the other portals be buried.
I would imagine that, if there are multiple portals, there are multiple Keyships as well. Theoretically an alien race(s) could come across both of these and use them to get to the Ark, which might make the Ark a good place to meet new alien life and cultures, and possibly a way to quickly traverse the galaxy in the future.
Well, we know of one other portal so far, though it appears to be a little different from the one on Earth. This could be due to how the one on Earth came to be.
It’s worth mentioning that, in Silentium, the IsoDidact needed a set of coordinates to Reach the lesser Ark. Granted, he didn’t have a Keyship with him, and I think it said he had to go to a specific portal (though I am not sure. Don’t quote me on that).
On another note, we have to wonder how many Key ships survived. Halo Legends shows them being used to reseed various planets after the Halo Array fired, but this could have been artistic license.
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There appears to be one on Vertigo too!
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> There appears to be one on Vertigo too!
Really? Where?
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> Really? Where?
I believe they’re referring to the storm, which looks similar to the one in Halo 3 that is formed by the Covenant digging up the portal. However, this storm is seemingly naturally occurring, and doesn’t point to the existence of a portal.
Didn’t even notice the portal on High Noon, I guess that further confirms that there are others. Too bad we don’t know where High Noon is.
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> I believe they’re referring to the storm, which looks similar to the one in Halo 3 that is formed by the Covenant digging up the portal. However, this storm is seemingly naturally occurring, and doesn’t point to the existence of a portal.
That’s what I figured, but I wanted to check.
> Didn’t even notice the portal on High Noon, I guess that further confirms that there are others. Too bad we don’t know where High Noon is.
Too bad, indeed. It begs the question as to whether we will ever really see another one of these portals in the main fiction.
Anyone know if there any more Keyships left?
> Anyone know if there any more Keyships left?
The Janus Key does.