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An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
Posted by: Lord Snakie
Further Explanations and Side-Theories:
While on the subject of Gravemind, let us return to the implications of this theory. The Gravemind was a catalog, and the Precursor were a species hell-bent on preserving life, just like the Forerunner. The Forerunner cataloged races, what's to say the Precursor didn't? What if they cataloged these races inside the Gravemind construct, and he is re-creating long-dead races whose blueprints he has stored permanently in memory to serve the collective that exterminated them? It raises questions on just how "personal" infection is. If a single entity is infected, could multiples of that entity's species be created by the Flood all over the universe to serve them?
I believe the Flood is simply a destroyer slash self destructive mofo more than anything else. I don't see the Flood preserving anything.. Unless.. Preserving something becomes a necessary means to an end. Key word - END. I like to look at the Flood as a necessary evil. Kind of like a friend of a friend, but not really. I guess it depends on who your friends are.
p.s. Why were the Precursors, in your mind, so afraid of death? Perhaps they reached a point where death was a road less traveled, and became curious? Who knows? All I know is what mom told me. It's easier to solve a maze by going backwards. Jumping to the Precursors, and going forward, well.. All roads lead to.. Try Again.
Posted by: Lord Snakie
The Flood, an Experiment?:
The Precursor had the ability to accelerate evolution... what if they accelerated and manipulated the evolution of a parasitic species until they created not a weapon, but a municipal service?
Think about it- the Precursors were trans-sentient beings, deaths among them must be rare. Even so, death probably did occur, and that death would be a finality; everything that Precursor knew was gone, and over the span of its life it likely had revolutionary ideas that could help all of the Precursors, or at least memories or though processes that would be worth accessing. So, over time, Precursor genetic manipulators accelerated and enhanced the evolution of a biological species until they created a self-sustaining storage system that could reclaim the memories of the Precursor even after death. Infection forms roam about the streets of Precursor cities, seeking out the locations of any dead Precursors. When they took over a deceased's body, the information of that dead Precursor was transferred to the central Gravemind (keep that in mind: [b]Grave - Mind. Mind of the grave) and all the other Precursors would be able to access it later. Since the corpses could be used to replenish the Gravemind with necessary flesh or be used to create more infection forms, it was a self-sustaining system. The Precursors would need not ever go without the memories and knowledge of their deceased ever again, and no longer would the dead bodies need to be put anywhere but the self-sustaining Flood memory retrieval system.
The Gravemind was likely not sentient at first, more like the central, living archive of all this information. When he became cognitive and sentient and realized that he was being used, he could have used the accumulated knowledge and forms that he had at his disposal to attack and destroy the Precursor in a massive, destructive surprise attack.
Think about this. If this is true, it means that the first Gravemind did not only possess an abundance of Precursor intelligence, it was created by the Precursor, made out of Precursors, and meant to absorb their intelligence. The Precursor in this situation would not only have made the beasts that killed them, they would have willingly done it, thinking in their arrogance and power that they were infallible. Not only would the Precursor have passed down their mantle to the Forerunner, they would be the very ones who began the cycle that caused the Forerunner and Humanity to be forced to take up that mantle.
It's a thought - Been playing with fire for who knows how long (since fire existed, I'd imagine), and finally got burned for realz? Bummer.
Here's my question.. Even if your theory was truth, and your Flood took hold of something as Large as The Precursors, then how did everything else, in due time, including your Flood, end up under lock and chain in the Halo universe? Who, or what, exactly, was placed under Quarantine? Humans? Covenant? AI? Flood? All of 'em? Cause all roads, in this bungie galaxy, eventually lead to Halos - So many simulated activations, and one actual. If you think about it, that could be one tough cookie to break. It sure would suck to fire 'em off, only to end up back where you started, to do it all over again. Then again, that would be one Hell of a Quarantine Zone.
Go back..
You, as the Master Chief 117, arrive at this Halo with ships, ai, and enemies.. Was it expected? Did anything, or anyone, know that this time would eventually come about? Were they well prepared?
If I was a boy scout, I'd be waiting for Cortana to arrive at my doorstep. I wouldn't expect her to wipe her feet, so there's no door mat. Just a door. It's open. I mean, to me, it's open. To her.. Well.. I wouldn't want her to miss a mile of fun.