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Posted by: RavUKsoldier
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: RavUKsoldier
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Posted by: RavUKsoldier
Ha, what?
Were does it say the Forerunners are extinct? Yes, great sacrifice was given indeed to build the rings, but it never says they died off completely. That's what the shield worlds were for. How do you think the Human race was re-seeded after the first activation of the rings?
Well, Sentinels did that, but it is explicitly stated in the Encyclopedia the Forerunners survived and left the galaxy, a well as ther sources like the Terminals.
Ok, got ya. I didn't realize they left that job to the Sentinels. But i knew they aren't extinct and I knew that they left at least the Orion Arm. I don't know about the whole galaxy.
Well the thing is, the Encyclopedia does say the words "the shattered remnants of the Forerunner civilization left the galaxy. Their current status and whereabouts remain unknown."
But I've heard that the Encyclopedia also says they just left the Orion Arm. Now I've looked for this quote at least 6 times, even once reading the entire book in one go on a weekend and I still can't find it. When I ask for the quote, nobody seems capable of providing it. They just ignore my question.
I'm not at home right now and don't have the Encyclopedia with me. Perhaps you could give ne the quote?
From Halo Wikia:
"While the Didact began the activation sequence for the Array, the Flood fleet attacked, and the remnants of the Forerunner fleet as it formed a spherical defensive formation while the Array activated. Using feint tactics, the Forerunner fleet held off the Flood as the Halos activated, annihilating all sentient life in the Milky Way galaxy. Those saved were sheltered on the Ark. The Forerunners then left the Orion arm of the galaxy[5], and the Flood were halted, and the centralized Gravemind form eventually died.[6] Then, Keyships began escorting various alien life forms back to their homeworlds, so that life could finally return to normal, with no threat of the Flood."
[5]Halo Encyclopedia, pages 16, 28, 171, and 289.
Well, I'll look it up when I get back home, but I'm pretty sure that pg. 171 is the same page that says they left the galaxy, not the Orion Arm. Which leads me to believe Halopedia screwed up. Again.
I was hoping for a direct from-the-book quote too.
thanks though
[Edited on 08.12.2011 9:35 AM PDT]