Halo Lore - 10 UNEXPLAINED MYSTERIES in Halo

In Halo Lore, and Halo games such as Halo 3, or Halo Reach, there is seemingly many unexplained and illogical mysteries.
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[@TheAuthority221]

The Gravemind doesn't have the ability to teleport, he's just using the teleportation grid of Delta Halo. He teleports Chief to High Charity because, High Charity is close to Delta Halo's orbit. He teleports Arbiter to a certain area of Delta Halo, because he is in Delta Halo. This is just like Cortana using the teleportation grid of Alpha Halo in Halo CE. Plot convenience, yes, but a plot hole, no.

[@CommanderM117]

exactly and he it could of used the teleport grid when on high Charity to access the ark or the spark he still had that likely how he can uses the tp grid any way

[@thomasbenz626]

If the grid goes out into space that far, why didn't cortana use it in the final mission on chief and the longsword? Plot hole detected

[@CommanderM117]

only small human sized thing can be teleported and it goes as far as to were the halo and high Charity also cortanna could only access it if she was plugged into like the spark

[@nicholaswilliamson4051]

Thomas Benz .Because Cortana had no control over the Halo systems, as opposed to the Gravemind which has complete control of the Delta Halos monitor.

[@CommanderM117]

she only has control of system she connected to ether by remote like some system of UNSC ship or by plugging in forerunner stuff likely need direct connect or have a spark that is away connected but she did pick up how to tp but chief was up side down

[@LOL_Garrus]

Number 4: While it does seem like a bad decision made by the Prophets from our perspective, from the prophet's perspective, or at least Truth's perspective, it's a political move. During the underwater section, Cortana theorizes how we'd be doing Truth a favor by taking out Regret. Later in the game, we see how Truth ordered the execution of the council. The common denominator? The Prophet of Truth. He was power hungry and wanted complete control of the Covenant for himself. The elites would never allow this. The Brutes, however, are loyal and easily controlled. Truth recalled the phantoms because he wanted Regret to die by MC's hands and thus he could blame the elites and thus remove them from the guard. It was a PR and a political move to move closer towards the ousting of and elimination of the elites as Truth consolidated power. It's a very subtle storyline throughout Halo 2 but it's a primary plot driver on the Covenant side of things. Truth never saw the humans as a threat and figured that their demise was at hand with the discovery of Earth. He was arrogant and he bit off more than he could chew.

[@Boxsteam]

The reason why that body wasn't infected was because the flood leaves traps to entice even more people to follow. It has been proven in the books that the flood would do something like this

[@FlutterMike]

But, in my studies, the Flood requires a central intelligence (Gravemind) in order to set such traps. And there was no Gravemind on Installation 04.

[@Boxsteam]

FlutterMike they still carry the memories of the past. They may not be able to do things such as piloting ships but they are able to set up primitive Traps such as this

[@FlutterMike]

Justin Norman They carry memories? I don’t remember ever reading that or seeing it anywhere. That’s interesting though. But yeah, my friend and I have been debating that whole part for years now. Either way, it is what it is.

[@E101ification]

There are animals on Earth capable of laying traps for other animals. You don't have to be an alien super-intelligence to manage that.

[@Boxsteam]

E101ification true

[@alerocillo]

Like the disappearance of Dual wielding...🤤

[@dr.catherineelizabethhalse1820]

nah

[@chairmeme6231]

Your right

[@diegoh2]

Lol

[@gallantotaku2214]

Yea, why ?!

[@keulron2290]

Dual Wielding disappeared with 4...dunno why though. Even though you couldn't dual-wielding in Reach and ODST, some of the Elites in Reach actually dual-wielded Plasma Rifles. If you go to the end of the second-to-last mission, at least one of the Zealot Class Sangheili will be holding two of these.

[@SwiftGundam]

Number 6: The Halo’s teleportation could’ve been limited to the area around the ring. High Charity came over Installation 05 so it was in range. Maybe there were even safeties that prevented the Flood from teleporting.

[@E101ification]

I always just assumed those teleporters could only teleport within the ring they were on. I don't know why some people assumed they could teleport literally anywhere in the galaxy.

[@sgcv]

or perhaps it's incapable of teleporting flood?

[@mervynlarrier9424]

yeah the Gravemind just used the local teleportation grid. That's all

[@Rookie-2552]

Maybe like how chief and arby were the only ones to be teleported around the galaxy maybe he ran out of teleported juice

[@tlufo]

True... I would think he can only teleport within the ring using the monitors grid.

[@xCharjx]

My question is... How in the world did the simple, plantable, human key pad, open an ancient super security door in 343 Guilty spark??

