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:::: Well then may I make an edit request? I request this <small>'''"However, Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide establishes that John's suit's superficial upgrades are based on a variant of the Mark IV, retroactively indicating that the suits seen in the Prologue are in fact this particular variant"'''</small> be slightly changed to this <small>'''"However, Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide establishes that John's suit's superficial upgrades are based on a variant of the Mark IV, possibly indicating that the suits seen in the Prologue are in fact this particular variant"'''</small> As while the EVU states that John's custom MKVI is based on an earlier line of MKIV '''it is never directly stated''' that what we see in Halo 4's prologue is that MKIV, so I request this minor change as since it is never directly stated it leaves it open for interpretation and later changes, as well as pleasing both sides and ending this edit war. - [[User:JJAB91]]
:::: Well then may I make an edit request? I request this <small>'''"However, Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide establishes that John's suit's superficial upgrades are based on a variant of the Mark IV, retroactively indicating that the suits seen in the Prologue are in fact this particular variant"'''</small> be slightly changed to this <small>'''"However, Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide establishes that John's suit's superficial upgrades are based on a variant of the Mark IV, possibly indicating that the suits seen in the Prologue are in fact this particular variant"'''</small> As while the EVU states that John's custom MKVI is based on an earlier line of MKIV '''it is never directly stated''' that what we see in Halo 4's prologue is that MKIV, so I request this minor change as since it is never directly stated it leaves it open for interpretation and later changes, as well as pleasing both sides and ending this edit war. - [[User:JJAB91]]


::::I know the page is already locked, but I concur with Braidenvl, my problem wasn't the authority of Josh Holmes' statement, it was that the other explanation was removed. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 03:03, 8 June 2014 (EDT)
::::I know the page is already locked, but I concur with Braidenvl, my problem wasn't the authority of Josh Holmes' statement, it was that the other explanation was removed. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 03:03, 8 June 2014 (EDT)


:::I'm with Braidenvl and Morhek - the issue here was the removal of the EVG's explanation, not what Holmes tweeted. Like Killamin7, I'd also to question the logic of deferring to direct developer statements over likewise official media: over the years we've had plenty of more or less silly "explanations" to appease the fans - that the M7 SMG was still "in the factory" during ''Reach'' or that the Skirmishers were all wiped out during the same game (oh <s>yes</s> no, the ''Kilo-Five Trilogy'' cannot be canon now!). Or Frankie's aforementioned prowler comment. Personally, I would prefer if Holmes' statement superseded the EVG's explanation since I'm not a fan of the utter lack of a logical visual continuity in the MJOLNIR series' development, but it doesn't justify removing perfectly valid information. I would have no problem with changing the "retroactively" to "possibly", though I don't see the point - the intention of the EVG's statement was crystal clear. I mean, consider a scenario where the EVG ''isn't'' referring to the Prologue suits: that there is a canonical Mark IV variant identical to the one in Prologue, but the armor in Prologue isn't that variant but is instead wholly non-canonical. In that case, what was the point of the EVG's claim? To establish there is in fact a Mark IV variant identical to the Chief's ''Halo 4'' suit that we never see, because the only feasible appearance of that suit isn't canon? --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 08:40, 8 June 2014 (EDT)
