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Edited by Lord of Admirals:
12/26/2013 5:51:11 AM
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New Details Regarding Flood Infestation of Earth
With the cutscene up, we've got quite a bit more to work with.
First off, the pictures below are not actual infestations, but a predicted image of what the Earth would look like had the Flood taken it.
[url=http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/9555569/Halo_Spartan_Assault_Xbox_One_Cinematic_Still_02.jpg]Pic 1[/url]
[url=http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/9555565/Halo_Spartan_Assault_Xbox_One_Cinematic_Still_04.jpg]Pic 2[/url]
Here are the facts:
-Public told Glassing of Kenya was a Covenant surprise attack
-Covenant Separatists glassed Kenya without prejudice; civilian centers vaporized
-Earth would have fallen in hours to the Flood
-Spartans train against the Flood in simulations in order to be Humanity's best defense against them if they ever return
Analysis:
Something that I was rather intrigued about was that the orbital view of Africa indicates that roughly half of it was destroyed. Probably less. However, this ties into the official logistics of Glassing. The Covenant only glass very specific areas, such as the poles, and population centers. The resulting Firestorms then burn up the planet. Based on the image, there are molten red rings very close to the shore that are recognizable as areas recently glassed. The other red areas I believe are simply the resulting firestorm.
Glassing has had such a huge impact on Human morale due to the fact that the UNSC never really found out about the actual process of glassing because no one could ever stick around long enough to witness the full process. Thus, Hood's statement of "half a continent", is accurate in the context that the UNSC doesn't fully understand Glassing.
Well done 343, you managed to tie up Hood's exaggeration nicely.
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12 RepliesActually, now that I think about it, was it possible that more Flood landed on Earth after John left for the Ark with Thel's forces? In order to get to the Ark, High Charity had to access the portal at earth, and appeared late in the end-game. I doubt even if the gravemind knew the location, that High Charity could make the journey fast enough without using the portal. And in this regard, since Thel's forces all went to the other side, the last defending UNSC forces on the planet must have had to engage the Flood that no doubt attempted to take Earth. So, we come to the end-game, and all ships pull away from the Ark, enter the portal back home, and once again R'tas has to do more glassing. Makes sense. And, now that I'm really thinking about it, I want to know just how bad Earth got hit. Just what was the extent of the Brute forces that ravaged the planet after the Schism? I know Africa got hit pretty hard, and Australia got utterly [u]dunked[/u]. My question is why exactly? Australia have something of importance there? And what of the rest of the planet? Population before and after the Covenant Invasions? Gah, too many stories left to tell that will never be told.
