Why This Halo Reach Mystery Is Still Unsolved 14 Years Later

[@EastmanWestman]

I think its really damn cool how we uncovered someone's long lost discoveries. Its something straight out of Indiana Jones. These are relics lost to time itself, and we just discovered it. Its mystical. Nostalgic and mystical.

[@arcturus4317]

Seriously, imagine what else there is that nobody has rediscovered yet.

[@davemccombs]

Or it's a fucking sticker on a wall and this is one of the most egregious clickbait channels in the history of the franchise.

[@handle433]

The poster at 2:55 with 1 red Spartan is the successfully augmented Spartan II’s, with the red one being the Master Chief. There’s 36 figures, which accounts for the 36 successful augmentations!

[@B1ologix]

why is chief red tho?

[@HaloAssassins]

@@B1ologix he's lucky like that

[@justsomerandomasian408]

@@B1ologix "in grunt voice" HE'S A DEMON

[@danielbedrossian5986]

@@justsomerandomasian408 ,, Bad cyborg! "

[@meatmanmagoo]

That makes some sense to me, I assumed it was some sort of UNSC propaganda. There was an Insurgency happening before the Covenant invasion so my guess, the red figure is some sort of warning like "beware of Insurgents"

[@zazrahtaz9888]

The circular symbols also appear in CE as well. They appear just before you enter the rooms where you cause the fusion reactors to malfunction in Two Betrayals. Those rooms are also circular, similar to the housing complexes on the first level of Reach.

[@TheAlonso1813]

Yes ,just remember that thanks to your comment.

[@AidanSenger]

I also noticed this on the control room level, strange🤔. surprised nobody has looked into these more.

[@lissandrodanny6709]

I thought it was Quick Turn Around 12 - 6. On air, it's common to refer to your position like you see a clock: 12 is forward, 3 is right, 6 is back and 9 is left. So if you're going to you 12, a 'quick turn around' would be you quickly reverse to going to your 6

[@NoiDGamer]

it was a teaser for halo reach then, which went back in time to before halo 1

[@SuperLucky7]

Exactly what I was thinking when he mentioned Quick Turn Around.

[@DefaultGray]

Quick Turn Around to Noble 6 sounds like the answer to me.

[@benhelms7983]

@@DefaultGraysounds like Emile should of read this

[@breezer5498]

“Your body, your armor - all burned and turned to glass. Everything… except your courage”

[@johnmurcott1273]

That, you gave to us...

[@DoingDoneDid]

"And with it, we can rebuild."

[@lilman227]

… and your helment

[@DoingDoneDid]

@@lilman227 yes, that too

[@Onxide]

cringe

[@darthralik9835]

Marty already admitted in an article in an interview that bungie would put random things that meant nothing into the game just to create a sense Of mystery, qta means nothing specifically Gpt confirmed this

[@davemccombs]

Yeah, exactly. We KNOW these mean nothing. It's standard game development and world building. Rocket Sloth is a fuckin' nerd who is clickbaiting you guys by pretending there's mysteries to solve. There aren't.

[@aidan8473]

GPT only really regurgitates information. I do love the idea that the mystery is a nothing burger but it's hardly a confirmation

[@F0xSH0X1]

Dev - puts random symbolic thing on building ( laughs ) “ this random symbol with no meaning will keep them busy for decades “

[@anusername8350]

That’s basically what happened with the ODST Glyphs so I wouldn’t be surprised.

[@hamm8934]

@@anusername8350 or so we are lead to believe 😉

[@brysonkuervers2570]

@@hamm8934 someone (I think Marty) literally confirmed they didn’t mean anything lol

[@hamm8934]

@@brysonkuervers2570 I'm aware, hence "lead" to believe :)

[@gracehobratschk9047]

That strange machine at 3:14 is actually a protective box that's actually often used for manufacturing stuff or other situations where PPE in a sealed environment is necessary. Personally, I have used them for when I'm sandblasting metal parts, but I've also seen them used in chemistry labs and hospitals (when they are handling newborns in the NICU). They are usually made a little differently for their specific purpose, i.e. the NICU boxes would obviously be a bit different than a glovebox used for sandblasting. Looks like they're sometimes using the same technology 500 years later haha.

[@ThePandJ]

U mean 3:14?

[@gracehobratschk9047]

@@ThePandJ You just made me realize I made that mistake, thank you for pointing it out! I fixed it so others know what I'm talking about

[@gyrozeppeli4862]

I'd sure hope that a sandblaster and NICU equipment were different lol

[@danielbedrossian5986]

I mean, they use old ass bulets with calibers that originate from II. WW and internal combustion engines, the protective box isn't that surprising.

