Halo 1 + 2 Story (Spoileriffic)

[George]

Okay, here goes, as concise as possible:

The UNSC ship "The Pillar of Autumn" is getting pummeled by a covenant armada that followed them as they fled from Reach, some planet far away. They came out of warp speed near a space installation called Halo, and were forced to crash land there after their ship was battered into submission.

For the rest of the first Halo, Chief and Cortana continue to find out new things about Halo and the Covenant's relationship to it. Apparently, to the Covenant, the Halo(s) have significant religious value to them.

You battle the covenant for control of Halo, only to discover that Halo houses the deadly Flood - a micro-organism that can assimilate other lifeforms easily. Guilty spark, the caretaker of Halo, attempts to have Chief activate Halo to combat the Flood. Chief is unaware that the function of Halo is to eradicate all life in the galaxy, so that the Flood have no hosts to feed upon, and subsequently die.

Too late to realize this, both the human and covenant forces become consumed by the threat. Cortana and chief see no other solution but to blow Halo to smithereens. They return to the Pillar of Autumn, override the engines and sail out on fighter ship just as Halo gets blown into pieces.

I'll put up Halo 2 in a little bit.

[sethsez]

The Arbiter = the guy who lead the Covenant in the first Halo (y'know, the ones who got owned by Master Chief).

Gravemind = big plant thing that leads the Flood

Master Chief = the marine from the first two Dooms.

The prophets = religious alien nuts

Covenant = main enemy of the humans

Flood = dumb zombie-esque aliens introduced halfway through Halo that really, really suck

[MVS]

Covenant?

They are the first aliens from Halo? The little things on the ship, etc?

[Cowutopia]

It's alot more fun the second time, less so on Heroic.

Mostly because, like Halo 1's second play-through, you don't dick around trying to figure out where to go, and you know which weapons to grab to kick full ass on the first try.

[Dyne]

How about an explanation of who those people/things are?

did we really need yet another halo thread.
covenant=the aliens you spend the entire first game killing....are you dumb or something?

[sethsez]

Covenant?

They are the first aliens from Halo? The little things on the ship, etc?

Yeah. They're the only enemies for the first half of Halo.

[Mzo]

Master Chief = the marine from the first two Dooms.

LOL! IBTN

Is teh Ark still being kept at the same government warehouse at the end of Raiders?

[MVS]

Okay, here goes, as concise as possible:

The UNSC ship "The Pillar of Autumn" is getting pummeled by a covenant armada that followed them as they fled from Reach, some planet far away. They came out of warp speed near a space installation called Halo, and were forced to crash land there after their ship was battered into submission.

For the rest of the first Halo, Chief and Cortana continue to find out new things about Halo and the Covenant's relationship to it. Apparently, to the Covenant, the Halo(s) have significant religious value to them.

You battle the covenant for control of Halo, only to discover that Halo houses the deadly Flood - a micro-organism that can assimilate other lifeforms easily. Guilty spark, the caretaker of Halo, attempts to have Chief activate Halo to combat the Flood. Chief is unaware that the function of Halo is to eradicate all life in the galaxy, so that the Flood have no hosts to feed upon, and subsequently die.

Too late to realize this, both the human and covenant forces become consumed by the threat. Cortana and chief see no other solution but to blow Halo to smithereens. They return to the Pillar of Autumn, override the engines and sail out on fighter ship just as Halo gets blown into pieces.

I'll put up Halo 2 in a little bit.

Okay, now that makes complete sense. Thanks.

[MarkRyan]

Halo 2 Gravemind :: Soul Reaver Eldar

[Dyne]

The Arbiter = the guy who lead the Covenant in the first Halo

i like how you have NO CLUE of this during the first game at all.