:::I'm with Braidenvl and Morhek - the issue here was the removal of the EVG's explanation, not what Holmes tweeted. Like Killamin7, I'd also to question the logic of deferring to direct developer statements over likewise official media: over the years we've had plenty of more or less silly "explanations" to appease the fans - that the M7 SMG was still "in the factory" during ''Reach'' or that the Skirmishers were all wiped out during the same game (oh <s>yes</s> no, the ''Kilo-Five Trilogy'' cannot be canon now!). Or Frankie's aforementioned prowler comment. Personally, I would prefer if Holmes' statement superseded the EVG's explanation since I'm not a fan of the utter lack of a logical visual continuity in the MJOLNIR series' development, but it doesn't justify removing perfectly valid information. I would have no problem with changing the "retroactively" to "possibly", though I don't see the point - the intention of the EVG's statement was crystal clear. I mean, consider a scenario where the EVG ''isn't'' referring to the Prologue suits: that there is a canonical Mark IV variant identical to the one in Prologue, but the armor in Prologue isn't that variant but is instead wholly non-canonical. In that case, what was the point of the EVG's claim? To establish there is in fact a Mark IV variant identical to the Chief's ''Halo 4'' suit that we never see, because the only feasible appearance of that suit isn't canon? --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 08:40, 8 June 2014 (EDT)
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::Actually, it doesn't reference the US explicitly in its wording and uses the term "Air Force" in quotes as though that is the unusual item in question. It later calls out the first Chief of Staff by name so a reference to US is implied but indirectly. It still doesn't explain the use of "Air Force" in quotation marks since the UNSC's branch has an identical name. I was similarly puzzled by this as UNSC Air Force references have been around at least since Halo: Reach.. -[[User:ScaleMaster117|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117|talk]]) 16:31, 31 March 2015 (EDT)
::Actually, it doesn't reference the US explicitly in its wording and uses the term "Air Force" in quotes as though that is the unusual item in question. It later calls out the first Chief of Staff by name so a reference to US is implied but indirectly. It still doesn't explain the use of "Air Force" in quotation marks since the UNSC's branch has an identical name. I was similarly puzzled by this as UNSC Air Force references have been around at least since Halo: Reach.. -[[User:ScaleMaster117|ScaleMaster117]] ([[User talk:ScaleMaster117|talk]]) 16:31, 31 March 2015 (EDT)
:::The quotes on "Air Force" are also what I take issue with. Why say "a military group called the 'Air Force'" and not just "the US Air Force" or "the Air Force of the United States" or something of that sort if he wanted to differentiate it from the UNSC one? Though I can definitely understand the "the rest is history" interpretation, it seems like something one would use if he were a part of the Air Force himself and felt like expressing pride in his service in a particularly dramatic way. But with his lack of ties to the Air Force and the way he refers to the "Air Force" as historical trivia and not present-day reality (by making no distinction as to what entity's air force he's talking about) I'm more inclined to see it as a discrepancy. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 03:51, 1 April 2015 (EDT)
:::The quotes on "Air Force" are also what I take issue with. Why say "a military group called the 'Air Force'" and not just "the US Air Force" or "the Air Force of the United States" or something of that sort if he wanted to differentiate it from the UNSC one? Though I can definitely understand the "the rest is history" interpretation, it seems like something one would use if he were a part of the Air Force himself and felt like expressing pride in his service in a particularly dramatic way. But with his lack of ties to the Air Force and the way he refers to the "Air Force" as historical trivia and not present-day reality (by making no distinction as to what entity's air force he's talking about) I'm more inclined to see it as a discrepancy. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 03:51, 1 April 2015 (EDT)
::::My understanding is that Thorne (being American) doesn't feel the need to point out "US" before Air Force. For him, the UNSC Air Force is simply the continuation of his country's original Air Force. Just as a Frenchman would see the UNSC Air Force as a continuation of his country's original Air Force. So Thorne can talk about a group called the "Air Force" and Carl Spaatz because it's his own history. And as of the 26th century, it's probably quite vestigial (Imagine the difference between ''that'' Air Force and the UNSC Air Force). As for the quote marks, I think they're most likely used to emphasize the name. What was just a group became the "Air Force". [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 21:22, 1 April 2015 (EDT)
