![]() ![]() He then gets sent to a deep-space black-site prison for trying to reveal those origins and tortured for months, for doing exactly what ONI manipulated him into doing. Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa shows ONI censors directly modifying news reports to fit their criteria, and Hunt the Truth shows ONI burning one of their own journalists (the censor from the previous mentioned story) to publicly discredit the Spartan-IIs origins as Insurrectionist propaganda. ONI kept half of Reach in the dark about being invaded just so they could try to lure in a big Covenant ship to capture for a plan they didn't execute anyway. ILB, again, features AI sentinels that monitor the internet-equivalent. What direct sources do you have that back up your claims? The UNSC is effectively a Big Brother state, a surveillance state with only a thin veneer of democracy when convenient. You are drastically underestimating ONI's paranoia or resources. ![]() ONI censors can only do so much it doesn't stop the billions of soldiers from physically talking. Admittedly, I haven't kept up since the K5 trilogy - but what direct sources do you have that back up your claims? To be clear I wouldn't be surprised if they suppressed conversations about military maneuvers - that's happening in Ukraine right now - but in terms of civilian discussion of the war, conjecture, etc, I find it extremely unlikely that they would even be willing to divert resources to this goal ONI has other fires to put out, knowledge of the War definitely isn't a high priority. ![]() If a fraction of these soldiers gets to gossiping or talking to a single person shore leave, that's already a fuckton of others who know.īut also think of the refugees who are definitely gonna be like "yo man a fuckin ALIEN attacked me". Why wouldn't the general public know? The Cole Protocol was mandated on all ships, and required to be red "to the letter" by UNSC personnel. I think it's fair to say that the only people who really knew how bad the was going were the UNSC Security Committee and ONI. And finally, we meet a Marine in Halo: Reach who repeats some conspiracy theories about the Covenant, seemingly convinced that Grunts' bites can turn humans into Covenant and extremely upset that he's fighting aliens, and not the Insurrectionists he signed up to fight. In 2526, before it became clear just how big the scale of the Covenant's invasion was, the Insurrection even tried to ally with them against Earth. And if ilovebees is still canon then civilian life considered the war a distant threat even as late as 2552, aside from the refugees who actually knew what the scale of what was happening. You can see on some of the New Mombasa graffiti that even as the city is invaded people are realising just how much they were lied to, and expressing a betrayed anger about it. Section II effectively had editorial oversight over all reporting, and manipulated facts and images and the spin put on it to make it look and sound like the UNSC were doing much better than they were. Up until the Covenant invaded Earth, ONI had been doing a very thorough job is lying to the public, making it look like the UNSC was holding its own instead of losing. Spoiler Warning For more Halo information visit: Self-promotion is to be done in an infrequent and quality mannerĬheck out the /r/halo discord! Reading order for the novels Halo Universe Timeline Spoiler format: Posting fan fiction / fan creations is not allowed Certain "who would win" and "what if?" posts qualify, too. This includes posts that have half finished titles and/or are clickbait. Spoilers must be properly tagged and are in effect for 3 months following a new release Please read the rules before postingĪll discussion must be related to the Halo universe Some topics may be opinion, so we ask that you respect the posters opinion and debate as you see fit, but do not resort to flaming. Remember, this subreddit is for the discussion of lore. Feel free to discuss your thoughts on anything and everything Halo. This is the place to go if you're seeking discussion related to the Halo universe crafted by Bungie and cared for by 343 Industries. ![]()
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