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A Study of the Appearances of References to 7 in a Halo Work

The number seven is the calling card of Bungie Studios, the creators of the Halo series. The number appears in many prominent places throughout their series, both Halo and others. This has led to some overzealous searches for the number, in which appearances are found that are likely to never have been intended to be real references.

This is an experiment to determine the probability of references to the number seven, using examples in the book Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (standard-size). References to numbers greater than one will be cataloged and organized into the categories of explicit (containing the number seven itself), exponents, other multiples, multi-step (numbers that require one or more stages of addition to come up with one of the prior categories), negative (no reference at all), and unrelated numbers that were not invented for the story (historical dates, etc.). This list will not include words or text strings whose characters must be counted to come up with a reference, or will it include possible references that require knowledge outside what is given in the book itself, or will it interpret letters as numbers, or will it count page or chapter number as a source of potential references. There will also be attempts to avoid repeating things like a year, a location, or a piece of weaponry that is to be repeatedly named within the plot.

Because of the Covenant sense of aesthetics, I’m gonna make this table purple (olive drab is for wimps):

Page#

Explicit

Exponent

Other Multiples

Multi-Step (Addition)

Negative

Unrelated

Count – Full Count

13

 

 

 

·        Year “2545” (2+5+4+5=16; 1+6)

·        1135 hours

·        July 3

·        51 Pegasi-B

·        SPARTAN-B292

·        MA5K assault rifle

 

(6) – [6]

14

 

 

 

 

·        Five wounded Jackals

·        “One hundred kilometers”

·        “five kilometers”

·        “a dozen, two dozen, and then hundreds”

·        291 Spartans alive, 9 dead

 

(8) - [14]

15

·        B174

 

·        14 via multi-step (7*2=14)

·        Vector 086 (8+6=14; 14 is a multiple)

·        8 Xs stand for Black Cat

·        B091

·        B004

 

(5) – [19]

16

·        “seven hours ago”

 

 

 

·        300 Spartans

·        “six years old”

·        “SPARTAN-III”

·        “two-fingers-over-faceplate gesture”

·        2 plasma grenades

·        10 seconds

 

(7) – [26]

17

 

 

 

 

·        2 Seraphs

·        100 meters

·        “three-thousand-degree flames”

·        “a hundred times worse”

·        30KPH

·        Count of Seraph

o   3

o   6

o   10

·        “hundreds of Spartans”

·        3 Spartans

·        M19-B SAM missile launchers

 

(11) – [37]

18

 

 

 

 

·        Seraph loses 50 meters altitude

·        2 missiles

·        6 Seraphs

·        300KPH

·        500 meters

 

(5) – [42]

19

 

 

 

 

·        300 meter towers

·        5x magnification

·        “hundreds of them. Thousands.”

 

(4) – [46]

20

 

 

 

 

·        6 missile trails

·        Hundreds of Spartans

 

(2) – [48]

21

 

 

 

 

·        6 dead Jackals

·        Thousands of Covenant

·        200 Spartans

 

(3) – [51]

22

·        7 cruisers

 

 

 

·        Code “Omega three”

·        “Over a kilometer long”

·        Dozens of Seraphs

·        Hundreds of Elites

 

(5) – [56]

23

 

 

 

 

·        3 acknowledgement lights

·        6 Elites

 

(2) – [58]

24

 

 

 

 

·        2 coolant lines

 

(1) – [59]

25

 

 

 

 

·        500 meter ledge

 

(1) – [60]

26

·        Lucy and Tom are 70 kilos

 

 

 

·        Extraction point 6

·        Lucy and Tom are 12

·        Lucy and Tom are 6 meters

 

(4) – [64]

27

 

 

 

 

·        Capacitors will drain in 4 hours

 

(1) – [65]

31

·        1647 hours

·        SPARTAN-117

 

 

 

·        May 1

·        2531

·        111 Tauri System

·        2 rebels outside

·        2 rebels on the roof

 

(7) – [72]

32

·        M7 SMG

·        7 rebels at card table

 

 

 

·        300 meter run

·        3-round bursts

·        3 guards down

·        “a hundred views of the base”

 

(6) – [78]

33

 

 

 

 

·        MUTA-AP-09334

·        SPARTAN-051

·        2 wars (rebels/Covies)

·        15 minutes

 

(4) – [82]

34

 

 

 

 

·        3 fences

·        8 guards

·        Rebel Hog carries 10

·        “a hundred times” normal radiation

·        3 nukes

 

(5) – [87]

35

 

 

 

 

·        3 warhead casings

 

(1) – [88]

36

 

 

 

 

·        .30-caliber

·        10G antigrav beam

 

(2) – [90]

37

 

 

 

 

·        4-man team

 

(1) – [91]

38

 

 

 

 

·        6 commandos

 

