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7/23/2012 6:18:01 PM
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I have a question about the forerunners
So according to Halo: Legends in the "Origins" story, it talks about how the forerunners gathered several species of intelligent life so they could repopulate the universe after they fire the halos.
My question is why didn't they preserve their own species? or did they? i'm reading the Greg Bear novels right, so if my question is answered in Cryptum or Primordium please tell me to keep reading because i don't want the books to be spoiled hahaha.
thanks guys! :)
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UphillMercury Actually, the automatons seen in the trailer called "Prometheans" are just that; automatons. If they were infected by the Flood, they certainly wouldn't be serving, at least not with their fellow Prometheans. They are all artificial constructs, part of Requiem's defense systems. [/quote] Any source for those statements? [quote] "Cartographer!" The Didact's voice brought the surviving controllers, and the faculties of the Cartographer itself, to full attention. "Saving all possible biological specimensincluding those infected by the Floodis the desired goal. [/quote] [quote] "Controllers will stand down. Your work is finished." With deep pride and sorrow, he was addressing the Forerunners who had stayed loyal to the Council during the rule of Mendicant Biasand who had continued to serve even in their infected state.[/quote] 343I confirmed that the Prometheans in the game are not the same as the warrior caste system and that their is "interesting". Not to they were created for a specific reason which was implied to be the flood. From the quotes you can clearly see that those infected were going to be further used somehow and the "A.I.s" have organic qualities to them hence the idea of the composer being involved which we now know is in the game. I am trying to find 343I's statement on the matter and i will post it when i find it, but clearly there aren't normal automatons. Never would i think the day would come when the waypoint forum is ahead of the universe forum.
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Actually, the automatons seen in the trailer called "Prometheans" are just that; automatons. If they were infected by the Flood, they certainly wouldn't be serving, at least not with their fellow Prometheans. They are all artificial constructs, part of Requiem's defense systems.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Luffy_299 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Ashtarh1 In Halo 4 the Prometheans are the enemy, Not the forerunners themselves, the Prometheans are AI machines created by the Forerunners so they must have survived the halo rings I think [/quote] The Prometheans arent AI, they are high ranking Forerunner Warrior-Servants. They have made some specific AI defence systems tho. If i recall correctly, the Didact was on Ibstallation 04 when the Halos fired, and the Forerunner didnt get to the Shield Worlds because Mendicant Bias showed their locations to the Gravemind.[/quote] The automatons on requiem are called "Prometheans" and were probably composed forerunners that got infected by the flood but still wanted to serve. I love how people say-things without sources or support and then carry them as facts. We don't have confirmation on where the Didact activated the rings though 04 seems most likely due to the circumstances of the activation and 343's lines. Noting was ever said or implied that Bias told the locations of the shield worlds to the flood. I don't understand how you can see [b]one[/b] infected shield world and come to that conclusion when we have [b]two[/b] that were untouched. That shield world was probably overrun,sold out (as you say), or the sight of a battle since MB said he was destroyed in the upper atmosphere of a planet.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Frisky Cole [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Ashtarh1 In Halo 4 the Prometheans are the enemy, Not the forerunners themselves, the Prometheans are AI machines created by the Forerunners so they must have survived the halo rings I think [/quote] SPOILER The way it works is the Prometheas were the top dogs eventually the forerunners came along and beat them. The prometheans created the flood as a Blam you for beating us. END SPOILER There cant be any forerunners because you need a foreruner to activae the halos, or 343 would of activated Delta Halo without the help of john. Also all the forerners that were outside the "Safe Zone" were wiped out durng the firngs, nd the sheild worlds wre leaked. Everyne in the "Safe Zone" would also be killed during he intial firings. Tht being said though, whe the spartans were recovered they had sheild pods. Two of them had bodies but they weren't spartans. [/quote] Everything you said was absolutely incorrect.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Ashtarh1 In Halo 4 the Prometheans are the enemy, Not the forerunners themselves, the Prometheans are AI machines created by the Forerunners so they must have survived the halo rings I think [/quote] The Prometheans arent AI, they are high ranking Forerunner Warrior-Servants. They have made some specific AI defence systems tho. If i recall correctly, the Didact was on Ibstallation 04 when the Halos fired, and the Forerunner didnt get to the Shield Worlds because Mendicant Bias showed their locations to the Gravemind.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Ashtarh1 In Halo 4 the Prometheans are the enemy, Not the forerunners themselves, the Prometheans are AI machines created by the Forerunners so they must have survived the halo rings I think [/quote] SPOILER The way it works is the Prometheas were the top dogs eventually the forerunners came along and beat them. The prometheans created the flood as a Blam you for beating us. END SPOILER There cant be any forerunners because you need a foreruner to activae the halos, or 343 would of activated Delta Halo without the help of john. Also all the forerners that were outside the "Safe Zone" were wiped out durng the firngs, nd the sheild worlds wre leaked. Everyne in the "Safe Zone" would also be killed during he intial firings. Tht being said though, whe the spartans were recovered they had sheild pods. Two of them had bodies but they weren't spartans.
