So in the MC Collection trailer, we see that the Arbiter is talking to Agent Locke, the ONI operative who is shown on the Halo 5: Guardians box art. We know they are searching for the Chief, but why?
I don’t think it is as clear cut as just they need him to save the galaxy again. Why do they have an ONI Spartan IV operative searching? With ONI involved, there is always something more than what we see on the surface, especially when taking into consideration the the Escalation comics where they will explain why the Chief left the Infinity crew and events taking place with the Chief after the end of Halo 4.
That theory sounds interesting, but if it were true that ONI wanted the Chief to study his evolution (and likely painfully experiment on him), then I don’t think the Arbiter would be helping ONI do that. Remember, the Librarian “upgraded” Chief to be able to withstand the Didact’s Composer. We all can pretty much assume that the Ur-Didact is still alive from Halo 4’s ending. Therefore, the “new threat” is probably the Didact and the UNSC needs the Chief to be able to combat the Didact since he is immune to “Knightization”. However, the Chief is currently in the deserts of the ruined Lesser Ark searching for Mendicant Bias to restore Cortana. The only problem I see with this theory is that the Arbiter’s words in the trailer seemed to have a much deeper message: “Forget the legends…You will have to do more than walk in his footsteps, for he is more than the sum of his actions…[t]he seeds of our future are sewn in his past.” There’s seems to be something deeper about Master Chief’s past that we aren’t getting…maybe his geas?
I agree, the return of the Flood is definitely a huge possibility. I definitely don’t believe the Ur-Didact died, but with his composer destroyed, I don’t know what the UNSC would need the Chief for, unless he of course more composers. The Forerunners did have many many installations, and Requiem was the Didact’s own, so he might have another place like Requiem.
> i haven’t read escalation, but i really want to !
> they explained why Chief left the infinity crew?
> care to explain ?
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> thanks!
Not yet, I believe July or August’s issue will explain it. As of right now, they are looking for the Spirit of Fire. As for the survivors on the SOF, it seems they might have evacuated. The last panel of the the most recent issue shows a Flood infection form roaming around the cryo-tubes.
> The main reason is likely the return of the Flood, or atleast thats the only real big thing I can think of.
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> Other than that, Im sure ONI has their own personal agenda. Perhaps to capture John and study his evolution which the Librarian has given him?
Not too far of a stretch to believe that ONI wants the Chief for studying, especially since they would have wanted Johnson for studying when he Survived the Destruction of Installation 04. Or, they might feel that the Chief is a possible threat. The E3 presentation, she talked about how the Chief is beginning to question his role, purpose and what he is fighting for.
ONI is very manipulative, and maybe they are tricking the Arbiter into aiding them in finding the Chief. Similar to how in the Kilo 5 books, ONI was selling weapons to the Storm, working their double agenda.
> Not too far of a stretch to believe that ONI wants the Chief for studying, especially since they would have wanted Johnson for studying when he Survived the Destruction of Installation 04. Or, they might feel that the Chief is a possible threat. The E3 presentation, she talked about how the Chief is beginning to question his role, purpose and what he is fighting for.
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> ONI is very manipulative, and maybe they are tricking the Arbiter into aiding them in finding the Chief. Similar to how in the Kilo 5 books, ONI was selling weapons to the Storm, working their double agenda.
They already explained why Sargent Johnson wasn’t infected by the flood during the event of Installation 04. The explanation is in the book Halo : First Strike. I think he got some kind of vaccine/shot/something that granted the immunity to flood/floods didn’t like his body because of the presence of the “injected stuff” in his body. He was later aboard a pelican with other survivors and later chief found them… NOT GONNA SPOIL THE BOOK TOO MUCH. YOU CAN GO READ IT YOURSELF!! Good luck reading it!
> > Not too far of a stretch to believe that ONI wants the Chief for studying, especially since they would have wanted Johnson for studying when he Survived the Destruction of Installation 04. Or, they might feel that the Chief is a possible threat. The E3 presentation, she talked about how the Chief is beginning to question his role, purpose and what he is fighting for.
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> > ONI is very manipulative, and maybe they are tricking the Arbiter into aiding them in finding the Chief. Similar to how in the Kilo 5 books, ONI was selling weapons to the Storm, working their double agenda.
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> They already explained why Sargent Johnson wasn’t infected by the flood during the event of Installation 04. The explanation is in the book Halo : First Strike. I think he got some kind of vaccine/shot/something that granted the immunity to flood/floods didn’t like his body because of the presence of the “injected stuff” in his body. He was later aboard a pelican with other survivors and later chief found them… NOT GONNA SPOIL THE BOOK TOO MUCH. YOU CAN GO READ IT YOURSELF!! Good luck reading it!
I’ve already read it. I was referring to that as an example of ONI wanting to dissect people. The reason the book gave was Boren’s Syndrome from plasma weapon radiation which was falsified by ONI. It was actually due to his Spartan I augmentations that didn’t allow him to be infected by the flood. Had ONI realized how close he came to being infected, they would have dissected him knowing that his Spartan I augmentations could provide immunity.
> > The main reason is likely the return of the Flood, or atleast thats the only real big thing I can think of.
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> > Other than that, Im sure ONI has their own personal agenda. Perhaps to capture John and study his evolution which the Librarian has given him?
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> Not too far of a stretch to believe that ONI wants the Chief for studying, especially since they would have wanted Johnson for studying when he Survived the Destruction of Installation 04. Or, they might feel that the Chief is a possible threat. The E3 presentation, she talked about how the Chief is beginning to question his role, purpose and what he is fighting for.