(1) – [92]

39

 

 

 

 

·        5 Spartans in the Hog

·        40KPH

 

(2) – [94]

40

 

 

 

 

·        Road 32-B

·        3 drones

·        300 meter distance

·        2 kilometers

·        2 chain guns

 

(5) – [99]

41

·        Vector 072

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [100]

42

 

 

 

 

·        0500 hours

·        October 24

·        Sector B-042

 

(3) – [103]

43

 

 

 

 

·        5 meter diameter

·        30% engines

·        Rich is 40

·        Section 3

 

(4) – [107]

44

·        Parangosky looks 170

·        She is really 70

 

 

 

·        3 locks

 

(3) – [110]

45

 

 

 

 

·        Page 23

·        SPARTAN-II

·        Screen 42

 

(3) – [113]

46

 

 

 

 

·        Section 2

 

(1) – [114]

47

 

 

 

 

·        Billions of colonists dead

 

(1) – [115]

49

·        November 7

 

·        21 via multi-step (7*3=21)

·        Groombridge 34 (3+4=7)

·        Platform 966A (9+6+6=21; multiple)

·        0940 hours

·        100 kilometer drop

·        2 reasons

 

(6) – [121]

50

 

 

 

 

·        5 minutes

·        3 minutes

 

(2) – [123]

51

 

 

 

 

·        MA5B assault rifle

·        3 Spartans

·        3 years ago

·        3 light winks

 

(4) – [127]

52

 

 

 

 

·        3 times the size

 

(1) – [128]

53

 

 

 

 

·        100,000 ton cruiser

·        2 Spartans to hold position

 

(2) – [130]

54

 

 

 

 

·        30 meters

·        Triple redundancy

 

(2) – [132]

56

·        File EHY-97

·        Model 050978

·        37 via multi-step

 

 

·        Serial #82.10923.192 (8+2+1+9+2+3+1+9+2=37; explicit)

·        1000 hours

 

(4) – [136]

57

·        7 via multi-step

·        7 via multi-step

 

·        December 14 (7*2=14)

·        1105 hours (1+1+5=7; explicit)

·        322 minutes (3+2+2=7; explicit)

·        1/13/2535

·        Order D-88934

·        1950 hours

 

(6) – [142]

58

 

 

 

 

·        Dozen times

 

(1) – [143]

60

 

 

 

 

·        20 meters wide

·        2 AIs

·        2 wall sections

 

(3) – [146]

61

 

 

 

 

·        Falcon 40

 

(1) – [147]

62

 

 

 

 

·        Beta-5

 

(1) – [148]

64

 

 

 

 

·        2 Spartan trainers

·        10 years

·        100 new Spartans

·        Thousands

·        20 years

·        100,000 Spartans

·        30 years

 

(7) – [155]

67

·        December 27

·        72 present staff

 

 

 

·        1950 hours

·        3 minutes

·        6 months

·        12 years ago

 

(6) – [161]

68

 

 

 

 

·        9% runtime

 

(1) – [162]

69

·        497 recruits

 

 

 

·        4-year-olds

·        5-year-olds

·        6-year-olds

 

(4) – [166]

70

·        Jericho VII

 

 

 

·        Nearly 500 children

·        300 training slots

 

(3) – [169]

71

 

 

 

 

·        36 NCOs

 

(1) – [170]

72

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        1:6 ships survived (1+6=7)

 

 

(1) – [171]

73

 

 

·        21 kids (7*3=21)

 

·        3 minutes

·        10 second count

 

(3) – [174]

74

 

 

 

 

·        3 deep breaths

 

(1) – [175]

75

 

 

 

 

·        2 fingers

 

(1) – [176]

78

·        REG-96667

·        XX087R-XX

 

 

 

·        January 19

·        Year 2532

 

(4) – [180]

79

·        Year 2537

 

 

 

·        0900 hours

·        July 30

·        15 years

 

(4) – [184]

80

 

 

 

 

·        Mark-II SPI armor

·        2 officers

 

(2) – [186]

81

·        7 months

 

 

 

·        9 months ago

·        6 days

 

(3) – [189]

82

·        375 candidates

 

 

 

·        1000 projected

 

(2) – [191]

83

·        K7-49

·        17 light-years

·        K7-49 (72)

 

 

·        Dozens of wash-outs

·        300

 

(5) – [196]

84

·        0700 hours

·        July 27

 

 

 

·        12 Covenant ships

·        30 plasma reactors

·        300 Spartans

 

(5) – [201]

85

·        7 destroyed reactors

 

 

 

·        2 days

·        3 days

·        13 destroyed reactors

·        2:3 cooled surface

·        2 Spartans

 

(7) – [208]

86

·        Day 7

·        17 via multi-step

 

 

·        89% (8+9=17; explicit)

