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Subject: Alright, what the hell. Humans are NOT Forerunners?

Proud veteran of the Halo series!

I cite the new Forerunner Saga.

As shown here as well:

http://www.halopedian.com/Forerunner_Saga

What gives?

  • 03.15.2011 11:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: Snake12355
I cite the new Forerunner Saga.

As shown here as well:

http://www.halopedian.com/Forerunner_Saga

What gives?


Please tell me you're joking...

  • 03.15.2011 11:13 PM PDT
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Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?

  • 03.15.2011 11:20 PM PDT

Proud veteran of the Halo series!

Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?


They sure hint a lot, and 343 Guilty Spark even says to Chief right before Chief kills him, "You ARE Forerunner!"

  • 03.15.2011 11:28 PM PDT


Posted by: Snake12355
Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?


They sure hint a lot, and 343 Guilty Spark even says to Chief right before Chief kills him, "You ARE Forerunner!"


343 was also quite insane at that point.

  • 03.15.2011 11:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Snake12355
Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?


They sure hint a lot, and 343 Guilty Spark even says to Chief right before Chief kills him, "You ARE Forerunner!"

Think of it this way. They aren't Forerunners, but when the Forerunners decided to commit mass suicide they thought they might need people to replace them. Thus why the humans are called Reclaimers not Forerunners.

Edit: Also 343 Guilty Spark was rampant when he said that. Also he is kind of stupid, he gets Reclaimers and Forerunners mixed up all the time. In fact he can't tell the difference between a Forerunner as an individual and a Reclaimer.

[Edited on 03.15.2011 11:47 PM PDT]

  • 03.15.2011 11:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Snake12355
Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?


They sure hint a lot, and 343 Guilty Spark even says to Chief right before Chief kills him, "You ARE Forerunner!"


343 was also quite insane at that point.


This.

Humans are, like, adopted Forerunners.

  • 03.15.2011 11:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

At this point you're not even fashionably late to the party.

  • 03.15.2011 11:53 PM PDT

Proud veteran of the Halo series!

Well excuse me for misunderstanding. I had a feeling before that the humans were, as someone said, 'adopted' Forerunners, but then the ending of Halo 3 made me think I was wrong on that theory and that humans were Forerunners.

  • 03.16.2011 12:55 AM PDT
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My jokes, so I don't lose them (ignore this):
ZedFish's Opinion on Sgt. Foley.
ZedFish's Forerunner Rickroll.

I suppose Spark was pretty indicative with the "You ARE Forerunner" line, but I'll also add on the Rampancy point by saying that Spark himself even says at some point during The Ark that he doesn't know anything about the Forerunners beyond Installation 04.

I suppose he was running off a lack of knowledge to assume that Chief was Forerunner because he had used 04's/the Ark's controls.
He might not have even understood that Reclaimers were separate to Forerunners, but jumped to conclusions.

  • 03.16.2011 1:12 AM PDT
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Sparky told cheif he was a Forerunner cuz the Humans have been chosen by Forerunners to control the Universe Humans are so called Reclaimers. Thats why the Halo's have been designed to only be activated by human hands...

  • 03.16.2011 4:56 AM PDT

I think spark meant that like we were the legacy of the forerunners. The recipiants of a blood right.

  • 03.16.2011 7:48 AM PDT

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sparky thought chief was but nah that aint happin chief

  • 03.16.2011 7:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Thugzz Deluxxxe
I think spark meant that like we were the legacy of the forerunners. The recipiants of a blood right.


kinda...

  • 03.17.2011 6:46 AM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Gravemind said it pretty perfectly if you ask me.

"Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness, of father's sins, passed to his son."

It implies, to me, that Chief, and all reclaimers, simply inherited the Forerunners place in the Mantle. They were chosen to take the Forerunners place in the universe. Kind of like how a father expects his child to take his place in the family business, for example.

  • 03.17.2011 6:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: ParagonRenegade
You were totally and absolutely correct in every way, I don't know why we were arguing, you're so amazing I should never have doubted you.

Well, there are parallels between Chief and a typical Warrior-Servant that could confuse a rampant AI like Spark, such as:
-Both undergo an augmenting procedure to better suit their tasks.
-Both wear a suit of powered armor that houses an AI (Forerunner ancillas are even described as "blue women")
-Neither are raised by their own family (this one is a bit of a stretch however).

There are probably others too, but I can't really think of them.

  • 03.17.2011 1:13 PM PDT

When you think that you have it all is the moment that you can lose it. Don't think ahead if you can't think for the present.

I think its probably more complicated than what 343 Guilty Spark said to the MC. Because the Forerunners succeeded the Precursors as the next generation of the dominant species, they had to choose the next one. Hence why humans were called Reclaimers since they were favored in part by the fact they were capable of operating their technology.

  • 03.17.2011 3:03 PM PDT

Obviously Halo 3 was released before the forerunner saga so at the time, forerunners and humans might have been intended as the same thing, but the idea was later changed to add more dramatic flare.

(this is hypothesis only)

  • 03.17.2011 3:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Snake12355
Posted by: Sierra 1993DJC
Why did you think they were Forerunners in the first place?


They sure hint a lot, and 343 Guilty Spark even says to Chief right before Chief kills him, "You ARE Forerunner!"

As an inherited monument.

  • 03.17.2011 8:37 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

To me, Forerunner may as well be a title. The Forerunners said that is what they called themselves, but I doubt they always were Forerunners. Puts Spark's "You ARE Forerunner!" line in perspective.

  • 03.17.2011 8:41 PM PDT