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Subject: How did the forerunners do it!!???

I understand that the forerunners were extremly advanced and every thing but there were in a war against the flood and losing. They created the halo rings as a fail safe should there ever be a flood out break. They imprisoned the flood in the first halo ring. But if they were losing the war against it and once it infects enough things it becomes extremly smart. How were the forrunners able to trick or capture all infected beings and imprison them if they were losing. And wouldnt the flood be smart enough not to fall into the trap.

  • 02.09.2011 4:44 PM PDT

Yes but they trapped it in the first halo ring and was released when the pillar of autum crashed into it.

  • 02.09.2011 4:48 PM PDT

the flood was supposed to starve to death after the first firing but somehow it survived the survivers probable found the halo and stayed to make sure it wasnt fired again they probly didnt damage anything because at the time they werent smart enough and then were imprisoned by spark and the sentinals any combat forms probably formed victims of when you and the covenant land just think about how easy it would be for the flood to pick of some of the covys or your own marines and that will explain why there are all the combat forms

  • 02.09.2011 4:51 PM PDT

"Only the Fallen are Heroes, while the ones who still stand are villains"

The flood was being tested on for a cure as well. So the forerunner kept spores in storage. If we still have viruses and diseases in storage that are since long extinct the forerunners can preserve the flood. The original flood outbreak died of starvation after the rings fired. When the covenant broke into that facility they awoke the flood again and locked the door. The humans found the door locked by covenant and were curious so they re-released the flood.

  • 02.09.2011 5:00 PM PDT

Rise from Ruin...

Really? You guys are that behiend? (and dude, use some punctuation)

The flood on the Halo ring didnt "survive" the halo array, they were samples that the forunners kept there in a lab, to preserve them when they fired the rings. When the covies and unsc landed, they accidently let the flood out of the secure lab, and then those small infection forms turned those who let them out into combat forms and carrier forms, and so on.

It doesnt matter how smart the flood is, some of them were bound to be captured. It was a war.

As far as why the forunners would keep some specimens:
It was to study them, or to let future generations that inherited the forunner tech(reclaimers) study them. They wanted to know where excataly they came from, the best ways to fight them, and if it was possible to cure someone infected by them.

Also, the forunners were the keepers of the mantle. It was their duty to preserve all life in the galaxy....even the life that was a pain in the ass to them. Even though they had to kill so many of them to preserve other life forms, i doubt the forunners would even consider wiping all of them out, its not what the forunners where about.

[Edited on 02.09.2011 5:12 PM PST]

  • 02.09.2011 5:11 PM PDT
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I just play for fun. MLG can kiss my ass.

@ Davey Phoenix:

I agree with you, but you need to learn to spell.

  • 02.09.2011 5:13 PM PDT

Rise from Ruin...


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@ Davey Phoenix:

I agree with you, but you need to learn to spell.


Too busy typeing at work to bother proof reading. sorry.

  • 02.09.2011 5:14 PM PDT