·        90 degrees

·        3 Spartans

·        2 Hunters

·        2-meter-long cannons

 

(6) – [214]

87

·        7 years

 

 

 

·        2 rounds

·        M6 pistol

·        2 meters

 

(4) – [218]

88

 

 

 

 

·        2 weeks

·        Billions

 

(2) – [220]

89

 

 

 

 

·        1620 hours

·        August 24

·        Year 2541

·        4 years later

·        418 candidates

 

(5) – [225]

91

 

 

 

 

·        24 displays

 

(1) – [226]

92

 

 

 

 

·        10-years old

·        2 Spartans

 

(2) – [228]

93

 

 

 

 

·        M202 XP

 

(1) – [229]

94

·        Zone 67

 

 

 

·        3 rounds

·        2 years ago

 

(3) – [232]

95

 

 

 

 

·        24 trainees

·        15 minutes

·        3:00

·        3 stealths

·        5 waves of DIs

 

(5) – [237]

96

 

 

 

 

·        0420 hours

·        February 19

·        Year 2551

·        Sector K-009

·        5 years

 

(5) – [242]

97

 

 

 

 

·        10 meters

·        2 repair stations

·        Year 2495

·        6 fusion reactors

·        18 Naval battles

·        4 Covenant encounters

·        8 decks

 

(7) – [249]

99

 

 

 

 

·        3 Spartans

·        Strength of 3 soldiers

·        330 candidates

 

(3) – [252]

100

 

 

 

 

·        30 extra slots

·        12-years-old on average

·        Appear 15-years-old

·        G099

 

(4) – [256]

101

 

 

 

 

·        400 sections

·        SPARTAN-G122

·        Almost 20 years

 

(3) – [259]

102

·        88005-MX77

·        88947-OP24

·        87556-UD61

·        009927-DG

·        09127-PX

·        009762-OO

 

 

 

·        8942-LQ99

 

(7) – [266]

103

 

 

 

 

·        0210 hours

·        February 20

·        24 hours awake

·        4 hours of sleep

 

(4) – [270]

104

 

 

 

 

·        3 stars on collar

·        3 times into battle

·        10,000s of lives

·        2 Colonial Crosses

 

(4) – [274]

105

 

 

 

 

·        2 launchers

·        15 minutes ago

 

(2) – [276]

106

 

 

 

 

·        40 million kilometers

·        12 questions

 

(2) – [278]

107

 

 

 

 

·        3 anomalies

·        2 sphere collections

·        Cyclodexione-4

·        Third molecule

 

(4) – [282]

108

 

 

 

 

·        Outlawed in 2513

·        5th generation smart AI

 

(2) – [286]

109

 

 

 

 

·        100 regulations

 

(1) – [287]

113

 

 

·        14 via multi-step (7*2=14)

·        Year 2552 (2+5+5+2=14; multiple)

·        0645 hours

·        October 31

·        2 flash-bangs

 

(4) – [291]

114

 

 

 

 

·        3 Spartan squads

·        2 week downtime

·        3 seconds

 

(3) – [294]

115

 

 

 

 

·        2 possibilities

·        Once or twice

·        2 flash-bangs

 

(3) – [297]

116

 

 

 

 

·        “One of the new four-forties”

 

(1) – [298]

117

 

 

 

 

·        3 years

·        2 other teams

·        4 LEDs

 

(3) – [301]

118

 

 

 

 

·        2 flash-bangs

·        40 meters

·        3 kilometers

·        2 kilometers

·        5-times

·        3-fold symmetry

 

(6) – [307]

119

 

 

 

 

·        3 booms

·        12 drones

·        50-caliber rounds

 

(3) – [310]

120

·        0700 hours

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [311]

121

·        91762P-06

 

 

 

·        100 meters high

·        30 kilometers north

 

(3) – [314]

122

·        095888947

·        Patriot-seven-blue

 

 

 

·        98.93.120

 

(3) – [317]

123

·        A76344

·        03981762

·        17 via multi-step

·        A79052

·        07729654

 

 

·        Year 2492 (2+4+9+2=17; explicit)

·        4465

·        Year 2162

·        9 files

·        May 6

·        XF-063

·        February 19

·        2nd file

 

(12) – [329]

124

·        178.8.64.007

·        03669271

·        0097833

·        477-SSD

 

 

 

·        3rd file

·        January 3

·        Year 2511

 

(7) – [336]

125

·        7631073

 

·        14 via multi-step (7*2=14)

·        A84110 (8+4+1+1=14; multiple)

·        4th file

·        October 22

 

(4) – [340]

126

·        Year 2517

 

 

 

·        5th file

·        September 2

·        C384409

·        0500 hours

·        Millions of cubic feet

 

(6) – [346]

127

·        276.8.91.848

 

·        14 via multi-step (7*2=14)

