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I am Field Master Avu Med 'Telcam, Servant of the Abiding Truth, and I have many brothers.
A god who creates tools is still a god. It is not for us to impose qualifications upon the divine or presume to guess its intentions.
Posted by: Emperor Gillard
I'm still not 100% convinced that Gravemind is the Timeless One.
When Mendicant Bias tested a Halo installation in the Charum Hakkor system, the Halo's energies destroyed every Precursor structure on the planet, freeing the prisoner. The Timeless One was then taken to Mendicant Bias' Halo (Delta Halo) for study; both the Halo and Mendicant Bias disappeared soon after, not to return for 43 years. This occurred the exact same time Mendicant Bias was first sent to converse with the Gravemind for 43 years. Later during the Forerunner-Flood war, The Timeless One used the Palace of Pain as a stronghold on Installation 05, Mendicant's ring.
Mendicant Bias conversed with the Gravemind for 43 years before forcing itself into Rampancy and defecting to the Flood; after doing so, Mendicant Bias claimed to serve a "new master". As the test at Charum Hakkor - and thus the release of the prisoner - occurred the same year, it is possible that this "new master" is one in the same as the Gravemind and The Timeless One.
Posted by: Emperor Gillard
What quote in particular implies that it is part machine?
Things can be made without being a machine (i.e. a spliced clone mixture).
As I posted earlier in the thread, the fact that the quote mentions the Old Ones made it and that the Precursors manufactured it.. I don't think was ever a full precursor. Maybe a clone of one who was then subject to machine modification? I don't think the precursors would find it morally justified to put one of their own through such a process. Also, for it to be able to survive the firing of Halos, to be able to interface with Cortana and control the teleportation grid on Delta Halo, it's pretty obvious it has mechanical parts, part artificial intelligence.
[Edited on 10.01.2011 6:35 AM PDT]