SgtSaint
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I remember an exchange between Kai and Ackerson... I thought it was a trailer... maybe it was a snippet in one of the 'Declassified's.
I don't think they are reverse engineering the S-II armor. They don't need to: They have all the plans and so on. Its one big happy military and the Oni is the top of the food chain. They've known this day was coming, for far long than the lower levels knew about. They certainly didn't mass produce soldiers and armor in 72 hours since the attack. So they've been preparing for this for months at full speed. Ackerson knew Halsey for years. Had access to her work. He just went a different direction for parallel work.
He also didn't need to take Silver team's armor for development purposes when there are at least 8 other teams. That also mean spare parts and spare suits on Reach to keep the teams on-line. When Vannak said "The suits are gone" - I think he meant every suit and part. Otherwise there should have been enough there to cobble together at least some partial protection: We've seen Sorren wear it piecemeal.
I'd sooner believe they gathered everything, from every team, and spares, and tech to make the suits, and and and... so it didn't fall into enemy hands and so they could keep the other 6-8 teams operational. You can't have all that be used to find vulnerabilities in your greatest military assets. And if Ackerson could get rid of Silver team who knew about is foreknowledge and could expose what the top brass had done, all the better. He gets to use 117 who was already the symbol of the war effort as a martyr for the entire human race to rally behind.
I don't think Kai was kidnapped. She was just presented with the next opportunity after Silver team was stood down from active combat duty. Nothing more sinister than "Your team is offline. Do you want a job where you can train thousands to save humanity?"
I don't think they are reverse engineering the S-II armor. They don't need to: They have all the plans and so on. Its one big happy military and the Oni is the top of the food chain. They've known this day was coming, for far long than the lower levels knew about. They certainly didn't mass produce soldiers and armor in 72 hours since the attack. So they've been preparing for this for months at full speed. Ackerson knew Halsey for years. Had access to her work. He just went a different direction for parallel work.
He also didn't need to take Silver team's armor for development purposes when there are at least 8 other teams. That also mean spare parts and spare suits on Reach to keep the teams on-line. When Vannak said "The suits are gone" - I think he meant every suit and part. Otherwise there should have been enough there to cobble together at least some partial protection: We've seen Sorren wear it piecemeal.
I'd sooner believe they gathered everything, from every team, and spares, and tech to make the suits, and and and... so it didn't fall into enemy hands and so they could keep the other 6-8 teams operational. You can't have all that be used to find vulnerabilities in your greatest military assets. And if Ackerson could get rid of Silver team who knew about is foreknowledge and could expose what the top brass had done, all the better. He gets to use 117 who was already the symbol of the war effort as a martyr for the entire human race to rally behind.
Just a hunch... I bet episode 5 is all Kai, and none of the rest of the team. Total change of location to the training of the S-III and leave the audience hanging about Vannek and what's going on back on Reach. With some wasted time spent on Sorren's wife and her new body guard Kwan. 4 had none of them, 5 will be just them. All the actors get their equal screen time and down time.
Episode 6 will the be reunion of the survivors, rejoining of the team, everyone gets brought up to speed on what the others went through and are doing and the big plan to ensure humanity's survival. And a touching double-funeral scene.
7 becomes the big push back against the covenant with a mission to recover Cortana and because she can't be left in the hands of the enemy. And if the big artifact becomes available along the way then grab it.
8 Somehow getting Ackerson out and Halsey back in the good graces of the brass and back in a position to do some good, and re-formation of Silver team v2 because its not going to stay 3 person.
> I don't think they are going to pull a fake out and have him survive, but I also can't believe Keyes is dead.
I wonder if this sets up Admiral Parengoski to come back and take charge. She never left after all, just went under cover.
Episode 6 will the be reunion of the survivors, rejoining of the team, everyone gets brought up to speed on what the others went through and are doing and the big plan to ensure humanity's survival. And a touching double-funeral scene.
7 becomes the big push back against the covenant with a mission to recover Cortana and because she can't be left in the hands of the enemy. And if the big artifact becomes available along the way then grab it.
8 Somehow getting Ackerson out and Halsey back in the good graces of the brass and back in a position to do some good, and re-formation of Silver team v2 because its not going to stay 3 person.
> I don't think they are going to pull a fake out and have him survive, but I also can't believe Keyes is dead.
I wonder if this sets up Admiral Parengoski to come back and take charge. She never left after all, just went under cover.
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