·        Year 2525 (2+5+2+5=14; multiple)

·        6th file

·        March 6

·        Almost 15 years

 

(5) – [351]

129

 

 

 

 

·        Pushing 60

·        Moves like 30

·        2 ‘suns’

 

(3) – [354]

130

·        0715 hours

 

 

 

·        100 meters ahead

 

(2) – [356]

132

 

 

 

 

·        2 meter channel

·        1,000,000 years ago

·        10 meters

 

(3) – [359]

134

 

 

 

 

·        2 stones

·        100 times before

 

(2) – [361]

135

·        0745 hours

 

 

 

·        3 drones

 

(2) – [363]

136

 

 

 

 

·        300 meters

 

(1) – [364]

137

 

 

 

 

·        2 more Spartans

·        22 drones

·        2 neutralized drones

 

(3) – [367]

138

 

 

 

 

·        1045 marked time

·        20 years

·        3 minutes

 

(3) – [370]

139

 

 

 

 

·        3 rooms

·        300 Spartans present last week

·        5 years of propaganda

 

(3) – [373]

140

 

 

 

 

·        6 duffels

·        2½ meter safe

·        15 years

 

(3) – [376]

145

 

 

 

 

·        September 15

·        December 20

·        2 millimeters

·        3 turns

·        32% power increase

·        60 years ago

 

(6) – [382]

146

·        72%

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [383]

147

 

 

 

 

·        2x2 projector

·        Double S.I.

 

(2) – [385]

148

 

 

 

 

·        10th

·        5 light-years

·        5 seconds

 

(3) – [388]

149

 

 

 

 

·        512-long string

 

(1) – [389]

150

 

 

 

 

·        6 hours

 

(1) – [390]

151

·        5:57

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [391]

152

 

 

 

 

·        200,000,000 kilometers

 

(1) – [392]

153

 

 

 

 

·        312 drones

 

(1) – [393]

154

 

 

 

 

·        1000 hours

·        November 3

·        300 drones (incorrect)

 

(3) – [396]

155

 

 

 

 

·        2:00

·        3 minutes

·        90,000 kilometers

·        45x45

·        120% oversurge

·        3 seconds

 

(6) – [402]

156

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        160% (1+6+0=7)

·        15,000 degrees Kelvin

·        2 radians per second

 

(3) – [405]

157

 

 

 

 

·        1020 hours

 

(1) – [406]

158

·        147 vessels

·        SPARTAN-087

 

 

 

·        2 minutes

·        20 degrees

·        12% loss

·        180 degrees

·        240%

 

(7) – [413]

159

·        7 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [414]

160

 

 

 

 

·        3 seconds

·        40 degrees

 

(2) – [416]

161

·        7 kilometers

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        16 clips (1+6=7)

·        4 MA5B rifles

 

(3) – [419]

162

·        17 kilometers

 

 

 

·        3-meter-wide paths

·        5,000 meters

·        Dozens of drones

·        5 kilometers

 

(5) – [424]

163

 

 

 

 

·        3 water jugs

·        3 seconds

·        10 strides

 

(3) – [427]

164

 

 

 

 

·        2 Spartans

·        6th sense

 

(2) – [429]

165

 

 

 

 

·        2 meters

·        1045 hours

 

(2) – [431]

166

 

 

 

 

·        10 meters

·        3 rounds

·        5 strides

 

(3) – [434]

167

 

 

 

 

·        2 damaged booms

·        2-meter trunks

·        10:00

·        4 strides

 

(4) – [438]

168

 

 

 

 

·        62KPH

·        3 meters up

·        3 Spartans

 

(3) – [441]

169

 

 

 

 

·        2 more Spartans

·        Drones hunt in 3s

·        2 Spartans to carry Halsey

 

(3) – [444]

170

·        7 others

 

 

 

·        1125 hours

·        (of 7)

o   2 sleeping

o   5 playing cards

 

(4) – [448]

171

 

 

 

 

·        3 centimeters

 

(1) – [449]

173

 

 

 

 

·        Nearly 2½ meters tall

·        Year 2532

·        Year 2544

 

(3) – [452]

175

·        7 of Kurt’s Spartans

 

 

 

·        2 things

 

(2) – [454]

177

 

 

 

 

·        1300 hours

·        140 word per minute

·        12 firewalls

·        2 times as many pieces

·        3 moves

·        3 younger Spartans

 

(6) – [460]

180

·        427-KNB

 

 

 

·        3 weeks

 

(2) – [462]

182

 

 

 

 

·        CTN 0452-9

 

(1) – [463]

183

·        17 via multi-step

 

 

·        Year 2492 (2+4+9+2=17; explicit)

 

 

(1) – [464]

184

 

 

 

 

·        1440 hours

 

(1) – [465]

185

 

