[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SPARTAN 209 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sizzled Chicken [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mark537 There were no Forerunners after the war. They were killed by the array supposedly. I really don't think OB would spend time creating a memorial for him self. That seems a bit cocky.[/quote]I refuse to believe that until something in a game or a book outright says it. There's so many ways the Forerunners, even if it was just a handful, could have survived it that I refuse to believe that they all just said "Let's go off the Shield World/Ark and look at the pretty lights!". And so far nothing in either one of those has said it out right. They speculate what happened, but no one knows. What happened to the Forerunners is a big mystery to everyone.[/quote] Offensive Bias itself said that there would be no more Forerunner after the Halo arrays fired. From Terminal 6 Legendary: [quote][12:H 20:M 00:S] I begin this report with no illusions that it will ever be seen by its intended readers. In all likelihood they have already committed [species-wide suicide] with the goal of preserving biological diversity in this galaxy. I must ensure that this information reaches those who must come after. If I fail in this, how can they not regard my creators' sacrifice as anything by [a crime without measure]?[/quote] [/quote]Ah. Well, I was wrong. It still doesn't make any sense to me though why they comitted themselves to death with so many options of survival out there.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sizzled Chicken [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mark537 There were no Forerunners after the war. They were killed by the array supposedly. I really don't think OB would spend time creating a memorial for him self. That seems a bit cocky.[/quote]I refuse to believe that until something in a game or a book outright says it. There's so many ways the Forerunners, even if it was just a handful, could have survived it that I refuse to believe that they all just said "Let's go off the Shield World/Ark and look at the pretty lights!". And so far nothing in either one of those has said it out right. They speculate what happened, but no one knows. What happened to the Forerunners is a big mystery to everyone.[/quote] Offensive Bias itself said that there would be no more Forerunner after the Halo arrays fired. From Terminal 6 Legendary: [quote][12:H 20:M 00:S] I begin this report with no illusions that it will ever be seen by its intended readers. In all likelihood they have already committed [species-wide suicide] with the goal of preserving biological diversity in this galaxy. I must ensure that this information reaches those who must come after. If I fail in this, how can they not regard my creators' sacrifice as anything by [a crime without measure]?[/quote]

Well, why would they made safe havens from the rings if they weren't planning on using them? I don't believe that all the Forerunners died. I believe that after the rings fired they returned the sentient species to their repesctive worlds and named Humans (for what ever reason) their heirs. Then they disappears to parts unknown to see how it all developed without their influence, or maybe they reached the "Transcendent" level and traveled the universe to hunt down the Flood and attempt to stop it from spreading from where ever it came from. Attack it at the source, you know? I don't think that they're dead though.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sizzled Chicken [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DiabetesCole um, i dont want to get all deep. i think its just a map[/quote]Halo maps have always had some sort of deeper meaning other than geometry and colors.[/quote] lol?

It is most likely none of the books will expand upon it because it is one of the great mysteries of the Halo universe. People believe they reproduced with humans which is what makes us Reclaimers. There are several theories and there is no way to know which is true. I tend to go with Ascendant Justice because they seem the most accurate. I do not really know what you mean by the sentence about the Forerunners and the Shield World and the Ark. We know for a fact there are no Forerunners on the Ark (even if there were they are probably dead from Halo activating) and in "Ghosts of Onyx" we learn that none of the Forerunners made it to the Shield World but we do not know why. In Halo 3 we find out why none of the Forerunners were in these Shield Worlds due to the Terminals. It is very possible several Forerunners left the galaxy before the Array was activated (as stated by Ascendant Justice), but even so that means they were not around to build this memorial. There are more than enough hints indicating the Forerunners are long gone. The community takes the those hints and creates what we think is the correct answer. Think of it like science. EDIT: Here is the link to [url=http://blog.ascendantjustice.com/]Ascendant Justice[/url]. There are several artifacts about the Forerunners you might find interesting if you have not already read them. [Edited on 09.09.2008 7:34 PM PDT]

A good theory, even if it isn't recognised by the 90% of forum users just complaining about Trueskill and BR spread all day.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mark537 There were no Forerunners after the war. They were killed by the array supposedly. I really don't think OB would spend time creating a memorial for him self. That seems a bit cocky.[/quote]I refuse to believe that until something in a game or a book outright says it. There's so many ways the Forerunners, even if it was just a handful, could have survived it that I refuse to believe that they all just said "Let's go off the Shield World/Ark and look at the pretty lights!". And so far nothing in either one of those has said it out right. They speculate what happened, but no one knows. What happened to the Forerunners is a big mystery to everyone. [Edited on 09.09.2008 7:25 PM PDT]

There were no Forerunners after the war. They were killed by the array supposedly. I really don't think OB would spend time creating a memorial for him self. That seems a bit cocky.

True, but what about after the war?

When OB was made the last thing on the Forerunner's priority list was creating a memorial for an AI. It was towards the end of their war with the Flood and they were preparing to activate the Array. Their defences were being destroyed by the Gravemind and his new found AI buddy and they were becoming desperate and panicky. As someone else said in the thread where you originally posted this, I believe that is where OB stored the fragment of MB he captured during the battle. I also think that it is the location where MB was reunited with his lost half and also where he spent the remainder of his life.

Why is it when I make a topic about a map like this people don't want to say anything, but when someone says "I think if we stand in the holograms on Epitaph we can unlock the hidden tomb that Buingie placed in it that hackers haven't found yet!" it will go on for more than 20 pages...

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DiabetesCole um, i dont want to get all deep. i think its just a map[/quote] lol

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DiabetesCole um, i dont want to get all deep. i think its just a map[/quote]Halo maps have always had some sort of deeper meaning other than geometry and colors. [Edited on 09.09.2008 7:14 PM PDT]

um, i dont want to get all deep. i think its just a map