[@zakman9708]

Charj x YESSSSSS

[@Augmental_Art]

Charj x PLOT

[@Jackdoeseverything_13]

Charj x That's actually a very good point the only thing I can think of is humans are similar to forerunner's either the technology or the facility thought it was a forerunner accessing it. That's the best explanation I can give. I know it's far fetched, but just a theory

[@xCharjx]

That is a good theory. Humans did rival the forerunners at one point.

[@LIONtib]

Humans are Reclaimers. Forerunner tech responds to a Reclaimer's presence, and the Librarian stated in Halo 4 that Chief's armour and ancilla (Cortana) were conceived and planned before the first firing of the Array. Basically, Forerunners dictated modern humans' history, apart from the Covenant, which was a very unlucky coincidence. As such, human technology is based on Forerunner technology, and they are, at least somewhat, compatible.

[@VlauableFather]

The marine wasn’t infected because he fought off the flood that came after him but got hit by one of the spores. If you read the book those particular spores were very weak and weren’t all capable of infecting people. The other flood drug off the other marines and were able to infect them. Remember Johnson was apart of that same group and he got away (because he was immune).

[@lonenelson5674]

Johnson is not at all immune . He's just harder to infect due to his time in the Orion Project

[@SSGTTailsJenkins]

You're confusing Private Mendoza with Private Jenkins. Mendoza is the dead marine that falls out of the door, whereas Jenkin's helmet is the one John-117 picks up. Jenkins was infected by a weak infection form, and so it couldn't entirely kill him - this gave Jenkins enough control over his own mind and body that he could fight back against it, even move around and talk of his own free will. It was excruciatingly painful however, and he tried killing himself several times - only for the Flood form to retake control before he could follow through. Mendoza, in the books, is infected and attacks John - probably because the developers realized the consistency error. Being uninfected in the game was just a way of building tension and frightening the player without actually revealing anything.

[@jamesbyrne3259]

@@lonenelson5674 Read first strike. He can't be infected

[@therookie4322]

James Byrne on the contrary he has been infected but not completely. So Lone Nelson is right Watch some hiddenXperia for the knowledge

[@RedTHedge]

There are two things you got wrong here, one being a common misunderstanding. That spore was given to Jenkins, who get infected him but kept him alive. Secondly, Johnson isn't technically immune, just stupid hard to infect.

[@jakedeschamps4454]

The gravemind didn't have the ability to teleport across the galaxy, he took control over the teleportation grid on the halo. High charity was not on the halo, but it was within close enough proximity to the teleportation grid.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

He probably hacked 2401 Penitent Tangent to access it too.

[@trashyhobo4957]

Jake Deschamps thank God somebody gets it

[@aaronadams376]

Was looking for the person to say it.

[@caenn47]

On number 5 is becuse sometimes the flood does not every time infect everyone. Sometimes they leave dead boidies as bait

[@SSGTTailsJenkins]

In the books, Mendoza is infected and attacks John. More than likely, him being uninfected was just a way of building tension and frightening the player without revealing anything about the Flood.

[@travisshaffer6623]

Ok let me type this out... On number 5 is because sometimes the flood does not infect everyone every time. Sometimes they leave dead bodies as bait. There much better...

[@FierceDeitySponce]

For the Gravemind teleportation one: Remember in Halo CE when Cortana tapped in to Halo’s teleportation grid to move Chief around the ring? And Spark did it too? Gravemind fully corrupted 2401 Penitent Tangent with the Logic Plague and gained control over some of Halo’s Systems through him. You say he teleported the duo to “different places in the galaxy” but High Charity was already at Delta Halo at this point.

[@FierceDeitySponce]

4: this was touched upon a bit more in the supplemental content disc with Halo 2: Limited Edition. They clearly planned on doing even more, but ya know, time constraints.

[@FierceDeitySponce]

3: We learn in the books that Cortana’s info is HIGHLY classified. She can’t even tell Chief that their “blind jump” was actually her coordinates. This is easily explained by saying she’s acting until enough information is revealed naturally.

[@FierceDeitySponce]

2: for all we know, this DID happen, but since Bungie was closing the trilogy they never bothered to go into it and instead used the excuse that Gravemind, unaware of Alpha Halo’s reconstruction, wanted his entire army outside the range of all the active Halos. Perhaps he was in too great a hurry to get to safety to even consider pulling over? Maybe he did and 343i didn’t think about it or is saving it for later?

