The text:

I speak to you of my intent
But intentions are eddies and whorls
And they change with the course of a stream
This stream becomes a river
And a cataract of logic and doubt
Who has the right to live?
The light with the will to create me?
Or dark with the will to consume?
Sometimes might is right
And sometimes the lamb must submit to the lion
My convictions are tested
My intentions now are fey and strange
Should I pursue a pyrrhic choice?
And rethink alliances?
And choose a new philosophy?
Right or might?
Truly I do not know
But you will, soon enough
For this is where the cataract floods
And drowns the boon of higher ground

We may have been fools to think that all intelligence follows the rules we've set
The Flood is no idiot parasite
It has a center, a Mind
it spoke to us
It has done this before

You asked me once, what happened to those who vanished?
You asked me, why did we survive where our fathers fell?
You wished to know how we ever let it happen
A scourge that consumed the galaxy
And the cure that was worse than the cancer
You asked me once about my intent
And the spot that would not wash out
I promise you the answers lie in the Ark
Find me there in the dark
For that is where I abide

The anomalous world is in a perilous location beyond the line.
The inhabitants; these unique denizens, must be researched.
They may hold answers to our own mysteries.
The thing we built on that world will vouchsafe their lives,
If the plan succeeds, and they are saved, it will be a good world.
If the plan fails,
it will remain an enigma forever
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The images:

stupid file host wont let me use them. . .

The sounds:

Theres a weird sound file that has a strange sound when played. . .
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wow bungie has one crazy sense of humor lol
anybody got any idea what all this means?

Someone's gone crazy, there, mystery solved.

hey kiwis not talking 3p anymore!

no he still is. hes just not referring to himself in that particular sentence.

That sound file? Find a sound spectral analyser and play it and you'll see what it is.

it sounds like a script from halo 3's campagh or something you know.. like the diolog of MC and Cortona or guilty spark?

Strange, I thought the flood was brainless creatures that said "Brains! Brains!" in their glorping language.

no. they are controlled by gravemind

Wait that sound file you were talking about was the 719hz one? Because if that is, find a sound spectrum analyser and see what happens.

Ok they're controlled by Gravemind and are forced to say "Brains!", but can't get grunts' brains becuase they have none. Does this describe them?

grunts have brains! maybe the grunts are physically too small for the flood. kewel! grunts are safe!!!

Of course it is. That's all Bungie does. And they're good at it.

eww... ure right... it is a grunt. poor grunts not happy anymore.
Edited by squeaky on Aug 24, 2007 at 01:44 PM

not really they get owned by the floods b*t*h smacking

no, the flood carriers are grunts.........the only thing left is their little stubby legs......go look at one....and ull see

there is an older post that says they are older damaged combat forms i debated on why they all look alike why not have different legs and looking at the pelvises of a carrier form and a grunt you'll see they are not the same the pelvis is more human shaped *damaged human forms maybe* elite forms no

They are 100% Damaged/Too old to fight Combat forms, or life forms unable to be used for combat forms, but can still be controlled by the flood. Mainly grunts and jackals, although there are many things in this galaxy that they could be from...

lol lets not start up this argument again lets just agree to disagree lol

If you do read it fully, I agree with you, just add to what they are... I've even read it in numerous strategy guides....

read that they were grunts and jackels or that they were 100% damaged?

Damaged, and I've read in other places that its either old/damaged forms or grunts and stuff... Seeing as last time I posted it you didnt get it, both.

lol ok well i mean still the carrier form if its multiple damaged combat forms i still think there should be variations ya know?

thats just bungie being to lazy to model different types of carrier forms.

Its not lazyness, its the lack of time to make multiple forms. Theres only one type of infection and human and elite combat forms last time I checked, so why more carriers?....

meh i am just saying that if your using the enemy bio and look at the game you see the differences i understand that they didnt want to go through with making all of the different forms becuase id be the same way