- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: jedjosh
Part 1:
The Covenant and The Forerunner could've had a relationship somewhere in the past. Perhaps the Forerunner were member race of the Covenant, a race of builders. Somewhere along the line, the Forerunners crossed or defected from the Covenant. (It would help to know here who just the Covenant?s ?gods? were)
The Covenant declared war on the Forerunner, wiping them into extinction. Some of the Forerunner escaped.....to Earth. Only a few, that made it to reproduce and evolve into the human race. Over time the legend of the Covenant disintegrated into memory.
Part 2:
When the Human race started to become technologically evolved, they began to expand into a small empire. Somehow, the Covenant came across the human installation, Harvest. Surprised at the re-emergence of their old partners, the Forerunner, they immediately destroyed the colony. Now they have declared war on the Humans. This would explain a load of different things.
1. Why GS recognizes you as Human/Forerunner.
2. Why the Covenant have such a seemingly non-existent reason for hating your guts.
3. Why Covenant and Halo/Forerunner technology is almost identical.
4. Why the Covenant worship the Halo, the death ground for the Forerunner they destroyed.
5. Why GS is surprised you brought such "ineffective weapons" to combat the Flood.
One little problem, the forerunner, and everything else in the galaxy, were destroyed when the Halo system was activated. They existed long before any Covenant or Humans.
1) GS only refers to you as the "Reclaimer" if i'm correct.
2) http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=9506224 read this post.
3) The Covenant ripped off the Forerunner. There was a remark made in one of the games that the Forerunner left the technology for the Covenant or something along those lines.
4) They think it is the gateway for the great journey. Something that will take them to a better place.
5) The weapons GS uses are essentially lasers that burn the flood leaving nothing behind while the projectile weapons you use just do enough physical damage to stop the flood from moving.
Hope that clears some things up for ya.