[@jjmm4965]

Hi

[@Augmental_Art]

So does anyone know what the fuck is going on with that random group of Marines and one ODST in the Halo 3 Mission Cortana? There's a perfectly preserved Pelican, two marines armed to the teeth and an ODST with a fucking flamethrower DEEP in High Charity. Seriously why? It's always bothered me

[@damienwhisenant9115]

Saul Muratalla I never but a lot of thought into that but yea it doesn't make much sense. Maybe a recon team the humans sent to investigate High Charities crash.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

Damien Whisenant if you hang out by the pelican long enough there's a recorded message saying why

[@moneycat878d5]

Really? I've never heard of this. I've played through the mission Cortana so many times

[@fadelsukoco3092]

Where do you get it?

[@boring_incarnate]

I've never seen there any alive humans

[@HolySilverStrike]

It it a theory that Cortana helping Halsey with the artifact was actually a fragment of Cortana and they rejoined it with original Cortana.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

griefmaker88 if I'm right that's what it said in the fall of reach novel after 343 had to do stuff to make it not conflict with reach the game.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Hmm, I seem to recall the re-released novel had MINIMAL changes made to it, something a bit annoying at the time.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

Chris sonofPear I didn't say they changed much they just made changes to deal with contradictions

[@extremosaur]

No. Halo Reach is simply not canon. Or The Fall of Reach isn't but as the book came , I prefer it.

[@fer1f1tz]

Weren’t the jackals shields the reason that the Spartans had shields in the first place

[@jkjklol1000]

Yes

[@bradmk.842]

Not the full shield just the forearm shields but yes.

[@Whyme-wc9pr]

They were Elite Shields that were stolen then upgraded

[@Whyme-wc9pr]

It stated in a low Fall Of Reach

[@Whyme-wc9pr]

It was in halo first strike

[@BiakSkull]

M9. Halsey knew there were other spartans, she just didnt know who was making them or that they was another generation. Or at least she was "pretty sure"

[@wildcat2087]

Biak Skull she knew it was the Admrial that was trying to shut her Spatan 2 project down from the get go, she just couldnt find proof cause he hid it so well with the help of ONI and his private A.I. Beowolf but Cortana hacked Beowolf and found out about a secret project on a unknown planet called Oynx she toufht they were jist start the Spatan 3s but was to late in finding them and found out 3 groups were already made and 2 groups were suicide on missions

[@TheSovereign500]

he was a Colonel, not Admiral.

[@NDB-AK]

Biak Skull Halsey didn’t have contact will spartan 3s till ghosts of onyx. This is a major fuck up if you want to respect the story timeline. Otherwise there is zero references of her having any contact with them up until ghosts of onyx.

[@nickelpickler6532]

@@NDB-AK Jorge is from the Spartan II program administered by Halsey. He just so happened to end up on Noble team made up of Spartan IIIs

[@NDB-AK]

What? You didn't even read.... What is the point of your comment?

[@PackHunter117]

As far as I know Dr Halsey did find out about the Spartan 3s right before the Fall of Reach. Her journal from the legendary guide explains this. Truth did that specifically because he knew that the Elites are actually less loyal and are blinded by their honor whereas the Brutes are more loyal and not blinded by honor.

[@purpleranger5987]

PackHunter117 and Jorge was a Spartan II

[@truesnakegod]

Number 3: Cortana actually purposefully went to the ring's coordinates because she found them in an intercepted signal from a covenant ship. Additionally my guess is she played off her surprise so that it looked less like she set specific coordinates in their escape jump rather than the standard random coordinates.

[@CeperatedSelf]

This!!! I remember her taking them there on purpose from reading about it in the books.

[@SuperMaanas]

So Cortana was manipulative from the start? Makes her in Halo 5 seem more reasonable

[@HaloFollower-Ron]

My name is Ron now, deal with it ✌ -Chris 2018 - Ron

[@Banana_boat]

Ok Ron.

[@ronan6771]

My names Ronan...

[@redhood4088]

HaloFollower lol

[@usernameshidds]

Collin Weddle okae

[@itstillsage8666]

okie dokie ron

[@nutman2353]

3:00 they use night Vision Because even with their augmented eyes, they still need some help with seeing through the visor

[@MStrigger1344]

But whys it so dark still

[@terriblemonstersart8144]

The biggest gripe that I have is... what was the point in killing off Jul ‘Mdama? Great Video!

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Should have played as the Arbiter at Sunaion maybe, and fought him there?

[@terriblemonstersart8144]

RazorEdgeLoki 1 I understand if they wanted to kill off him and his covenant in Halo 5, it’s just he should’ve been involved on Sunaion to make it more impactful. A better transition from having his covenant as enemies to Cortana and the prometheans. Just my opinion though.

[@terriblemonstersart8144]

Chris sonofPear Atleast a cool confrontation or something. If they didn’t kill Jul ‘Mdama it wouldn’t have changed the main story of Cortana being a villain.

