Originally Posted by mazt0rchief

Something important I think needs to be pointed out.

Between 1:00 and 1:04, as John walks through the smoke, you can see three quick flashes in the top right corner of his visor, while this happens he is looking up at the Capitol ship entering the area of the Domed Object, after the 3 lights flash, he quickly nods as if he were talking to someone, 3 light flashes for 3 Spartans?

At 1:12 in the video, during the close up on Johns helmet, in the top right (your left) of his visor, a faint light pops up, if you can imagine from the Halo books, when Spartans comunicate to each other the use acknowlagement lights that blink on Master Chiefs HUD, these lights would most likely be in the corner, off to the side of his visor so as not to obscure his vision.
Now, if that is what I think it is, who, and more importantly how is he comunicating with another Spartan? Are we going to see the return of Kelly, Linda, Fred and Will in Halo 3? I can only hope.
Here is a picture of where to look- Acknowledgement

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Did anyone else get the feeling that the activation of the "structure" was unintentional?

At 1:25 as Spartan-117 steps to the ledge overlooking the object, you can see 27 Covenant Cruisers in a hold position, around the crater, as 9 Banshees ESCORT a lone Phantom, toward the structure.

At 1:26 we can see 3 Cruisers in a hold position above the structure.

At 1:34 when the installation begins to open, the Banshees and the Phantom break formation, and turn away from structure in an evasive pattern.

At 1:39 you can see the Cruiser above Spartan-117 immediately fire up its engines and turn on an out-of-area vector.

And finally, at 1:45, the two remaining Cruisers above the structure fire their engines, again, on an out-of-area vector.

Now, my question to you is, why would the Covenant, who are hell-bent on begginning their Great Journey, flee from its Holy Light? Have you ever seen a spiraling vortex in the sky when Delta Halo was activated?
This really interests me because no theory I have ever seen explains this phenomena, which makes me wonder, what if what was activated, wasn't what everyone thinks it is (the Arc)? Maybe, in some horrible way... something worse.

Also, I'd have to guess it was Truth and his Brutes in the Phantom being escorted to the object, even the ships that are holding around the installation, most likely unfriendly Covenant. Just because they dont turn and fire at John doesnt mean they are friendly.
When the Covenant see something more important ahead of them, they rush into it, no need to fight a Human after the Great Journey begins, right? (if memory serves me correctly...) Think about how Tartarus borderline ignored The Arbiter, and forced Miranda to insert the index on Delta Halo.

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Something else interesting I feel the need to note, exactly what Cortana says.

At 0:34, something eerily similar to the copied Cortanas from First Strike, over and over you hear a sort of stuttered "I..." which leads to "I have defied Gods and Demons." If you listen close enough you can hear a slightly overlayed voice that sounds a lot like Gravemind.

At 0:52 we can again hear the stuttered "I..." which leads to, I think "I am your shield, I am your sword."

At 1:04 we hear her quite clearly say "I know you... your past... your future."

And finally, at 2:04 she says "This, is the way the world ends."

Any Bungie lore lovers will instantly think back to the days of the Cortana letters, which can be found here.

Originally Posted by BlueSteel

the question is who has the time to figure those theories out.

Originally Posted by BlueSteel

the question is who has the time to figure those theories out.