Possible Halo 4 Plot? My hairbrained idea on the future of Halo.

[jibjab963]

I just want to say that this is all speculation on my part and none of this is confirmed or denied by anyone and to apologize because there are probably 100's of these by now on the escapist. First we to explain where I am coming from we need to start at the Legendary Ending of Halo 3. It left off with Chief and Cortana in a torn apart space ship near somewhere in space. But just before the end of that final scene you see a glimmer and a part of an unknown planet with some rings on it. Now to the part that leads to my speculation, in the movie Halo Legends in the Origins part of the DVD Cortana is talking about the history of the whole Halo universe, then she gets to the part about the Forerunners. When she is first talking about the Forerunners she mentions their home planet and then it shows a planet identical to the one shown on the end of the Legendary ending of Halo 3. This leads me to believe that Halo 4 will take place on the Forerunner planet. The enemies will probably be some unknown Forerunner Technology unleashed by the destruction of all the Halo rings. There will probably be some left over Covenant forces to fight as well. There is also a chance that your new enemies are some kind of species that the Forerunner deemed to dangerous to put back into the universe while they were attempting to purge the universe of the Flood. That's all of my pure opinion, and please feel free to post your theories and speculation below. And again I'm sorry because there are probably 100's of these at this point.

 

[Durananrananrananran]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

 

[Kopikatsu]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

Retcon. He's always had it.

See? That was easy.

...I'm not kidding, though. That's probably the explanation they'll give.

 

[gigastrike]

I think the Mjolnir armor has some basic method of manuvering in space.

On-topic: ok, now what's with the giant ship/station that the back end of the ship was drifting towards?

 

[jibjab963]

I don't really care where it came from. IT'S MASTER CHIEF WITH A JETPACK!
And in all honesty there probably going to say its a Orbital Drop Pack used to lessen the fall from orbital drop offs with no pods but he is just using it as a jetpack in space.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

It's not a Jetpack, I think its just a booster for Zero G maneuvering. Like what Isaac Clark had in Dead Space 2.

Edit: Which I'm fairly Spartan armor has always had, least in the extended universe.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

Retcon.

See? That was easy.

...I'm not kidding, though. That's probably the explanation they'll give.

"Yeah, um... the crash landing at the start of Halo 3 short-circuited it for the whole of the game. But it's all better now!"

OT: Yeah, that makes sense, colour me intrigued.

 

[jibjab963]

I think the Mjolnir armor has some basic method of manuvering in space.

On-topic: ok, now what's with the giant ship/station that the back end of the ship was drifting towards?

Since the Forerunners were so advanced I am sure they had some sort of security for any unrecognized ships that enters near the planets orbit? Great question by the way.

 

[jibjab963]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

It's not a Jetpack, I think its just a booster for Zero G maneuvering. Like what Isaac Clark had in Dead Space 2.

Edit: Which I'm fairly Spartan armor has always had, least in the extended universe.

But I want Jetpack D':

 

[Mrsoupcup]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

It's not a Jetpack, I think its just a booster for Zero G maneuvering. Like what Isaac Clark had in Dead Space 2.

Edit: Which I'm fairly Spartan armor has always had, least in the extended universe.

But I want Jetpack D':

My guess is there will be a jetpack like Reach, just not built into his suit.

 

[jibjab963]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

It's not a Jetpack, I think its just a booster for Zero G maneuvering. Like what Isaac Clark had in Dead Space 2.

Edit: Which I'm fairly Spartan armor has always had, least in the extended universe.

But I want Jetpack D':

My guess is there will be a jetpack like Reach, just not built into his suit.

If there is that kinda kills my Forerunner planet theory. Dx

 

[rh1006]

what was that weird gun explody thing he had? not sure, but definatly not any weapon i have seen.

 

[GrimHeaper]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

Retcon. He's always had it.

See? That was easy.

...I'm not kidding, though. That's probably the explanation they'll give.