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Oh lawdy, I have so much to catch up on.
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In Halo 4 the Prometheans are the enemy, Not the forerunners themselves, the Prometheans are AI machines created by the Forerunners so they must have survived the halo rings I think
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Gamma617g I had always assumed the surviving Forerunner left the galaxy in a shameful self exile. I'm not sure if the Bear canon has butchered this.[/quote] You don't know canon if you think Greg Bear of all people is ruining it.
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I had always assumed the surviving Forerunner left the galaxy in a shameful self exile. I'm not sure if the Bear canon has butchered this.
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speaking of the next forerunner novel here is the official description from amazon which reveals both didacts are alive and the flood has some unexpected allies [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765323982/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=heaprcom05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creativeASIN=0765323982[/url]
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Some Forerunners might be in stasis/cryptums on Requiem others may have left the galaxy. We won't find out until Halo-4 or when the next Forerunner novel comes out.
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Maybe we'll find out in Halo: Silentium which comes out in January of 2013. I can't wait! [Edited on 08.20.2012 12:49 PM PDT]
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The Forerunners were a pretty intelligent species so, though I am not an expert on forerunners, I assume that they are still alive, but we don't know how they survived. PLEASE correct me if i'm wrong. I want to learn all about the forerunners (as you can tell by my name).
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I thought the sheild worlds were made to protect forerunners from the Halo rings.
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I seriously doubt there would have been no forerunners on the ark or in shield worlds when the halos were activated.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jonyxer Didact, along with many others Forerunners were on Ark, because they activated Halos from Citadel.[/quote] Wrong, didact was the one who fired the halo ring
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maybe we'll find out in halo 4
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jonyxer Didact, along with many others Forerunners were on Ark, because they activated Halos from Citadel.[/quote] source.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 There are no sources saying they were at the Ark or went to a shield world.[/quote] Pretty much this. Which gives plenty of space for intepretation.
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Didact, along with many others Forerunners were on Ark, because they activated Halos from Citadel.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 So because it isn't stated either way the way you are suggesting is true? All we know is they left the galaxy after re-seeding. They were probably at the Greater ark but since we don't have any sources we shouldn't go around saying one way or the other. It is already interesting enough seeing has the halo array was activated at random and MB was heading to the orion complex.[/quote] I'm not suggesting that it's true, but I am suggesting that it's possible. Some might not have been able to make it to the Greater Ark.
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If I can recall correctly, the reason they didn't go into Shield Worlds is because with the defection of Mendicant Bias he leaked the location of said structures to the Flood.
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So because it isn't stated either way the way you are suggesting is true? All we know is they left the galaxy after re-seeding. They were probably at the Greater ark but since we don't have any sources we shouldn't go around saying one way or the other. It is already interesting enough seeing has the halo array was activated at random and MB was heading to the orion complex.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] grey101 There are no sources saying they were at the Ark or went to a shield world.[/quote] But if I'm not mistaken, nothing states that they weren't. It makes sense that if you build a bomb shelter, and know when the bomb will go off, you'll hide in it if you're still alive.
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There are no sources saying they were at the Ark or went to a shield world.