[@MitsukiTakeda]

I mean, if it still works for what you need, why change it?

[@robeson1070]

5 sparrows... 5 sacrificed Spartans from Noble Team For 2 farthings... Chief & Cortana. Won't forget the 5 who died for the 2.

[@Gameboypxht]

I dont know why he doesnt think thats it. Its literally there

[@SlinkyRock]

I can't believe you really baited me into watching 30 minutes of absolutely nothing, well done!

[@darthrevan392]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, or is related at all, but way back when Reach first released I per-ordered the legendary edition which came with the large noble team statue. This statue depicted the members of Noble team standing around a stone pillar type structure, however something I always found strange was that if you turned the state around, at the base of the stone pillar was a large semi circular emblem design that is VERY similar to these circular glyphs. Not exact copies, but a similar fragmented, circular design. Like I said, it was just a weird little detail that I never fully connected to anything, but watching this video now it just reminded me of the statue and it's symbol. Could be completely unrelated but I thought it was an interesting observation nonetheless.

[@qwerty5796]

i just checked mine you're totally right. I think that's too close to be unrelated. now i gotta check halseys notebook

[@TehSafst3r]

What if those disks are like visual representations of bits on a CD, and form a sort of circular QR code that is meant for quickly accessing information about the locations they are placed in?

[@josiahpump]

Print out all the circles and put them on one another and use it as a Cipher for...something

[@Boukansha]

What about translating Covenant dialogue? Marty said that they're all translatable in Reach.

[@dashiejinxx100]

I personally stand by the conclusion that QTA is Quick Turn Around. It makes the most logical sense to me. It's always fun to make connections and theorise, though! Great vid :)

[@SOMEGUY7893]

Yeah with the Halo story bible being a thing it's possible that Virgil's Engineer name originated from it and it's not really an invention of the book but something that Bungie already decided on before the game released.

[@inductivegrunt94]

So long as there are questions left unanswered, there will always be those seeking those answers. And Rocket Sloth will always bring us videos explaining what the possible answers are.

[@williammemecraig1357]

Guys. It's true. I can confirm this for you. Neko really did left without a warn. It was crazy.

[@dh.bryson1627]

When dad leaves without a warn

[@jlmoose3511]

holy shit…

[@Evarakeus]

If QTA stands for "Quick Turn Around" then it seems most obvious that 12/6 would be referring to directional callouts, specifically going from 12 to 6 as you turn around

[@Vashtehstampde]

This is what I think as well lol

[@Vashtehstampde]

Re-commenting to boost my theory, I'm pretty sure now it's just their way of working in a "Watch your back, Don't drop the soap!" joke into the game lmao

[@darmanskirata9291]

The poster at 3:05 could simply be of Reach and her two moons Csodaszarvas and Turul.

[@astralaegis6283]

QTA in radio means: "Cancel message as if it had not been sent". Could this refer to an elite military team focused on enemy interception? Also notable is that military use suggests the phrase could mean "Quick Target Acquisition" which does fit well with the ODST response team. But I have no theories behind the numbers, which seem to be the most important part of the puzzle.

[@zachary2010]

May be its a designation/detachment? ODST's and Reach guys from something like "Quick Target Acquisiton - 12th Division - 6th Battalion" ???

[@MrREACHEZ]

The symbols really remind me of Binary. If you look at the "recent" Mars rover landing and keep an eye out for the parachut as it lands, it has a similar pattern. If the circle is straightened out into columns, they can be deciphered using binary. I personally probably can't do it. So I hope someone sees this 😅 and gives it a shot.

[@glynrh8892]

There’s a Matt Colville video about the (potential) links between Halo and Marathon that’s well worth a watch

[@vladthedeathless9439]

You can find the symbol that was in the thumbnail of this video in the hallways of the Level "Assault on the Control Room" in Halo CE with classic graphics. I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned in the vid

[@RealMichael2055]

