[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] dibbs089 How odd that both the Forerunner and the Committee of Minds for Security came to the conclusion that the evolution of life from solely biological to an A.I. / biological hybrid is a necessary evolutionary step in order to survive. Is this the logical end of evolution that all technologically advanced species inevitably discover, or perhaps a geas imposed upon all life in the galaxy - or all life in general? [u]Odder still is that this evolutionary jump essentially negates the dangers of the Flood. #1[/u] [u] get the feeling that there's a much larger story involved (wheels within wheels to borrow a Halo reference). #2[/u][/quote]Underlined: #1: Thought so too. It's not like the Forerunners ar certain that the Flood will suddenly ignore them if they trancend. Even if the Forerunner retreat into the Domain; become digital or whatever, what's to say that the Flood won't find a way to ruin it for them if they consume the galaxy? Is the entire story based on the Precursor master plan to force/manipulate beings into transcendence by threatening them with the Flood? #2: I hope it's not, it's stumbling on its own feet as it is, struggling with redefining the old plots and lore whilst adding and prolonging, etc. If it gets even more complicated, it'll collapse under its own weight. Nice to see that someone remembers Iris, that's not common here. Kind of off topic: I think it's really really sad that the core story of Halo now has the same plot as Mass Effect. [i]A cycle sett off by a god-like race, an ancient race--created by mentioned god-like race--who defies them and sets off a slowly brewing plan to stop the cycle, the plot surrounds the debate between organic and synthetic (where it boiled over for me), an array of title related super machines capable of affecting an entire galaxy.[/i] [Edited on 11.21.2012 9:11 AM PST]