- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Nice theory. I have one similar to yours, in part where the Forerunner were Humans and that the Covenant were present in some amass.
Here's my theory.
The Human Covenant war stands on the brink of it's finale. Covenant forces are almost no match for the Human's superior numbers and technology. However, the Covenant divise a plan to turn the tides of the war. They develope or locate a species known as the Flood and research it for weaponry purposes.
Eventually they release the Flood intentionally or unintentionally and are wiped out : survived somehow by descendants far away and safe from the Halos. The Humans have a difficult time containing the Flood but manage to build the Halo installations for research. The outbreak, however, surges even stronger and the Humans are forced to use their only weapon against the Flood.
What of their population can retreat to the Halos where I suppose they are safe from the blast. The Halo is initiated and species able to sustain the Flood are killed. Humans remain on Halo until the Flood is completely diminished they leave behind their Flood research on Halo and take flight in some sort of colony ship to find habitable worlds. They stumble across many along the way to Earth, erecting their unique architecture and printings: tracing themselves along worlds.
They eventually find Earth, but I can only guess a catastrophy occured that start the human process over. Humans later emerge in another interstellar empire, unaware of their former disbandment. Once again at a sentient point in their existence, they reencounter the Covenant. The Covenant, I think, do not repeat they're history but recruit more to their cause and raid former technologies of their enemies. They may have found old traces of their enemies and are still bent on their genocidal tendencies.
They Human/Covenant war begins again and the Covenant are adamant not to let the Humans rediscover their lost artifacts. I don't think the Covenant revere the Forerunners, but revere what had happened to them, claiming that the Gods had destroyed the Forerunners and that what was left behind was a gift for their cause. I think that is why Covenant consider it blasphomy to tamper with the technology.
99.9% wrong, I'm sure... but a way to look at it. History repeats itself, but in a different pattern. They say the Flood will appear in Halo 2, and I think they are the answer to the conflict. Maybe the Covenant will push the Humans into a tight corner, force them to release the Flood (which would destroy most of the Humans themselves and leave only a little to survive) and cause the Covenant to use the Halos. Repetition in history :d
[Edited on 7/11/2004 10:40:58 PM]