- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
So, we all know that the Forerunners are all dead because they activated halo, and thats why they aren't characters in the games. But where is all their stuff? Obviously, the Forerunners had to fight the Flood at some point, so where are all of the cool-looking Forerunner tanks or other wartime vehicles? Where are the guns dropped where they fell once the rings were activated? Sure, the Covenant has gone through all of the levels and more than likely grabbed it all, but it seems a bit odd that nothing other than Forerunner architechture is seen in the games.
Where did the Forerunners live? If they lived on the Rings, there would be far more structures on the Rings, things like homes. Other than the strange "Beacon Towers" in Halo 1, all of the buildings seem to have some sort of military use. In other word, it lokks more like a military instalation than like the domestic home of some being.
About the rings themselves, my question can be sumed up to just one word, "Why?" But I think I need to clarify a bit so: Why are the rings so complicated with whole ecosystems and an atmosphere? Is it for some reason neccesary? Why couldn't the Rings just be a large metal ring that's a big gun of sorts? The Forerunners called the rings "Fortress Worlds," does this mean that the Flood came to the rings? and if so, how?
And then there's the Flood... The Flood is interesting, it seems almost like the Forerunners were breeding the Flood. In Halo 1, the Flood Infection Forms were sometimes found in large glass containers with two levels and control panels by it, almost as though the Flood were being held in captivity and were being studied. In Halo 2, the Flood were first encountered in an area that had similar glass containers (their remains at least...), and later found in small metal cases that were present in racks on the walls with an arm that moved them from spot to spot.
My theory on the last question I asked is that the Forerunners created the Flood, perhaps in an attempt to make a super-human. The rings were then made in case the Flood was able to break loose or somehow take over the ring. The rings were made so intricately so that the landscape might somehow slow the Flood down. The rings were activated and the Flood destroyed anything they could, meaning things like Forerunner tanks and the like were destroyed. The theme of humans attempting to speed up evolution and having the process go horribly wrong is a common theme in science fiction, whick if you take away the Xbox controller thats exactly what Halo is: A very well-written sci-fi movie.
Now, discuss, be merry, and multiply!