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I read somewhere (i think on Wiki) that it's possible that the chief set off Halo originally. 343 made some weird comments to support this like, you've already made this decision once...my deciscion hasn't changed since then... in the book Halo:The Flood on the chapter Halo (as in the mission halo) when the chief was about to push the button on the light bridge, it said the runes/symbols looked familiar, sooo the chief could have set off Halo in a past life. Just a therory... (go to Wiki to see what i meant by the comments)
this could also mean that humans created the Halos

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  • 05.11.2006 4:19 PM PDT
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well, it could explain how MC seems to recognize all the buttons and kinda have a feel for the Halo control panels and such...strange? i read somewhere, maybe in the books or just another theory that the Cheif may have jumped in time or something.

  • 05.11.2006 4:25 PM PDT
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Wiki had stuff about the time traveling

  • 05.11.2006 4:26 PM PDT
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can you send a linky please?

  • 05.11.2006 4:29 PM PDT
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark_%28Halo%29

here's the entry where i found that stuff

check the Combat Evolved part

copy and paste (i'm new don't now how to link)

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  • 05.11.2006 4:30 PM PDT

Did it ever occur to anyone that the forunners were humans from a previous several millenia and after they killed themselves evolution began to take place again and humanity returned to earth?? and that would also explain why only humans can activate the Halo structures.

  • 05.11.2006 4:34 PM PDT

Posted by: Rithar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark_%28Halo%29

here's the entry where i found that stuff

check the Combat Evolved part

copy and paste (i'm new don't now how to link)

omg, i love the link u posted. its enough proof to shut everone up TY!!!

  • 05.11.2006 4:37 PM PDT
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you know, jsut in case you don't realize, i am not new, i was active in the halo community for many years, but i decided it was time to upgrade so i got a new account. In my eyes you made very much sense, your answer was justified, and using past experiences i would assume you can be close to the right answer, also we got some new information, that thing that MC saw on earth, that let out that really blue mondo beam of light, it looked from earth to me, and we didn't know it existed. The only thing that puzzled me to what you said, was that how likely is it that a race similar or exactly like us existed on another planet, very unlikely. And if it was ourselves that were the forerunners, then that would mean we had an ancient war with the covenant that we somehow forgot?? strange. Also, we have only had advanced space travel technology for about 500 yrs, theres a teaser also, how could we get into space and make dozens of halos, and just forget about it?

  • 05.11.2006 4:38 PM PDT
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hey thanks

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wait a minute didnt cortan say in combat evolved that the halos had the power to destroy all life for millions of light years and everything next to cingle cellular life? im pretty sure she said that, maby somone can vouch for it but if thats what she said then it would be possible that the forunners left behind simple organisms that could potentailly evolve into humanity.

  • 05.11.2006 4:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: I know I know
Did it ever occur to anyone that the forunners were humans from a previous several millenia and after they killed themselves evolution began to take place again and humanity returned to earth?? and that would also explain why only humans can activate the Halo structures.


Since when did it say that only humans could activate halos? In one of the games the covenant actually activate it themselves, you should know this.

  • 05.11.2006 4:39 PM PDT
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very strange...

  • 05.11.2006 4:40 PM PDT
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yeah the forerunner are human but u be bungie and challenge the church with this stuff! it prolly wont be announced.....ever

  • 05.11.2006 4:41 PM PDT
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im sure Halo 3 will reveal everything bout the forerunners history

  • 05.11.2006 4:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: blademind
according to the games and books we KNOW that forrunners KNOW humans and recognize them dont make any further assumptions


oh really. when did the forerunners speak their minds.

the word human has only come out of GS's once twice in the games

You can't imagine how exciting this is! To have a record of all of our lost time! Human history, is it? Fascinating.

however, GS is reading the POA's data banks, and remember the amount of surprise in his voice when he says it, shocked to here it labeled as human?

stop being human

this quote is about as important as

not again! or he killed the captian, take him down

the quote is irrelevent and placed as a joke, think about it, you have to provoke the game to hear it, its not in a cut scene of scripted along the path, you have to literally shoot GS to get to hear it. you could play the game ten times without ever hereing it. If a grunts shouts not again after being stuck with a grenade, does it mean this grunts has been stuck before?

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  • 05.11.2006 4:45 PM PDT
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There's only 7 Halos. Pretty positive at least.

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  • 05.11.2006 4:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: I know I know
Did it ever occur to anyone that the forunners were humans from a previous several millenia and after they killed themselves evolution began to take place again and humanity returned to earth?? and that would also explain why only humans can activate the Halo structures.


Since when did it say that only humans could activate halos? In one of the games the covenant actually activate it themselves, you should know this.

which game would that be????

  • 05.11.2006 4:48 PM PDT
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I think they created humans, on a planet with very primitive planet. (Earth) That's also why only humans can activate the halo's. Also I think the Prophets know this and need to wipe out the human race so, the covenant won't worship the humans and not the prophets.

