What is halo?

Question

what actuly is halo? you know the xbox game. i heard that its a ring or somthing what is it???!?!?!????

Answer 1

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In the game, the humans are at war with some aliens and they crash their ship onto a giant ring that they found. The ring has regular terrain (trees, grass, hills, cliffs, rivers) on the inside surface and it has a lot of tunnels all through it that are full of some kind of ancient technology that no one understands.

As you play the game, you learn that the ring is a doomsday device designed to wipe out all life in the galaxy. There are other rings like it, hidden around the galaxy. When one is activated, they all activate, sterilizing the galaxy with a huge burst of energy.

The rings were made by an ancient race called the founders, long, long before. They were a last ditch contingency to wipe out an alien plague/parasite that was taking over everything. In the game, you or the other aliens also awaken the plague and set it loose across the Halo.

At the end of the game, the Halo is destroyed when you self-destruct the human ship that crash landed on it. You escape as the Halo crumbles and explodes.

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Answer 2

halo is a shooting video game...

Answer 3

Halo is an artificial ring world created by an ancient race called the forerunner.

Answer 4

Have you ever gone to church? and see those stain glass with people on it with yellow or white ring above their heads is called a halo. It means you are honest and good with no sins.

Answer 5

It a ring that is used as a weapon to destroy every living organism within a certain distance to it. It was built by the forerunners to stop the flood by destroying their food source, ie. other life. There is more than one halo, with more scattered throughout the galaxy. It is speculated that there is more to them then what is known already, the upcoming game is expected to fill in the gaps.

Answer 6

Halo: Combat Evolved is a first person shooter that takes place on a mysterious planet-like construct referred to as 'Halo'. Two days before the story begins, the Covenant, a collection of alien species committed to the destruction of the human race, launch an assault on the home of Human military production, Reach, destroying it. A single starship, the Pillar of Autumn, survives the alien onslaught, carrying one of the last known SPARTANs- the "Master Chief". The ship initiates a random jump to Slipspace, hoping to lead the enemy away from Earth. Following coordinates chosen by the on board Al construct named 'Cortana', they jump to an alien built ring which orbits a planet. This ring is called Halo. Halo was built by a mysterious group of people in the distant past called "The Forerunners". Although the Protagonist (the Master Chief) does not know it, seven rings were constructed to completely eradicate all life in the galaxy. The rings were built as weapons of last resort to stop a parasitic race called "The Flood". Most of the history between the Forerunners and the Flood is unknown, but it appears that the Forerunners were overwhelmed by the Flood, who then proceeded to destroy their own civilization in an attempt to starve the flood, leaving the universe empty and safe for new organisms to evolve. The Covenant discovered the rings and believe that they will lead their civilization on a "Great Journey". The "Sacred Rings" are the most treasured artifacts of the Covenant and they guard the rings savagely. Each "Halo" requires an Index to activate. The player is to stop the Covenant from activating Halo and prevent the Flood spreading across the universe, while faced with a massive four way war fought over immense and beautiful landscapes.