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Posted by: A Celtic Tiger
The Forerunners.
Yep.
I'm calling it right now. The Forerunners will be the enemy of Halo 4. I really can't imagine an entirely new galactic wide threat being made up, right out of the blue, for one game.
The main reason I'm making this topic, is so that a couple of years later, when(/if) the forerunners turn out to be the enemy, I can say, "yeah. I called it."
So, here are my arguements.
The Forerunners have been the newest intense focus of lore.
The forerunners have their own book now. With Halo CE Anniversery, we will be seeing forerunner-focused lore terminals. All of this intense focus must mean SOMETHING. And I think it points to them being the enemy, discovering their hidden evil.
Who else is there to fight?
For Halo 4, there will only be a few factions left in the galaxy. The Humans, the Elites (Presumably now leading all ex-Covenant races,) the Forerunners, and AI. The AI are like Cortana, and that secret AI council revealed in Halo: Reach. (Rampant AI also look like they could be enemies.) Really. Who else is left to fight? I know that the galaxy will have changed. A galaxy wracked by war, not wanting to fight again. Perfect for an old threat to re-emerge, the Forerunners.
There still are Halo rings...
Yeah, remember those galaxy killing superweapons? They still exist. And guess who controls them. They can only be activated by humans... And Forerunners! Bum bum bum.
Forerunners are masters of AI constructs.
With all this talk of smart AIs, AI rampancy, the only faction that has used AI extensivly has been the Forerunners. Imagine, a galaxy of lost facilities, with endless AI, all old, wise, and very very stir-crazy. Rampancy.
The Halo 4 trailer implies it.
Come on. The trailer description (My apologies, I can not access it now.) talks of Master Chief fighting a galaxy wide threat, an ancient evil. Come on! Look at Master Chief in the trailer. Why is the camera acting so dramatic, so in fear of this obviouslly Forerunner construct? Because it's a threat! That is what the trailer tells us.
There is a lot we do not know of Forerunners.
The Forerunners lived for a very long time, across the entire galaxy.
I think there is a reason that they were the only sentient species to rule it.
I think that they took it by force. There are no current records showing that they shared it with other species.
And there we have it folks.
The Forerunners are evil. Possibly due to AI rampancy. Possibly due to Precursor corruption. Possibly due to hidden evil.
Make up your own reasons.
I believe, that all things point,
to the Forerunners being the enemies of Halo 4.
Or not- considering that
A) They would be stupid to fight. Class 12 combat skins would be impenetrable.
B) Forerunners SIDED with humans and gave them all rights to protect the Mantle.
C) Precursors are probably the true threat. Maybe a Precursor threat (NOT an actual -blam!-ing Precursor) could resemble a Xenomorph, have the brilliance and agility of a Predator/Elite, and have the strength of... something. Maybe a full Precursor could be a game ending Boss?
D) The Prisoner