I went back to ChatGPT and asked the question, "what does QTA VII/VI mean halo reach" the AI responded _"QTA VII/VI" is a code that appears in the game Halo: Reach, and it refers to a specific location on the planet Reach._ _According to the game, QTA VII/VI is a section of the planet's surface that was designated for excavation by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), a human military intelligence agency. The exact nature of what was being excavated at QTA VII/VI is not explicitly stated in the game, but it's implied that ONI was interested in uncovering some kind of artifact or technology that had been buried on Reach._ _Players encounter the QTA VII/VI location during the campaign mission "New Alexandria," when they must fly through a portion of the city and avoid enemy fire while attempting to reach a landing pad. The code appears on several of the buildings in this section of the city, which suggests that ONI had a significant presence there."_ When asked to expand it wrote _"While the exact nature of what was being excavated at QTA VII/VI on Reach is not explicitly stated in the game, there are a few additional details that can provide some context._ _In the game's official novelization, "Halo: The Fall of Reach," it's mentioned that the Office of Naval Intelligence had been conducting "classified research" on Reach for several years prior to the events of the game. This research reportedly involved the study of Forerunner artifacts and technology, which ONI believed could be used to help win the war against the Covenant._ _It's possible, then, that the excavation at QTA VII/VI was part of this larger Forerunner research project. Some fans have speculated that the code may refer to a specific Forerunner artifact or site that ONI was attempting to uncover. However, without further information from the game's creators, the true nature of the excavation remains a mystery."_ I asked it if there was anything else I should know or it could tell me and it replied _"There is not much additional information available about QTA VII/VI beyond what is mentioned in the game and its related media. However, it's worth noting that the code itself is likely a reference to the military practice of using alphanumeric codes to designate specific locations._ _In real-world military operations, these codes can be used to identify everything from individual buildings to entire regions of a country. For example, during the Vietnam War, the U.S. military used a system of alphanumeric codes to designate different areas of the country for operations and logistics purposes._ _It's possible that the code "QTA VII/VI" is meant to imply that this is the seventh area designated for excavation in region six on Reach. While this is just speculation, it would be in keeping with the way that military forces in the real world use alphanumeric codes to identify specific locations."_ What could all of this mean? In the video there was no speculation of involvement from ONI or from Forerunners, it also didn't mention anything about New Alexandria. I believe the AI's referring to the excavation site underneath the ONI base that we go into in one of the last missions _The Package_ . I did some further research on the military code ChatGPT was talking about and it said _"Assuming that the "QTA" in "QTA VII/VI" stands for "quadrant," it's possible that it's referring to a specific 100-kilometer square on the planet Reach. The "VII/VI" could then represent a coordinate within that quadrant, indicating a specific location within that 100-kilometer area."_ Could this actually be in game coordinates or does anyone think this could be a reach? Personally, if it does have any correlation with ONI and the excavation site, I believe that is where the forerunner artifact they're excavating is. Nevertheless, I believe you should keep looking into this, maybe see if ChatGPT was right in saying there are marking of QTA XII/VI on the buildings.

[@moviemaker2011z]

Yeah, I don't believe any of that actually happening.

[@ApolloTC]

Could also be referencing the underground research lab where Halsey was downloading Cortana. There was a group of Marines that were guarding the entrance if I remember correctly. Maybe it's referencing that? I think in reality it was just a teaser for Halo Reach, but maybe teasing a little more information about Cortana and the Research Lab.

[@docc_]

VII/VI? It's XII/VI 😂 I don't know why you give any chance to that AI, it wrote a bunch of bullshit citing no source and using the wrong number.

[@viper-tank824]

QTA is a short way of saying Quality Test Assurance. Which nowadays is often called QA Testing. Or Quality Assurance Testing. The roman numerals are likely a number assigned to a specific test where something of note occured in relation to the overall quality of the game while it was in development. Likely an internal update number. Since then the devs probably thought it was funny to tease the community with what amounts to an inside joke.

[@TheMAZZTer]

The symbol on the cleaning supplies is different enough for me to think it could be coincidental. It actually reminds me of a QR Code a bit so it could just be an artist trying to create a futuristic looking type of QR Code. 12/6 being a date makes a lot of sense. Possibly it was a planned date for something which Bungie had to delay or cancel so now it doesn't make sense. (Edit: As you can see I type my comment before I finish the video.) The Luke 12:6 reference the other channel makes is probably referring to the Noble team Spartans as sparrows. That verse is actually talking about how God cares for all his creations, even the most insignificant sparrow, so he certainly cares for people. I think they probably cited the King James Version of the Bible for this which makes things line up a bit closer. Personally I suspect they just went through 12:6 in each book of the Bible until they found something interesting, so I don't think there's a connection unless someone can explain why Luke (or even the Bible) specifically from hints in the game. Also worth noting only four members of Noble team died (though Jun's fate was never known tp Noble 6). Again with Luke 12:4 it does sound like there could be a connection until you mull over what the Bible is trying to say, and then it doesn't really match the game dialog then. Luke 12:4 is talking about how Christians should not fall into the trap of seeing other people as their enemies, but instead Satan/demons. For the 12/6/09 video upload theory, did you check the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine?