 

 

 

·        15 minutes

·        5 minutes

·        6 months

·        Titanium-50

(4) – [469]

186

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        43 crewmembers (4+3=7; explicit)

·        2 frigates

·        11 nondimensions

·        4 years

·        3 other techs

·        90 crewmembers

 

(6) – [475]

188

·        7 years

 

 

 

·        Countdown

o   4

o   3

o   2

·        100 Covies

 

(5) – [480]

189

·        7 campaigns

 

 

 

·        Triple-check

·        2.4 AU

 

(3) – [483]

190

 

 

 

 

·        2 Hunters

·        2 steps

 

(2) – [485]

191

 

 

 

 

·        3 Grunts

 

(1) – [486]

192

 

 

 

 

·        2nd fleet

·        2 targets

 

(2) – [488]

193

·        120x075

·        Line 7

 

 

 

·        Line 4

 

(3) – [491]

194

 

 

·        14 (7*2)

 

·        15 seconds

 

(2) – [493]

195

·        270x000

 

 

 

·        300 kilometers

·        4 destroyers

·        Hundreds of crafts

 

(4) – [497]

196

 

 

 

 

·        Dozens of Spirits

 

(1) – [498]

197

 

 

 

 

·        3 destroyers

·        2 ships

 

(2) – [500]

198

 

 

 

 

·        30,000 kilometers

·        YED-4

 

(2) – [502]

199

 

 

 

 

·        4th planet

 

(1) – [503]

203

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        SPARTAN-043 (4+3=7; explicit)

·        1350 hours

·        SPARTAN-104

·        SPARTAN-058

·        2 weeks

 

(5) – [508]

204

 

 

 

 

·        SRS99C

 

(1) – [509]

205

·        7th fleet

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        16th fleet (1+6=7)

·        50 kilometers

·        200 years old

·        2 weeks

·        2nd fleet

·        2 Covenant ships

 

(7) – [516]

206

 

 

 

 

·        6 meters

·        6 Covenant first seen

·        12 Covenant really

·        4 Brute groups

 

(4) – [520]

207

 

 

 

 

·        2 Hunters per group

·        10 minutes

·        Could take 12 Brutes

·        2 Spartans

 

(4) – [524]

208

 

 

 

 

·        3 Brutes

·        3 coughs

·        3 blood splashes

·        2 steps

 

(4) – [528]

209

 

 

 

 

·        5 contacts

·        55 meters tall

·        100 meters distant

·        3 Brutes

 

(4) – [532]

210

 

 

 

 

·        Double blow

·        2 shots

 

(2) – [534]

211

 

 

 

 

·        3 Wraiths

 

(1) – [535]

212

·        Encryption scheme 37

 

 

 

·        12 warheads

·        Dozens of ships

 

(3) – [538]

214

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        1420 hours (1+4+2+0=7; explicit)

·        12 Seraphs

·        100 Brutes

·        2 dropships

 

(4) – [542]

215

 

 

 

 

·        10 Jackals

·        20 Grunts

·        3 dead Jackals

·        6 dead Grunts

·        12 Grunt exploded

·        2 chucking Jackals

·        2 shots from Linda

 

(7) – [549]

216

 

 

 

 

·        2 firing Jackals

·        4 remaining Jackals

·        2 heartbeats’ pause

·        2 blasts

 

(4) – [553]

217

 

 

 

 

·        2 dots (on glyph)

 

(1) – [554]

218

·        7 minutes of air

 

 

 

·        6 dead Brutes

·        8-centimeter-thick Hunter armor

 

(3) – [557]

219

 

 

 

 

·        10,000 kilometers

·        2-second countdown

 

(2) – [559]

220

 

 

 

 

·        6 nukes

 

(1) – [560]

221

 

 

 

 

·        1440 hours

 

(1) – [561]

222

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        16 light-years (1+6=7)

·        20 years ago

 

(2) – [563]

223

 

 

 

 

·        4 Covenant ships

·        3 ships chasing one

·        Twice their size

 

(3) – [566]

224

 

 

 

 

·        2 lances

·        13 seconds

·        23 seconds

·        3D spheres

(4) – [570]

225

·        17 via multi-step

 

 

·        98% (9+8=17)

·        3 lines

·        2 seconds

·        30 years

·        2 transition attempts

 

(5) – [575]

226

 

 

 

 

·        180x000

·        3 heartsbeats

 

(2) – [577]

227

 

 

 

 

·        Ventral 3

·        2 Jiralhanae ships

 

(2) – [579]

228

·        70 cycles

 

 

 

 

 

(1) – [580]

229

 

 

 

 

·        1520 hours

·        3 seconds

·        2 seconds

 

(3) – [583]

230

 

 

 

 

·        100,000 kilometers

·        300

 

(2) – [585]