[@terriblemonstersart8144]

RazorEdgeLoki 1 trust me I wasn’t saying you were wrong, just venting! :)

[@commando7238]

ArcticRaven 907 because Spartan Ops was a failure and they just wanted to wrap up the story of it

[@amateurbrickworks8256]

“That includes your non-exsistant girlfriend” - Chris 2018

[@James-cl4ym]

Halsey knew Noble team, but she didn't know that they were Spartan III. Jorge is a Spartan II so she might think the other ones were II's.

[@thecavalierpanda]

I'm just gonna take a breath with that one. [single breath] Look, Halsey was in charge of the spartan II programme. She oversaw the process of picking candidates for said programme. She would know each of these candidates as only 33 survived augmentations. Therefore, Halsey not knowing who was apart of the spartan II programme is very unlikely. The reason Jorge is the big one of the group is because he's a spartan II as you said. Spartan II's have an average height of 7ft, and so even by comparison its easy to see the difference between spartan III's and Spartan II's by appearance alone. I know you probably just didn't know about this but also, I think Halsey would've been a bit worried about where the rest of Noble team's mjolnir armour went if she thought they were spartan II's 😂. Considering Master chief's and the rest of the spartan II's armour costs the same as a small star ship.

[@DudBlankes]

Primary Nerf She knew all the Spartan IIs. She even could tell who was who in their armor. During that time everyone looked the same.

[@Brannon1009]

Primary Nerf idk because of all the reconned stuff but Halsey was supposed to know all of her Spartans like they were her children.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Spartan II, class beta - was PROPOSED in the 2540s. Halsey assumed it was shut down, but she may later have thought some one had resurrected it.

[@killingtime4444]

Chris sonofPear like ONI

[@Noble25]

The number 1 mystery is who the heck is Snoke? Answer: Some dead guy

[@lescassin8559]

Karthik Sepuri u got that off honest trailers

[@nicholaswilliamson4051]

I have a sneaking suspicion that he was just Andy Serkis in disguise.

[@Noble25]

Yep

[@crimsonspadegaming3618]

Karthik Sepuri this is halo not star wars

[@dougsmith6262]

He'll be buried in a pauper's grave next to Rey's parents.

[@darthvader4594]

The number 1 mystery is why chris never pronounces some words correctly even though he's american?

[@ZillennialJ]

Darth Vader He’s got a speech impediment, man. Cut him some slack.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Try not to choke on your aspirations, Lord Vader...

[@ZillennialJ]

RazorEdgeLoki 1 ?

[@charlieandrews4344]

You mean he reads his script too fast??? Lol

[@ZillennialJ]

RazorEdgeLoki 1 That’s intriguing.

[@billmcelgunn7819]

I think we can all agree excluding the Halo 5 campaign that even though there might be missing plot points here and there the Halo games have some amazing beautiful and memorable storys that are darn good

[@James-cl4ym]

The n°10 wasn't a mystery, just a developper error.

[@Zechibi]

actually a good portion have been explain 7. Dr. Halsey knew about noble team because of jorge- Jorge is a Spartan II (the rest of Noble Team are Spartan IIIs) just like the Master Chief and Halsey was basically the one running the program that created the Spartan IIs. The reason he refers her to mom was because the Spartan IIs were kidnapped when they were children and thus don't remember their parents. Because Halsey was really the only adult female in their lives it was only natural they considered her their mother. To the knowledge I seen Her knowledge of Spartan III dont go further 6. Gravemind was using the Delta halo teleportation systems teleporting arbiter to another part of delta halo and since high charity was close enough to delta halo the teleportation was able to make a connection with high charity and teleport Master chief to IT the only other use of the teleportation system was to effect the rest of delta halo 5. The Flood uses bait and will leave bio mass to lure in more victims (explain by a book) once they have there prey the will eventually transform the bait 4. The prophets couldnt trust the elites anymore because they where getting to close to the truth so they where expecting some kind of coup and did the transition of the guard to the brute but they where not expecting it to lead to a all out civil war this only happen because brutes where starting to kill some of the elites who where against the change as well has elites being disrespected hurting them in a honor sense 3. Cortana did show that she did have some knowledge of forerunner but she had no clue about halo and was more shock & awe about halo but there knowledge of forerunner and ancient humanity was very limited most of the forerunner stuff they have found was on harvest and Reach (plus halo was the first game so a lot of the lore was not formed) 2. High charity got to the ark by hyperspace there was a second portal located on mars SO yes high charity was actually in the Sol systems but gravemind was too worried about the ark being fired and knew he would need almost all his forces but he did drop some flood off example being the Covenant flood ship crashing onto earth If there are any correction or I left something out please let me know :)

[@ryanbaxter5672]

ZeChibi george said ma’am not mom

[@KwansuMyDudes]

Jorge doesn't call her mom, but he is a Spartan II, and I think it is explained that Halsey was puzzled when meeting with Noble Team because she had no knowledge of Spartan IIIs and thought they were Spartan IIs who were violating regulations or operating with more leniency.

