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Actually Alex, there is an image in the Terminals showing what seems to be a suit of body armour, with a humanoid figure in the centre.

  • 08.30.2009 9:39 AM PDT

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Posted by: Wolverfrog
Actually Alex, there is an image in the Terminals showing what seems to be a suit of body armour, with a humanoid figure in the centre.


"What appears to be", it may seem like one thing but Bungie being Bungie and Halo being Halo, it is probably something different.
Link that pic to the OP.

  • 08.30.2009 9:41 AM PDT

Well, it's here, but why would I put it in the OP? It doesn't seem to fit in with the theory, all it shows is that the Forerunners possibly looked like us.

[Edited on 08.30.2009 9:47 AM PDT]

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However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

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I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.

[Edited on 08.30.2009 9:57 AM PDT]

  • 08.30.2009 9:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: ajw34307

However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


An interesting, and very likely idea people. Bungie wouldn't mention that the Precursors could accelerate life for no reason. I added this to the OP.

  • 08.30.2009 10:02 AM PDT

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Well, it's here, but why would I put it in the OP? It doesn't seem to fit in with the theory, all it shows is that the Forerunners possibly looked like us.


To me, that looks like the outline of a person encased in a wall of feathers...

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Posted by: ajw34307

However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


Exactly. The gravemind seems to be pissed of at the forerunner for this very reason (other than the fact there tasty). He tells MB that they are arrogant and where stopping nature and a whole bunch of that. The precursors in there infinite wisdom would become arrogant and believe to be all powerful. Playing god. This was there sin.

Wow that gave me an idea. If that was there sin. And snaky is correct (at least for the most part) and the precursor did create the flood. Well think of it this way.
Someone who is mentally unstable usually has a child hood experience. The flood can be seen as an unnatural monster. Created by those who believed themselves to be gods. Is it possible that the gravemind new he himself was beast that could never belong in this universe? Coexist with all other life? Could this have been there sin? The creation of flood, himself? In rampancy he knew he could never "fit in". The precursor brought him into a tortures existence. For this he punished them, seeking revenge.

His rampancy grew further, in his need to feel like he belonged he sought to consume all life that was not himself. Create an entire universe comprised of himself. Like a frightened child he would begin constructing lies to-justify what he has done, to create a reason for his existence, to try and absolve himself of his sins. And he would begin to believe his own lies. "The next stage of evolution"

If this is correct, it brings a whole new light onto the flood. No longer an all consuming thing. But more of a frankenstein if you will. Cursed by his own existence, never being able to truly be apart of this world.

  • 08.30.2009 10:13 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gdude
Posted by: ajw34307

However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


Exactly. The gravemind seems to be pissed of at the forerunner for this very reason (other than the fact there tasty). He tells MB that they are arrogant and where stopping nature and a whole bunch of that. The precursors in there infinite wisdom would become arrogant and believe to be all powerful. Playing god. This was there sin.

Wow that gave me an idea. If that was there sin. And snaky is correct (at least for the most part) and the precursor did create the flood. Well think of it this way.
Someone who is mentally unstable usually has a child hood experience. The flood can be seen as an unnatural monster. Created by those who believed themselves to be gods. Is it possible that the gravemind new he himself was beast that could never belong in this universe? Coexist with all other life? Could this have been there sin? The creation of flood, himself? In rampancy he knew he could never "fit in". The precursor brought him into a tortures existence. For this he punished them, seeking revenge.

His rampancy grew further, in his need to feel like he belonged he sought to consume all life that was not himself. Create an entire universe comprised of himself. Like a frightened child he would begin constructing lies to-justify what he has done, to create a reason for his existence, to try and absolve himself of his sins. And he would begin to believe his own lies. "The next stage of evolution"

If this is correct, it brings a whole new light onto the flood. No longer an all consuming thing. But more of a frankenstein if you will. Cursed by his own existence, never being able to truly be apart of this world.



Perhaps. I doubt the Gravemind chose it's own existance as he questions -in halo 3- if he should take life or give it. He wonders who the victim is and who the real foe is.

