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Guilty Spark says in the Library:
These Sentinels will supplement your combat system. But, I suggest you upgrade to at least a Class Twelve combat skin. Your current model only scans as a Class Two, which is ill suited for this kind of work.
And also:
Puzzling. You brought such ineffective weapons to combat the Flood, despite the containment protocols.
And in The Maw:
You can't imagine how exciting this is! To have a record of all of our lost time! Human history, is it? Fascinating.
Also:
Your behavior is not in accordance with established protocols.
These quotes cleary point in the direction that 343 GS at least thinks that he knows the MC, and that the MC should already know what he is supposed to be doing. I think that this is very good evidence for a Human-Forerunner connection. But rather than humans becoming the Forerunner, I think that the Forerunners become humans. Someone else had the quote that said:
Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed.
This is proof that the Halos were fired before. In Halo: The Flood GS syas that he's been in charge for exactly "101,217 local years"(pg. 238). If we assume that Forerunners were organic, which would make sense if they needed to wear combat skins, then they would also be killed by the firing of Halo's primary weapon. So we can assume that Halo was fired about 101,217 yrs ago to contain a Flood outbreak, as 343 GS's previous's quote would indicate. If I were the Forerunners, I would have a backup plan if worse came to worse and the Halos were fired. Seeding a planet with lifeforms that should develop sentience would be a good idea. And human civilization on Earth didn't begin until around 100,00 yrs ago. Also, Halo has earth normal gravity, and the same kind of atmosphere, even the same nitrogen-oxygen mix ratio. That would make earth a very good canidate for seeding. However, the fact that the Cheif's armor is so similar to a Forerunner Battle skin, and that the MC has an innate knowledge of Forerunner tech:
The display's shimmering geometric patterns nagged at him, as if he should recognize them somehow... he couldn't place where he'd seen them before. They just seemed...familiar. (Halo: The Flood, pg 84)
shows that there is more than just a genetic descendance from the Forerunners. Perhaps humanity is imbued with some sort of genetic memory from the Forerunners. Well, that's enough rambling for now!
[Edited on 4/23/2004 3:29:08 PM]