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Despite the Lifeworkers' best efforts, the firing of the Halos resulted in mass extinction events on countless worlds across the galaxy; most prominently those the Forerunners had never had the time or resources to index. On many planets, Lifeworkers had to prioritize which species to save; for example, it was estimated that only one-thousandth of [[Earth]]'s large species would survive.{{Ref/Reuse|s27}} Around four years before the firing of the Halos, 123 technologically capable species had been indexed; however, a number of these were doomed to perish due to the Lifeworkers' limited resources,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> combined with the devastation of the preserves on the [[greater Ark]] and [[Omega Halo]]. Many species also died out as a result of planetary ecosystems failing to properly recover after their reseeding, during the subsequent period known as [[the dark time]].{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} | Despite the Lifeworkers' best efforts, the firing of the Halos resulted in mass extinction events on countless worlds across the galaxy; most prominently those the Forerunners had never had the time or resources to index. On many planets, Lifeworkers had to prioritize which species to save; for example, it was estimated that only one-thousandth of [[Earth]]'s large species would survive.{{Ref/Reuse|s27}} Around four years before the firing of the Halos, 123 technologically capable species had been indexed; however, a number of these were doomed to perish due to the Lifeworkers' limited resources,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> combined with the devastation of the preserves on the [[greater Ark]] and [[Omega Halo]]. Many species also died out as a result of planetary ecosystems failing to properly recover after their reseeding, during the subsequent period known as [[the dark time]].{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} | ||
After this reseeding effort was finished the surviving Forerunners left the galaxy,<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia | After this reseeding effort was finished the surviving Forerunners left the galaxy,<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe]]''', ''pages 16, 28, 171, and 289''</ref> vowing to exclude themselves from the affairs of other species out of guilt over their failure as galactic custodians.{{Ref/Reuse|rebirth}} The Forerunners left the Mantle for humanity to [[Reclaimer|reclaim]]<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref> as the Precursors had intended millions of years earlier.{{Ref/Reuse|s173}} | ||
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