(reset indent) Bumping this. I still feel like the quotation marks and Thorne's vagueness were there to designate the Air Force as a new entity at the time. We're focusing too much on this sentence, I think. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 19:05, 27 March 2016 (EDT)
==H2A bookend cutscenes==
So with ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' now out it's pretty clear the scenes with Locke in H2A didn't actually happen. Ideas on how to proceed?[[User:Sith Venator|<span style="color:green">Sith Venator</span>]] [[File:Mega Blastoise.gif|20px]] ([[User talk:Sith Venator|<span style="color:blue">Dank Memes</span>]]) 00:38, 9 November 2015 (EST)
:I'd say just list it as retconned/non-canon (like so much marketing stuff leading up to ''Halo 5''). --[[User:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">'''NightHammer'''</span>]]''<sup>[[User talk:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(talk)</span>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(contribs)</span>]]</sup>'' 00:41, 9 November 2015 (EST)
It felt to me like they still fit, mostly. It was during their flight that Arbiter found out about Locke being a "hunter" and hunting the Master Chief, both of which he's already familiar with by the time Locke meets him again at the camp. As for why they're on a Lich and not a Phantom, we see in "Swords of Sanghelios" opening cutscene that Liches can carry Phantoms and that the crew can move from one to the other. So for the most part, I think it still fits. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 00:46, 9 November 2015 (EST)
::I thought the scenes took place en-route to Sunaion?[[User:The Ragin Pagan|The Ragin Pagan]] ([[User talk:The Ragin Pagan|talk]]) 23:00, 6 September 2017 (EDT)
:Besides the sudden attitude change from Thel, there's the issue of the Lich landing and dropping everyone into battle at the end of the second scene.[[User:Sith Venator|<span style="color:green">Sith Venator</span>]] [[File:Mega Blastoise.gif|20px]] ([[User talk:Sith Venator|<span style="color:blue">Dank Memes</span>]]) 00:58, 9 November 2015 (EST)
Like the lines [[Thel 'Vadam|Arby]] said say in the E3 cutscene trailers but didn't say in game and the gameplay of said trailer. Anything in the game itself I consider non-canon in my headcanon. [[User:Alertfiend|Alertfiend]] - [[Blue Team|Team Chief]] 00:50, 9 November 2015 (EST)
::At the very least, Grim said the Elites' combat harnesses were as canon as the Storm armors. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 01:03, 9 November 2015 (EST)
== Intrepid Eye controlling Mjolnir ==
Regarding [http://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=List_of_inconsistencies_in_the_Halo_series&diff=1150969&oldid=1150965 this revision]: While she's a Forerunner AI, she's still running in a reduced capacity on UNSC hardware at the time and so subject to the same technical limitations as Cortana was. If Mjolnir only responds to human neural impulses, it's a bit hard to imagine how Intrepid Eye, Forerunner in origin or not, could overcome a hardware constraint like that without Forerunner tech at her disposal. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:42, 13 November 2015 (EST)
:I would assume Intrepid Eye being able to mimic neural impulses via the neural implant. We do know that Forerunner Ancillas are far more advanced then Human AIs (I dare say even Cortana) and it would not be hard for them to find a work around. [[User:Alertfiend|Alertfiend]] - [[Blue Team|Team Chief]] 01:14, 13 November 2015 (EST)
Having not read ''Last Light'' yet, I don't know enough about the situation to answer conclusively. But I do think we don't know if enough about Cortana's restrictions on controlling the armor itself that we can't conclusively say it's impossible for every AI, especially ones that are two Tech Tiers more advanced. Is the restriction a direct programming law or a hardware inability? Cortana's found creative ways around her own programming restrictions that Halsey's wrote, and there have been parts where she's taken brief control of part of John's suit systems like his shields to make an EMP or zap an infection form. There's also prior examples of more advanced beings doing big things with old hardware, such as Gravemind repurposing ''In Amber Clad'''s slipspace engine to get it precisely into ''High Charity''. For a human AI controlling Mjolinir might be indeed impossible, but for a Forerunner AI they have a lot more programming potential to work with.
