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Posted by: SalmonPaste
Posted by: AngasBoy
Posted by: SalmonPaste
Please keep in mind that most of the "facts" in the original post are pure speculation.
Did you read the novel?
Of course I have. Here are some examples of some false/partially true statments:
Precursors created Forerunners
The exact quote by the captive was "I am the last of those who gave you breath and shape and form, million years ago.", weather or not he was being literal is unknown.
As a parting gift, Precursors create flood as bio weapon in a dormant state
It is still unknown where the ships containing the powder came from.
Flood evolve out of dormant state from domestic pets
A certain form of the flood does, the form our galaxy first encountered. That Floods behavior is quite different than the Flood 'we' know of, meaning the "second" wave of flood (being combated behind closed doors through out the durration of the novel) could could have its origins explained the following novels.
Humanity team up with San Shyuum and fight Forerunners and Flood
Humanity and the San Shyuum coexsisted before the Forunner or Flood conflict. The San Shyuum turned their back on Humanity to bargin their way out of death with the Forunners.
When Humanity loses it gets devolved to caveman state by forerunners
How far back Humanity was devolved is never stated, but it certainly wasn't to a "caveman" state. The very first page describes the the steam engine boat used by the humans to help Born cross the lake.
Rings are fired last second, everything dies
The rings aren't fired (on a galactic scale) in this novel. Small, focused detonations were used by MB to free the captive (presumibly) and attack the Captial world.
Automated Forerunner Tech clones all life in the galaxy to start anew
This never occured in the novel.
*Forerunners are arrogant and look down on all other species as inferior
This is considered stereotyping. The Forunners live in a caste system society, they some classes rank better or worse above others. To veiw an aggresive, greedy species has a "lesser" fits right in to their way of life, rather than proclaiming surperiority out of arrogance.
*The flood in its original state was a organic, non living powder. No effect on living organisms except domestic pets. Made them more lively and better companions. After generations of breeding the long term genetically engineered effect kicked in causing them to mutate into what we now know as the flood.
Again, we can't be sure if this was the floods original form, though it was the first form we encounterd. On top of that, this 'initial' form of flood was more or less turning people into cannibals; they had no drive or desire to obtain information or form a critial biomass.
I did not think it was possible, but someone else (beside me) has summarized the book using only objective facts and without stating theories or things we simply can't prove yet. If you want an accurate summery of the book, I wholeheartedly endorse this post. If you want a summery laced with unsubstantiated theory (and what the author wants to be true) read everything else.