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[[File:H4-Terminal-HumanShip-Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|A human ship prepares to cleanse an infested planet by orbital bombardment.]] | [[File:H4-Terminal-HumanShip-Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|A human ship prepares to cleanse an infested planet by orbital bombardment.]] | ||
{{quote|Humanity hadn't been expanding. They were ''running''.|The [[Librarian]]{{Ref/Reuse|h4reclaimer}}}} | {{quote|Humanity hadn't been expanding. They were ''running''.|The [[Librarian]]{{Ref/Reuse|h4reclaimer}}}} | ||
By the time the human officials discovered what the powder had done, it was too late. Entire planets were infected, and the Flood began to aggressively expand. Humans, in desperation, began forcefully | By the time the human officials discovered what the powder had done, it was too late. Entire planets were infected, and the Flood began to aggressively expand. Humans, in desperation, began forcefully taking worlds from other species to make up for the ones they had lost. Humanity annihilated fifty defenseless systems in which the Forerunners had resettled other species. After the indigenous populations were eliminated, humanity replaced them with their own colonies to strengthen their hold over their new territories. Humanity looked to forcibly take new worlds anywhere, including those inhabited by Forerunners.<ref name="c270">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-272''</ref> However, not all of this seemingly irrational violence was driven by the will to expand; instead, human fleets under the command of [[Forthencho|Forthencho, Lord of Admirals]] were sterilizing planets with Flood infestations. When Forerunner worlds became infected, they were immediately targeted for [[orbital bombardment]], killing millions of Forerunners in the process. As the Forerunners apparently did not believe the Flood a credible threat to their [[ecumene]], these actions only fueled their hatred towards perceived human aggression against other species.<ref name="terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
[[Earth|Erda]], humanity's homeworld, was one of the earliest worlds lost to the Forerunners, a tremendous blow to humanity's morale.{{Ref/Reuse|pri238}} Over the course of the millennium-long conflict, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light years of the [[Orion complex]], the center of Forerunner power.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref> The Didact came up with a "[[star-hopping]]" plan, wherein [[Forerunner fleet]]s would [[Slipstream space|jump]] to strategically important human worlds and simply skip other less important human star systems, allowing the Forerunners to conserve their resources and fight efficiently.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> | [[Earth|Erda]], humanity's homeworld, was one of the earliest worlds lost to the Forerunners, a tremendous blow to humanity's morale.{{Ref/Reuse|pri238}} Over the course of the millennium-long conflict, humanity never came closer than 15,000 light years of the [[Orion complex]], the center of Forerunner power.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 311''</ref> The Didact came up with a "[[star-hopping]]" plan, wherein [[Forerunner fleet]]s would [[Slipstream space|jump]] to strategically important human worlds and simply skip other less important human star systems, allowing the Forerunners to conserve their resources and fight efficiently.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> | ||