- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: camboy45
It's nothing new that theories place the Flood as some sort of derivative from the Forerunners, but what would be the link? Indulge if you will, my theory: I believe it is possible that The Forerunners became so advanced that their only limitation was mortality, so they figured out how to live forever, only that it came with a terrible price. The Flood was the result of their tampering with their own genetic structure, turning them into intelligent, but grotesque creatures that only cared about their continued survival. The unaffected Forerunners eventually realize the only way to kill the immortal creatures is to cut them off of their food source, so they built the Halos for that reason. The striving to attain immortality is a Bungie concept seen also in the Marathon series in the form of Durandal, so I don't believe it is that farfetched. And the ultimate deep dark secret that the Prophets are after is in how to use that immortality for themselves. Ok, that last part is kinda stretching it, but you get the idea.
i personally dont think this is true, but you made a good point and good examples. what i think is that the forerunners tried to take a piece of DNA from the flood and apply it to themselfs so they could be ammune to some diseases and/or live forever but the flood got out of control and they had to activate the rings