- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: bri_guy
Posted by: halowolf
And in Halo itself and the books there are more than enough clues that the Forerunners are actually an ancient Human civilisation
I've heard about this idea before, but could you (or anyone else, for that matter) clarify? I've heard some of the arguments and I'm not saying their wrong, but...yeah. Oh, I have read all 3 Halo books, so you could point our references too
One thing that i must clarify, or not as it is, is that there are only a copious amount of clues that the Forerunners are an ancient Human civilisation. Nowhere has it yet been said that Humans actually are descended from the Forerunners. Just lots of hints from GS343, reaction of Forerunner technology to humans, etc etc..
Now as for references to the clues as to why Humans are descended from the Forerunners could be a whole new thread, but I will kick off the ones that I remembers from memory... I would have to play Halo again and re-read all 3 books to get every one of them!
Clues:
1. Master Chief has an instrinsic knowledge on how to operate Forerunner technology (open doors, activate light bridges, de-activating silent cartographer security, activating silent cartographer, etc etc)
2. GS-343 calls the MC the redeemer when they first meet, and the task of retrieving the library index falls to the MC, also GS-343 tells MC that the task of activating the Halo defense system must be performed by him, and not a mere construct like itself.
2a. This is a big assumption on my part, but perhaps GS-343 assumed that a Forerunner would return to activate the Halo defense system since the Flood was released. And perhaps it was why he was so upset when MC didn't perform his duty.
3. GS-343 mentions another race that was improperly trying to gain access to Halo systems. It strongly implies that GS is talking about the Covenant and not the Humans that are also present and attempting to gain access to Halo systems.
4. GS-343 wonders why MC wants to destroy the Pillar of Autumn when it contains the Human history archives, or the missing part of history (presumably Forerunner history from what GS-343 knows of the Forerunners from the past to the present time. (I forget exactly what he says, but it implies [but not states] that human history is part of the missing Forerunner history).
5. In Fall of Reach, when MC is deployed to a world that the Covenenant has invaded he retrieves a Forerunner artifact that is actually a slipspace map to the location of the Halo installation that later Cortana uses to get the Pillar of Autumn to [and thus the game begins]. I can't remember exactly what happens from memory but I faintly recall that MC knew that the artifact had more importance than merely the fact that the Covenants wanted it.
6. In First Strike, Spartan Fred was able to open the DNA lock on a Forerunner installation with his blood, and was drawn to the correct way on how to open the door. Fred also found the symbols at the door to be incredibly familiar. Do Forerunners posses a genetic memory?
Thats all I remember from memory at the moment, but I'm sure that there are more to find! Perhaps I might be compelled to do some more research, or even start a thread :)