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Posted by: Wolverfrog
Posted by: flamedude
Well the first one would be..... Forerunners would probably recognise Precursors if they encountered them. We also don't know what constitutes a Precursor or even a Forerunner, we just don't know enough, they could be individual species like Humans or could be a group of advanced races like the Covenant. And as far as we've seen there are no Precursor artifacts on Earth, so far anyway.
Well there would be Precursor artifacts on Earth, but we'd think them to be human artifacts.
Perhaps all these mythological weapons that have appeared throughout the ages, such as Thors Hammer "Mjolnir" and King Arthurs "Excalibur", are in fact pieces of Precursor technology. The technology being so ridiculously complex and almost arcane in nature, especially to an undeveloped civilisation like ancient Humanity, may be perceived as magical in nature.
Posted by: Nocbl2
I love your theory, Wolvers, but there is a problem. Reach still had to undergo extensive terraforming for humanity to be able to inhabit it. Also, I remember reading somewhere, I believe the oh-so-reliable Halopedia, that Reach was a mere 1 billion years old. Your "Mass Effect" Reaper theory might help explain the environment, but what about its age? I think this may be a canon mistake, but... eh?
No, it is true. Reach is less that 1 billion years old. It is also remarked that for a planet of this age, Reach is rather stable. This, combined with Wolvers theory about the tunnels and Crystal being Precursor, made me think about something. Perhaps the Precursor just didn't colonise Reach, but created it? Of course it is a long shot, but it has appeared in other media, this whole idea.
Don't know if any of you watch Stargate Universe, but in an episode, I think it was called Faith, they discover a whole Star System that was not mapped by the preceding ships, meaning it did not exist then. The star is 200 million years old, and has an Earth like planet in orbit, which is impossible since the planet should still be molten. The star itself is said to be artificial. Rush speculates that the whole system was created, and whoever did had far surpassed the Ancients and would be considered the "All time Civilisation" or something. Similar to Halo with respect that the Ancients are like the Forerunner, but then this "world builder" could be like the Precursor, with greater world building techniques and more power than the Forerunner, obviously.
The Forerunner created Onyx. However when they did so, I imagine all that it entailed was mass producing trillions of sentinels, stacking them one on top of the other over the slipspace portal and then slapping on a biosphere and atmosphere and letting life take over. The Precursors, being more advanced, may have actually been able to surpass Astro-engineering and go onto full stellar-engineering by creating a fully living, breathing, churning planet that if cut down the middle would be mistaken as natural. Perhaps they created the whole system. The Forerunner created small scale stars, like the one in the heart of the Shield World in Halo Wars. It may be possible that the Precursor created a full, main sequence star. They would then create the tunnels as they built the planet.
A bit of a longshot maybe, but the whole "Reach being too stable for its age" might prove beneficial to your theory Wolvers.
In short: Reach is a young world > too stable > As Wolvers suggested, Precursor left from Earth, but rather didn't colonise Reach, but instead created it > thus explains Reach stability, tunnels and the stuff Wolvers suggested about the tunnels being nonsensical to be Forerunner due to the war etc.
Basically the only thing new here I brought to the table is the stability issue. ;)