623
edits
Forum:Halo: Nightfall (General): Difference between revisions
→Shapeshifter
Alex T Snow (talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
:::I like the Forerunner bio/nanotech proposal. Something like that isn't beyond them, after all, given the known nature of the [[Huragok]]. Still, it would raise the question of why we never saw them before. Maybe an emergency operational mode or malfunction of some sort (not impossible given the state of the ring)? As for the Lekgolo idea, if the individual eels were that nimble and fast on their own you'd think the Covenant would've just deployed them in giant swarms that roll over everything in the battlefield like a tidal wave. Though this wouldn't be the first time they came up with new abilities without considering their bigger implications (I'm looking at you, Karen Traviss & Brian Reed and your instant interstellar teleportation). And Frankie seems to be fond of Lekgolo so they can't entirely be ruled out either. Finally, the Flood is not out of the question. We know they're highly adaptable and mutable so this being a variation of say, the infection form or pure form concepts wouldn't be unthinkable. If the shapeshifting figure is related to the bioweapon (which it likely is), the "element" part would rule out Lekgolo and leave Forerunner smatter and Flood (specifically, the base genetic material). Or something truly new, maybe related to the HCEA terminals' alien vessel. --[[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> 00:32, 22 October 2014 (EDT) | :::I like the Forerunner bio/nanotech proposal. Something like that isn't beyond them, after all, given the known nature of the [[Huragok]]. Still, it would raise the question of why we never saw them before. Maybe an emergency operational mode or malfunction of some sort (not impossible given the state of the ring)? As for the Lekgolo idea, if the individual eels were that nimble and fast on their own you'd think the Covenant would've just deployed them in giant swarms that roll over everything in the battlefield like a tidal wave. Though this wouldn't be the first time they came up with new abilities without considering their bigger implications (I'm looking at you, Karen Traviss & Brian Reed and your instant interstellar teleportation). And Frankie seems to be fond of Lekgolo so they can't entirely be ruled out either. Finally, the Flood is not out of the question. We know they're highly adaptable and mutable so this being a variation of say, the infection form or pure form concepts wouldn't be unthinkable. If the shapeshifting figure is related to the bioweapon (which it likely is), the "element" part would rule out Lekgolo and leave Forerunner smatter and Flood (specifically, the base genetic material). Or something truly new, maybe related to the HCEA terminals' alien vessel. --[[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> 00:32, 22 October 2014 (EDT) | ||
::::I think the alien vessel from the terminals is most likely, there's no realistic chance of dealing with that if not now, and there's not really any other room for "new" beings on a chunk of a destroyed Halo. I think the "element"/bioweapon/thing isn't the being itself, but something it has, or created. Also, a mysterious crashed ship of unknown origin, in a setting like this? Very Ridley Scott... [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 02:34, 24 October 2014 (EDT) | |||
==Randall the Spartan== | ==Randall the Spartan== | ||