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| {{era|H3}} | | {{Title|''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''}} |
| [[Image:Halo 3 Comic -2.JPG|thumb|200px|''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life'' Page #2]]
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| On June 14th, 2007, a website related to [[Halo 3]] (http://www.halo3.com/comic/) went up. It was found by Bungie.net user crazyBoy3. '''The Cradle of Life''' is a story about a Tribal Elder, [[N'chala]], who watches the [[Forerunner]]s build what may or may not be the [[Ark]]. On the last page (page 4) of the comic there are three comic strips that can be clicked on over and over and/or dragged to reveal mysterious numbers. These numbers are as follows: Strip One - 206., Strip Two - 16. over 223., Strip Three - 65. These numbers were later discovered to be an IP address by Bungie.net forum goers. By typing http://206.16.223.65/ into the url box, people would be linked to a webpage owned by Microsoft with a message saying that you do not have permission to view this page. Later in the evening, the webpage opened to reveal an alien looking website with the text:
| | '''''Halo 3: The Cradle of Life''''' is a short flash animation web comic, one of the first parts of the ''[[Iris]]'' campaign created for ''[[Halo 3]]''.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo3.com/comic/|Site=Halo 3|Page=The Cradle of Life|Detail=(defunct, [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/ Archive])}} The comic and story were created by [[:Category:Images by Ashley Wood|Ashley Wood]] with Bungie overseeing the story.{{Ref/Site|Id=BnetBlog|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=32038|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Mail Sack 4.0}} |
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| [[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_1.png|thumb|The countdown website's first appearance.]] | | During the ''Iris'' campaign, the original comic could be found [http://halo3.com/comic/ here], though as of the campaign's end in [[2009]] this link is now defunct. Halopedia hosts a backup copy of the original comic as it was originally presented, viewable [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/cradleoflife/ here]. |
| '''''Iris Initiated - Vio Transmit + 3 588 000'''''
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| '''''Searching Re-route...... /confirmed/''''' | | ==Synopsis== |
| | ''The Cradle of Life'' tells the story of an African tribesman, [[N'chala]], who goes every morning to the same spot in the plains and watches something special. The comic implies that the [[Forerunner|"gods"]] are building a huge machine in a large lake on the plains of [[Africa]]. |
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| '''''System Bypass In Progress. - Realignment Proceeding'''''
| | This structure, being constructed by several [[Strato-Sentinel]]s, appears to be the [[Portal at Voi|Portal]] to the [[Installation 00|Ark]]. |
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| | ==Comic panels== |
| | <center><gallery mode="packed-overlay"> |
| | File:Halo 3 Comic -1.JPG|Panel 1 |
| | File:Halo 3 Comic -2.JPG|Panel 2 |
| | File:Halo 3 Comic -3.JPG|Panel 3 |
| | File:Halo 3 Comic -4.JPG|Panel 4 |
| | </gallery></center> |
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| | ==IP Address== |
| | On the last page of the comic, there are three panels. They are each able to be moved with the mouse to reveal certain numbers. When the numbers were arranged in order, they became an IP Address, 206.16.223.65, which led to a site called the [[Transmission Log]]. This site was part of the ''Alternate Reality Game'', ''[[Iris]]''. |
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| ("''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.)
| | ==Trivia== |
| | | *The name "Cradle of Life" may be a reference the fact that [[Earth]], and more specifically [[Africa]] are seen as the birthing place of modern man. |
| | | *N'chala is similar to the Arabic word, [[wikipedia:Insha'Allah|inshallah]], which means "God willing". |
| When bookmarked, the page will be named by default "Transmission Log". Nobody yet knows what the webpage is counting down to and it is strange that the countdown will skip numbers with the digits 7, 8 and 9 (for example, it will countdown like 32, 31, 30, 26, 25, 24, etc. It will also countdown like 102, 101, 100, 66, 65, 64, etc.). It is also strange that the "minutes" and "seconds" (and possibly "hours") columns of the timer start at the number "113". However, the digit skipping could be explained by the possibility that the timer is counting in Base [[List of "Seven" references in Halo|Seven]] instead of Base Ten. If this is true, the timer is counting down to midnight on Thursday, June 21, 2007. June 21 happens to be summer solstice.
| | *As of December 2009, the website that contains the comic is no longer active. |
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| The IP address of the site has been traced to "Microsoft Way - Redmond, Washington".
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| (In the following series of text changes on the countdown website; "''0''" represents the numbers in the countdown. From left to right, the four three-digit numbers represented days, hours, minutes and seconds.)
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| [[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_2.png|thumb|The countdown website's second appearance.]] | |
| The text on the webpage changed around midnight on June 14, 2007 to:
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| '''''Rotate Transition Point /negative/'''''
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| '''''Local Interference - Negligible'''''
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| '''''/confirmed/ Realignment Proceeding'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| [[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_3.png|thumb|The countdown website's third appearance.]]