231

·        27 OSO units

 

 

 

·        3 long beeps

·        3 short beeps

·        3 long beeps

·        12 seconds

·        2 seconds

·        118 units

·        3-meter-long contacts

 

(8) – [593]

232

·        7 drones line up

·        7 drone lines

·        49 via two explicit

 

 

·        2423 drones

·        100 jellyfish stings

 

(4) – [597]

233

 

 

 

 

·        5 decks

·        15,000 meters

 

(2) – [599]

234

 

 

 

 

·        2nd order approximation

·        30 seconds

·        100 macaws

·        12 drones

 

(4) – [603]

236

·        7th cycle

·        7 years service

·        49 units

 

 

·        6 month task

 

(4) – [607]

237

 

 

 

 

·        Storage Sector 3

·        Pods of 3

 

(2) – [609]

238

 

 

 

 

·        5 times his height

·        30 Unggoy

·        Dozens of Huragok

·        4 pictograms

·        3 lines on the N

·        2 lines on the V

(6) – [615]

239

 

 

 

 

·        Over 3½ meters tall

·        30 meters

·        4 directions

 

(3) – [618]

240

 

 

 

 

·        30 Ship Masters

·        200 vessels

·        3,000 capacity

·        4 jaws

·        9th Age

 

(5) – [623]

241

 

 

 

 

·        2nd Ring

 

(1) – [624]

244

 

 

 

 

·        6 eyes per Huragok

·        12 Huragok

·        9 warheads

·        100 times the yield

·        18 destroyers

·        2 cruisers

 

(6) – [630]

245

 

 

 

 

·        1,000,000,000 fragments

·        300KPH winds

·        1,000 years

 

(3) – [633]

249

·        1700 hours

 

 

 

·        2 Sentinels

·        4 meters

·        100 meters

 

(4) – [637]

250

 

 

 

 

·        2 trees

·        3 flashes

·        3-meter crater

 

(3) – [640]

251

 

 

 

 

·        300 meters

·        3 Sentinels per group

·        2 at ground level

·        2,000 meters

·        3,000 meters

 

(5) – [645]

252

 

 

 

 

·        2 minutes

·        2 guards

·        3 meters

 

(3) – [648]

255

 

 

 

 

·        2 charges

·        83% accuracy

 

(2) – [650]

258

 

 

 

 

·        2 hours

·        2 flashes

 

(2) – [652]

259

 

 

 

·        14.5x114mm (1+4+5+1+1+4=16; 1+6=7)

·        1810 hours

·        51

·        2Xs

 

(4) – [656]

260

 

 

 

 

·        2 klicks

·        Blue 2

·        2 pumps

·        11:00

·        2,500 meters

·        3 knots

 

(6) – [672]

261

 

 

 

 

·        3 sidesteps

·        200KPH

·        5 meters

 

(3) – [675]

263

 

 

 

 

·        3 meters

 

(1) – [676]

265

 

 

 

 

·        1950 hours

·        2 meters

 

(2) – [678]

266

 

 

 

 

·        2,000 meters

·        2 armed warheads

 

(2) – [680]

267

 

 

 

 

·        30 Sentinels

 

(1) – [681]

268

 

 

 

 

·        2 options

·        2 things to worry about

·        90 degrees

·        100 kilometers

·        Thousands of Sentinels

 

(5) – [686]

269

 

 

 

 

·        2 blinks

·        1,000 images

·        3D

(3) – [689]

270

·        7 facets of dome

 

 

·        025 (0+2+5=7)

·        3 kilometers

 

(3) – [672]

271

 

 

·        14 via multi-step

·        95% (9+5=14; multiple)

·        Hundreds of Sentinels

·        300 meters

·        5 dropships

 

(4) – [676]

273

 

 

 

 

·        3 revolutions

·        4 meters

 

(2) – [678]

274

 

 

 

 

·        3 Spartans

·        2D

(2) – [680]

275

 

 

 

 

·        12 paces

·        20 meters

 

(2) – [682]

276

·        7 arches

 

 

 

·        90 degrees

·        8 pods

·        5 people

 

(4) – [686]

277

 

 

 

 

·        24 ships

·        193 units

 

(2) – [688]

278

 

 

 

 

·        1000 Sentinels

·        1000 generations

 

(2) – [690]

280

 

 

 

 

·        12 beams penetrate

·        3 plumes

·        10 microseconds

 

(3) – [693]

281

 

 

 

 

·        83%

 

(1) – [694]

282

 

 

 

 

·        3 formations

 

(1) – [695]

284

 

 

 

 

·        2 ships lost

·        3 destroyers firing

 

(2) – [697]

285

 

 

 

 

·        24 alien vessels

·        2 growls

 

(2) – [699]

287

 

 

 

 

