- Teddy304
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I realize that everyone thinks that the forerunners were the good guys and it was made clear in the Halo trilogy that they did try to destroy the flood. This thought has always entered my mind though: Did the forerunners try to destroy humanity also?
Section I. Argument
How is that possible? Why would the forerunners try to have destroyed humanity but in the end saves humanity along with countless other species in the Milky Way Galaxy. I don't know if you guys consider Halopedia a a reliable source, but Halopedia stated that Humanity along with the aid of the precursors, fought a great war with the forerunners about 110,000 years ago. Now, I know what your thinking. Humanity wasn't nearly advanced enough to fight the forerunners. Or were we?
Section II. Information
Around 110,000 years ago humanity was ruled by the forerunners. Humanity's technology was finally starting to rival that of the forerunners. Humanity was finally able to
capture some planets of their own. Humanity's armies became massive. We were neutral with the forerunners and allies with the precursors. Then humanity encountered the flood. With the aid of the precursors, humanity managed to destroy the flood temporarily. Even though the humanity/precursor alliance had prevailed, both species's military armadas were exhausted. The forerunners saw this as a perfect opportunity to regain control over humanity. Now, don't get me wrong. The forerunners weren't harsh, barbaric rulers. Humanity simply wished to be free and not ruled by another species. So the forerunners started to attack what was left of humanity's forces. The precursors helped humanity, as they were our allies. Even with humanity's army reduced to a small size, we were still very tough to beat. Unluckily, the precursors were wiped out, and it is said that 1 precursor survived, and is said to still be alive to the present day. I think he/she could play a big role in Halo 4, don't you? Humanity was eventually pushed back to our capitol city, were we held out for 50 years.
After humanity surrendered, most of the forerunners wanted humanity to be completely destroyed. The Librarian though, did not want humanity to be destroyed. Because of her position in the forerunner military, the forerunners decided to set humanity back before the stone ages, and completely destroy any record of pre-human civilization. Around 100,000 B.C.E, the flood reappeared and the forerunners activated halo. Forerunner sentinels repopulated the galaxy with life, including humans.
Section III. Supporting Information
In the animated short movies called Halo Legends, Origins I gives us a good picture of what happened to the forerunners. If you recall the scene where it shows forerunner sentinels placing the ark in Africa, there are Humans watching. What I find interesting in this scene is if the ark's were placed 100,000 B.C.E, then why do the humans look like modern humans? If humans weren't around before and were following evolution, the humans would look a bit different then modern humans. To my knowledge, -blam!- Sapiens, (a.k.a humans), didn't fully evolve until around 50,000 or 40,000 B.C.E. The only way for there to be modern looking humans watching a forerunner ark being placed in Africa is for there to have been a earlier advanced human civilization. Humans could have evolved quicker in the Halo story, and therefor make advanced technology sooner. This theory supports my idea that humans were advanced and DID fight the forerunners.
Another supporting theory is not so cryptic. 343 Guilty Spark calls Master Chief a "reclaimer." This means he needs to reclaim the forerunner technology and humanity was selected by the forerunners to do this. But could the simple word "reclaimer" have a double meaning?
Why would the forerunners choose the species that rebelled against them and fought them and eventually were set back in technology by the forerunners? What if 343 Guilty Spark also meant that the name "reclaimer" was suppose to help hint us that Master Chief was not just suppose to only reclaim the forerunner technology, but in doing this, he could reclaim the technology and the power and the life his species once had by using the forerunner technology? What if the forerunners choose humanity as the reclaimers because we were able to fight off the flood temporarily without dying out while the forerunners temporarily defeated the flood but DID die out? What if the forerunners didn't destroy humanity because the Librarian didn't want it, but because they knew we would be the best species to fight the flood and the best species to use the forerunner technology to destroy the flood? What if 343 Guilty Spark also meant that by calling Master Chief a "reclaimer?"
My finally piece of supporting evidence is the covenant's hate for humanity. We all know that the Prophet's think humanity are heretics and hate us and want us destroyed. But what if they also hated us for other reasons?
I believe some major reasons why the Covenant declared war on humanity were not because we were said to be "heretics," but because of our encounters with the forerunners in the pre-civilization? The reason that they think we are heretics could be because the prophets are jealous of us because we were the chosen "reclaimers." But what if they hated use because they know we rebelled against the forerunners in the pre-civilization? The forerunners were saw as the "Ancient and Holy ones" in the Covenant's eyes. Rebelling against the forerunners would be unthinkable. Maybe their main reason for war was because we disrespected the "Ancient and Holy ones" by rebelling against the forerunners. What if they thought that the halo rings should be used for the "Great Journey" and thought that humanity was not worthy to use the rings?
Q: But how would the Covenant find this information?
A: The covenant used forerunner technology for their armies. They easily could have found forerunner files containing this information about humanity.
Section IV. Summary
I have presented you with information on why I think Humanity and the Forerunners have a "Tough Love" relationship. I believe my argument, do you?
Discuss
P.S.
In the Halo 4 teaser trailer when Master Chief first gets outside the ship, you can see this strange, un-natural shape on the top of the ship. Could this be the last precursor? That would help support my theory. I guess we can only find out when Halo 4 comes out.
Thank you for reading,
Teddy304