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| The text on the webpage changed around midnight on June 15, 2007 to:
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| '''''/confirm bounce alignment/''''' | |
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| '''''Confirmed - Alignment Request Compiling'''''
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| '''''Hibernation Resumed'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| [[Image:206.16.223.65_Day_-_4.png|thumb|The countdown website's fourth appearance.]]
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| The text on the webpage changed again around midnight on June 16, 2007 to:
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| '''''Transmission Interruption - Go Dark /negative/'''''
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| '''''Possible Intercept - System Bypass Imminent'''''
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| '''''/adjust bypass according to threat/ Fluctuating'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| The text on the webpage changed again around midnight on June 17, 2007 to:
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| '''''Iris Transmission Complete.'''''
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| '''''Awaiting Delivery'''''
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| '''''/time to awareness/'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| The text on the webpage changed again around mid-afternoon on June 18, 2007 to:
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| '''''System Breach.'''''
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| '''''Failure ##myqse7##rf'''''
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| '''''/report.................../'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| The timer also sped up considerably. People say it's 17 seconds for every minute that elapses.
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| [[Image:206.16.223.65_-_Day_6.jpg|thumb|The countdown website's seventh appearance.]] | |
| The text on the webpage changed again at midnight on June 19, 2007 to:
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| '''''/system override/'''''
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| '''''Core Relevance 37% and Rising.'''''
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| '''''/negative - system control diverted'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| At 1 PM Eastern Standard time the timer on the [http://206.16.223.65/ countdown website] ran down to 0. It was shortly replaced by a much longer, much slower moving countdown. And then replaced later with a stationary countdown with the numbers
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| '001 012 034 053'.
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| On June 19, the text above the countdown changed again:
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| '''''/Systemic failure. Root cause unknown./'''''
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| '''''/ rebooting /'''''
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| '''''000 000 000 000 Remaining'''''
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| The countdown has now stopped at '''''001 012 034 053'''''. It is unknown if and when it will restart.
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| In the evening of June 19, all text disappeared from the page. All that currently remains is the still-frozen countdown timer:
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| '''''001 012 034 053 Remaining'''''
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| [[Image:MtElgonCaldera.jpg|thumb|200px|Mount Elgon Caldera]]
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| BoonIsha at unfiction noted that the stopped countdown timer of "001-012-034-053", when treated as GPS coordinates 1.12, 34.53 result in a location in South Africa. Further investigation reveals that the point is in the middle of the largest caldera in the world, at the tip of Mount Elgon, also home to some "unusual caves", and not far from Voi.
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| On the morning of June 21st, all notion of the time disappeared and it now redirects you to a new IP address. It redirects to: http://206.16.223.61/E5h2JK/flash/web/index.html and this site has a screen asking you if you live in North America or Europe, and asks for your birth date. After gaining entrance to the site, a flash animation appears and a Forerunner looking robot comes from out of a hallway and starts floating and spinning in front of you. The user has the ability to spin the robot in any horizontal direction. When you bookmark this page it is labeled as "Server 5 Open". This is almost definitely in relation to the the 5 servers on the Halo 3 webpage. The robot is clearly Forerunner in design and upon further inspection, has the same symbol on it's back as the one in the [[Iris]] page.If you click on some of the symbols, it allows you to download 4 different documents. 2 text files and
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| 2 pictures. One of the symbols enables a flash animation.
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| [[Image:Slide_Ref070107.jpg|left|thumb|230px|Flood examination?]][[Image:StarImage1.jpg|left|thumb|230px|hidden constellation?]]
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| 23rd June
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| If the image named "Slide_Ref070107" which has a posible date of 5th july 2007 is trying to link to something either happening on the site or could lead to anoughter clue in the new books said to release in july. this may possibly be the release date or may refer to a certain date in the books "Four-Issue Miniseries Featuring All-New Adventures and Artwork Launches July 2007" this may be the next part of what we are looking for
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| this is just a theory tho ^_^
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| KEEP THIS UPDATED
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| everyone is super hyped
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| Richardo POWER!!
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| [[Image:Forerunner.JPG|thumb]]
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| ==Message==
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| THIS IS MY FINAL ENTRY, AND I AM LEFT WITH ONE HOPE
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| THAT ONE DAY, SOMEONE, ANYONE IS AROUND TO WITNESS THIS WARNING
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| {//}
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| KNOW THAT A THOUSAND OTHER PLANS WERE TRIED AND FAILED
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| {//}
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| KNOW THAT ENERGETIC AND TENACIOUS AS LIFE IS
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| IT HAS AN ANTITHESIS JUST AS POWERFUL
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| IT IS THAT THING THAT WE MUST OBLITERATE
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| *http://www.halo3.com/comic/
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| *http://206.16.223.65/ (formerly the countdown webpage)
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| ==Related Links==
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| *[[Iris]]
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| *[[AdjutantReflex]]
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| *[[Forerunner Email]]
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