Forum:Halo: Nightfall (General)

So the Halo panel at Comic-Con is going on right now. This guy is announcing all the Nightfall news on Twitter. According to the Twitter user, people in the series will die off and it will focus on Locke and a elite squad on an abandoned outer colony and a fragment of Installation 04. There is also a new Pelican type, similar to the Tart-Cart. Locke is apparently going to be a playable character in Guardians as well. The series looks promising, but it is unfortunate that it will have about the same budget as Forward Unto Dawn. Still, I have high hopes.

What does everyone else expect from Nightfall? - NightHammer (talk) 15:33, 24 July 2014 (EDT)
 * Trailer is up at XBox.com. An element that infects people from Alpha Halo...are we going to be seeing the Flood in live action? -- SFH (talk) 16:04, 24 July 2014 (EDT)
 * It's very likely, but it apparently only infects humans. Still... - NightHammer (talk) 16:15, 24 July 2014 (EDT)
 * Selectivity has always been one of the Flood's most important traits...
 * I saw the trailer, and I like it! It certainly has a nice good BSG vibe, and the characters seem well-defined and the story a good way to frame a lead-in feature. Considering both Nightfall and Escalation seem to be leading their characters to Halos, I wonder if that will be where Halo 5 opens, with the Chief saving Locke at the beginning, then shifting to Locke coming for him?
 * And excited to hear about a new "Condor" dropship - just after Loftus has redone his charts! He must be thrilled :P --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   18:42, 24 July 2014 (EDT)

Lefty with DMR!
Anyone else notice the guy in the background, "underneath" Locke's DMR, holding a DMR left-handed. Bet he's about to get some hot brass in his face! 82.27.24.49 18:46, 29 August 2014 (EDT)
 * He probably would, though the DMRs inherited the BR55's trait of not having an ejection port at all, even though that of course makes no sense. Alex T Snow (talk) 00:43, 30 August 2014 (EDT)


 * The DMR could have dual ejection ports. Second Lieutenant   Keith Johnson  [[Image:7thHelljumpers.jpg|20px]] com link 00:55, 30 August 2014 (EDT)

Plot Speculation
We don't know much about the plot of Halo: Nightfall, except it involves some UNSC soldiers being sent to Halo's fragment for a mission. Then something bad happens and everyone is now fighting for their lives. I have an idea though. One of the more recent appearances of Installation 04 was in Halo Anniversary. Remember, in one of the Terminals, an unidentified alien vessel crashed into Sector 1215. Let's say it was Sector 1215 that was broken off. UNSC comes along, finds the sarcophagus in ruins, and whatever is inside puts everyone at risk. This might be a stretch, because that may mean that Patenaude has been planning the series since 2011, or 343i just managed to find an unfinished arc. Alternatively, Sector 1215 is gone and we will never find out what the sarcophagus was for (but gosh, what a wasted opportunity!). What do you think? —  SPARTAN 331  06:47, 11 October 2014 (EDT)


 * I think the plot has something to do with the re-release of the flood and it's integration into a bio-weapon (somehow?). But the idea you proposed would be great. Maybe we can finally get an origin story as to what species that vessel came from and what/who was inside. It would be a great to introduce a brand new threat to the series. Though I kind-of doubt 343i will introduce anything new past what they already have - Jul' Mdama, Ur-Didact, Drake, etc... Who knows.-- Killamin7  [Comm |Files ] 10:08, 11 October 2014 (EDT)


 * I really hope your right, Spartan 331. 343i would be showing the originality that I have longed for, while really making the Halo universe its own, by adding something substantial, and not in a comic book type way, either. --Weeping Angel (talk) 22:01, 11 October 2014 (EDT)

Shapeshifter
Any idea what it is? It's freaky. Lekgolo? Erickyboo (talk) 02:58, 21 October 2014 (EDT)


 * It's not the Flood. unless they took a loooot of creative license. It does kind of look like the Lekgolog, but we've never heard of them acting like that. Also "it's an element", so probably not. I'm betting it's something new. --Weeping Angel (talk) 09:33, 21 October 2014 (EDT)
 * You're assuming the creature in the video was connected to the element. Going by this, it would seem to be a number of creatures joined together to make a humanoid shape to fool people from far away. The only creature we know to have those abilities at the moment are the Lekgolo.--Soul reaper (talk) 10:02, 21 October 2014 (EDT)


 * Yeah, I shouldn't be so quick to dismiss either of those possibilities, flood or Leckgolo. It just seems out of character for both. Let me suggest one other weird idea. What if its Forerunner? I know that's almost impossible, but I would really like to see something more made out of the Forerunners. Hundreds of eons of technological advancement, and they feel like modern (2500s, anyway) humans, pretty much. This could be a cool defense system. It's composed of smaller parts that can assemble and reassemble at will, much like Onyx Sentinals, only with biotech. --Weeping Angel (talk) 11:59, 21 October 2014 (EDT)


 * I was just thinking that it could be a hardlight hologram, or something of the kind. Your proposal sounds much more sci-fi, and probably more interesting than what we'll get! :P --  Qura 'Morhek   The Autocrat     of Morheka   18:12, 21 October 2014 (EDT)