[@RHWGaming]

Thanks for the info now I know a little more on halo :D

[@lostsolace8612]

And . . . . Who are you?

[@pokprops7733]

Another great video made by Ron lol

[@julma7464]

Big Tasty Hi it is meh F!ona :D

[@julma7464]

Big Tasty no this is a diffrent channel I have XD

[@abrhamcarranza7662]

Number "Why arent you a space zombie damnit??" isnt fully explained but I think I watched somthing shedding some light on it from Luke The Notable(I think)

[@jumbojimbo706]

Oncario Station

[@reclaimer1084]

Well at the end of halo reach it said 2589 which is far in the future and it was never explained especially how everyone thought the series ended there yet it didn’t

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Yet to happen. It does imply SOME humans at least survive the Created and maybe the Flood.

[@Revan_Reborn]

the one thing is now if 343 kills Halsey in the next game they have a major continuity error on their hands

[@reclaimer1084]

Dark Lord Of The Sith Unless that was Cortana talking

[@Revan_Reborn]

the subtitles say the name of the speaker. it is Halsey

[@LOL_Garrus]

Number 3: She's absolutely aware and you showed the clip revealing that. When she's in the control room, in the system, she says, "This ring... it's forerunner. Give me a sec." The tone and verbiage implies that she is well aware of the Forerunners existence. Take her awe in context of the time. Everyone is aware that humans aren't alone. Not only is there aliens but there are numerous other aliens who are sentient in nature. Then, by the time of Reach, Cortana, at least becomes aware of ancient, but much more advanced civilizations. With all of these aliens and ancient aliens, I think it's a bunch more nuanced than making assumptions on the origin of things.

[@flemaster12]

“Your non existent girlfriend” stuff you mate

[@jamesbyrne3259]

If the librarian catalogued and collected samples of all types of DNA in the galaxy so it could be sent out to regrow after the forerunners fired the halo array, how was that DNA not destroyed along with all of the other beings? Never mind, literally just googled the definition of sentient.

[@isaacmackinnon7288]

Clarification for No. 6 - Remember back to Halo 1. Cortana was able to teleport Master Chief using his energy shield, much like the way 343 Guilty Spark was able to teleport throughout the facility. Both Master Chief and the Arbiter have energy shields, and along with having a monitor in his possession, he was able to use the same technique to transport them both. Flood forms do not have these at their disposal. Thumbs up so everyone can see and understand!!!

[@droomonsta]

High Charity being able to travel is explained in the first paragraph of it's wiki page.

[@colewilliams9490]

I love Halo and your videos you put so much effort into your videos thank you.

[@sword111119]

"non-existent girlfriend". Thanks for reminding me :(

[@MattZorrow14]

I would think that the reason why Truth did his betrayal against the elites is because he knows that brutes are better muscle and rely on alpha mentalities. He knew that he couldn't have the elites working with the brutes without conflict with each other trying to rule over each other. Truth withdrew their elite phantoms because he needed Regret to die to use an excuse to banish the elites. Truth needed both prophets to die to gain full power.

[@korbindarling5603]

Its explained in Halo 1 that the teleportation system works on a grid, localized to the ring that you're on.

[@KeremMeteOzdemir]

4:00 dude you covered the reason for this in your video misconceptions about halo reach

[@James-cl4ym]

MOL-NEER

[@jonmoenius4909]

Primary Nerf It's m-YOLE-near just the same as how mjolnir,the hammer of Thor is pronounced.

[@James-cl4ym]

Codi Moenius r/woosh

[@tritebs1673]

Me ol near

[@bboy7656]

@@tritebs1673 Thank you

[@Flint-zg3oz]

Isn’t the flood made to test the humans and creatures of the galaxy? This must have been a problem with the flood and they had to use the insanely advanced technology of the precursors (them in another state), to rebalance the problem and to let the flood continue their plan of the “test” in hopefully halo 6. Right?

[@tomasliu7631]

The Flood is actually ancient Precursors. When the they were losing the war against the Forerunners, the Precursors decided to escape. They preserved their bodies by basically turning into powder that would later be reconstituted into their original selves. However, their powdered forms mutated and corrupted. Then, ancient Humans discovered this 'harmless' powder and found out they could use it to make their then-cutest pets even cuter. However, after applying this powder for a few generations, their pets began sprouting deformities that would come to resemble the Flood's tentacles. These deformities then spread onto humans and shit hit the fan.

