: As awesome discussion has continued to be pumped out over in the IRC server
: chat room where the best of the best go to speak, some talk focused on
: just what this "Guardians" is all about. Well, I had something
: to contribute from that, and it was based on something I remember seeing
: years ago.

:
: http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/25/gdc-09-the-halo-3-level-you-never-played

: So, the multiplayer map, Guardian, on H3 did have a campaign purpose at one
: point, and you were even supposed to battle a Guardian on it. So what is
: this Guardian?

: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Guardian_Sentinel

: Could this be what is being referred to? Is this Guardian Sentinel going to
: be evolved and further described in-game, or are they just going with
: something completely unrelated and calling it a Guardian?

: In the initial CGI reveal of Halo for Xbox One, they show Mr. Big Bird
: popping out of the sands of wherever. Granted Mr. Big Bird is way bigger
: than the Guardian Sentinel and also way different, but 343 could be
: repurposing the Guardians for a more "epic" scale that fits
: their larger "size and scope" of the upcoming game(s).

: I'm wondering if the sands of wherever is the Ark. Could Master Chief be back
: on the Ark looking for some way to get Cortana back? A piece of Mendicant
: Bias that perhaps still plays a role in Cortana's existence? I've been
: waiting and waiting for an awesome Mendicant Bias appearance, especially
: since Halo: Legends heavily seemed to imply that Cortana had been
: infilitrated in some form, but who knows. Assuming the
: "Guardian" campaign level would have taken place on the Ark, and
: assuming Mr. Big Bird is a new design of the Guardian Sentinel, maybe
: we'll be seeing something.

: Also, it would be a nice little surprise to go back to the Ark and
: potentially find out that, surprise, maybe the Flood weren't quite
: destroyed there after all.

: Any thoughts? Related to material not included in H3? A trip to the Ark in
: store? Discuss away. Also, feel free to join in on the discussions in this
: lovely chat environment .