- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Wenzinger
The forerunner = human postulation seems to be where Bungie is taking the story, but it overlooks some pretty elementary science. There are no significant gaps in the fossil record from Australopithecus to modern humans. It spells out a clear chronology, with no room for a godlike technologically advanced civilization to develop in between. That said, humans are definately and obviously a product of terrestrial evolution, so humans couldn't be Forerunner derivatives merely placed on Earth to safeguard the Ark (or something along those lines). I know it's science *fiction*, but the "science" half implies that there has to be some factual plausibility. What if, merely out of suggestion, the story dictates that the Forerunner placed the Ark on Earth after they concluded that another race of sentient animals was on the rise, and that race would summarily bury the artifact with their own civilization? In this tradition, maybe 343 Guilty Spark recognized the Master Cheif as an agent of the Forerunner because of his origins on the planet where the Forerunner placed such a vital tool, and not because he thought that the humans *were* Forerunners.
Granted Bungie can take the story wherever they damn well please, but it would be nice to see something more in tune with fact, so as not to leave open huge hatches for negative literary criticism.
Think about this what if what you have been taught all your life is false? What if all scientists know about our past is the same amount as we know about Halo 3 only by watching the trailer and hearing about Halo 1&2 but never actually playing them or reading the books? Now if you look at it that way the door flies wide open and anything is possible. Because in reality scientist no less about our past as a species then we know about Halo 3.