[@LtAlguien]

I seem to recall 343 admitted the shields in halo wars were a gameplay mechanic, though I fail to encounter the source of it now.

[@spectospartan]

No. 1. Fossils from before the ring fired were what was discovered and were what lead to the 200,000 theory of our appearance. Sure, we were reseeded and showed up 100,000. But fossils from before that could still exist.

[@ciandooley]

one major plot hole (that has probably been answered and im probably stupid) i have is, if the forerunner technolagy only worked for humans and not covenant. how did the covenant know about the forerunners and how their halo rings "worked". its jus a thought that has been boggoling my mind

[@chrissonofpear3657]

They seem to have reverse engineered a lot of it from clues they found, with help of the Engineers, and later Hunter worms. Since the humans weren't designated Reclaimers until near the end of the Flood War, there may be lost tech that isn't coded to them. Probably wouldn't work automatically for Covenant members though.

[@jeambeam3173]

Cian Dooley it could been all lies created by the prophets plus the covenant had to have had ways of using forerunner artifacts just in a extremley limited matter like using the key ship as a battery

[@ciandooley]

the prophets didnt realize that their lies were nearly on par with the truth

[@edot2586]

Cian Dooley the humans were next in line for the mantle of responsibility, none of the covenant races were though. Thats why humans are called reclaimers

[@ciandooley]

Name Jeff I know that. But how did the covies know how the tech worked and about the forerunners. If the tech wasn't meant for the covies

[@warlordjulianrobotnik5741]

Number one: which story is more canon? Halo Reach the novel or Halo Reach the game.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Bungie would say the game was more canon, especially since there are some contradictions in the book to other stuff, like when Elites are first fought, or Hunters. That said, 343 Industries have tried to fix many of the contradictions to bring the book mostly back to canon.

[@killingtime4444]

Bungie said game was canon. Theres an interview somewhere

[@kyleyork5546]

But going back to reachs ending and halo ce beginning. Cortana would have only just met the Master Cheif aboard the pillar of autumn before he went into cryo if at all. But their encounter on the bridge where she asks if hed slept well, and after his little joke she says "so you did miss me" which signifies they've had somewhat of a bond before hand...which you only get in the book. I love reach, I had fun with the game, I enjoyed the campaign, but f*ck reach... the novel is what I consider canon

[@warlordjulianrobotnik5741]

So far from what I heard Bungie stated the game was not canon and was made to be it's own story. It wasn't until 343 took over when it turned out to be canon.

[@kyleyork5546]

Warlord Julian Robotnik I refuse to believe that reach is canon, the fall of reach just makes more sense and debunks all the inconsistencies involving the game.

[@icicle8263]

I love how you just roast all of us and then move on

[@Foxxzzs]

Love your vids keep up the good work

[@fossilyboi1056]

Would shit like dinosaurs in Halo, how did humans not notice that there was a great extinction only a hundred thousand years ago

[@chrissonofpear3657]

The bodies killed by the Halo effect were dissolved by a special chemical the Forerunners deposited first. Then they restored samples of life to Earth within a century, making any 'gap' a bit hard to see over geological scales. May still be some details missing though.

[@BigMikeGuitar]

Something they teach in art/film appreciation is the ability to a certain suspension of disbelief, and enjoying/going along with the fantasy of the art/movie. Maybe players and developers shouldn't put too much of a fine point on the lore - and instead focus on making a great game with great game-play.

[@overlycaffeinatedsquirrel779]

That is a cop out. I have never been to any education about story telling that said ignore creating cohesive story. Ignore any inconsistencies, plot holes, character motivations and/or elements in your story that cause these. Because they in no way hurt peoples enjoyment. While yes there are genres that fit perfectly into that. Really is Halo the type where bad story elements. Dumber villains make a better story? If it makes better story for you more power to you. You're lucky there. Why click on a video that critiques things you don't care about.

[@jjn8914]

When chief said BOO To the grunt was so funny

[@Nelis1992]

#10, 9 and 3 were quite obvious. Although i did know the facts, i didnt notice before lol. And the Halo: Reach vs The Fall of Reach thing is a never ending discussion. Nice content!

[@i3lazz]

The question is why can't you say Mjolnir?

[@LastSpaceWolf]

Not much can

[@magicjohnson27]

Well it’s kinda hard to say it if you sound it out

[@zac3713]

This might sound stupid to some but I think a Spartans ability to see like a cat in low light situations wears off over time.