The "replicating neural impulses" was just a guess, but there are indeed ways to mimic it even today, such as [[Wikipedia:Electroconvulsive therapy|electroconvulsive therapy]], which can make your limbs move involuntarily. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 02:05, 13 November 2015 (EST)
:Here's the full quote from FoR:
::''John had a sudden flash - AIs handled a great deal of point defense on Naval operations. "Can she control the MJOLNIR armor?" He wasn't sure he liked that.<br/>
::''"No. Cortana resides in the interface between your mind and the suit, Master Chief. You will find your reaction time greatly improved. She will be be translating the impulses in your motor cortex directly into motion - she can't make you send the impulses."''
:''Last Light'' does not specifically mention ''how'' Intrepid Eye goes about taking over the armor.  Her control of the suit is not differentiated from her control of any of the other Forerunner or human machines she commandeers; the greatest difficulty she seems to have is in fighting against Fred's attempts to keep in control.
:I think our best bet is to include the inconsistency, with our possible explanation. Right now we have two canon sources which disagree: one that has an AI taking control of MJOLNIR, and one that explicitly states that it is not possible, with no canon explanation for the discrepancy. Without an explanation from 343 or the author, it's still an inconsistency and any explanation is speculative.--[[File:Emblem 1.jpg|20px|bottom]][[User:Rusty-112|<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">''' Rusty'''</span><span style="font-size:13pt;color:red;">'''-'''</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;color:blue;">'''112'''</span>]] [[Halopedia:Administrators|<span style="color:red; font-family:Arial">'''''Admin'''''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Rusty-112|<font color="blue">'''comm'''</font>]]</sup> 20:54, 13 November 2015 (EST)
::If it was a Human AI then yes it would be an inconsistency, however it is a Forerunner Ancilla and I doubt Halsey know what they were capable of. [[User:Alertfiend|Alertfiend]] - [[Blue Team|Team Chief]] 21:03, 13 November 2015 (EST)
::I'm good with including the entry with the explanation then. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 02:36, 14 November 2015 (EST)
==Superluminal==
{{Quote|Benjamin Giraud discovers an array capable of superluminal communications in a pre-Human-Covenant War ONI facility on Bliss, yet he does not find this out of the ordinary as such technology did not exist before the 2550s. According to ''Halo: Contact Harvest'', by the beginning of the war, messages carried aboard starships were humanity's only means of FTL communication.|-}}
I'm uncertain about this example. For one, it's revealed the array was a trap by ONI to catch Ben, so it's likely to have been built in the post-war era where super-luminal FTL has been reverse-engineered by humanity. Second, he may have assumed it was secret ONI tech they kept to themselves before the war. Being a interstellar government security agency, it'd seem plausible to him that they'd get first dibs on the most advanced tech to exist at the time. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 02:51, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:It did still strike me as off that he didn't even spare one line to wonder how it's possible that this massively impactful technology that had just panned out a few years ago was already in existence so many years back. Especially in light of the very shady circumstances involved, which would reasonably be grounds for some serious suspicion. It's certainly possible that he might've taken it for granted that ONI had had FTL comms for years, but the lack of acknowledgment of that (even after it's discovered to be a trap) is what makes it noteworthy IMO. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 03:00, 18 December 2015 (EST)
Hm. Then maybe it should be rewritten to make it clearer that the inconsistency is his reaction, not the array itself. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 03:27, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:Perhaps. I thought the ''"yet he does not find this out of the ordinary"'' part would make it obvious enough it's about his reaction, but I suppose it could be clearer. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 03:45, 18 December 2015 (EST)
==Reach==
What "date retcons" that were corrected by the Data Drops?
*Dr Halsey already mentions the Covenant infiltration of Reach as of July 2552 in her diary.
*In the Adjunct of ''The Fall of Reach'', Keyes sends a message to Kopano mentioning that he disagrees with the sacrifice of Reach. The message is not properly dated but it's definitely during the preparations for RED FLAG. He already knew the planet was attacked.
