- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Holy crap, you guys. This is the most interesting thread I've seen. Bring on the Noise and Serpx, very nice work. I'm glad to finally see some research into Forerunner theories.
But we should stop the "where did we come from" argument.... We don't know, and we'll probably never know. Honestly, I cannot wrap my mind around evolution or creation. The only thing that makes sense (but not much) to me (call me crazy) is that Earth was colonized by an alien race of some sort... I also do not believe in beginnings... no beginnings, no ends (in the grand scheme of things, not centering on our existance).
Evolution makes more sense than creation to me, because its like physically changing to adapt to changing environments.
Here's my semi-theory on the Forerunner (no real scientific backing, its just a fabrication of what Bungie has already released through the story line):
The Forerunner were an advanced race that colonized many different planets. At one point, they found/created the Flood. Seeing them as a threat, they constructed the Halos, and wanting the Flood destroyed, they activated them, which whiped out the Forerunners (explaining the absense of Forerunners). Since the "blast" only kills organisms with sufficient biomass (I think its the brain mass to body mass ratio.... can't remember) to sustain the Flood, the machines were left (343 Guilty Spark, the Sentinels, and possibly other monitors/machines). This left the Flood to starve to death... or so they thought. The fact that sentient beings capable of sustaining the Flood found them again proves that the Halos aren't very effective in the long run. More races came about too quickly for the Flood to die out.
And like Bring in the Noise, I'm still waiting for the "creation" proof. And please, don't say the Bible is proof. We've all heard that story.