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Well, it's here, but why would I put it in the OP? It doesn't seem to fit in with the theory, all it shows is that the Forerunners possibly looked like us.


To me, that looks like the outline of a person encased in a wall of feathers...


Exactly. In that terminal there talking about forerunners and combat skins (more like a tank). As you can see there is a physical resemblance to humans.

  • 08.30.2009 10:16 AM PDT

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Which Terminal is that image in? I think I have an idea...

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Although this is not evidence, it's just an observation, but it does make sense if you ask me.

It seems humanity evolved technologicaly quicker then any other species without the help of anything, or any other race.

Lets assume that the Prophets and Elites were the only species far ahead enough to observe the activation of the Halo rings, meaning that they would be late Tier 7 at the earliest, seeing as how they both found salvation in the Forerunner artifacts, meaning that there species was around, or they found a library somewhere detailing the Forerunners, and they were somehow able to decipher the transcripts. But ignoring option number 2 lets go ahead with 1.

If they were both about to go into tier 6 that means in thousands of years when they had the war between them, they were both only Tier 3 and like I said it took thousands of years for them to get to that stage.

While in about 1000 years, Humanity started exploring and discovering eachother in the 14/1500's, and in 1000 years they had advanced all the way to tier 3, by themselves, with NO HELP from anything, meaning that they were technology wizards, or they have had some experience with it in the distant past to know how to excellerate it, and use it.

Keep in mind for the most part this is purely speculation, and the only shreds of evidence I have, is the duration between the Age of Abandonment, and Age of Conflict, and how long it took Humanity to get from Tier 7 to 3

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Posted by: ajw34307

However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


Exactly. The gravemind seems to be pissed of at the forerunner for this very reason (other than the fact there tasty). He tells MB that they are arrogant and where stopping nature and a whole bunch of that. The precursors in there infinite wisdom would become arrogant and believe to be all powerful. Playing god. This was there sin.

Wow that gave me an idea. If that was there sin. And snaky is correct (at least for the most part) and the precursor did create the flood. Well think of it this way.
Someone who is mentally unstable usually has a child hood experience. The flood can be seen as an unnatural monster. Created by those who believed themselves to be gods. Is it possible that the gravemind new he himself was beast that could never belong in this universe? Coexist with all other life? Could this have been there sin? The creation of flood, himself? In rampancy he knew he could never "fit in". The precursor brought him into a tortures existence. For this he punished them, seeking revenge.

His rampancy grew further, in his need to feel like he belonged he sought to consume all life that was not himself. Create an entire universe comprised of himself. Like a frightened child he would begin constructing lies to-justify what he has done, to create a reason for his existence, to try and absolve himself of his sins. And he would begin to believe his own lies. "The next stage of evolution"

If this is correct, it brings a whole new light onto the flood. No longer an all consuming thing. But more of a frankenstein if you will. Cursed by his own existence, never being able to truly be apart of this world.



That was brilliant, and the Flood being in another Galaxy is also explained by the fact that the Precursors could travel across Galaxies.

  • 08.30.2009 10:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: Gdude
Although this is not evidence, it's just an observation, but it does make sense if you ask me.

It seems humanity evolved technologicaly quicker then any other species without the help of anything, or any other race.

Lets assume that the Prophets and Elites were the only species far ahead enough to observe the activation of the Halo rings, meaning that they would be late Tier 7 at the earliest, seeing as how they both found salvation in the Forerunner artifacts, meaning that there species was around, or they found a library somewhere detailing the Forerunners, and they were somehow able to decipher the transcripts. But ignoring option number 2 lets go ahead with 1.

If they were both about to go into tier 6 that means in thousands of years when they had the war between them, they were both only Tier 3 and like I said it took thousands of years for them to get to that stage.

While in about 1000 years, Humanity started exploring and discovering eachother in the 14/1500's, and in 1000 years they had advanced all the way to tier 3, by themselves, with NO HELP from anything, meaning that they were technology wizards, or they have had some experience with it in the distant past to know how to excellerate it, and use it.

