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Posted by: Person25
Now that that is out of the way, How could the flood be in Tier 0 at all as the Bestiarum states they were in tier 7 and then adopted only tier 2? If the forerunners knew about the flood would they not have said they adopted tier 0?
Note this is a question I'm not trying to start a debate that I know I will lose.
Posted by Lord Snakie
Haha, don't worry about it, that's a really good question.
To be honest, I'm just going to throw another "probably" out there, and I know that a lot of people don't like my adherence to "probably"s and not facts, but such is my thinking. As stated in the main theory, I believed the Flood only attained momentary trans-sentience, perhaps even only partial trans-sentience. By the time the Flood made it to the Milky Way, it's possible that they had already degenerated to a lower tier and the Forerunner marked them as that lower tier. In fact, I find this fairly likely; how could the Forerunner defeat them if they still possessed the trans-sentient skills? It would be nigh-impossible.
Okay that answers that question.
Also something else I would want to know, If the Master Chief only has class 2 Combat skin, and the forerunner army must have had a good amount of class 18 combat skins, How come they lost the war to the flood but the Master Chief can overcome loads of flood by himself with "such ineffective weapons" as Guilty Spark puts it. To me It doesn't make since that one SPARTAN-II can effectively combat loads of flood while an army of Forerunners with Combat Skins at least 6 times better than his would lose to the flood.
Like I stated before though I am just wondering, I may be focusing more on the facts than your theory, but to me it poses some even more interesting questions, Was the class 18 Combat skin the MJOLNIR armor to the Precursor, only a class 2? This would mean the Precursors are even more powerful than an army of SPARTAN s could ever be.
Ahh, but you must remember, the Flood adapt as they infect. They gain one single man in a Class-18 combat skin, they have that skin for themselves and that soldier's knowledge for themselves, helping them to infect the rest of them. I find it likely that one Forerunner soldier of that caliber was infected, the Flood learned their tactics, then began absorbing them at ludicrous speeds.
The Chief, however, was only one soldier, and the Flood didn't infect him. Even if they did, they would only have had one of them, and in a lower-level combat skin; while the Flood's tactics would have greatly evolved from his knowledge, they could not obtain more, and the Chief-Flood would not have been immortal. The Flood were ill-equipped to fight him and had lesser tactics; his high-class armor (for his time), his supreme tactics, and his vast resources kept him alive against the hordes.
But isn't that going against your theory saying that the flood still had memories of the Forerunners meaning they should have been able to out maneuver Master Chief?
Posted by: Person25
OH dear. And to think when I started playing Halo all it was, was a green guy fighting a load of 8ft finger mouthed Lizards, it's way much more than that. Whoever thought up of the storyline of Halo diverse a medal. It's the best story I've ever come across. And to think they ain't even made a film yet. It's textbook film material.
Answer 1 : If your being sarcastic, then please leave, no one wants to here that here.
Answer 2 : If your being serious, The storyline was created by more than one person, they do deserve a medal of some sort. It is one of the best stories out there. There is a film in production, I believe Though it is not confirmed or denied.
Posted by Alfdog
Yeah I was being serious. And why have they denied/not confirmed it? That's just plain silly.
Well there probably will be one if you go to Halopedia (just search on Google) adn type in halo movie you can read about it there.
Posted by: Person25
Also something else I would want to know, If the Master Chief only has class 2 Combat skin, and the forerunner army must have had a good amount of class 18 combat skins, How come they lost the war to the flood but the Master Chief can overcome loads of flood by himself with "such ineffective weapons" as Guilty Spark puts it. To me It doesn't make since that one SPARTAN-II can effectively combat loads of flood while an army of Forerunners with Combat Skins at least 6 times better than his would lose to the flood.
Like I stated before though I am just wondering, I may be focusing more on the facts than your theory, but to me it poses some even more interesting questions, Was the class 18 Combat skin the MJOLNIR armor to the Precursor, only a class 2? This would mean the Precursors are even more powerful than an army of SPARTAN s could ever be.
I have even confused myself a little so if you could answer some of these questions it would be very helpful.
Posted by RAG3 ON3
Ah, I believe I can answer this one. I can't remember where I read it, but it was theorized that the armor ranking system wasn't based on how good the armor was, but the purpose of the armor. Guilty Spark could have scanned the MJOLNIR armor as simply an environmental protection suit, as the Forerunner combat armor may have had different characteristics. Say a Class 18 suit could have simply been hardened against radiation. Guilty Spark also had no way of knowing John had been surgically altered to be stronger and faster.
Assuming you got that off halopedia, which is where I got the information on the skins, then that is just one theory. The Theory that I would like to go with is this one,
Armor Ability Stacking
or maybe this one,
Shielding Theory
Of course the other theories are also exceptionable with I believe the most common being it goes by the power. I believe the Theory you are talking about would be this one,
Armor Class
To read all these theories gohere.
[Edited on 07.08.2009 7:45 AM PDT]