- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well my thoughts are these:IF there was only one ark and IF it was on Earth then after the activation of the Halos the only sentient being left alive in the galaxy were humans.On every other planet where there was life only small non sentient creatures would have survived.Most people say the event of the activation took place about 100,000 years ago.That would mean that all other sentient beings we see in the game (covenant) have an evolution tree of only 100,000 years.Since it took small mammals on earth about 65,000,000 years to evolve into their present status,such a fast evolution on the homeworld of, lets say , the Prophets or the Elites seems unlikely.Thats why i believe that the other Covenant races must have also survived the activation of the halos thanks to other ARKS that existed on their homeworlds. So what makes the Earth Ark so special?Well perhaps it was the only one that could activate the Halo installations.Maybe the other Arks served only for protection. Why should the Forrunners care about the creatures that later formed the Covenant? Well perhaps because all(us and the Covenants are created by them).Maybe the Forruners had gone to far into genetics that they were creating sentient life all around the galaxy, where ever the conditions were right.Perhaps the flood them selves were their doing , a final and fatal mistake (sin?). But something about humans must be special.After all we are the only reclaimers.Well what if the Forrunners found on earth the one planet that was similar to their homeplanet and where life was evolving in similar ways.Perhaps through minor genetic interference they created on earth one species by their one image!! HUMANS!! So that is what makes us special.We are not the Forruners but we are their genetic duplicate and their intended succesors. At the end i believe the Forruners decided to die maybe out of guilt for the terror they had brought to the universe.The flood themshelves survived perhaps in a stasis condition inside the halo installations.That shows that the Forruners acted in a harry because i dont see why they would allow any flood to stay alive all these thousands of years. Any thoughts on the above are wellcome