Keep in mind for the most part this is purely speculation, and the only shreds of evidence I have, is the duration between the Age of Abandonment, and Age of Conflict, and how long it took Humanity to get from Tier 7 to 3


It is very possible that having relation to the Forerunners had something to dow ith it, as in Ghosts of Onyx, Kurt comments on how the Forerunner Glyphs look frustratingly familiar but can't think of when he thinks he's seen them before.

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However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


Exactly. The gravemind seems to be pissed of at the forerunner for this very reason (other than the fact there tasty). He tells MB that they are arrogant and where stopping nature and a whole bunch of that. The precursors in there infinite wisdom would become arrogant and believe to be all powerful. Playing god. This was there sin.

Wow that gave me an idea. If that was there sin. And snaky is correct (at least for the most part) and the precursor did create the flood. Well think of it this way.
Someone who is mentally unstable usually has a child hood experience. The flood can be seen as an unnatural monster. Created by those who believed themselves to be gods. Is it possible that the gravemind new he himself was beast that could never belong in this universe? Coexist with all other life? Could this have been there sin? The creation of flood, himself? In rampancy he knew he could never "fit in". The precursor brought him into a tortures existence. For this he punished them, seeking revenge.

His rampancy grew further, in his need to feel like he belonged he sought to consume all life that was not himself. Create an entire universe comprised of himself. Like a frightened child he would begin constructing lies to-justify what he has done, to create a reason for his existence, to try and absolve himself of his sins. And he would begin to believe his own lies. "The next stage of evolution"

If this is correct, it brings a whole new light onto the flood. No longer an all consuming thing. But more of a frankenstein if you will. Cursed by his own existence, never being able to truly be apart of this world.



Perhaps. I doubt the Gravemind chose it's own existance as he questions -in halo 3- if he should take life or give it. He wonders who the victim is and who the real foe is.


Thats a brilliant observation. I always thought he was asking the chief that. But what if he was at the same time talking to himself. Did he take life or give it as he believed for so long. He slowly brainwashed himself to make it feel like he was dong the right thing. But in fact he is the victim.

This conclusion just gave me a huge idea of a future halo plot (please read halo 4, in plain sight). What if the chief needs to discover the origin of the flood? Understand how and why it was created. He would then along with cortana understand that the gravemind is actually in pain. Something to be pitied rather than feared. Then the master chief in a moment of self sacrifice does what no one would expect. He powers down his shield and lets himself become one with the gravemind.

His thoughts would become one with him, and an emotion that has longed laid dormant inside the Gravemind awakens. For untold millennia he had ben crazed with anger and pain. But now with the master chiefs sacrifice, he absorbed his thoughts and realized what he has done. He was brought into an unnatural existence. But now he understood that he was the victim . That he masked his own sorrow with retribution and revenge, In an act to prove himself... to whom? He punished a sin with a sin, but all he had done was cause more pain, more death. He now finally understands he will never belong, not in this universe or an other.

And the outer arms of the flood seemingly stop. Losing the will to grow and consume. It withers and dies as if by a plague. It all collapses and what few parts of the gravemind remain escapes this galaxy via ship. Cursed to journey the vast reaches of space for what he can never have....

OK, I might have gotten a little ahead of myself there. I always think there is a deep meaning in something. But In the 5 seconds i pulled that out of my head I thought it would be a fitting end.

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Although this is not evidence, it's just an observation, but it does make sense if you ask me.

It seems humanity evolved technologicaly quicker then any other species without the help of anything, or any other race.

Lets assume that the Prophets and Elites were the only species far ahead enough to observe the activation of the Halo rings, meaning that they would be late Tier 7 at the earliest, seeing as how they both found salvation in the Forerunner artifacts, meaning that there species was around, or they found a library somewhere detailing the Forerunners, and they were somehow able to decipher the transcripts. But ignoring option number 2 lets go ahead with 1.

