- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Descendants of Forerunner? Thats a little far-fetched. Heres why he is familiar with Forerunner stuff...
In Fall of Reach, you will remember that the Spartans were deployed to Cote D Azur (or w/e) to rescue the civilians and nuke the city. After the Spartans killed (almost) the two Hunters, they looked at the rock the Covenant were studying, and noticed the symbols looked like Egyptian Hieroglyphics (but not an exact match of couse). Later, it was discovered that the Covenant writing (IDK proper term for it) looked similar to the symbols and writings on the rock the Spartans recovered from Cote d Azur.
Later in The Flood, John comes across a holographic panel to form the Light Bridge on the level Halo. He sees that the markings on the panel were VERY similar to those found on the Rock and looked somewhat similar to Covenant writing. John does not understand what the markings mean, but he instinctively knows which button to push.
Finally, in First Strike, Fred comes across symbols at the bottom of Menachite Mountain. He knows that the symbols on the wall are, once again, VERY similar to the symbols on the Rock they retrieved from Cote d Azur, if not identical.
So you see, Humans are not descendants of the Forerunner. However, there are symbols of the Forerunner on Halo, Reach, AND the planet which Cote d Azur was on. So, the Forerunner were here LONG before us, and probably owned the planets that the Humans do now. However, they left long ago, leaving artifacts of their existence behind.
Does this make sense to any of you? It sure does to me...