At the beginning of the legendary ending, Right where Cortana is awaking the chief from his little nap, You see a small object that looks just like the security com device that the security bots in marathon had.
It also shows in the halo 3 permutation.
Take a look - Picture proof.
Side view / back view of the security helmet permutation ( adds the communication box )
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a298/Jsp...ritycomside.jpg
And now the beginning of the legendary cutscene... You can clearly see the Com box floating with the cheif
http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a298/Jsp...Securitycom.jpg
THIS THEORY BEGINS WITH THE SIMPLE FACT, THAT WHEN THE ARBITER ESCAPED, HE MADE IT COMPLETELY THROUGH, HIS SIDE OF THE SHIP WAS INTACT, WHILE THE MC'S SIDE WAS NOT. THEY BELIEVE THE MC IS DEAD BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRACE OF HIM. WHEN IN FACTUALITY, THE MASTER CHIEF WAS SIMPLY SENT INTO THE PART OF THE MULTIVERSE THAT CONTAINS MARATHON * I.O.W a different universe *.
Another strange thing, The word MARS at the near bottom of this post was put in bold. I never put that word in bold, Seems strange to me.
As the frigate escaped through the portal, Cortana states that the portal collapsed just as they were going through.
Which means the other half that the arbiter was in, made it completely through.
It is my theory ( 100% positive in my head ) , That when the portal collapsed, It did so on the master chiefs side of the ship, Sending them into another universe. The arbiter is in the halo universe, In the same time, But chief + cortana are in the marathon universe.
You can also see a resemblance between the planet in the cut scene, and the planet image "Infestation" That was involved in part of IRIS.
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9...stationsm1.jpg
This image was from server 2.
Look at the legendary cut scene, Look where the light originates from, Then look at that picture.
You are looking at an early mars, From the game marathon, With the sun eclipsing Luna, Which creates the big flash of light.
Do you want absolute proof that this is mars?
http://www.astro.su.se/~magnusg/SIRCA
THESE ARE THE SAME EXACT THERMAL IMAGES OF MARS THAT ARE IN THE INFESTATION PICTURE.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a298/Jsp...ATEDDIAGRAM.jpg
KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE FROM A TRUSTED GERMAN OBSERVATION SITE.
THESE ARE THE EXACT IMAGES.
BUNGIE WANTED US TO KNOW IT WAS MARS.
BECAUSE HALO RELAPSES INTO MARATHON!!!!!!!!
Some people think that MB sent master chief back into time, This is NOT possible, Why? In the last cutscene, Lord hood says " Its hard to believe he's dead ".
If MC would have in fact been sent back in time by Mendicant Bias, I am fairly sure that Master chief would have stopped the flood earlier, Which would mean that lord hood and arbiter would not have even been involved in an alliance.
The next game that bungie puts out will take place in this universe, They ended the story ark with the flood, And now they will make a game that involves the marathon story ark.
Another thing, Cortana and chief do not know that they are in an alternate universe, They think that somebody will find them. But think about this, Being since the arbiter escaped through the portal completely, He must be in the same exact place as the chief, BUT IN THE HALO UNIVERSE. WHICH IS WHY EVERYONE BELIEVES THE MASTER CHIEF IS DEAD. THEY BELIEVE THAT HIS SIDE OF THE SHIP WAS DESTROYED, BUT IN FACT IT IS IN THE MARATHON UNIVERSE.
This has renewed my faith in bungie writers, Well played.
And to people that say this theory isnt possible because of the different universe thing, in the game Marathon Infinity, the main character can travel between universes and dimensions.
Trogdor404 said it best: ( I did not quote because one of my older threads got locked for quoting too many people )
1. Marathon takes place on a ship called marathon, but the ship is actually a hollowed out moon of Mars
^^^^^^^^^^^
I never put that in bold, wtf?
2. The Iris and the Mars photos are exact, meaning Bungie meant for Mars to be somewhere in the game, and look at the iris pictures, everything lines up with the legendary pictures.
Linear Mode