[@docc_]

You should not use the message the bible scriptures is trying to pass to match the citations with the game. 5 sparrows = 5 Noble Members 2 coins = Cortana and Pillar of Autumn I wrote a comment about it and the 5 sparrows were trade for 2 asses, which is an old roman copper coin, interestingly the coins had craved in them 2 Roman deities, Janus and Mercurius and a ship's bow on the back. Janus is a god of change and is said that "It has the power of start" and Mercurius a messenger god. Janus = Cortana Mercurius = Chief Ship's bow = Pillar of Autumn It makes sense to me, though it has the chance of being wrong.

[@Will_Forge]

MAZZter is right. Jorge didn't die. He teleported himself, his captured Corvette, up to 5 marines that can survive the mission, and 1/3 of a super carrier to a random location in space with no hope for a return trip since they won't have accurate star charts at their destination. You can't calculate a Slipspace jump without knowing where you are via star charts. Anyway, this means all but Jun and Jorge died. Interestingly, there is a specially scripted AI interaction that's unique from all other AI for the enemy type Engineers found in the mission Long Night of Solace. When you kill the enemy commander, the Engineers doesn't self destruct. It simply rises into a cavity in the ceiling and retreats. This Engineers is scripted to canonically survive the firefight it's in. Jorge MIGHT be able to find a way home with the help of a Huragok Engineer, so this is very interesting. It's very possible he made it home, and if so maybe before the events of Halo 3 ODST. Even if Jorge later died, this Huragok might have made it back into the Covenant. It's very possible this engineer is later Virgil. Contrarily we technically don't know how ONI learned that Virgil was down there. He may have turned sides and signalled ONI via Virgil's subsystems before the ODST drop and slipspace jump, true. But without knowing exactly it's equally possible he returned with Gorge, then deployed to New Mombasa as a double agent to free his fellow Huragoks. When he tried to insight rebellion the Brutes decided it was time to strap bombs to the Engineers in case they rebel. Virgil learned about the Ark and was then saved by other Engineers that sacrificed themselves to remove his bomb so he can finish his work. That's when Dare shows up.

[@docc_]

@@Will_Forge that's a FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR reach man

[@Arnothecarno]

I instantly thought of QR codes. I think that's exactly what they are. Different coding but same concept.

[@shawnhardy-hf7is]

The king James version says farthing not cents or coins or asses. So no they used a more modern and altered version of the Bible may nkjv or niv or esv or nav or maybe even nas

[@scubaydu7115]

@Rocketsloth I think I've figured it out, I believe QTA is an equation. Specifically a section of the Gram-Schmidt equation, where QTA is sort of a placeholder, sort of like x in many equations. Taking that into account I took 12/6 as inputs and T as ^T for tangent. I took the 12 and multiplied it by a tangent of 6 to get a quite long decimal. I simplified the decimal by rounding, the decimal ended up as 1.25, or 5/4, May 4th. I got confused here, but looked at Halo Reach's Halopedia page. Apparently May 3rd was Halo Reach's Multiplayer beta flight testing of sorts. I thought maybe the planned this testing on May 4th, but decided to start the testing a day early.

[@yourebigmad]

Math majors trying to relate to the normal world:

[@vantakenshi7978]

Star Wars day?

[@thecapone45]

That’s pretty good.

[@JeanOlivierGagnon]

I like the theory of "Quick Turn Around 12-6" as in army talk, turning around would have you face 12, then 6.

[@3rdStepStudios]

Every time Elijah mispronounces "Neko" I die a bit inside.

[@jordanmatte8835]

“I tell you my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more” ; In relation to the halsey quote, They can kill your body, but nothing can kill your soul. AKA “everything except your courage”

[@leedlelel2373]

-describes random unconnected tidbits -proceeds to talk about some ancient teenage xbox drama -fills the whole video with it and sprinkles it with gpt -refuses to elaborate -leaves

[@5RndsFFE]

Basically any Halo centric content for the last 7 years

[@l6ki]

I love this stuff, thanks for continuing to produce amazing content! I love Halo, especially Reach, and ARGs and your Halo mystery videos are amazing.

