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We are always mentioned within the Halo timeline as "reclaimers", but not a lot of people could truely figure out what this meant... a little background will do you good.
The Forerunners' chief enemy was (and still is) the Flood. 343 Guilty Spark explained that after exhausting all options in the war against the Flood, they activated the rings in hopes of neutralizing the Flood into dormancy. Knowing they could not be defeated single-handedly by this method, the Forerunner culture left behind some valuable technology with which to combat the Flood. Most of this was used for erroneous purposes, however, as the Prophets and Elites used these weapons as a part of the beginning of their "holy war" with the Human race.
Soon after, as we all know, this Covenant soon split apart into two distinct factions after The Arbiter learned the truth about Halo and turned against the Covenant.
Which brings me to my main idea:
Is it possible that the Forerunners were able to see into the future and foretell what would be needed (i.e. a master plan) to eliminate the Flood? Could they have foresaw the Covenant/Human War and the Covenant Civil War, implanting their tools for defeating the Flood (the Covenant adapts, the Human innovates) among their societies, only to have them be used for the foolish purposes of killing each other rather than rallying together to destroy the main threat (which they eventually did, to an extent)?
We basically have two choices in Halo 3: Fire the Halos or find another way to finish the fight once and for all. The former did not work the previous time, but the latter may mean a long and hard road for everyone involved.
For this there is no clear answer... unless we find these weapons on the Ark. I personally believe that we will find all sorts of secrets there, such as the Class 12 Armor that 343 Guilty Spark mentioned, and a few other needed weapons that laid beneath our feet for thousands of years. This can only result in a rally of everyone (save Truth, he is a dead Prophet hovering anyway) together against a common enemy.
So I ask you all, how will we reclaim the galaxy from the Flood? Post your ideas here.
[Edited on 7/21/2006]