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 Okay so... Spoilerz I guess ? The online manual of ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' has been released, and it says you can unlock a skull in ''Halo 2 Anniversary'' after watching all 5 episodes of ''Halo: Nightfall''. [https://dlassets-ssl.xboxlive.com/public/content/f33009f4-14ff-4821-94e3-c3573c868c2e/GameManual/97d0359f-4eb2-45ea-af0d-bd3f90529585/en-US/index.html#article0021 Check its description here]. Mystery solved? [[User:Imrane-117|Imrane-117]] ([[User talk:Imrane-117|talk]]) 14:23, 2 November 2014 (EST)
+So it turns out it's Lekgolo after all. I had my suspicions as did everyone else, but I was expecting something more profound and sinister (something Forerunner/Flood/Precursor/mystery alien vessel-related and hopefully connected to the new element too). Nope, it's just a bunch of Lekgolo and they're chilling on a dead Halo because why not. It feels off that the existential threat isn't really connected to the anti-human element and these two things are both present by coincidence. On one hand I like how they made use of more "alien" forms of Lekgolo colony (I've always been intrigued by them) but I'm not really a fan of the sudden addition of new capabilities that were never demonstrated before—the things are basically ''flying''. As I said before, if the Lekgolo were this insanely powerful and fast why didn't the Covenant just unleash gigantic swarms of them on their enemies? Part of it is probably an issue of modeling in-game assets, but still. If this were an established capability you'd expect to see Lekgolo holdouts becoming a major nuisance on a lot of human worlds. --[[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> 10:48, 20 November 2014 (EST)
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 ::Yeah... Though I'm not against the idea of introducing new fringe species, the Yonhet were really lazily designed. Even with makeup and prosthetics they could've worked harder to make him look more alien. Add bulk in some places and some extra appendages, and alter the hands. Maybe they'll be explained as having been genetically engineered by the Forerunners (or ancient humans) for some reason, or they'll just get reworked into something less like a cheap ''Star Trek'' alien if we see them in a game where the CGI budget isn't an issue. --[[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> 03:27, 13 November 2014 (EST)
 :::Yeah, I hoped they might expand on a connection with Forerunners or ancient humans. Maybe a Forerunner splinter species that got marooned on this moon and forgotten? Idk. It seems like they'll be a non-combatant species in the games, if they'll even be in the games. It seems to me that they might stay in Halo: Nightfall and that's it. 343 could possibly be including a plethora of minor Covenant Fringe species at various points in the franchise for whatever purpose, and the Yonhet just represent something that was created uniquely for Nightfall and will soon be overshadowed by the coming wave of many other diverse alien species yet to be revealed.--[[Image:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 11:41, 13 November 2014 (EST)
+==Slipspace==
+I wish that one day someone working on a piece of ''Halo'' visual media would have the integrity to make slipspace the inky void it should be. Enough sci-fi FTL is already represented as some variation of glowy tunnel, so a total darkness would be something new and challenging—you couldn't really even have exterior shots of the ship as it's my understanding that the concept of visibility doesn't even exist in slipspace—even if it does all we'd see are the ship's lights and no visible movement. Just the ship lit by its own sparse lighting in apparent stillness surrounded by an overwhelming darkness; this would actually provide some very unnerving and effective imagery. Or you could have shots looking out of windows at the inky expanse outside, or if you really need to show that tunnel effect you could have the camera zoomed in on a viewscreen which then zooms out to reveal the image is merely an artificial visualization of what goes on in the nonvisible realms that surround the ship. The possibilities are endless, yet every visual depiction of slipspace ends up using an old tired tunnel effect. --[[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> 10:48, 20 November 2014 (EST)
+==Predictions==
+So, any guesses as to who'll make it and who won't? As for myself, I think this is shaping up to be an "everyone dies" story. Well, everyone but Locke. This scars him mentally somewhat and makes him more ruthless, someone whose motivations and allegiances are genuinely questionable when he appears in ''Halo 5'' (up until now he's mostly been a rather nice guy). Randall will go out with a heroic sacrifice worthy of a Spartan while Macer will say something character-developing and potentially foreshadowing before dying in Locke's arms. The deaths of everyone else, including the ONI team members, are pretty much a given (I bet Ramos will be the first one to go). In the end Locke escapes Alpha Shard in a callback to the ending of ''Combat Evolved'' (or "The Maw Lite"). The last we see of him is a slightly ominous epilogue where he receives his S-IV augmentations, looking all surly and menacing (or just steps into the surgical theater/cue credits). --[[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> 10:48, 20 November 2014 (EST)