[@MacNCheezMonstr]

5 members of Noble team died. Halsey and Cortana were saved. Two cents, five sparrows.

[@TheGingernaut]

The circles on the building and on the detergent box reminds me if the DHARMA Initiative sites from lost, each site had their own logo....thats all I could add to the discussion

[@Wint910]

hey rocket sloth, was watching the video '117 things you may have missed about halo reach' by the channel EBR and he mentions at the start of the video how the symbol found at the first compound is also the same symbol in the mission assault on the control room from halo combat evolved. This would make sense the easter egg may have something to do with the previous games seeing as it was bungies last game

[@M4xH4xCentaurus]

Those circles are like a binary code. Look into the Opportunity drop on mars. I believe its parachute was adorned with one of those symbols. Scott Manley has a video on it.

[@Sazenami]

I mean "quick turn around 12/6" just makes me think "quick, turn around!" And that your 12 and 6 would be a literal turn around (12 being in front and 6 being behind you) thats about as far as my monkey brain gets with analysing this 😂 More over, when reach originally came out i had always assumed those glyph symbols were basically top down views of those structures as you had suggested, with inclusion of some of the inner structure as well. Then having the orientation of the symbol being relative to some significance to the devs (either the perspective from which they were placed on the map in orientation to each other or something such like) though i had never noticed the symbol on the smaller objects through the maps as well like the cleaning spray. Although now looking at it and with the additional context of the qta thing and numbers i do have to say they mildly remind me of the inner structure to a combination lock 🤔 with the rotating pins having to match up to correctly unlock. Anyway, good luck figuring out this one.

[@Vashtehstampde]

Whoops, this is what I just commented not seeing this right away, but yes I Agree with 12/6 being directions IF qta means Quick Turn Around lol

[@Vashtehstampde]

Re-commenting to boost my theory, I'm pretty sure now it's just their way of working in a "Watch your back, Don't drop the soap!" joke into the game lmao

[@bugbear2001]

for the "Are not five sparrows sold for two cents" perhaps the old researcher was referencing the fact that 5 spartans died so that Cortana and John could make it off of reach. Might be a stretch but ya know.

[@bugbear2001]

well I need to finish videos before commenting. not that I think it's connected to the secret anyway.

[@yugene-lee]

I'm only halfway through the video, but did you ever consider it could be akin to a QR code? For example, symbols on the bottles symbolize it comes from a cleaning facility and the buildings with that same symbol are for janitorial and cleaning services?

[@yugene-lee]

Also, perhaps: Numbers 12:6 6 he said, “Listen to my words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.

[@HandOfThemis]

They are like QR codes. We discovered that they are ShotCodes, and are unreadable now. According to one member on the Discord Server, the codes were actually unrelated to the game, and were just taken because they looked futuristic. No confirmation on that part of it though. The software required to read the codes us no longer available, and the servers for said codes has been down for many years, sadly.

[@thecapone45]

Saw someone else saying how it’s pretty intentional how the ODST thing says Keep It Clean, and the symbols shows up on the energy buildings. They are making clean energy. And then the symbol shows up in a laundry room… on a detergent bottle… Keep It Clean.

[@lenorelestrange]

The circle symbols are Binary QR, if to look at it, space is 0, block is 1. Just need to decipher what the Binary is.

[@BigCheese117]

Pretty genius sounding

[@onfireindian]

They went so Insane with ODST they know need to go down rabbit holes and I’m all for it

[@DiegoHernandez-fd3du]

Great premise for the video :)

[@tylercottringer8793]

The circular symbols look a lot like QR codes in our world. Its possible that these r simply forms of world building as they appear on not only buildings for logistical production, energy production as well as various civilian items. Maybe in universe people could scan this symbols with their data pads and review information on whatever they scanned. Its possible that this was a minute bit of set dressing that one artist was very passionate about that never really came to fruition.

[@howilearned2stopworrying508]

they also resemble some forerunner hologram glyphs. sort of a nod to humans reinventing/rediscovering ancient alien tech

[@Anska5126]

It's not anything super exciting buy Captain Cutter was born June 12th 2479. That's 12/6 with the European Date format and honestly it's the best i have so far. Although I have no idea what the QTA is about. Quite possibly it might have something to do with Captain Cutter and Halo Wars being released in 2009 which was before Reach while the theory of it being a teaser for the release of reach is around. Halo Wars was a Bungie Era game after all and Cutter was born on Reach. Probably would have been on Reach if the Spirit of Fire's FTL Drive was still in one piece and not used to blow an artificial star and planet into 5,000,000 pieces. Honestly that's my best guess

[@michaelhead5582]

Sorry for the comments But maybe 12 is for the 11 reach missions, and the scrapped one where you go across the glasses ground and 6 is for the people on the team

[@MisterTonyy]

Also I feel like we’re over complicating this, let’s focus on the panel being 2-3 weeks before the launch of the Reach and Joe saying “let’s see if y’all can figure it out by the time the games out” what tools would we have had at our disposal at that time???

