Re: the ripped pages- Halsey talks about doing something about a thought from her subconscious, one since her youth. She metions her father reading her "Oz".
I've concluded this refers to the "man behind the curtain". Taken in context, you realize that Halsey thinks her experiment has something to do with fate or destiny (in John-117's case she says 'luck'). If you read the data pads, the dates correspond precisely (and Halsey's civilian ID): the ripped pages were Halsey following through on her experiment to create a structure in slipspace for immortal AI. I'm certain about all of this, but I'm not so certain about what this has to do with fate. My best guess is that Halsey is maybe wondering if someone out there is controlling the destiny of the universe, or manipulating it. I.e.: the Forerunner/Precursor who have used this slipspace technology to 'ascend'. Which is why they're not around....
Also, the legendary edition comes with a note that describes the statue. This is the only thing special it has besides the massive box itself, and the statue which features yet another shotcode. I figure it might be important.
It's from 'a friend' to 'cousin' (is cousin an Insurrectionist?). It has Japanese figures, which I have determined to be dates. The first just is January (first moon). The second lower down is specifically January 14th. The date on the top is January 15th. 'a friend' says he got the limited edition package (ONI canister) from the 'old man's things' before he died 'last [January 14th]'. So the 'old man' who owned Halsey's journal died January 14th 2609, and the legendary box was sent 2610. "a friend" says he served with the old man back in the [25]80's when "your cousin"('cousin's' cousin) and I were still with Beta 5 (where Noble 6 was before joining NOBLE team in 2552). Could this be some internal Bungie reference ( 2500 = 1900, 2600 = 2000, Bungie coworkers/classmates/deadlines/Frank O'Connor?
) - wild speculation.
It appears to be written on the back of used stationary bearing the letterhead "Colonial Administration Authority". Printed on this side is a bunch of gibberish. I've searched a lot of ASCII and unicode symbol groups, and I think this code is just Mac Roman. Which means someone was probably just holding down shift and option on their mac and typing gibberish. However, the last line ends"...X16-84165-01". So, there's that. I've tried to decode it, but have gotten nowhere. I'm still trying a few things. Feel free to join in if you have the paper. I can scan it actually, if you'd like.
I just want to repeat some of the wording of this mostly useless letter about sending the statue to the "museum of humanity" from the Halo 3 marketing campaign.
"Some may find the artifacts life-altering; all would find them historically significant" So, this is referring to the contents of the limited edition. Could it be that the truth-seekers will find more in it than the average reader?
Also: "you can hand over the container to Ms. Bjarne at the museum ... or get it ot someone at IN. There's plenty of stuff in there that the old guard may still be willing to kill over."
I just wanted to provide context to this journal discussion.
