- ROBERTO jh
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I don't think its known really. As for how it can destroy Precursor structures, nobody knows at all. Even the Forerunners didn't think it could.
To understand why Precursors structures are susceptible to only Halo would of course require a better understanding of Neural physics and structures. Which is, cmdr, something that the book makes a point in saying that nobody has ever been able to figure out how neural physics works.
It is not a cop-out explanation, it is something the book repeatedly makes sure the readers realize, that the Precursors' technology was inconceivable to all races, even the Forerunners (so to think we could understand them is foolish)
Just as well, when people say that neural is a closely translated word for its actualy meaning, thats also something the book makes sure the reader recognizes.
The first page on the book has this message:
"AI Translator Note: The best tactical translations involve automatic conversions to immedietely understandable terms and phrases, including colloquialisms. That tradition has been followed in this work."
Its a simple matter of putting two and two together. We have no word for Precursor science in our language, so the AI who translated the book chose a word that most closely resembles its nature, in this case, neural, which is befitting the concept that Precursor science is based on the idea that the universe is a thinking, living creature, existing on a plane far and above anything we can comprehend. Which is why I always say that Precursor structures are the physical embodiement of consciousness, rather then any material composed of atoms or molecules
Posted by: Raptorx7
Maybe there structures are living? Like the zerg from starcraft.
So in a way, yes, just not biologically.
[Edited on 09.17.2011 1:07 PM PDT]