[@dashiejinxx100]

The panel was a year and a half before reach came out. It was in March 2009, Reach was September 2010.

[@Will_Forge]

I think the stick figure poster is actually an in-lore war propaganda poster akin to "loose lips sink ships". I think it means "1 out of 36 people is an insurrectionist. Keep vigilant" essentially. At least that's what I interpreted it to mean when I first saw it. Probably not related to the QTA XII/VI thing. The real question is why is Virgil angry in the QTA reveal in the first place? Seems odd.

[@golden_lemonade]

The "symbols" on the cleaning spray, cheeseburger lid, and at 0:21 appear to just be some form of qr code. If you don't know what I mean look up the wikipedia page for shotcode. There was also an xbox blog post in 2006 where they partnered with shotcode for a promotion. The stuff on the buildings is significantly different, though.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

Are you able to provide or know the link for that blog post? I can’t seem to find it and would love to read it

[@golden_lemonade]

@@brysonkuervers2570 I tried to before, but youtube don't allow links in their comments. If you browse the shotcode website with the wayback machine you should be able to find it.

[@Treso14]

Have you checked the overlook firefight map? Also the circles could fit into eachother, like legos or puzzle pieces

[@Dargonhuman]

I was looking to see if anyone else noticed that. I wonder if they fit perfectly or if there would be small gaps that could lead to another mystery or another clue for this mystery?

[@llohhan]

13:25 maybe its saying how 5 members of noble team died for master chief and cortana to save humanity idk

[@lordofpizza117]

Yo this music slapps

[@aritone_n]

The "Quick Turn Around" may be correct. and 12/6 aren't dates. they are clock directions. like 12 o clock is in front of you and 6 o clock is behind you. and the "quick turn around" is the player or whoever quickly turning around from 12 o clock to 6 o clock

[@michaelhead5582]

Five sparrow are the five Spartans of noble team that died

[@hamcheese3532]

I hate that they shut down the servers but they also removed armor from being used online

[@willmurrin9344]

This is the type of content I subscribe for. Loving every moment of it!

[@LegendaryGoetz]

Nice profile pic. Anesthetize, one of the greatest songs!

[@rm25088]

QTA is QTA rotary airlock in 12 inch and 6 inch sizes.

[@GGEvan317]

QUESTION THE AUTHOR (QtA) is a question answering and generating strategy that improves comprehension by helping students pose questions while reading a given text, helping to solidify their knowledge and challenge their understanding. QtA is used during reading.

[@SalariaStudios]

There is a game design philosophy that boils down to this. Add mystery and they will speculate and speculation leads to engagement and engagement leads to more players. Puzzles that are puzzling leads to a tighter community does it have to have a conclusion. You would like it to to give the community a feeling of success but you don’t have to sometimes the mystery should be kept a mystery

[@anusername8350]

It’s the glyphs all over again.

[@Jesus-101]

well obviously the 12 was for the months till the next release and the 6 was for the amount of people in the team in said next release

[@docc_]

This does not make sense in any way lol the next release was 3 ODST, and they were 3 weeks away from it. If you consider it for Reach it doesn't make sense the same way as Reach released day 14th of September and neither the 3 ODST release date nor the panel date were 12 months away from Reach's launch.

[@Jesus-101]

@@docc_ well reach released in September same as odst I'd say that's close enough

[@docc_]

@@Jesus-101 How would they have the release date for Reach before even releasing ODST?

[@Jesus-101]

@@docc_ it's not serious it's a joke they obviously didn't

[@IRLJojo]

All that and you DIDN'T ASK MARTY FIRST? He'd probably tell you if the secret was still active or not. Especially if this was something cancelled.

[@muji5875]

The circular glyph is similar to the Halo 2 loading screen, and kind of reminds me of the layout of the Halo firing mechanism where the Tartarus fight happens, with rotating platforms around a central circular core.

