"You were weak... and gods must be strong."
Posted by: grey101
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Posted by: grey101
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Posted by: tsassi2
As we all know Halo array is meant to destroy all life in the whole galaxy. To reach every part of the galaxy Halos should have been spread in a heptagonal formation or as there were eleven of them when they were constructed hendecagonal (11-gonal) formation.
Sorry, but there was actually 12.
Yes But the original 12 weren't going to be used to wipe out the galaxy and you guys are misunderstanding that.
The first 12 rings we made over 10,000 years as they had to develope the technology, do prototypes, etc.
They were going to be used as system super weapons, meaning any system/planet that was attacked or infested by flood a halo would be sent to clear the system. THATS how they were going to use the original 12 and what they were probably building more for.
But once mendicant bias went rougue that is what truly gave the flood an upper hand and what started the countdown on the forerunners clock. Knowing this they reconfigured the secound batch of rings to wipe out life in the galaxy instead of a system.
Which is why size is a main difference between the new and old rings. The old rings were also used as transports to the Ark which is why they were so much larger; The new rings were made only to to wipe out the galaxy, so size didn't matter as much as location.
And don't take Legends so literally, Even if that did happen the way cortana thought stellar drift knocks any questions out.
I disagree. The Charrum Hackor (I know I botched the spelling there) was a test-firing. The entire Array was built to destroy all life in the Galaxy if necesarry- however, they tried to avoid that fate by sending Mendicant with only one to see if he could wipe out the Flood where it hurt most.
If Mendicant failed or if it hadn't been enough... then they had the rest of the Array with which they could wipe out the Galaxy. But as we find out, political strife changes these plans as well as the re-arrival of our beloved Mendicant.
I also believe the only reason the newer rings are smaller is because they were produced directly from the Ark, which I do not believe the older Halo rings were.
You need to read that chapter again. Didact speaks of the rings being used to wipe out life in entire systems the idea of using them to wipe out the galaxy hasn't came up yet because the forerunners are still decently fighting the flood. It has just now became their final hour in which the idea to use halo like that will come up at the last ten minutes.
That isn't what medicant bias was built/reprogrammed to do, he was to study the flood for a weakness and then help the forerunners use that weakness to fight the flood.
I probably do- I usually get a more perfect grasp after a second read-through, but I just haven't had time.
However, Mendicant WAS given a Halo... I'm foggy on this, but was it the Master Builder that secretly sent it with him or what? After all, it'd be a bit... questionable... to send your A.I. with a Halo if it's only going to research and find a weakness in the Flood.