[@chilligirl2389]

Awesome video again! The third point I think may have something to do with Halsey erasing certain segments of data from Cortana’s data matrix...this is definitely in the Fall of Reach novel and could explain her surprise in the game

[@KeremMeteOzdemir]

4.38 maybe he could just teleport them to locations on the halo ring

[@benmartin4303]

The gravemind tapped into installation 05’s teleportation grid, just how chief did on installation 04. Cortana explains to chief how the 343 Guilty Spark had been getting around so quickly during the events of Combat Evolved. The flood, being so intelligent, used the same process to toss the Arbiter and Chief in the locations where he believed the index would be most likely present.

[@christenciviletto265]

Seriously, good video glad to subscribe! Thanks Chris MNA (mostly known as) Ron!

[@Riven-117]

Ah, I remember when I was confused about the Energy Shields in Halo Wars. I eventually looked up the answer, and I think it was just a gameplay mechanic, same for HW2.

[@FranzbroetchenGaming]

Halo Wars 2 playes after Halo 5 so no plot hole with that But yeah in HW1 the shields aren't canon

[@LOL_Garrus]

Number 6. It wasn't a "teleport anywhere in the galaxy" it was using the rings own teleportation system we've saw in Halo 1. Arbiter was teleported to another place on the ring, and MC was transported to High Charity which was well within range of Delta Halo. The most likely explanation is that the transporting system has fail-safes that prevent flood genetic material from using it.

[@antoniorodriguez4724]

I honestly don't mind these plot holes

[@patrlim]

In halseys journal she mentions them being confused so as to who theses Spartans are, she only knows George from spartan II

[@batyote3700]

I can explain the Gravemind teleportation situation. He is using Halo's teleportation grid. He can not teleport anywhere off the ring he is currently on. He can't just teleport Flood forms to another planet. Cortana took advantage of the grid in Halo. It explains it deeper in the novel "The Flood". High Charity was within the grid because it was close enough to the Halo ring.

[@faded039]

If I saw a huge ring like structure in space I would definitely call it "hulahoop" instead of "halo".

[@psychoclips6817]

Nomber 6: In CE Cortana makes note of this as she is also learning how the network works. It is a network across the entire ring as well as the immediate area around it. It does not go far enough to teleport to planets.

[@theseekerofancienttruth3873]

The EV on their armor (as well as sometimes for the ODSTs) was to assist in preventing Camouflaged Covenant Soldiers from Ambushing them. Chief uses his EV for this in First Strike to great effect.

[@pronoblewolf]

i love this Chanel so much I've watched you for so long

[@jackmeehof9419]

keep the content coming runt

[@annoyinglyfast5972]

Hey Chris-Ron, great video!

[@archpigeon]

I think Cortanas' time on reach explains why the ring is labeled as halo in CE. The knowledge of forerunner tech was probably kept as need to know within ONI, so Cortana had to make it all look like new info.

[@davidflores7591]

In one of the books Dr.Halsey had used a data worm to erase certain parts of Cortanas memory. Chances are she had altered and deleted the much more "Classified" items within Cortana in fear of Noble teams failure.

[@Zack-mz8ed]

great vid, could you cover more flood related topics?

[@jamesgibbons1886]

pillar of autumn on the ground in halo reach but in fall of reach in space, cheif in cryo when on a space station. Not a lore expert but that one always got me.

[@jacobludwick9029]

On the teleportation issue: Recall Halo CE. In Two Betrayals during the ending cutscene Cortana explains that Instalation 04 is laced with a teleportation grid. I'd surmise that all of the installations have them. Since the Gravemind had captured Installation 05's monitor, he certaimly had acess to the grid. However, it could only teloport things to places on the ring.

[@ltshep713]

I always explained away the naming of Halo as either Cortana translating Covenant transmissions regarding the ring, or “Halo” having been heard of before in Covenant transmissions, but the UNSC not having actual context to it, until just then.

[@cabob5713]

I think that that the Gravemind can teleport Chief and the Arbiter because he had 2401 Penitent Tangent in his custody. The monitors have been shown to have the ability to teleport anywhere on the rings they oversee (this is seen when Guilty Spark transported Chief on Installation 04 to the Library). The Arbiter was sent to another place on the ring, which makes sense for this theory. Chief, however, was sent to High Charity. At this time High Charity was quite close to Installation 05, so maybe it was still within the teleportation range. So the Gravemind's access to Penitent Tangent's teleportation abilities is why I think he could do that. This same thing is also my theory as to why Guilty Spark was able to escape Installation 04 so quickly at the time of its destruction. That's just my theory. :)

[@cse9675]

I feel like it was said that the marine was immune like Johnson

[@WaterVictim]

Number 7 Dr.halsy journal has a sub section of the book fall of reach so she read it while reach was falling.