[@er1sed626]

When i saw the symbols on the buildings in Reach, I immediately thought of the irl easter egg hidden inside the parachute of the perseverance Mars rover. It uses several layers of binary to say "Dare Mighty Things" and comes out looking similar to these Reach symbols.

[@timweiner7990]

So, the inclusion of Luke 12:6 could be intending to connect that 5 spartans (Jorge, Kat, Carter, Emile, and Six) all died, but were not forgotten (as Keyes points out) And the inclusion of Luke 12:4 could be intending to connect that Six's body and equipment were destroyed, but no more; his courage remained and passed on. I think those connections are really tenuous, but i can see what the OC is going for.

[@timweiner7990]

Also, the idea of pulling a Bible verse out of context and trying to make it say what you want has a name: eisegesis (from the Greek words meaning "to draw in"). A more responsible way of interpreting the Bible is called "exegesis" (Gk:"to draw out") and focuses on trying to identify the original intent of the text based on context. Just thought I'd mention it, since you point out in the video that eisegesis is a real problem with a lot of halo theories. It helps to have a term for it, some times. :)

[@michaelhead5582]

I too am sorry for the our Latin pronunciation. V’s make the sound of W, and there are no silent letters 👍

[@mason0450]

A quick google brings up Shotcode, circular barcodes

[@EvAn8t0R_10]

18:50 Why did you put divorce papers?

[@leonardford-djs-9205]

One thing that can be said for sure with out hesitation is that Bungie's passion and creativity in making games is unmatched. I mean we are still going back 10 years later and finding interesting things. Thank you Bungie. Halo misses you

[@Wesley_H]

Reminds me of a parachute used on a recent Mars landing…

[@TheSpiffyNeoStar]

My theory on the circular symbols is that they are round "bar codes" or QR-like codes. There's probably even a way to decode them if you look carefully at the higher detailed ones.

[@PGF1892]

This symbol is actually from Halo CE. It's found mainly in Assault On The Control Room + 2 Betrayals, but I think it's found on other levels too.

[@SC9R9CR9W]

Awe the way he takes us to the beginning here! I miss this game very much

[@williammemecraig1357]

I was asking GPT about this, and one thing it eventually suggested was 'Quiet Tactical Advance' for QTA. There were several other possibilities it listed before this, but I'm wondering why it might be on the gear of actual marines, and this option stuck out to me as more plausible than some of the others. Ask GPT about this yourself, but basically a QTA is a military term that refers to...well...using stealth tactics to gain some kind of advantage on a target, or to secretly infiltrate a location to gain information or extract something/someone. Maybe there is a backstory to this specific group of marines that have these markings, that they were tasked with something special, like a classified mission on Reach. Maybe XII/VI is related to their squad designation or something. I don't know. I haven't thought about Halo mysteries for a long time, but something like ChatGPT makes a lot of the thinking through of possibilities much easier lol

[@SgtJohnRemairez]

was't noble 6 some sort of secret squad that was supposed to get Cortana's AI off Reach?

[@5RndsFFE]

@@SgtJohnRemairez Well prior to Halo: Reach the game, the novel Fall of Reach, chief and Cortana had already been acquainted for some time.

[@yeet-qi7ys]

has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like another youtuber called Juicehead? he makes bethesda videoand i this came on in auto play and i was so confused as to why he was talking about halo, then realised it was just good old rocket sloth

[@kowonski7729]

Oh boy, here we go again

[@icarusgaming6269]

I'm not convinced the concentric diagrams and QTA are in fact the same puzzle. Their connection to the Winter Contingency mission is broken pretty quickly as soon as they're discovered elsewhere You can ask GPT a *lot* of follow-up questions for every thread. You can ask it to show its work, or to provide a completely different explanation, and then to show its work on that. You can correct individual pieces of information and have it try the same method again using the updated training data

[@ShadowMage]

QTA XII/VI What if the letters and numbers go like the initial representation of them without the circle and dots. Q XII T VI A If so, then what would the A be?

[@Skellitor301_VA]

3:20 so it's worth mentioning it's not just nuclear stuff that those are used for, in fact idk if it is used for nuclear stuff. That mainly is used for isolated research, where you require what ever you are working with to remain sealed. This is usually to prevent viruses or toxins from being released into the air and infecting the person performing the research, or it could also be the other way around, keeping the research clean of any outside contamination. These are also used in industry, mainly sand blasting small metals. You can see this be used on some KZbin restoration videos where people take apart old rusted objects and sand blast the old paint and rust off inside machines like this. Also, the round symbols. Are those not just something scannable? Not by us currently but those seem to be something that is meant to be scanned by a device in universe, like a QR code or a barcode, but rounded. That to me looks like physical data like qr codes

[@me_Gustav]

These symbols could be the Halo universe equivalent of a QR code, indicating building numbers, laundry products, etc.

