In Halo the rings are named for the order they were built and then also for the order they fired in. Do the names change each time they fire?

4 days ago by Aquila to c/asklemmy

Also whats the purpose of the firing order names? What does it matter which order they fired? Is it just that Delta Halo sounds cooler then 04 or something

shyguyblue 16 points 4 days ago

Wait, I thought it was a simultaneous firing?! Though since the new Shepards of the Halo Franchise have proven themselves to be pants-on-head incompetent, the lore of Halo now seems to be worth less than the spit wasted taking about it.

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CTDummy 3 points 4 days ago

I thought it could go either way, like single installation or the entire array but no idea. They did fire the entire array and then reseeded life prior to the events of the first game from my understanding.

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redsand 4 points 4 days ago

All six of the smaller ones made by the lesser ark from halo 3 as well as one bigger older ones fire about 100000 years before the events of the games. The 19th halo, installation 08 that was being built to replace 04(that we blew up) also fires independently destroying its self(because incomplete) and is replaced by 09.

So one array fire and one incomplete solo fire both to wipe out flood infestations.

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CTDummy 5 points 4 days ago

Neat! All of this is making me sad about the current state of the franchise because I’m now wanting play through the first 3 again.

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redsand 4 points 4 days ago

I just pretend the series ended at 4. The Greg bear and Karen Traniss books are good too.

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Tar_alcaran 3 points 4 days ago

All six of the smaller ones made by the lesser ark from halo 3

I'm sorry, are there now suddenly bigger halo rings?

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redsand 5 points 3 days ago

Originally the forerunners built 12 30,000km wide rings on the less secret greater ark. That ark and 11 rings are destroyed before the array fires. In the process of building those they learned they could make the rings 10,000km wide and they would only need 6 of them. Far more efficient and logistically much easier to move and build. These are the rings you interact with in the games and the smaller and more secretive ark is the one you see.

TL;DR the tech got smaller and more efficient over the millennia it took to build the first 12.

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shyguyblue 3 points 4 days ago

I get that it could be a one-or-all kinda firing, but in my mind, a species that could build the Halo array wouldn't be limited by something as trivial as light-speed-lag; nevermind the fact that it was supposed to to be an "end-of-days" solution, implying that it needed to hit everything, everywhere, all at once.

So hitting the "fire all dem bitches" button should be instantaneous, to the point the flood couldn't survive by slipping in between the firing patterns...

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finalarbiter 4 points 4 days ago

IIRC the number is the order it was built (like a serial number) and the greek letters were specifically the order they would have fired when triggered from the Ark. Each ring could also be triggered individually, which would break the 'designated' order.

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CTDummy 3 points 4 days ago

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten in the lore of Halo but my guess would be “hey passing by or living in proximity to this particular massive life destroyer 9000 ring is ok because this one has fired and cleared it’s part of the galaxy/system”. Probably a way to categorise which areas have had their rings triggered for traversal or flood surveillance. Like if three rings fired and each one was successively closer to a forerunner installation it could potentially be a form of early warning. Since all the Halos can be accessed/fired remotely from the Ark which was a forerunner repository of all sentient life. That said, rule of cool is a thing and delta halo does sound cooler than 04.

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THE_GR8_MIKE 3 points 3 days ago

You're farther in than I am. My buddy and I just ran all of 1, 2, and 3 and feel like we know the bare basics of what's going on. I also now understand why Halo 3 was such a big deal after the cliffhanger in 2. Neat stuff.

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