- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
That question has the simplest answer.....Remember the Forerunner put the Flood into hibernation, so why wouldn't they be able to do that to other species? You see, when the rings are activated, secret doors hidden on the rings' surface open and out come the giant evil bunnies of doom. They spare no life. They are the epitome of evil. They create raging death and destruction on a galactic scale. That is why the Forerunners are gone the underestimated the amount of pure evilness they poured into their creation. Before they were ready to be released aginst the Flood the evil bunnies of doom turned on their masters, but the last surviving Forerunners injected themselves with a viral solution and threw themselves into the gaping maws of the bunnies. A disease formed within the bunny population that sent them in to a deep stasis, and the monitors of the installations teleported them into special rooms where they await the activation of the rings. That is what makes the Ark so deadly. Not only can it activate all the installations, it is the only Forerunner structure where the bunnies developed an immunity to the virus. They are awake and rampaging through the Ark, and they are HUNGRY!