Category: Question of the Week

Questions of interest pertaining to all things Halo and answers to those questions.

What exactly *are* the Forerunners?

As posted at Halo Nation (visit link for full article, including links to more information): “After exhausting every other strategic option, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center died, as planned” — 343 Guilty Spark, explaining the fate of the Forerunners Forerunner is the translated name for the ancient…

What about the UNSC Infinity?

As posted at Halo Nation (visit site for full information and links): The UNSC Infinity was a vessel commissioned into the UNSC Navy following the end of the Human-Covenant war in 2553.[1] The Infinity was a starship technology demonstrator, likely using recovered technology found during the war against the Covenant Empire and/or from Forerunner facilities and installations.[2] History The UNSC…

Who is “The Didact”?

Posted at Halo Nation (links have been disabled, visit article for more information):“Mendicant Bias is trying to prevent us from firing the Array. He speeds back to the Ark, but he won’t succeed. Offensive Bias will stop him, and I will burn this stinking menace in your name. And then? I will begin our Great Journey without you, carrying this…

What is Installation 00?

Posted at Halo Nation (Links in this article have been deactivated, visit article for more information): “Where would someone go to activate the other rings?“ — Miranda Keyes “…Why, the Ark, of course.“ — 343 Guilty Spark Installation 00, also known as The Ark, or The Lesser Ark via Halo: Primordium, is an enigmatic Forerunner installation from which all the…

What is the Halo Array?

Once again, Waypoint provides us with the Question of the Week. Check out their video here, or read on for more detail.   Posted at Halo Nation (some links have been de-linked, see the original article for more information): “Halo doesn’t kill Flood. It kills their food. Humans, Covenant, whatever. We’re all equally edible. The only way to stop the…

What’s the Halo story up to now?

The six minute video version:   The slightly longer version: Posted at halostory.bungie.org: 2160-2200 This period in human history was marked by a series of brutal conflicts between various governments and factions in our Solar System. Conflicts of particular historical importance included the Jovian Moons Campaign, The Rain Forest Wars, and a series of clashes on Mars. As overpopulation and…

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