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[[Image:Halo's ONI.png|right]] | [[Image:Halo's ONI.png|right]] | ||
This one is actually a back-reference to Oni from a later game. Oni doesn't refer to Halo (unless you count the [[Oni matrix]] naming Cortana), but [[wp:Halo (franchise)|Halo]] features an entity called ONI. | This one is actually a back-reference to Oni from a later game. Oni doesn't refer to Halo (unless you count the [[Oni matrix]] naming Cortana), but [[wp:Halo (franchise)|Halo]] features an entity called ONI. Pronounced in-game like the word "oni", ONI stands for [https://www.halopedia.org/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence Office of Naval Intelligence]. A military intelligence service called the Office of Naval Intelligence [[wp:Office of Naval Intelligence|actually exists]]: it's the United States' oldest continuously operating intelligence service (est. 1882). It seems likely that Halo builds on that longevity and tries to imagine what influence today's ONI would have in the 2550s. | ||
There has been a lot of speculation around Halo's ONI, most of which you can see on the [http://halostory.bungie.org/oni.html Halo Story Page]. A specific entry which draws the parallel between Halo's ONI, the [[Oni (myth)|Japanese myth of the oni]], and Bungie's "Oni" is [http://halostory.bungie.org/newssearch.html?newsitem=695 HERE]. | There has been a lot of speculation around Halo's ONI, most of which you can see on the [http://halostory.bungie.org/oni.html Halo Story Page]. A specific entry which draws the parallel between Halo's ONI, the [[Oni (myth)|Japanese myth of the oni]], and Bungie's "Oni" is [http://halostory.bungie.org/newssearch.html?newsitem=695 HERE]. | ||
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===Marathon (2025)=== | ===Marathon (2025)=== | ||
[[Image:Marathon (2025) - ONI.jpg|256px|thumb|right]] | [[Image:Marathon (2025) - ONI.jpg|256px|thumb|right]] | ||
Another back-reference to Oni from a later game. In Bungie's new Marathon, you control a runner who can take contracts from various corporations. One of these corporations, CyberAcme (CyAc for short), uses an AI agent called ONI. "She" is responsible for overseeing a runner's "grounding exercise" when their consciousness is installed into a newly manufactured body, according to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbEnWLRo1s this short film] (see 2:43, 4:00, 8:03). | Another back-reference to Oni from a later game. In Bungie's new Marathon, you control a runner who can take contracts from various corporations. One of these corporations, CyberAcme (CyAc for short), uses an AI agent called ONI. "She" is responsible for overseeing a runner's "grounding exercise" when their consciousness is installed into a newly manufactured body, according to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbEnWLRo1s this short film] (see 2:43, 4:00, 8:03). Like Halo's "ONI", her name is pronounced as the word "oni", not as separate letters. You can hear ONI say her own name in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Jv5H3_yAo this intro cinematic] at 1:27. She is is voiced by Donnla Hughes. | ||
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==Developer names== | ==Developer names== | ||
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Konoko's service pistol is the Campbell Equalizer Mk4, and the name "Campbell" can be found in a few places connected to Bungie: the Campbell/LeBel family members mentioned in the [[Quotes/Credits|credits]], the city of Campbell, CA (arguably the true location of [[Bungie West]], not San Jose), and [[Steve Campbell]], founder of Bungie.org and Oni Central. | Konoko's service pistol is the Campbell Equalizer Mk4, and the name "Campbell" can be found in a few places connected to Bungie: the Campbell/LeBel family members mentioned in the [[Quotes/Credits|credits]], the city of Campbell, CA (arguably the true location of [[Bungie West]], not San Jose), and [[Steve Campbell]], founder of Bungie.org and Oni Central. | ||
A couple consoles starting [[Quotes/Consoles# | A couple consoles starting [[Quotes/Consoles#Extraordinary security measures|HERE]] contain emails written between "P[eter] Tamte" and "D[avid] Joost". | ||
Michael Evans may be referenced by the [[Quotes/Consoles#Evans|Evans console]]. | Michael Evans may be referenced by the [[Quotes/Consoles#Evans|Evans console]]. | ||