So a crazy thing happened. Though I originally purchased the base game (not heroic or legendary edition), a few days ago I was just about to beat it on Legendary Solo when I see the UPS truck pull up and the guy gets out with a huge box. He leaves and I open it to find the Legendary Edition!!!! Whaaaat??? Then I remembered a while back entering some Mountain Dew codes on their website. I never heard back, never got an email, nothing. There was a tiny note in the box saying congratulations on winning the sweepstakes.
w00t!
So now I have Halsey's journal and I found something that may be a coincidence, but has me really excited. Long ago I was cruising around with ColdGlider, Ark, and Apollo, and they decided to show me the tribute room/Halsey's lab. I saw the tributes to the Halo communities that were represented there and felt just a little sad that the SGP wasn't represented (I know we are newcomers in the grand scale). I had and have no idea if we even registered on Bungie's radar.
Then, flipping through Halsey's journal I got to the October 15, 2521 entry and read: "Since the ubiquitous code is identical on every ship and base, any enemy can study it, and despite highly regulated security, hack it."
That could be a coincidence, but to my knowledge the term "ubiquitous code" originated on this forum in response to a string of characters we kept seeing in ODST!!! Is this a slight nod to our community? Maybe, maybe not. But it's got me grinning.
If it is, then they knew that the way to say hi to us was in a subtle detail.