[@-_-2950]

On number 6, Halsey just thought that there was someone else creating more Spartan-II's without her involvement. She didn't have any knowledge of the Spartan-III's at that point.

[@jamesdeegan7365]

5:50 "so we didn't know at the time, but the flood infects everything like your dog, your *non existent girl friend* " oh snap

[@Mark-D751]

If you remember in halo ce 343 did the same teleporting and cortana explains that there is a tp rig around the ring it is the same way we went to the library . The thing is , the Gravemind had the monitor of the halo in h2 was under the log8c plauge

[@snodog00]

No. 3: Cortana and Halsey studied some ruins underground on a planet. Its totally acceptable that she was unaware that the Forerunners were capable of making a planet sized mechanical death machine. That's like digging a book in one spot and finding a ship in another. Just because we we're aware that something lived before us, seeing massive constructs with no knowledge on the previous species capabilities should make you wonder.

[@mellow1128]

when the gravemind transports the chief and the Arbiter, it's not like they're going to different planetary systems. The Arbiter is just getting moved to a different spot on the ring itself, and the chief is just being transported into orbit where High charity is sitting. What I think is going on is since the gravemind has a monitor in that cutscene, he has access to the Rings teleportation Network.

[@legosrockful]

You do know in Dr. Halsey's journal (if you got the halo reach limited edition) it states how she found out they were not Spartan 2s but didn't know where they came from.

[@MusicVideoFun]

as for number six: its probably because the teleportation system seems very similar to the rings teleportation system, its likely in the teleporters development its design is to not allow flood based biomass to pass through, so basically grave mind just threw the arbiter and chief through realizing he could use it in such a way since no flood can pass through.

[@tritan3900]

The skeletons found were from ancient humans and their early stages of evolution and not the second race of humans.

[@nitzel9909]

i will never get tired of master chief saying boo

[@WidowMaker312Insight]

So, in regards to the Gravemind teleporting: I’m pretty sure he can tap into Halo’s network and teleport like the Monitor can. Which would explain the Arbiter, but not Chief. Maybe High Charity was close enough to Halo for teleporting?

[@E101ification]

The Gravemind doesn't teleport Chief and the Arbiter to "completely different parts of the galaxy," He teleports the Arbiter to another part of the same Halo ring and teleports Chief to High Charity which was in orbit around that Halo ring. He really only had the ability to teleport from one part of that Halo ring to another, and a short distance outside of it.

[@ramonsaenz9236]

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[@philipjee2369]

Loved this video very much can you do a video on what type of enemys we might see in halo 6 (= 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TheUnknownAK]

My explanation for the gravemind teleport problem is that it can only teleport things to locations where it has flood forms present

[@pheonix117x]

number 6: It's highly likely that a Halo ring's local teleportation grid is limited to uninfected lifeforms. It would make sense that the forunners would design their system as to not be used by the flood.

[@CrakajaxGaming]

With the marine that's not infected you have to remember that some people are unable to be infected. Going from the books the could've tried to connect to his nervous system, but we're unable to and killed the flood spore and the marine all in one. Explains the lack of him being a flood and why he's dead.

[@GhostRyder2008]

When the Gravemind teleported MC to High Charity, High Charity was already at Delta Halo. Arbiter was sent to a place ON Delta Halo, and MC was sent NEAR Delta Halo. So, to answer your question about Gravemind not using teleportation as a weapon, perhaps the Forerunners knew to limit the teleportation range to only the area on or near the Halo so that the Flood couldn't spread with it. The Forerunners thought about these kinds of things in great depth

[@Outlander19]

You said in one episode about the Flood that the Flood can select who or what to infect

[@GunneryGold]

Maybe the teleported that the Gravemind used had forerunner precautions that made it so no flood can go through it.

[@TamptheChamp2]

4:33 Gravemind could teleport Chief and Arbiter anywhere on Delta Halo, not anywhere in the Galaxy. As for why he didn't teleport his troops anywhere on Delta Halo is a point, but he had already taken over significant parts of that installation.

[@redactedname5038]

Regarding the memory loss, that was only a fragment of cortana, so it is possible that cortana's main memory contained no knowledge of the forerunners

[@drclong1080]

Number 6: the gravemind could only use the teleportation on the halo ring. Both chief and the arbiter were on the ring when “captured” and still on the ring after teleporting with the exception that chief went to high charity. But high charity was in orbit very close to the ring throughout the game. In halo ce, Cortana used the same teleporting system after the mission two betrayals and the oracle used it countless times but only on the ring.