[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 Yeah there's not really much to go off right now, though I do remember back in Evolutions it says that as of 2559 the Portal Artefact in Voi is still active and mysteriously drawing power from somewhere (I remember this because I wrote a fanfic about it back in 2010 which very much predicted a number of things that happened in Halo 4 :P).[/quote]I immediately started thinking of Stargåte.. In a good way. If the Voi Portal is involved, it might open up for a quick way to reach a new and exciting location, or many of them. Maybe if the ONI learned to control it? [quote]I like the idea of a dual-narrative with John going on a 'Search for Spock' kind of journey to find Cortana, while the Arbiter tries to unite the Sangheili, humanity and the other Covenant races after learning about the Precursor threat.[/quote]Maybe Halo 5 will be akin to [i]Mendicant Bias and the Great Intragalactic Scavenger Hunt[/i], an adventure that has John and the Infinity travel back and forth, searching for something? I'd love that. (The Didacts search for clues in Cryptum would be a similar scenario too). If history repeats itself, maybe 5 will be like two, maybe half of the game is seen from Thel's point of view? But I'm going off topic... My point is, [b]maybe the Flood will be treated more like a [i]local[/i] threat, not part of the core story of the game?[/b] They're present at a particular stop on the journey, mix up the action a bit and update their situation, and then be done with for then? An entire game built more like Spartan Ops than a regular Halo game. Some chapters follow S-IV, some John, and some Thel. Just wild speculation though... [Edited on 12.23.2012 1:39 PM PST]