[Polpolion]

[Droid803]

That would piss me off, except that I decided I wouldn't care.

[Mongoose]

If this is the "big Easter egg," I've got nothing.  Only thought I had is that it might be a squadron number, but the Wiki doesn't turn up anything relevant.

[Mura]

People should still be looking into this one, you really really should!

When you see it, (as they say) bricks shall be shat, and you'll realize how it was right there in front of your face all this time.

[Mongoose]

These are the times in adventure games that I'd be fumbling for my walkthrough book.

Edit:  Ooh...not the number, but I did spot something that seems rather intriguing.

Spoiler:

GTD Repulse, much?

Spoiler:

And the Hope...in much the same straits as ever, it seems.

[Mars]

Honestly speculating seems pointless, there are many things 162 could mean, and it seems impossible to prove any of them

[Mura]

One would think so, but you would be wrong 

* Mura runs away

[Mongoose]

It seems that one or two people seem to have caught the reference, so speculating could have a very fruitful result.

As a side note, this would be much easier to do without the deinterlacing on all of the in-game shots.

Spoiler:

And hey, the Mecross is in here too.  You guys are really raiding the whole FS1 lineup for this.

[Mars]

We gonna see the Ravage?

I can't wait until I feel really stupid about this

Wait a second...

[Mongoose]

Gah, I shouldn't have started thinking about this.  That number's driving me crazy.  I know I've seen or heard it somewhere.  The only thing I've learned so far is that there's a Wikipedia article for the number 162...which is apparently an untouchable number, whatever that is.

[blowfish]

I'll tell you this much.  Do all the research you want, and you'll turn up nothing

[Mongoose]

Gee, thanks.

[Mars]

Is it something that only certain people would know about to begin with, or something everyone on the HLP would know (after a while)?

And is it bigger than a toaster?

[Goober5000]

It's something everybody on HLP knows, even if they don't usually think of it.

It helps to have seen the Halo 2 trailer.

[blowfish]

Lemme just tell you that finding the meaning of 162 is only half of the puzzle.  Not even half.  Just the first tiny part in a huge interweaving puzzle.

[blowfish]

Huh.  Apparently Goober can edit my posts without them showing up as edited.  Suffice to say I carry highly classified information

[Mongoose]

It helps to have seen the Halo 2 trailer.

The one with Master Chief and alien ships and flying through space and stuff, right?

Hmm...

[Droid803]

Spoiler:

And the Hope...in much the same straits as ever, it seems.

It's fate is to be mangled and disabled every battle XD.

It helps to have seen the Halo 2 trailer.

The "I won't miss" one?
I just watched it. Didn't help at all. Well, I'm just oblivious.

[Mongoose]

No, I thought it was that one too, but I'm pretty sure that Goober was referring to the cinematic trailer that was shown in theaters, which you can see here.  If the ST:R trailer is using that same model, then I know what it is they were going for...but that doesn't tell me where to find it.

Edit:  Oh, you slippery bastards...

[Droid803]

Oh that one...

I C WAT U DID THAR.