*"Blunt Instruments" revealed that the Covenant had already attacked Tribute in the Epsilon Eridani system. The sequel, ''Halo: Blood Line'', was set in August before the Fall of Reach (as said by both [[News:Archive/21 May 2009/Fred Van Lente and Spartan Black|Fred Van Lente]] and Kevin Grace from 343i in his interview included after ''Blood Line'').  The history of Black Team (2009-2010) is actually the first time when it was ever mentioned that the Epsilon Eridani system was attacked during July/August—with the dates being given properly with ''Reach'', Dr Halsey's journal, etc.
*The Data Drops were only released in September and October, 2011, more than a year later. So the universe had already established the events properly, and expanding on ''The Fall of Reach''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s story does not mean inconsistencies. So don't revert my edit, though you can add another example other than Reach. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 18:24, 27 March 2016 (EDT)
The article summary read this:  ''There have been a number of cases in which an apparent inconsistency arises within an individual piece of media, only to receive a canonical workaround in another source; Halo: Reach and the Data Drops are an example of this.''
The Data Drops are an example of consistency correction because 1. they explain why the S-IIs and crew of the Pillar of Autumn were not aware of the previous battles on Reach, 2. they reveal why the Long Night of Solace wasn't either boarded instead or immediately Super MACed, 3. they also explain why ODSTs were aboard, why M90s do not appear in Halo Anniversary, and why the Autumn had external thrusters. The previous works, aka the Fall of Reach re-release, Halsey's journal, etc, do mention that the battle is being kept secret to rectify the dates, but not why, as well as lacking the other corrections. Since Data Drop does that with more detail, that's why it was listed there.
If however you still feel that the Data Drops are not the best example, then it would be better to amend the paragraph to provide a better one rather than leaving it blank, such as writing: ''''There have been a number of cases in which an apparent inconsistency arises within an individual piece of media, only to receive a canonical workaround in another source; Halo: Reach and Dr. Halsey's personal journal are an example of this.'' [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 19:23, 27 March 2016 (EDT)
:In fact, I don't really like considering as an inconsistency—or a potential inconsistency—something that is created in order to expand on an original scenario (e.g.: Bungie complexifying the events of Reach). For me, a real inconsistency that was "fixed" afterwards was the Scarab's designation, for example. The [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/scarab Waypoint article] clearly established that both the ''Halo 2'' and the ''Halo 3/Reach'' models had the same designation (Type-47) due to a UNSC administration quirk, and proceeded to give more detailed designations (Type-47A Protos and Type-47B Deutoros). That's the example I wanted to add, something clear and simple, without the whole expanded universe of ''Reach'' including 5 or 6 sources dealing with the events. Though I felt maybe the Scarab example was too minor. [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 19:59, 27 March 2016 (EDT)
== Olympic Tower, New Alexandria ==
Is it possible that Olypmic Tower wasn't destroyed in the glassing, and was later taken on August 30th? Likewise, is it possible that New Alexandria is the location that was mentioned, and is a sort of Military City rather than strictly civilian, as there is a weapons developer tower located there?--[[User:The Ragin Pagan|The Ragin Pagan]] ([[User talk:The Ragin Pagan|talk]]) 12:40, September 10, 2021 (EDT)
== The babble juice dosage that Olivia received from A Necessary Truth?  ==
So... Would anyone here disagree with this as an inconsistency? It makes complete sense for the Spartan III's to have a heightened metabolism due to their bodies obviously being amped up from augmentations.
This metabolism increase was acknowledged by Nylund on page 328(Chapter thirty of any version) of Halo: First Strike Definitive Edition, when Halsey gave Kelly a sedative that would knock out an ODST in peak condition for the better part of a day(not sure if 24 hours of just 12 hours). It would only make Kelly unconscious for a little over two hours.
Unfortunately it feels like this short story is trying to say that Olivia rapidly came to because of a counteragent rather than her metabolism...
Page 265 of Halo: Fractures states that this was fast acting toxin that scrambled the mind for a certain period of time. And an over dose would basically leave you in a permanent state of Hallucination.
