- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Guscon
:) The Ouroboros theory again.
I do not think we are Forerunners. In fact I'd go as far as to say it were impossible (how would you define a Forerunner?). Sorry I'm being a little cryptic there.
The Forerunners and Reclaimers are different, they must be, we have different names. How many Frenchmen do you know who are American? The Forerunners are the ones who activated the Halo network to stop the spread of the Flood. They built the Halo network, as well all the weird structures that do things we don't quite comprehend. Forerunners and Reclaimers (us) are at least different in the same way the Romans and Italians differ, if not more.
I do think that the Forerunners were not entirely separate from our development however. The activation of the Halo network 100,000 years ago would mean that very little developed life would have...(damn)..developed by now. To put a time scale on it for you, 100,000 years is how long ago our face was made the way it is. I do not think that we would be at a stage of Sapient life without some kind of intervention.
How do you know that the Halo rings were activated 100,000 years ago? I have all three of the books and I don't remember ever reading exactly when they were activated, please provide a quote or cite your source.
For me, I don't believe that the humans in Halo 3 are Forerunners, I believe they WERE Forerunners. The Forerunners were probably our long lost evolutionary descendandts, until they activated the Halo rings. Since we know that the Halo rings only kill all sentient life that is large enough to sustain the flood, we can assume that very microscopic lifeforms would have survived the blasts. These microsopic lifeforms were probably genetic remnants of what the Forerunners were and eventually evolved into us. This would also explain the purpose of the Ark, which everyone is familiar with in biblical reference as a vessel used to spare all life from the flood.
If anyone has seen "Red Planet", you probably recognize this theory. In that movie, our ancestors originally existed on Mars until the martian atmophere was destroyed and they had to find a new home. As our ancestors left for the stars, one ship remained behind, containing various samples of genetic material and releasing them on the newly-inhabitable planet: Earth. These genentic materials were what began life on Earth and created all the various species that have emerged on it, including us.
As to the references by the Monitors on the Halo installations to "Forerunners" and "Reclaimers", this can also be explained logically:
The term "Forerunner" would simply be used to refer to our ancestral selves that spanned the galaxy, discovered and combatted the Flood, and built the Halo installations to finally stop them from contaminating all life in the galaxy. This theory is strengthened by 343 Guilty Spark's dialogue during Halo: CE, especially on the level when Master Chief learns the truth about Halo's purpose and Guilty Spark says, "The last time you asked me, 'could I do it?' Having had considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." (referring to his creator, a Forerunner, as he questioned his creation on the activation of the Halo installations before they were first used), and on the last level as he analyzes PoA's database and downloads all of the records on Human history, referring to them as "records of our lost time" (The time span between the activation of the Halo installations and extinction of the monitors' creators, and the arrival of the humans on Halo installation 4)
The word "Reclaimer" would be used for individuals who were chosen to "reclaim" the Indexes on the Halo installations. Notice that the only ones to be called "Reclaimers" are those who have acquired the Indexes on Halo installations: Master Chief and Commander Miranda Keyes. For those of you that would try to argue with this and say that the monitors call all humans "Reclaimers", remember that Sgt. Johnson was never called a reclaimer in Halo 2.
I hope my explanations have made sense to everyone. Please give me your opinions or message me if you are confused and have questions. No flaming please, and for those who disagree with my theory, please state your reason why, and not just post "no, you're wrong" without an explanation and disappear like an idiotic coward.
[Edited on 6/26/2006]