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Posted by: Chaplain
Now, Eagle117 your question went something along the lines of why did they create a weapon for their own demise.
The broader question was, how did the Forerunners survive Halos activation if they were Human (sentient life)?
Posted by: Chaplain
And As for your other idea, if it were fired all sentient life would be destroyed. Okay.... How many years ago was it destroyed? 100,000 years right? Hate to use other people's arguments, but who's system? Earths? Ours? The Covie system? Or the previous more advanced form of humans (i.e. Forerunners.)
They all exist in the same galaxy. If the Halos were activated, then all sentient life with in this galaxy (all the species you mentioned above) would cease to exist:)
Posted by: Chaplain
"Ah," 343 Guilty Spark said, peering down over the Spartan's shoulder. "The other Reclaimer. His combat skin proved even less suitable than yours."
The soldier looked up over his shoulder. "What do you mean?"
"Is this a test, Reclaimer?" the Monitor seemed genuinely puzzled. "I found him wandering through a structure on the other side of the ring, and brought him to the same point where you started." Page 244 (Bottom paragraphs, word for word.)
That guy. You forget about him? I hope not, I hope nobody would forget about him, because that guy, is a real man. But more to the point. He called him the other Reclaimer. And note, "Reclaimer" is capitalized... That's right, meaning, he isn't just ANY reclaimer, he's the Reclaimer. Human. Not just the Spartans. It isn't just Master Chief that he thinks is the Reclaimer. He is calling human's Reclaimers. Humans. 343 Calling human's reclaimers.
I still hold this belief:
Stf. Sergent Marvin Mobuto is more of a "mistakened Reclaimer" taken to the Library when the events of Halo (the game) take place, and not the Reclaimer that I refer to in my theory. Why? Well, there are others on Halo at the time of the events of the game who have suits of armor similar in fashion to the Spartan's Mark IV. Who you might ask... ODSTs:)
We know from First Strike that there were ODST's on Halo, because the MC finds Locklear... the only ODST left of his squad. It is quite possible that this "other Reclaimer" spoken about in The Flood is an ODST, and not a marine who was mistaken for a Spartan/MC:)
If there was a clone made of the MC who was sent to Halo by Ackerson, he would have been wearing some type of armor for protection. It wouldn't have been Mark IV armor, though, because a clone of the MC wouldn't have the augmentation needed to wear Mark IV armor... the Spartans weren't born with super human abilities. So, what is the next best armor that is used by the UNSC... ODST armor.
To add to this, we know that Stf. Sergent Marvin Mobuto was wearing a suit of armor, because 343 GS refers to him as wearing a "less effective combat skin". So, we can tell from this statement, made by 343 GS, that the "other Reclaimer" was wearing a suit of armor that was less effective than the MC's. The only suit of armor that fits this profile is an ODST suit of armor. Normal soldiers do not wear suits of armor/combat skins. They just have a helmet and some bullet proof armor covering their vital organ areas.
ALSO
I know your reply is going to be, "the MC refers to Stf. Sergent Marvin Mobuto as a marine in The Floos. Well, the MC also refers to Locklear (an ODST in the First Strike) as a Marine in this quote:
[color=white]Sergeant Johnson and Corporal Locklear stood in the doorway--- frozen. "No one tole me this was target practice," Locklear muttered. "Else I woulda pained a bull'seye on my chest." "Maste Chief," the Sergeant said. "Reporting as you requested." John nodded and lowered his gun, as did the other SPartans.[/color] [color=red]"Come in Marines."(p.268-269 FS)[/color] [color=white]as he holstered his weapon.[/color]
The MC refers to an ODST as a marine in that sequence.
Finally, the MC says 343 GS may be crazy: [color=white]"It was quite possible that the little AI was in insane."(p.238 TF)[/color], so it's possible that 343 GS could have mistaken an ODST for the Reclaimer. Unlike a normal marine, a Spartan and an ODST wears a combat skin; as in, covering the whole body... like a second skin:) [/color]
That all I have time to go through right now.
I'm sure you have a response to all this:)
-Eagle 117
[Edited on 7/18/2004 11:39:23 PM]