Halo continues to march towards showing the titular structure, with Season 2 Episode 7 likely giving audiences more information about the mystical structures sought after by the Covenant when it debuts on Paramount+ on March 14.
Master Chief and Makee will likely see each other again via a keystone projection, as both move to touch the devices. This will not only give Makee a clearer picture of where a Halo is located, meaning she can still stay useful to the Arbiter, but Chief will be able to give the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) its location, once he makes amends with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), of course.
Multiple other plotlines are going on, with Soren-066 and his wife Laera racing to find their son before they lose him forever. Kai-125 has turned her back on Ackerson, but he now has legions of disposable SPARTAN IIIs at his command, so her betrayal will likely only be a temporary setback for him. Kwan and Halsey will need to work with Miranda Keyes to find out the meaning behind the Forerunner artifact, a portal of some kind.
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Will Laera and Soren-066 stop the UNSC from turning Kessler into a SPARTAN?
Heading into Episode 7, one key plot point it’s likely to pick up on is what the UNSC intends to do with Laera and Soren-066’s son Kessler. As they likely think Kessler is an orphan, the son of a former SPARTAN, Ackerson and other UNSC higher-ups might think he’s a great candidate for the program, even if that means performing dangerous augmentations on him. Soren-066 and Laera wouldn’t want that for their son, so it’s a case of fighting their way to him and freeing Kessler before he’s maimed.
At the end of Episode 6, Soren-066 explained that the training ground he and Laera walked into was called Thermopylae, which happens to be the title of Episode 7. It refers to the Battle of Thermopylae, which is important in Halo lore. SPARTAN-IIs were taught about the battle in their training, and how 300 Spartans were able to briefly hold back a Persian army that far outnumbered them. Halsey named her program of supersoldiers after them. The battle was mentioned in Episode 4 of Season 2. The training ground’s aim likely is to instill the same loyalty to the nation that the Spartans had in 480 BC.
How will Kwan embrace her destiny as a Protector?
Kwan Ha’s destiny has been teased for some time now, and Episode 7 will likely give audiences more concrete answers as to what it will include. She’s been named a Protector by the mystic, which likely refers to the protection of sentient life. It’s likely connected to the Forerunners, those that constructed the portal Kwan’s been obsessing over, which could in turn lead to a Halo. Kwan may be able to find out more knowledge about the Forerunners and learn about their apocalyptic war against the Flood, a parasitic race of aliens that nearly overwhelmed all other life in the galaxy. These are probably the monsters that Kwan goes on about.
If Kwan does learn about the Flood, she’ll learn how they’re connected to the Halos. The Halos were superweapons constructed by the Forerunners to stop the Flood, but instead of attacking the Flood directly the Halos (or Halo Array) would target all life in the galaxy, the Flood’s food source. Specimens of the Flood were kept on the Halo installations for research, and the Forerunners also kept some lifeforms on the Halos to reintroduce back into the galaxy. The UNSC first learns this when Master Chief gets to the control room of the Halo in Halo: Combat Evolved, but this plot point might be reworked to include Kwan, as she doesn’t exist in the games.
Portal Precedent
There is some precedent for portals leading to other places in Halo. In Halo 3, the Prophet of Truth used his Forerunner vessel to activate a huge portal in Kenya, which generated a slip space portal to Installation 00, otherwise known as the Ark, where the full Halo Array can be fired and replacement Halos could be made. This would need to be significantly changed though. The portal would need to shrink massively, where it leads would change, and the way to activate it would also need to change.
Halo Season 2 Episode 7 Release Date and Where to Watch
The next episode is scheduled to be released on Paramount+ on Thursday, March 14. The release time is 12 PT/3 AM EST. Episode 7 is titled “Thermopylae” and its runtime is unknown. There’s also no description for the episode.
Halo is available to stream exclusively on Paramount+, which is only available with a subscription.
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