Xaos Maladay wrote:
I would like to disagree with the notion that this eliminates gravity entirely. It is possible that the Halo's generate gravitational radiation (also known as gravity waves) with a amplitude equal to the size of a calcium atom or a frequency equal to the natural resonant frequency of calclium. Gravity and quantum scales don't like each other too much. th eorganism would have to have a sufficient mass of calcium in order to be affected. Why calcium? At least in humans, it is neccesary for neural function. It might be neccesary for all intelligent species.
Well, it is possible. Its just that they are so weak that humans have yet to detect them.
Xaos Maladay wrote:
Any mass moving non symmetricaly can generate gravitational waves, including blackholes. However, it seems orbital systems generate them best. Its interesting that we find the Halo's orbiting near gas giants. Interesting quote from
Ghosts of Onyx posted at wikipedia: "... The drive used particle accelerators to rip apart normal space-time by generating micro black holes." Using the Halo's to create a blackhole and a tear into slipspace might generate powerful enough gravity waves to affect calcium.
That is the only way that gravitons are possible. Since the "fabric" of spacetime is already bent around a gas giant, the Halos could give it the last little bit of energy to tear spacetime.
Xaos Maladay wrote:
(Xaos's Note: Could possibly lead to violently shaking object until they break up... such as calcium deposites in organic beings).
Great idea also. It wouldn't do do simply "push" or "pull" organisms from the Halos. It would have to oscillate and rip them apart. Or, they could oscillate so that there is large amounts of heat generated, and literally boil them alive a.k.a. the microwave phenom. Or, if it was EM, it could act on the electrical potential across cell membranes to the same effect.
To add something to the discussion, it hit me that the original use of the Halos could have been to explore lifeforms (new theory, anyone??). This is where the index comes from, a record of all lifeform DNA found. Somehow, the Halos can search the galaxy for organisms, and determine the genetic record of it.
Well, one day the Halos found the flood...a rather nasty creature. The Forerunner handily captured it, and kept it on...the Halo, hoping to research it. Then, it broke out. In a last minute decision, they were retrofitted to "attack" the spacetime coordinates where the dna sequences were found (via the index).
Now, if we could just get some more clues...