[quote]If the. Master chief activated Installation 03, then it ejected the control center from the ring, how did it cancel out the firing of the ring?[/quote]Well, an entire section of the ring is gone. Can't really function properly. [quote]If Blue team is with the Master Chief after the events of Escalation, do you think they will tag along in Halo 5?[/quote]Don't think they'll tag along, but they will show up. [quote]Why does 343 have a personal vendetta against Halsey, and why do they want to make us love Palmer so much?[/quote]They don't.

I thought the rings fired near instantly. Shame, i d like to see Blue team in a Halo game They pushed Halsey from morally gray to evil character, they keep giving the character bad luck for seemingly no good reason, and trying to make us hate her, (kilo five trilogy - literally Hitler, Spartan ops - unliked by our "heroes", forced to switch sides for survival but painted as a traitor.) Sarah Palmer is forced down our throats as being the new "cool" character. They even made a whole game (spartan assault) that was a big Palmer ego stoke. The way Palmer acts makes her seem like the Sergeant Johnson wannabe.

[quote]I thought the rings fired near instantly.[/quote]Look at the end of Halo 2 and Halo 3. Takes quite a while for rings to reach a point where they can fire. [quote]Shame, i d like to see Blue team in a Halo game[/quote]I said I think they'll be in Halo 5. Fred-104's armor is even in Halo 5. [quote]They pushed Halsey from morally gray to evil character, they keep giving the character bad luck for seemingly no good reason, and trying to make us hate her, (kilo five trilogy - literally Hitler, Spartan ops - unliked by our "heroes", forced to switch sides for survival but painted as a traitor.)[/quote]This is not 343i saying those things. Those are being said by characters within the universe. Of course, if you want to subscribe to the notion that Halo's characters represent 343i's views on the universe, be my guest. [quote]Sarah Palmer is forced down our throats as being the new "cool" character. They even made a whole game (spartan assault) that was a big Palmer ego stoke. The way Palmer acts makes her seem like the Sergeant Johnson wannabe.[/quote]I'm not even going to bother addressing this. It's quite clear you've made up your mind on Palmer. Nothing I say will change your hatred of her.

On a different (but related) subject, what other covenant fragments are there? We have the Arbiter's faction, the Storm faction, and some independent raiders. Are there any other main ex-covenant factions mentioned anywhere?

Palmer will never ever be comparable to Johnson. Johnson is the first human to ever make contact with the covenant, that makes him much more significant to the Halo lore including fighting by John 117's side to the end. Palmer just has T&A.