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Posted by: modest too
I'm liking this train of thought, very interesting concepts.
But I found a few discrepancies.
1) Why would they not give this committee knowledge of the Flood? That's a MASSIVE mistake if intentional. 'Alright were going to make sure this race has the knowledge necessary to uphold life. But we won't tell them about this Parasite capable of killing them off before they can in turn hand off the Mantle? All agree? Alright suck it Humanity.'
2) The Forerunners wouldn't have known of the Covies because They fired off the rings killing all sentient life except Humanity (Me thinks anyways), so the test of worth part I find unlikely.
3) That damn Librarian is so much more important then we think, if this is the case.
Of course, no theory is perfect, especially when it was thought up in five minutes.
1) The Flood strike me as being THE enemy of the universe. Its as if they were THE opposite to the Mantle of Life. The Mantle Holders protect life, the Flood devour it (under the guise of perfection of course, making a bit of a grey area). But to this, I have no answer. But nothing is impossible. A month ago, if I was to say we fought a war with the Forerunners and got our asses royally kicked, everyone would think I'm crazy. But nowadays, in Halo, anything is a possibility.
And as I said, no theory is perfect first time out. It took Edison 100+ tries to find a filament for a light bulb that worked.
2) They did not kill off the Covenant races. All races in the Covenant were protected, except for the Hunters, who are the only sentient race unaffected by either the Flood or Halo as they have no nervous system.
The Librarian knew of EVERY race in the galaxy; that was her job. Assuming Wolverfrog is correct in saying the AIs appear to be akin to gods, it can be say the AIs are a distributed network throughout the galaxy. Thus, they knew of the Covenant, as they appear to have in the first place regarding the one who "called out to them."
3) Considering the "gias" or whatever it was that she apparently imposed upon us, I feel the Librarian has some secrets of her own that we don't know yet, such as the very strong possibility the gias was the roots of the genetic perfections needed for the SPARTAN program.
Also of note, I'm playing Reach right now and just read in datapad 1 something that supports my theory on "protecting us until we are ready"
"And, as this committee has long maintained, who else but this Assembly will save our creators from themselves?"
[Edited on 01.01.2011 4:27 PM PST]