If they were both about to go into tier 6 that means in thousands of years when they had the war between them, they were both only Tier 3 and like I said it took thousands of years for them to get to that stage.

While in about 1000 years, Humanity started exploring and discovering eachother in the 14/1500's, and in 1000 years they had advanced all the way to tier 3, by themselves, with NO HELP from anything, meaning that they were technology wizards, or they have had some experience with it in the distant past to know how to excellerate it, and use it.

Keep in mind for the most part this is purely speculation, and the only shreds of evidence I have, is the duration between the Age of Abandonment, and Age of Conflict, and how long it took Humanity to get from Tier 7 to 3


It is very possible that having relation to the Forerunners had something to dow ith it, as in Ghosts of Onyx, Kurt comments on how the Forerunner Glyphs look frustratingly familiar but can't think of when he thinks he's seen them before.


This is explained by Human/Forerunner cross breeding. Or perhaps the forerunner adopted the precursor symbols as there own, much n the same way the covenant did from the forerunner. This explains why Spartans and most humans seem to find theme so familiar, like from an old dream..... but you cant exactly remember.... (look at bungie universe banner) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  • 08.30.2009 10:35 AM PDT

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However, I've given this a great deal of thought and I find it pretty damn likely. The Precursors had the ability to create worlds and accelerate the evolution of life.

*

I find it very likely that the Precursors would want a final legacy of themselves by creating their own race that hasn't been subject to the acceleration of their own evolution if they were indeed in the position of fading away.



"Child of my enemy why have you come I offer no forgiveness a fathers sins passed to his son"

Noticed what I italicised, this is evidence to what AJ said, the sin being creating life and playing god, and humanity being the "child" of the precursors.


Exactly. The gravemind seems to be pissed of at the forerunner for this very reason (other than the fact there tasty). He tells MB that they are arrogant and where stopping nature and a whole bunch of that. The precursors in there infinite wisdom would become arrogant and believe to be all powerful. Playing god. This was there sin.

Wow that gave me an idea. If that was there sin. And snaky is correct (at least for the most part) and the precursor did create the flood. Well think of it this way.
Someone who is mentally unstable usually has a child hood experience. The flood can be seen as an unnatural monster. Created by those who believed themselves to be gods. Is it possible that the gravemind new he himself was beast that could never belong in this universe? Coexist with all other life? Could this have been there sin? The creation of flood, himself? In rampancy he knew he could never "fit in". The precursor brought him into a tortures existence. For this he punished them, seeking revenge.

His rampancy grew further, in his need to feel like he belonged he sought to consume all life that was not himself. Create an entire universe comprised of himself. Like a frightened child he would begin constructing lies to-justify what he has done, to create a reason for his existence, to try and absolve himself of his sins. And he would begin to believe his own lies. "The next stage of evolution"

If this is correct, it brings a whole new light onto the flood. No longer an all consuming thing. But more of a frankenstein if you will. Cursed by his own existence, never being able to truly be apart of this world.



Perhaps. I doubt the Gravemind chose it's own existance as he questions -in halo 3- if he should take life or give it. He wonders who the victim is and who the real foe is.


Thats a brilliant observation. I always thought he was asking the chief that. But what if he was at the same time talking to himself. Did he take life or give it as he believed for so long. He slowly brainwashed himself to make it feel like he was dong the right thing. But in fact he is the victim.

This conclusion just gave me a huge idea of a future halo plot (please read halo 4, in plain sight). What if the chief needs to discover the origin of the flood? Understand how and why it was created. He would then along with cortana understand that the gravemind is actually in pain. Something to be pitied rather than feared. Then the master chief in a moment of self sacrifice does what no one would expect. He powers down his shield and lets himself become one with the gravemind.

His thoughts would become one with him, and an emotion that has longed laid dormant inside the Gravemind awakens. For untold millennia he had ben crazed with anger and pain. But now with the master chiefs sacrifice, he absorbed his thoughts and realized what he has done. He was brought into an unnatural existence. But now he understood that he was the victim . That he masked his own sorrow with retribution and revenge, In an act to prove himself... to whom? He punished a sin with a sin, but all he had done was cause more pain, more death. He now finally understands he will never belong, not in this universe or an other.