Page 260 mentions that Gamma's have a particular fear of psychoactive drugs due to the neural augmentations they received. It doesn't actually state that these drugs in particular have the effect on their mutagen though.
Page 266 has Olivia "rapidly" coming around after Veta Lopis administered a counter agent to her.
In all honesty, i feel as though this is an inconsistency, but i figured i'd get the opinions of others before i went ahead and put it in. [[User:Kal825B|Kal825B]] ([[User talk:Kal825B|talk]]) 11:17, 7 October 2016 (EDT)
:Not all drugs are created equal. We don't know how differently the sedative and nicothiotal interact with the human body, but judging by the fact one is a (supposedly) safe medical compound while the other is an unstable psychoactive drug that can induce a permanent state of hallucination, they're probably not directly comparable. That, and the very fact the Smoothers exist shows that the Spartans' systems don't just immediately filter out all drugs. We don't even know how big of a dosage Hume gave Olivia; for all we know he could've taken into account the fact she was a Spartan (he knew she was one). Also, it's possible her system could've processed the drug, but it may've taken longer than it did with the counteragent. In short, we have insufficient information to claim anything. --[[User:Jugus|Jugus]] ([[User talk:Jugus|talk]]) 12:26, 7 October 2016 (EDT)
I agree. It's not enough. It just struck me as odd for some reason.[[User:Kal825B|Kal825B]] ([[User talk:Kal825B|talk]]) 14:18, 7 October 2016 (EDT)
== Meridian civilians in The Hunt Begins ==
I wonder if the depiction of Meridian in ''[[The Hunt Begins]]'' should be included on the page. We see civilians chilling in a mostly intact yet abandoned-looking city in casual clothing, which doesn't really correspond to the depiction of Meridian's inhospitable glasslands in the game and other sources; what are these casually-dressed civilians even doing in this mostly ruined city? --[[User:Jugus|Jugus]] ([[User talk:Jugus|talk]]) 07:54, 10 October 2016 (EDT)
:Yeah, probably. I was always kind of wondering why these civilians were just hanging out in an abandoned city that looked to be in terrible condition. --[[User:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">'''NightHammer'''</span>]]''<sup>[[User talk:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(talk)</span>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(contribs)</span>]]</sup>'' 10:58, 10 October 2016 (EDT)
::Not really a inconsistancy though. I mean them being there causes no problems. Like it could be the families of the miners. They did have family there as shown by one even saying in the first meridian level.
::Even with the city not being in game can be explained by the fact the mining installation cant be seen near the guardian awaking location. So a city being hidden is not impossible.-[[User:CIA391|CIA391]] ([[User talk:CIA391|talk]]) 12:23, 10 October 2016 (EDT)
== Spartan-IV locator implant ==
This is a bit of a fringe case, which is why I'm unsure about including it, but the notion introduced in ''New Blood'' that the Spartan-IVs have a specific locator implant (rather comically called a "translocator" in ''Lessons Learned'') in their throat region is a bit odd in light of the fact ''all'' UNSC personnel have an IFF transponder in their [[neural interface]] (which is located on the opposite side of the head), and there's seems to be little reason why the Spartan-IVs would be an exception. The one in the throat could always be for redundancy's sake, but in that case Schein should've also torn out the neural lace at the back of Wakahisa's skull, which isn't mentioned. --[[User:Jugus|Jugus]] ([[User talk:Jugus|talk]]) 01:46, 12 October 2016 (EDT)
:True. Perhaps the transponder in the neural interface can be somehow deactivated, but being easily deactivated by the user wouldn't logically be ideal to the UNSC. Perhaps Schein disabled Wakahisa's and then ripped out the one in his throat? Still wouldn't make sense as to why the neural interface transponder could be deactivated by the user though. --[[User:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">'''NightHammer'''</span>]]''<sup>[[User talk:NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(talk)</span>]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/NightHammer|<span style="color: #2B1AAA;">(contribs)</span>]]</sup>'' 10:56, 12 October 2016 (EDT)