[@rowangallagher4579]

That one box thing could just be a relatively mundane box for potentially hazardous or noxious materials. I forgot what they are called.

[@Spendingryan]

Yeah you could say the icon being on the burger box is a bit of a reach

[@FishyButters]

I believe QTA does stand for Quick Turn Around as ODST’s were known for their highest death rate and the fact that in ODST you are the new recruit and they don’t even take time to learn your name because you’ll probably die and be replaced aka “Quick Turn Around”

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

While I like the whole theory, this 110% was some dev just slapping random symbols down

[@thatscrawford]

Thanks for putting verses in this most people would just be to scared to do this

[@GRUNTCHAPARRO]

May be someone has said it but I'm more blown away for the presence of Buck in New Alexandria, what was his mission?

[@loganpeterson133]

My step-dad watching this theorized that the glyphs may be a circular Barcode. And that they just need to un-wrapped and decoded. And that it appearing on Soap may be a hint that that's what it is, because you use barcodes to buy items. He also noticed that the clear spacing shrinks as you near the punch hole in the center, making him think it's just a wrapped code. He also thinks maybe for the QTA it might just be a mystery designed for ODST and a Reach reveal that a new designer didn't know the importance of and just put it in the game as a call-back.

[@howilearned2stopworrying508]

I always thought they were some more futuristic version of a QR code. Maybe something for augmented reality where the code triggers a more complex headset display.

[@seanm.7584]

The first verse in John has 17 words in it

[@leshiy6802]

there was that achievement called "KEEP IT CLEAN" in winter contingency

[@BlaireSnorlax]

"You thought the Great Journey was boring? You were wrong." - The Prophets to the Arbiter.

[@JavaMies]

The circular markings look like they may have a function similiar to a QR code, maybe technichians/engineers have a way to interpret them to see which building has the components that they have been ordered to maintain/fix/retrofit, or something.

[@Xmexican61]

The verse and dialogue can be made out as a teaser for halo Reach’s noble team of 6 Spartans. I believe

[@GarrettCrespo]

I don’t have a theory on what the QTA means, but I’m willing to bet that the marines with that on them are the ones named after Bungie staffers!

[@ItsGerbs]

There is some lore in Destiny lore about this mysterious Oxta, and they break down how there was a mistranslation and dilects affect how it was meant to be said, Oxa. An AI that named Sundaresh. And she's intertwined into another AI copied into Destiny's universe, a Clovis Bray

[@Vashtehstampde]

IF QTA does mean "Quick Turn Around" then I'd feel like 12/6 would refer to clock directions, being opposites; "On your 6!"; in front of you/behind you (I'm making this comment halfway through the video so if that comes up later then whoops lol)

[@Vashtehstampde]

Furthermore, and it might be a ...Reach 😉 but if this is also true, it sounds like it's just some random bungie humor, especially with "keep it clean" there.... Idk what the exact joke would be but its giving me something along the lines of "Watch your back!", akin to "Don't drop the soap!" ....in fact, as I'm typing this, is that it? "keep it clean" relating to Soap, and "watching your back"/QTA 12/16 to relate to *possibly bad things happening if you don't watch your back if you drop soap in the showers in prison? I think that's it, and it's completely on brand for them all, just a cryptic way of saying "Don't Drop the soap!" lmfaooooooooo

[@Incred_Canemian]

The yellow poster works as both an Destiny easter egg, and a model of Reach and its 2 moons. Not sure what the 12 pine tree-shaped things on the bottom are supposed to be though.

[@royal_throck2983]

3:20 could be just a sand/hydro blaster for cleaning stuff. Use one everyday myself

[@halflife3181]

Quick turn around 12/6. 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock.

[@RikaRoleplay]

The circles are futuristic QR codes, they should be deciphered as such. They could be in a CD format as well or in a twisted rectangular format.

[@RikaRoleplay]

That is why they are on building and cleaning products and also fast food packaging

[@RikaRoleplay]

This could also be shot code, which I'll look into

[@elijahmoser1062]

You know those look like the code NASA JPL uses on Thier parachutes when they land rovers on Mars. I believe it's a binary code.