And the outer arms of the flood seemingly stop. Losing the will to grow and consume. It withers and dies as if by a plague. It all collapses and what few parts of the gravemind remain escapes this galaxy via ship. Cursed to journey the vast reaches of space for what he can never have....

OK, I might have gotten a little ahead of myself there. I always think there is a deep meaning in something. But In the 5 seconds i pulled that out of my head I thought it would be a fitting end.


I think we've found our Halo 4 crew. That's a brilliant idea and it would be more of a story of conflict than anything else.
As the key to stopping your enemy is to understand your enemy.

One thing I will say, though, is that it's a very "Star Wars"-y style of end.

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Whoa, hijacked thread much? This is wonderful and everything, but it doesn't really relate to the main topic.

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What if the Precursor didn't leave any artifact behind except humanity, seeing as how we look simple this would protect us from Aliens like the Covenant in our early days, but the thing that the the Precursor did to us that only they could do, was make our brains with more potential then theirs, and our anatomy the most complicated and longest lasting ever heard of.

That came out of the blue.

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I just had a sudden rush of inspiration there. That can happen sometimes to meespecially when writting. I just thought it would be a very emotinal and fitting end to the Star Wars of our day.

O and I left out the thing where the gravemind says "A fathers sins, pass to his son". He says this because he still wants more. Never satisfied with the destruction of the precursors he wants more. But it all equates to nothing.


And yes it does seem kinda star wars like, especially about the revenge part.

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Whoa, hijacked thread much? This is wonderful and everything, but it doesn't really relate to the main topic.


I did not Hi-jack the thread.

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Whoa, hijacked thread much? This is wonderful and everything, but it doesn't really relate to the main topic.


I LMAO i did. Sorry I just couldn't contain my enthusiasm.

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Ok, for all of you, I whant the humans to be Precursors.

One hint.

The Precursors are Tier 0, so, it means they can already have FULL control of a slipspace journey/trip and they can travel from Galaxy to Galaxies. Understand. AND maybe they knew the Forerunners and also knew they lived in a Galaxy so-called The Milky Way, and they did not bother to left Part of their technology, so, if you where to find their technology, it will be near the Ark or on other not-so-distant Galaxy(Or other near galaxies).

  • 08.30.2009 10:47 AM PDT

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Back on topic.

Since Forerunner technology is based off the Precursors, I find it unlikely that the only Precursor relics left is Humanity.

Of course, it's possible the Precursors come from a different galaxy entirely and were only "passing through" the Milky Way. This would make sense as the Flood come from a different Galaxy.

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Back on topic.

Since Forerunner technology is based off the Precursors, I find it unlikely that the only Precursor relics left is Humanity.

Of course, it's possible the Precursors come from a different galaxy entirely and were only "passing through" the Milky Way. This would make sense as the Flood come from a different Galaxy.


Yes. The precursor creating the flood (which I know firmly believe) makes complete sense. There the only know extra galactic creatures and the flood came from out side this galaxy.


Im so making a thread on that epiphany I just had (or add it to my halo 4 thread???)

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Back on topic.

Since Forerunner technology is based off the Precursors, I find it unlikely that the only Precursor relics left is Humanity.

Of course, it's possible the Precursors come from a different galaxy entirely and were only "passing through" the Milky Way. This would make sense as the Flood come from a different Galaxy.


They may have been "born" in the Milky Way however they may have ran out of a fuel source in the Galaxy and went to another one in which the Flood was created, and they knew Earth had all of the ingredients needed for life to excel and eventually grow into a civilization beyond even there own, so they retreated and de-evolved.

About your other point, it is possible that when the Forerunner were late tier 4 or early tier 3 they discovered a relic of the Precursors twoards the edge of the Universe and they based their tech off of theirs and it greatly increased there technological ability from what they were to early tier 1 or late tier 2.

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