·        2040 hours

·        30 seconds

·        5 points

·        15 minute countdown

 

(4) – [703]

288

 

 

 

 

·        3 viewscreens

·        6 planets

·        3,000,000 kilometers

·        18 months

·        3D

(5) – [708]

289

 

 

 

 

·        2 reasons

 

(1) – [709]

290

 

 

 

 

·        12 prowlers

·        020x325

 

(2) – [711]

291

·        7 minutes

 

 

 

·        50%

·        6 minutes

·        4 minutes

·        2 warships

 

(5) – [716]

292

·        17 seconds

 

 

 

·        8 ships

·        3-to-1 odds

·        4-to-1

 

(4) – [720]

293

 

 

 

 

·        50,000 kilometers

·        40 magnification

 

(2) – [722]

294

 

 

 

 

·        2 forces

·        12 escape pods

·        3 lances

·        4 lances

 

(4) – [726]

295

·        7 ships

 

 

 

·        5 engagements

·        130%

·        15 seconds

·        5 seconds

·        3 seconds

·        2 seconds

 

(6) – [732]

296

 

 

 

 

·        20 Covenant ships

·        23 seconds

·        15 seconds

·        100 kilometers

 

(4) – [736]

297

·        7 MAC rounds

 

 

 

·        2 killed ships

·        Almost 3:1

·        5 human ships survive

 

(4) – [740]

298

 

 

 

 

·        3 times its size

·        2 ships

·        8 ships blasted

·        6 survived

·        Thousands of drones

·        3 drone formations

·        8-sided formation

·        3D

(8) – [748]

299

 

 

 

 

·        100 energy beams

·        3 ships detonated

·        2 ships fire

·        2 formations left

 

(4) – [752]

300

·        4279

 

 

 

·        3 minutes

·        30,000 meters

·        L3

(4) – [756]

303

 

 

 

 

·        2030 hours

 

(1) – [757]

304

 

 

 

 

·        2 steps ahead

·        4 ropes

·        6 zip lines

·        20 meters

 

(4) – [761]

305

·        7 more Seraphs

 

 

 

·        10 meters

·        24 Seraphs total

·        2nd wave of Seraphs

·        100 Seraphs

 

(5) – [766]

306

 

 

 

 

·        20 warships

·        2 leading ships

·        100 Elites

·        C-12

·        10 minutes

·        12 meters

 

(6) – [772]

307

 

 

 

 

·        6 dropships

·        4 survive

 

(2) – [774]

308

 

 

 

 

·        5 Elites

·        3 grenades

·        3 revolutions

 

(3) – [777]

309

 

 

 

 

 

·        2nd degree burns

·        3rd degree burns

(2) – [779]

311

·        1:17

·        7 sides

 

 

 

·        4 meters wide

 

(3) – [782]

312

 

 

 

 

·        4 detonations

 

(1) – [783]

313

 

 

 

 

·        3 rounds

 

(1) – [784]

314

 

 

 

 

·        6 seconds

 

(1) – [785]

315

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        2050 hours (2+0+5+0=7)

·        5 times the height

 

(2) – [787]

317

 

 

·        14 via multi-step

·        68 minutes (6+8=14; multiple)

·        3 story building

·        10,000 meters

·        30 kilometers

·        3 places

·        10 times the power

 

(6) – [793]

318

 

 

 

 

·        100 times the power

·        100 Sentinel pairs

·        Millions of spheres

·        3 generators

·        10 meters

·        10,000 meters

 

(6) – [799]

319

 

 

 

 

·        3 Sentinel pairs

 

(1) – [800]

320

·        7 drones line up

 

 

 

·        40 Sentinel pairs

·        4:00

·        6

·        9:00

 

(5) – [805]

321

 

 

 

 

·        2nd NAV marker

·        300 meters

·        10 meters

·        100 meters wide

 

(4) – [809]

324

 

 

 

 

·        53 minutes

·        3 seconds

 

(2) – [811]

325

 

 

 

 

·        2105 hours

·        3 thermal cooldowns

 

(2) – [813]

326

·        7 via multi-step

 

·        14 nukes (7*2)

·        16:4 (1+6=7)

·        15 minutes

·        30-megatons

·        16:4

 

(5) – [818]

327

 

 

·        14 Covie ships (7*2)

 

 

·        L4

(2) – [820]

328

 

 

 

 

·        3 MAC rounds hit

 

(1) – [821]

330

 

 

 

 

·        4 Covenant ships live

·        2 change course

·        2 left

·        100 years in the future

 

(4) – [825]

331

 

 

 

 

·        80% power

·        2 minutes

·        31 meters

 

(3) – [828]

332

 

 

 

 

·        32 Covenant ships

 

(1) – [829]

333

 

 

 

 

·        4 MAC slugs fire

·        3 miss

·        32 lines of plasma

 

