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<center>''For other uses of "Terminal", see [[Terminal (disambiguation)]]''</center> | <center>''This article is about the terminals in [[Halo 3]]. For other uses of "Terminal", see [[Terminal (disambiguation)]]''</center> | ||
[[File:Ark Terminal.jpg|thumb|right|The exterior of a ''Halo 3'' terminal.]] | [[File:Ark Terminal.jpg|thumb|right|The exterior of a ''Halo 3'' terminal.]] | ||
The '''Terminals''' are [[Forerunner]] machines that provide insight into the history of the Forerunners, primarily the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. | The '''Terminals''' are [[Forerunner]] machines that provide insight into the history of the Forerunners, primarily the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. | ||
The Terminals fill the player in on the [[Halo universe|Halo]] backstory, much in the same way as they functioned in ''[[Marathon]]''. The terminals in ''Halo 3'' are a continuation of the ''[[Iris]]'' alternate reality game used as viral marketing for ''Halo 3''. They clarify a great deal of the Iris story line by naming the authors of different messages and by explaining the circumstances of the original firing of the [[Halo Array]]. The terminals follow the stories of | The Terminals fill the player in on the [[Halo universe|Halo]] backstory, much in the same way as they functioned in ''[[Marathon]]''. The terminals in ''Halo 3'' are a continuation of the ''[[Iris]]'' alternate reality game used as viral marketing for ''Halo 3''. They clarify a great deal of the Iris story line by naming the authors of different messages and by explaining the circumstances of the original firing of the [[Halo Array]]. The terminals follow the stories of [[the Librarian]] and [[the Didact]], [[Forerunner]] logs of [[the Flood|Flood]] attacks, and [[Mendicant Bias]]'s progression into [[rampancy]]. | ||
Finding and accessing all [[seven]] of the Terminals in ''Halo 3'' will unlock the [[Marathon Man]] [[achievement]]. The name "Marathon Man" is a reference to Bungie's earlier game, Marathon. This is evident because the achievement has a person's torso with the Marathon symbol as the head. | Finding and accessing all [[seven]] of the Terminals in ''Halo 3'' will unlock the [[Marathon Man]] [[achievement]]. The name "Marathon Man" is a reference to Bungie's earlier game, Marathon. This is evident because the achievement has a person's torso with the Marathon symbol as the head. | ||
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**There is another example of some possible borrowed language. In Terminal Five, on Heroic, Mendicant Bias tells the Forerunners that "''Nature itself cries out for your destruction and I am its willing instrument.''" This is similar to a phrase that has been used by the Covenant several times: "''Your destruction is the will of their gods... and we are their instrument.''" | **There is another example of some possible borrowed language. In Terminal Five, on Heroic, Mendicant Bias tells the Forerunners that "''Nature itself cries out for your destruction and I am its willing instrument.''" This is similar to a phrase that has been used by the Covenant several times: "''Your destruction is the will of their gods... and we are their instrument.''" | ||
**More borrowed language can be found in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''s promotional [[Transmissions]]. The Covenant ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' sent the following message to humanity: "''When no single human brick lies atop another, then will we be satisfied with your destruction.''" Mendicant Bias says to the Forerunners, in Terminal Five on Heroic, "''I will hammer your cities until no stone lies atop another.''" | **More borrowed language can be found in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'''s promotional [[Transmissions]]. The Covenant ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' sent the following message to humanity: "''When no single human brick lies atop another, then will we be satisfied with your destruction.''" Mendicant Bias says to the Forerunners, in Terminal Five on Heroic, "''I will hammer your cities until no stone lies atop another.''" | ||
**Finally, there is | **Finally, there is the Didact's line in Terminal [[Seven]]: ''"I will begin our Great Journey without you, carrying this bitter record. Those who came after will know what we bought with this [false transcendence] - what you bought, and the price you paid."'' This may have been discovered by the Covenant and used as the basis for their concept of "the [[Great Journey]]," as Didact was referring to the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. Additionally, the phrase "[false transcendence]" may have been mistranslated further as simply "transcendence," leading the Covenant to believe that the Forerunners had literally transcended upon activating the array. | ||
*When certain Terminals are redirecting the player after they have logged into one, as the screen turns red on the left side are symbols and the words "I AM MENDICANT BIAS." | *When certain Terminals are redirecting the player after they have logged into one, as the screen turns red on the left side are symbols and the words "I AM MENDICANT BIAS." | ||
*The "Forerunner Alphabet" characters are the same as those used by the S'Pht in the terminals of the Marathon series. | *The "Forerunner Alphabet" characters are the same as those used by the S'Pht in the terminals of the Marathon series. | ||
*The events detailed in [[Halo: Cryptum]] appear to conflict with the series of events described in the Terminals in Halo 3. Terminals two and three indicate that the Didact had been fighting in the Forerunner-Flood war for some time; however, according to Halo: Cryptum, the Didact had supposedly been in hibernation for over one thousand years (though this is never confirmed), and therefore could not have been involved in the war, which had begun 300 years prior. Also, Terminal three describes the Didact's plans for Mendicant Bias; according to the novel, by the time the Didact was awakened, Mendicant Bias had been sent on his mission 43 years prior, while the Didact was unconscious | *The events detailed in ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' appear to conflict with the series of events described in the Terminals in Halo 3. Terminals two and three indicate that the Didact had been fighting in the Forerunner-Flood war for some time; however, according to Halo: Cryptum, the Didact had supposedly been in hibernation for over one thousand years (though this is never confirmed), and therefore could not have been involved in the war, which had begun 300 years prior. Also, Terminal three describes the Didact's plans for Mendicant Bias; according to the novel, by the time the Didact was awakened, Mendicant Bias had been sent on his mission 43 years prior, while the Didact was unconscious. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||