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Subject: Why did the Forerunner keep the flood alive ?
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I think that the forerunner saw the flood it was harmless to them and they knew it was dying out so they made it strong that is why on the libary the monitor says "I am glad some of the flood survived to reproduce , our sudy was vital for their survival as a race".But then the flood mutated and found out how to kill the forerunner, the forerunner realised this and before they died they built the weapon into halo, as soon as the weapon was finished, the flood completley wiped out the forerunner.

[Edited on 10/20/2004 5:23:59 AM]

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[quote]Posted by: halo_horror
I think that the forerunner saw the flood it was harmless to them and they knew it was dying out so they made it strong that is why on the libary the monitor says "I am glad some of the flood survived to reproduce , our sudy was vital for their survival as a race".[quote]

i think you're right about this part, but i believe the Forerunners just left after the Flood killed some of them. Since they learned not to mess with nature, they left but may still be checking out the galaxy. And maybe they're gonna come and help us again, but again they're gonna lose and have many losses? So they'll learn their lesson again, and not mess with nature for a long time. Who knows? Only time will tell.

[Edited on 10/20/2004 6:40:19 AM]

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Found on the fortress-world of Halo, the Flood are a group of parasitic life forms that will eventually consume everything with significant biomass in the universe. Halo was designed to study and contain the Flood infection, which was unwittingly set loose by the Covenant. The Flood's parasitic nature belies their intelligence, for the Flood can access the memories of any host it infects.

According to Cortana, the only way the Flood race can be totally killed off is by destroying their food supply. The Flood consume all organic life that is capable of supporting the infection of flesh and neural patterns.

They build the library to "expiriment with them"

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But WHY did the forerunner keep the flood alive when it was so deadly?

[Edited on 10/21/2004 7:02:21 AM]

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