I agree it's how they do everything. It's like they don't even try in story telling and details because they can do that.
MC is just trying to rip off the fett-man anyway.
spread. nditying what are you trying to tell me captcha

 

[Jabberwock King]

I'm fairly confident in saying that the Chief is going to be dealing mostly with long lost sentinels or other constructs like them. The "legendary planet" would obviously be a Forerunner holding, but something tells me that it might be something else, maybe a Precursor world or a pre-Human-Forerunner world if you really want to get crazy with Halo's back story.

I think that one of the plot elements will involve Cortana descending into rampancy again, as well as more conflict with the Flood, because lets face it, the Forerunner were studying it for a weakness and they contained samples in multiple facilities. Perhaps some Forerunner did survive their own galactic genocide/mercy kill/attempt at preserving biodiversity in the galaxy, and this is the last stronghold of their civilization, either by self exile or rapid deterioration of their access to resources after the Halos were activated.

I'll probably come up with stuff later, but for now I want everyone to know, THAT THING IS NOT A JET-PACK! It's likely some kind of low-gravity propulsion for EVA scenarios, a combat situation that would be completely anticipated by the engineers who designed it given that destroying sensitive data on board disabled starships was a very common mission requirement for preserving humanities best defense against the orbital superiority of the Covenant: The Art of Not Being Seen! As illustrated by Monty Python.

Snip, for attention.

Snip, for attention.

 

[jibjab963]

I'm fairly confident in saying that the Chief is going to be dealing mostly with long lost sentinels or other constructs like them. The "legendary planet" would obviously be a Forerunner holding, but something tells me that it might be something else, maybe a Precursor world or a pre-Human-Forerunner world if you really want to get crazy with Halo's back story.

I think that one of the plot elements will involve Cortana descending into rampancy again, as well as more conflict with the Flood, because lets face it, the Forerunner were studying it for a weakness and they contained samples in multiple facilities. Perhaps some Forerunner did survive their own galactic genocide/mercy kill/attempt at preserving biodiversity in the galaxy, and this is the last stronghold of their civilization, either by self exile or rapid deterioration of their access to resources after the Halos were activated.

I'll probably come up with stuff later, but for now I want everyone to know, THAT THING IS NOT A JET-PACK! It's likely some kind of low-gravity propulsion for EVA scenarios, a combat situation that would be completely anticipated by the engineers who designed it given that destroying sensitive data on board disabled starships was a very common mission requirement for preserving humanities best defense against the orbital superiority of the Covenant: The Art of Not Being Seen! As illustrated by Monty Python.

Snip, for attention.

Snip, for attention.

You make some vary valid points in this theroy. And I agree you will most likely be facing some form of Sentinels, that is my lost Forerunner Tech thing.
And I know its probably not a jetpack but I LOVES ME SOME JETPACKS.
And wonderful Monty Python reference.

 

[Jabberwock King]

I'm fairly confident in saying that the Chief is going to be dealing mostly with long lost sentinels or other constructs like them. The "legendary planet" would obviously be a Forerunner holding, but something tells me that it might be something else, maybe a Precursor world or a pre-Human-Forerunner world if you really want to get crazy with Halo's back story.

I think that one of the plot elements will involve Cortana descending into rampancy again, as well as more conflict with the Flood, because lets face it, the Forerunner were studying it for a weakness and they contained samples in multiple facilities. Perhaps some Forerunner did survive their own galactic genocide/mercy kill/attempt at preserving biodiversity in the galaxy, and this is the last stronghold of their civilization, either by self exile or rapid deterioration of their access to resources after the Halos were activated.

I'll probably come up with stuff later, but for now I want everyone to know, THAT THING IS NOT A JET-PACK! It's likely some kind of low-gravity propulsion for EVA scenarios, a combat situation that would be completely anticipated by the engineers who designed it given that destroying sensitive data on board disabled starships was a very common mission requirement for preserving humanities best defense against the orbital superiority of the Covenant: The Art of Not Being Seen! As illustrated by Monty Python.

Snip, for attention.

Snip, for attention.

You make some vary valid points in this theroy. And I agree you will most likely be facing some form of Sentinels, that is my lost Forerunner Tech thing.
And I know its probably not a jetpack but I LOVES ME SOME JETPACKS.
And wonderful Monty Python reference.