::I think that the locator might have a longer range than the NI. The transponder in the neural interface is simply an IFF transponder, and so might not have a long range. I would assume the UNSC cares more about locating S-IVs than Marines. [[User:Jebcubed|<span style="color: blue">'''Jeb'''<sup>'''3'''</sup></span>]][[User talk:Jebcubed|<span style="color: orange"><sub>'''Talk at me here'''</sub></span>]] 18:37, October 12, 2019 (EDT)
== Didact in the Composer ==
So I was replaying Midnight, mainly because I noticed on this article it says "the Didact is seen floating inside his Composer's actively firing beam without any ill effects." Taking [https://i.imgur.com/OQacLBo.png a photo of this set up], I don't believe the Didact is ''actually'' in the beam itself. He is in a point of energy that seems to be flowing downward (possibly the return data being sent to the Composer's Abyss) and there is a point where the beam intensifies and goes forward to the target. Where the Didact is situated I don't believe to be lethal or active, so I don't think it's a good basis to assume that he still cannot be composed.[[User:The Ragin Pagan|The Ragin Pagan]] ([[User talk:The Ragin Pagan|talk]]) 23:28, 6 September 2017 (EDT)
== John-117 height difference in Halo 4 ==
I know it's noted that John is "inconsistently taller" than Palmer when compared to them first meeting. However that happened before he had his evolution sped up by the Librarian. Is it possible that as a result of that, he got taller? [[User:The Ragin Pagan|The Ragin Pagan]] ([[User talk:The Ragin Pagan|talk]]) 20:14, 7 August 2018 (EDT)
::No. We are given his current (Halo 5) height in the dossiers that came with the Limited Edition of the game.[[User:TheEld|TheEld]] ([[User talk:TheEld|talk]]) 20:57, 7 August 2018 (EDT)TheEld
== Inconsistency in First Strike ==
I was reading (well, listening, really) to First Strike again, and I noticed that, when the Ascendant Justice was boarded, the Master Chief and his team were in a Longsword, and the Pelican that Johnson escaped Halo on was destroyed during the boarding process. However, once the ship is captured, it is referred to multiple times as a Pelican, not a Longsword. [[User:Jebcubed|Jebcubed]] ([[User talk:Jebcubed|talk]]) 19:33, September 27, 2019 (EDT)
: I believe the audiobook you have is based on the old 2001 print of Halo: First Strike. The subsequent issues of the book correctly refer to the Longsword as a Longsword in all instances as noted in the [[List of rectified inconsistencies in the Halo series#Halo: First Strike|rectified inconsistencies page]]. I think the [https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/halo-first-strike/365447 new audiobook] released earlier this year should be using the reprint. [[User:AB1908|AB1908]] ([[User talk:AB1908|talk]]) 03:19, December 25, 2019 (EST)
== Libration vs. Lagrange ==
In all three "A Master Chief Story" books, Troy Denning mistakenly refers to Lagrange points as Libration points.
:1. That's not an inconsistency. An inconsistency is a discrepancy internal to the Halo universe that could be indicative of a retcon.
:2. Lagrange points can also be called libration points. See the [[Wikipedia:Lagrange points|the Wikipedia article]] on the subject.
: - [[User:TheArb1ter117|<span style="color:purple;">TheArb1ter117</span>]] <span style="font-size:90%">([[User:TheArb1ter117|talk]])</span> 22:34, July 25, 2023 (EST)
== Using TEAMCOM in a gravity lift ==
In Shadows of Reach chapter 20, when Blue Team is rappelling down to CASTLE Base, Master Chief’s rappel line is melted by a ravager shot, and he falls into a gravity lift. He is unable to use TEAMCOM to let Blue Team know he is alright because of interference from the gravity lift, but a few pages later, when he falls into the gravity lift a second time, he is able to use TEAMCOM without any problems.

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