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> ONI is very manipulative, and maybe they are tricking the Arbiter into aiding them in finding the Chief. Similar to how in the Kilo 5 books, ONI was selling weapons to the Storm, working their double agenda.
I feel a little dumb for not realizing how Johnson survived the events of Halo 1 until now, and why the story of his survival was “classified” as he put it. The most likely reason ONI wants Master Chief so badly is because they want his mutation/evolution, whatever you want to call it. It could be their best shot at surviving the flood, or building a resistance to the further creation of human prometheans.
Not only is Chief a valuable genetic asset but he’s also a symbolic one. We all know that in the Halo universe that Spartans are symbols of humanity’s perseverance in the face of certain extinction and that spartans can never be marked KIA, only MIA. Maybe Chief’s return sparked some kind of increase in the morale of not just the soldiers of the UNSC, but humanity as a whole. A symbol like that isn’t exactly something you want to just slip away into the depths of space.
I’m not sure why he’s looking, but I get the feeling that the Arbiter doesn’t trust him.
I also think (don’t know why), that the reason why this agent is looking fir the Chief isn’t malicious.
I’m also seriously starting to entertain the idea now that John has some sort of Geas. Leading on from that, I also start to wonder if the majority or all the Spartan II candidates had a genetic Geas that was passed down, and that this is the ‘extra special something’ that Halsey and ONI identified as being necessary to be in the Spartan II programme.
If so…not just John, but all the Spartan II’s just became infinitely more valuable.
You never know, John may well have the Lord of Admirals locked away inside his head, guiding him silently with John thinking those thoughts and feelings were just instinct when really, a big part of why he’s such a badass is because of his Geas.
It really frustrates me that 343i made John “question everything” and go rogue after Cortana’s death, according to Bonnie Ross at E3. It’s so cliche and out-of-character.
> It really frustrates me that 343i made John “question everything” and go rogue after Cortana’s death, according to Bonnie Ross at E3. It’s so cliche and out-of-character.
While it may frustrate you they are doing this remember this is a new trilogy for the Halo series so I guess they are trying something new with Master Chief and have a different approach about it. I can understand where you are coming from though.
> > It really frustrates me that 343i made John “question everything” and go rogue after Cortana’s death, according to Bonnie Ross at E3. It’s so cliche and out-of-character.
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> While it may frustrate you they are doing this remember this is a new trilogy for the Halo series so I guess they are trying something new with Master Chief and have a different approach about it. I can understand where you are coming from though.
Personally, I like it. It’s within the realm of his character, especially since ONI is letting Spartans see their own files…
I posted this in another thread but they moved it into the “Halo Universe” forums…
At the end of Halo Escalation #6 you can see the Spirit of Fire floating in Space.
Yes, there is Flood on board, we already know that.
But have you looked at the Planet in the background?
It has 3 suns and looks quite dusty.
Don’t we know such a planet from certain teasers? This won’t be a coincident.
So my theory is, the Spirit of Fire will bring the Flood to Sanghelios.
> I posted this in another thread but they moved it into the “Halo Universe” forums…
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> At the end of Halo Escalation #6 you can see the Spirit of Fire floating in Space.
> Yes, there is Flood on board, we already know that.
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> But have you looked at the Planet in the background?
> It has 3 suns and looks quite dusty.
> Don’t we know such a planet from certain teasers? This won’t be a coincident.
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> So my theory is, the Spirit of Fire will bring the Flood to Sanghelios.
Sanghelios is a red world, not green like in Escalation.
> > I posted this in another thread but they moved it into the “Halo Universe” forums…
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> > At the end of Halo Escalation #6 you can see the Spirit of Fire floating in Space.
> > Yes, there is Flood on board, we already know that.
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> > But have you looked at the Planet in the background?
> > It has 3 suns and looks quite dusty.
> > Don’t we know such a planet from certain teasers? This won’t be a coincident.
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> > So my theory is, the Spirit of Fire will bring the Flood to Sanghelios.
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> Sanghelios is a red world, not green like in Escalation.
Yepp, I thought about that. But in the first teaser a year ago, the planet Chief was on had this strange blue-green-yellow-white color.
Or let’s say it this way: I don’t know how exactly those parts will be connected.
But this “Escalation planet” looks like the Halo E3 2013 planet.
Also Sanghelios will be a part of Halo 5.
Imagine the rest.
> So in the MC Collection trailer, we see that the Arbiter is talking to Agent Locke, the ONI operative who is shown on the Halo 5: Guardians box art. We know they are searching for the Chief, but why?
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> I don’t think it is as clear cut as just they need him to save the galaxy again. Why do they have an ONI Spartan IV operative searching? With ONI involved, there is always something more than what we see on the surface, especially when taking into consideration the the Escalation comics where they will explain why the Chief left the Infinity crew and events taking place with the Chief after the end of Halo 4.
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> What do you guys think?
I think its pretty obvious that Chief went rogue and went MIA and is starting to question his role/purpose and stuff after the loss of Cortana. And they need him to get back in the fight and defeat the Prometheans and Flood probably.
Locke and Arby are looking for MC because they need to secure the activation index to the Halos which Cortana had and MC is searching for a was to resurrect Cortana. Now the crazy part is if the Forerunners could turn a living being into a digital consciousness could there be a way Cortana returns as a human.