Thank you for your praise =), and I too love jet-packs, but I simply cannot call what I saw in the video a jet-pack in good faith, as Master Chief's suit is supposed to weigh at least half a ton, and that thing looked like it was shooting pressurized air. Maybe they'll find a way to shoehorn some personal flight system into the game, like this awesome idea I just came up with about surfing on sentinels as an official pseudo-vehicle! Right now I'm considering what the hell that grenade thing was. It looked like it could have been an attachment for the magnum, but I really can't tell.

 

[Levitas1234]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

maybe there was a jetpack in the pod he went into and it was made to just sorta snap onto spartan armor when one enters the pod

 

[jibjab963]

I'm fairly confident in saying that the Chief is going to be dealing mostly with long lost sentinels or other constructs like them. The "legendary planet" would obviously be a Forerunner holding, but something tells me that it might be something else, maybe a Precursor world or a pre-Human-Forerunner world if you really want to get crazy with Halo's back story.

I think that one of the plot elements will involve Cortana descending into rampancy again, as well as more conflict with the Flood, because lets face it, the Forerunner were studying it for a weakness and they contained samples in multiple facilities. Perhaps some Forerunner did survive their own galactic genocide/mercy kill/attempt at preserving biodiversity in the galaxy, and this is the last stronghold of their civilization, either by self exile or rapid deterioration of their access to resources after the Halos were activated.

I'll probably come up with stuff later, but for now I want everyone to know, THAT THING IS NOT A JET-PACK! It's likely some kind of low-gravity propulsion for EVA scenarios, a combat situation that would be completely anticipated by the engineers who designed it given that destroying sensitive data on board disabled starships was a very common mission requirement for preserving humanities best defense against the orbital superiority of the Covenant: The Art of Not Being Seen! As illustrated by Monty Python.

Snip, for attention.

Snip, for attention.

You make some vary valid points in this theroy. And I agree you will most likely be facing some form of Sentinels, that is my lost Forerunner Tech thing.
And I know its probably not a jetpack but I LOVES ME SOME JETPACKS.
And wonderful Monty Python reference.

Thank you for your praise =), and I too love jet-packs, but I simply cannot call what I saw in the video a jet-pack in good faith, as Master Chief's suit is supposed to weigh at least half a ton, and that thing looked like it was shooting pressurized air. Maybe they'll find a way to shoehorn some personal flight system into the game, like this awesome idea I just came up with about surfing on sentinels as an official pseudo-vehicle! Right now I'm considering what the hell that grenade thing was. It looked like it could have been an attachment for the magnum, but I really can't tell.

Your vary welcome and your ideas on the Halo 4 game are welcomed here. And chances are it isn't a jetpack. No matter how it saddens me
But I just read The Ghost of Onyx book and I think I remember it saying that there is something built in to the Spartans armor that allows them to move in Zero-G for missions in space.
And there is a slight chance that 343 could make the enemies some sort of synthetic organism that holds all the knowledge of the Forerunners. (Kinda like the geth of Mass Effect except more advanced).
And from what I can tell the grenade thing was a single shot, explosive dart gun. Possibly a new weapon.

 

[mcnally86]

yes, all makes sense, but where did the jetpack come from?

Retcon. He's always had it.

See? That was easy.

...I'm not kidding, though. That's probably the explanation they'll give.

He did always have it thats why they had them in reach. But he was afraid of heights until Halo 4: the quest for more money. Oh and forerunner? To quote Futurama, "Turns out it's man."

 

[LessThanThreep]

I'm hoping that Chief finds Dr. Halsey and the Spartans that went into the shield world in Ghosts of Onyx- seeing as this is some sort if forerunner world or world construct, it may be possible. Because we all know that more Spartans are better than one! I agree that Cortana may be having difficulties pertaining to rampancy if she hasn't reached metastability yet. Also, it has the three key elements of any Halo game following the Chief- Action(in the form of explosions in the trailer) ,Cortana, and of course John himself- so even if the plot isn't all that great, the game should still be fun. Hopefully.