  • 05.11.2006 4:52 PM PDT
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FOOLS!!!!! The earth is the location of the arc!!!!! If you refer to the 2nd epic of halo(halo 2). Chief asked the prophet of mercy where truth was going, mercy then said "earth, to finish what we started, and this time none of you will be left behind". This theory may seem complex and controversial, but if you actually think about it, it makes sense. The monitor's refer to humans as reclaimers. Possibly descendants of the forerunners prophisized to destroy the flood and reclaim the galaxy. (keep in mind that this is an imcomplete theory) You could also investigate the other clues. Regret went to earth's location and claimed that no human prescence was foretold. That is because he was going to the location of the arc and discovered human colonization. His actions stalled or conflicted "the great plans" because he would have activated the arc without the knowing of the high council. Miranda also stated " the covenant landed here (africa) for a reason". Ever look closely at the trailer? ITS IN AFRICA!!!! On several human colonized worlds, forerunner artifacts were discovered. This theory needs more research. If anyone can help add on to this your help would be greatly appreciated by myself and the halo community. Thank You.

  • 05.11.2006 4:58 PM PDT
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why would the covenant not know bout humans living on earth when they've been fighting wars with them for ages?

  • 05.11.2006 5:05 PM PDT

Get with the times.
Purple - better than white, black, yellow (tan) and Afro-Americans combined - is the colour of the future.

ok ok ok... Since were all giving our opinion right now,.,, here is mine,
YES, HUMANS ARE THE FORRUNNERS. now let me explain what i think.

So, forsay that the forerunners are humans. They built halo along time ago.
They are a very sofisticated race, intellegent and such. They do some experimentations... that go bad. The forerunners happen to stumble acrosst the flood. (,..they make them.. not really stumble...) After MANY break outs in \science labs they say "Oh -blam!-, what the hell did we make?!?" In an attempt to save them selves they ship a crew of people off to a distant planet... earth.

NOW. Realizing what the flood could do they try to contain them. How do they do this? Well, by creating the many halos. We all know that halo is a wepon. That destroys everything the flood eat. The forerunners know this. They activate the ring, and kill them selves. Atleast, most of them selves. ..

remember the small colony sent to earth? Yup, they are the ones that survive. They reproduce and .. many years later, stuble once again across the very halo that saved them. (note: the colony would be civs... )

now to give some more facts:
-the reason MC knows whjat buttons to press, is because he is a desendant.
-The thing you see in the excavation site on earth is a tool to activate halo. (incase of another outbrake... maybe?)
-The landscape of halo is similair to earth, atmosphere is what we breath, not methane or stuff like that,
-All the doorways can fit humans
-the guilty spark, what language dose he speak? ENGLISH!
-...you think of somtihng.

So there you have it. Thats MY OPINION. (a very good one i think ;)
You can contradict it if you want, sure some things DONT add up... but HEY, when dose ANYTHING add up eh?

;)

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if humans are decendants of forruners and the prophets knew about it, it would make since that they would want humanity dead, as humans would be basicly decendants of god and the profits would no longer have controle over the covinant as humans would be recieved as gods or something like that. it is odd that master chief knows how to use forrunner technology and so do all the spartans that have encountered it according to the books, now again in one of the books the chief finds that there was another person that 343 guilty spark had led to get to the library but he didnt make it since he was an ordinary marine battling the flood but that means that guilty spark reconises humans as members of the forrunner race or an equilivant, is the same for the convinant? i dont remember guilty spark calling tarturous a reclaimer, just food for thought.

  • 05.11.2006 5:06 PM PDT
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maybe the forerunners were humans that left earth so long ago that the planet has had time to reaccumulate its natural resources and for all the old technology and construction to have been swallowed too deep in the earth for us to find. they may even have just used their fancy wormholes to zap all thier stuff to another planet. maybe the forerunners ended up somehow mutating or contracted some disease which turned them into the flood. maybe we are a second batch of humans that evolved naturally the same way the forerunners did before us. maybe "maybe" used to actually be spelled "mabee".

  • 05.11.2006 5:09 PM PDT
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THAT HAS BEEN SAID A MILLION TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER HALO 2!!!!

  • 05.11.2006 5:10 PM PDT

SAVE BIG TEAM

After reading all of this i have to ideas. Mabey master cheif is a covenent? the never showed his face....(im still second guessing). But another idea is mabey the forerunners is only some of us like mastercheif as an example being a forerunner. it makes sense but i dont feel like explainging it. And another thing all u guys are saying how would the humans degrade them sleef off all the technology if they were the forunners, mabey it has to do with the dinosaurs being extinct so fast idk im just reaching far for ideas that u guys can add on to

  • 05.11.2006 5:11 PM PDT