(3) – [832]

334

 

 

 

 

·        2115 hours

·        2x2

·        10-meter-tall

·        3 flashes

 

(4) – [836]

335

 

 

 

 

·        8 pods

·        5 from Katana

·        2 meters

 

(3) – [839]

336

 

 

 

 

·        3 non-Spartans

 

(1) – [840]

337

 

 

 

 

·        2 nukes

 

(1) – [841]

339

 

 

 

 

·        40 minutes

 

(1) – [842]

341

 

 

 

 

·        50-year-old ship

 

(1) – [843]

343

 

 

 

 

·        3 Elites

·        2130 hours

 

(2) – [845]

344

 

 

 

 

·        32 minutes

·        360 degrees

(2) – [847]

345

 

 

 

 

·        60% tint

·        5 kilometers

·        80% polarization

 

(3) – [850]

346

 

 

 

 

·        12 meters

·        10 meters

 

(2) – [852]

347

 

 

 

 

·        13 fins

·        150 meters

 

(2) – [854]

348

 

 

·        21 via multi-step (7*3)

·        25:59 (2+5+5+9=21; multiple)

·        30+ dots

·        26:00

 

(3) – [857]

349

 

 

 

 

·        265 units

·        200+ Sangheili

 

(2) – [859]

350

 

 

 

 

·        Would trade 12

·        3 Lekgolo pairs

 

(2) – [861]

352

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        2140 hours (2+1+4+0=7)

·        200 meters

·        5 Grunts down

·        12 cockroaches

·        3 of the towers

·        M808 Scorpion Tank

 

(6) – [867]

353

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        21:22 (2+1+2+2=7)

·        200 Grunts

·        Normal 3D

(3) – [870]

354

·        7 via multi-step

 

 

·        250 meters (2+5+0=7)

·        3 teams of Grunts

·        3 Grunts

 

(3) – [873]

355

·        7:00

·        17:51

 

 

 

·        3 groups

·        30 Elites per group

·        12:00

·        4:00

·        3 SPNKr missiles

·        45-degrees

·        6 meters

 

(9) – [882]

356

 

 

 

 

·        50 meters

 

(1) – [883]

357

 

 

 

 

·        200 meters away

·        100 meters

·        50 meters

 

(3) – [886]

358

 

 

 

 

·        3 Elites return fire

·        2 other Elites

·        11 down

·        5 meters

·        2 groups

·        5 Elites per group

 

(6) – [892]

359

 

 

 

 

·        3 Elite vanguard

 

(1) – [893]

360

 

 

 

 

·        2-ton shield

·        3 Spartans

 

(2) – [895]

361

 

 

 

 

·        12 Elites

 

(1) – [896]

362

 

 

 

 

·        2 bootprints

·        2 Spartans down

·        4-years-old

 

(3) – [899]

363

 

 

 

 

·        350 meters

·        95% polarization

·        100+ Elites

 

(3) – [902]

364

 

 

 

 

·        6:32

 

(1) – [903]

366

 

 

 

 

·        150 Elites charging

·        2 high Banshees

·        2 low Banshees

 

(3) – [906]

367

 

 

 

 

·        3 meters tall

 

(1) – [907]

368

 

 

 

 

·        2 Spartans

 

(1) – [908]

370

·        0:47

 

 

 

 

 

 

375

·        73%

 

 

 

·        2205 hours

·        November 4

 

(3) – [911]

376

 

 

 

 

·        3 BLACK WIDOWs

 

(1) – [912]

377

 

 

 

 

·        3 flares

·        12 flares

·        Hundreds of flares

·        1000 magnification

 

(4) – [916]

378

·        7 seconds

 

 

 

·        1100 hours

·        2 markers

 

(3) – [919]

379

 

 

 

 

·        2164

 

(1) – [920]

380

 

 

 

 

·        3rd time

·        150,000,000 kilometer diameter

·        G2 star

 

381

 

 

 

 

·        5 minutes

 

(1) – [921]

Count

(95)

(2)

(5)

(32)

(772)

(15)

[921]

 

If we count all potential references as positive hits, then we can lump them together into 149. That’s still 623 more negative than there are positive. Personally, I think only the explicit and exponent categories are reliably references, which would only make 97 out of 921.

As you can see, there are far more negative hits than there are even potential hits. Many of the potential references are sketchy at best, leaving only a few certain references, K7-49, for instance. That’s the explicit number and an exponent in one. Others, like the drug 88947-OP24, are probably just total coincidences. While shows like Lost may make every effort to fit each number into their mythology, this doesn’t seem to be the case with Bungie even with their love of 7. Maybe Ghosts of Onyx is just a bad choice for representing seven references, but given that it’s a pretty hefty Halo book, I believe it’s wise to consider that there aren’t as many seven references as people often think.