[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UL7IM4 G33K [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 Lol, if you've not read Cryptum or Primordium you are in absolutely no position to comment on the Forerunners... [/quote] Really? Cause last I heard those books drastically changed what the Forerunners were. My point is they demonstrated a huge disconnection from manipulating the living. In fact, they went so far as to create slipspace stasis pods to preserve themselves.[/quote] It was never suggested that [i]all[/i] Forerunner would be composed. The Shields World's original purpose still stands. to house any surviving Forerunner against the Halo's firing. [quote]If the Forerunners were so keen on sticking dead/near dead of their species into machine shells then why go to such lengths to preserve their original lives?[/quote] Putting the Durance of a Forerunner into a machine wasn't standard procedure. It was done in special cases. [quote]There is a significant change in their behavior in those two books from what was hinted at (heavily so from what information we got in GoO). I mean, there aren't even drones on this installation.[/quote] What was hinted at the contradicts the first-hand perspective information from the forerunner novels? [quote]I'm fine with a new enemy, I like the concept of the Prometheans. What I do not like is that they've altered the Forerunners to fit the Prometheans into the story.[/quote] How have the Forerunner as a whole been altered? We knew next to nothing about them until Cryptum. Yeah, we had an impression of what we [i]assumed[/i] they were like, that doesn't mean we were right, and we weren't. That in no way changes the Forerunner because there was very little to change. In all honesty, you can't comment on these issues without knowing the facts. You haven't read the most pertinent information on the Forerunner so anything you say is your own opinion and not a discussion about canon.