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I know that there are thousands of different theories out there and I may be posting something that has been posted before, so if this has been heard before go ahead and flame all you want.

I was sitting back reading through 'The Flood' again and I thought, "Everyone thinks that the Forerunner are just like humans because Halo is so 'earthy' with oceans, deserts, and other climates found on Earth, but what if the Forerunner were actually at war with humanity and built Halo to test the Flood on humans?" This may sound far fetched but I think that it is possible that long ago humanity may have been quite advanced and were at war with the Forerunner. Maybe the Forerunner were being pushed back and slowly overcome so they created a 'super organism' to kill off their enemies, namely us. They built Halo to resemble Earth and captured some humans to test the Flood on. This fits in with what 343 GS said about Halo being to study the Flood. This would have to mean that humanity was driven to near extinction so that we had to start from the ground up. This could tie in to Noah's Ark and the great flood. We sinned against the Forerunner and they released the Flood to wipe us from the earth. A limited amount of people survived and we had to rebuild to get to an advanced stage and are finally there when Halo occurs. I think that this could also be supported by 343 GS asking the Chief why he has a problem with starting up Halo again. He implied that the Reclaimer had started it in the past with no qualms. This implies that the Reclaimer had been to Installation 04 and talked with Guilty Spark before starting up Halo. I think that the Forerunner left behind some Halos as a parting gift to the humans, so that when we returned to an advanced civilization we would hopefully stumble upon one of the Halos and set it off returning ourselves to the beginning once again. This would fit in with the whole Covenant religion too because, naturally, they would want us dead because their 'gods' the Forerunner tried to wipe us out.

My theory is still a little rough around the edges, but I think that it is a probable theory.

  • 04.22.2004 5:06 PM PDT