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Halo: Nightfall is a 2014 live action web series comprised of five episodes meant to bridge the stories of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians . They were released weekly and later collectively as a feature length movie through the defunct Halo Channel app. The series was included with copies of Halo: The Master Chief Collection to introduce the new character, Agent Jameson Locke, as Nightfall is considered to be his origin story. Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of the plot and my opinions at the very end.  

For N7 Day 2023 the director of BioWare, Michael Gamble posted a message to the fans that contained a series of spelling errors - a binary code. The secret message embedded in the text translates to "Epsilon" when decoded. The Epsilon Effect was one of many concept names originally considered for the Mass Effect series. Epsilon is also the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, which makes sense for the fifth entry in the series. Michael Gamble then posted a link to the game's official website with: ////ACCESS CODE: EPSILON /////ACCESS CODE ACCEPTED /////SECONDARY ENCRYPTION DETECTED /////VJBSVU-XXXX-XXXXXXXX /////ANDROMEDA DISTRESS SIGNAL DETECTED /////YEAR SENT: [REDACTED] /////AUDIO TRANSCRIPT: ALTHOUGH THEY SHOULD KNOW BY NOW NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE HUMAN [REDACTED] • The AUDIO TRANSCRIPT part is from a line of dialogue in last year's teaser where Liara can be heard conversing with Geth. The word "defiance" has been redacted from the transcript for s...