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| == The forerunners == | | ==Confirmed Aliens?== |
| | If anyone is following the Iris ARG, it clearly states in Episode 5 that the Forerunners found Earth and thought that the native species (us) was very interesting. This seems to say that the Forerunners have nothing to do with Humans genetically, as they discovered us near the end of the war with the Flood. Thus they built the Ark to save us from the activation of the Halo's. This means that for some reason the Forerunners thought we had some sort of untapped power or trait that made us important. Of course since this is from the ARG it could be slightly different than the actual game story arc, but I doubt it.[[User:ArchonGold|ArchonGold]] 22:51, 17 August 2007 (UTC) |
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| The forerunners are very interesting in many ways, but they have many mysteries (as we all know). | | I was readings a statment made by bungie them self that I quote '' 'The Forerunner are not yet confimed aliens' '' and if I know how companies work, then that means they are maybe I don't know but I think that the Foreruner are a race of humans or human like race that was the oldest race and they were very intellegent. -- 62.254.32.23 Dec 19, 23:06 |
| Their appearance is the number one thing that I am working on. People always say, "The Forerunners appearance will never be revealed !!!" But I am working on a real life experience project called operation Forerunner. All I have so far is some info on there background and appearance. The forerunners were currently alive in 97448 BC. I also have a hand... a forerunner hand that I have sketched onto a lined piece of paper. The six finger idea came from the idea of the forerunner hand print on the level, Sacred icon.
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| ''''"Note: in the last mission on Halo 3 (Halo) in the cut scene before fighting the Monitor, 343 Guilty Spark says to the Master Chief "You are the child of my makers. Inheritor of all they left behind. You are Forerunner." This has led to many fans concluding that Humanity and the Forerunner are one and the same, and various passages from the books support this. Another strong indicator is that Humans can activate and use Forerunner technology without dissecting and reverse engineering it. However the Terminals suggest that the "Librarian" was on the Earth with early modern humans 100,000 years ago. This is also made more obvious by the fact that a portal was built in East Africa to allow humans to reach the Ark. It is suggested that humans were considered to be "special" and we were decided to be the "inheritors of all they left behind."''''
| | :I agree. This is like Doctor Who. I mean the Timelords evolved into what they are now in the show. And all life followed the same course. i.e. The Greatest species in that area. will affect others. Even dumber... if the Forerunners were Like humans (looked like us a lot like aliens do in Star Trek) then they would leave a print in the dna strand thing. so that Humans would evolve into a similar ifeform. Trust me... it is in Doctor Who. And Star Trek if your in the US. -- [[User:Forerunner|Forerunner]] December 20, 16:11 (UTC) |
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| | Hmmm, leaving D.N.A. in humans, sounds like Destroy All Humans to me.--[[User:Leckgolo434|prophit of war]] 15:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC) |
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| However, in the Halo 3 IRIS Videos (Didact's last transition) He states that "They (Humanity) may hold the answer to our own mysteries." This could support a theory that the Humans are the Precursors and that the Precursors and the Forerunner are in-fact the same. Or that they are Forerunners who somehow escaped the notice of the Precursors and were therefore not given the mantle.
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| There are also multiple quotes supporting the theory that Humanity is in-fact Forerunner.
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| Guilty Spark:" You are the child of my makers. Inheritor of all they left behind, you are Forerunner."
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| Guilty Spark:" Last time you asked me: If it were my choice, would I do it? Having had significant time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed. We must activate the rings." (Refers to Spark believing that Master Chief is Didact, who theoretically asked for the opinions of the Monitors before array activation. This is also supported by the quote "How can you hesitate to do what you have already done?"
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| Prophet of Truth: "I see now, why they left you behind...you were weak and Gods must be strong!"
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| The Gravemind: ”I offer no forgiveness for a father's sins, passed to his sons."
| | Spartan III from "Ghosts of Onyx", and the gold beam is from the sentinals of Onyx. |
| | [[User:Lt.O'Brien|Lt.O'Brien]] 14:35, 8 January 2007 (UTC) |
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| :Wow... thats good... plus with the novel trilogy coming out, your operation will be a success, and to help you with this is my thoughts. I think that Master Chief is a Forerunner, not like Rreclamer wise because Humans were special to the Forerunners because they had the same hands (I think Forerunners were Humans, but they evolved on another planet, not earth, same with the Precursor, on the same planet, but I think the Forerunners evolved from the Precursors, which would explains why the Didact wanted to "follow in their footsteps" (I think), but anyways, I don't think nether were the reason of Humans on Earth) and that is why Humans were known as Reclamers, but they wern't desendantes of Forerunners, but they could acsuss Forerunner tech. that needed Forerunner hand prints. But this is also how the Forerunners were able to seperate other Alians (which they called medlers) from Humans. But anyways, I think the Forerunners Librarian and Didact mated and the Librarian was pregnant and gave birth to twins on Earth. Then the Librarian deid of an unknown sickness some years later and the twins (one boy and one girl) went there seperat ways and left Africa and mated with other Humans in Europe and gave birth to one baby for both. Then tose Twins died of an unknown sickness(probebly the same one their mother, the Librarian, died of), and their generation continued, and one gereration of both went to the planet Master Chief was born on (because he was not born on Earth, but I forget the name of his home planet) at the same time and continued the generation on that planet. Then we come to 2511, when the curant generation of both twins met, a man and a woman, and they got married and gave birth to a boy named John(Master Chief Xb). Now the twins were 100% Forerunner, but their childean and other generations were half Forerunner. You have to be 100% Forerunner to be a real Forerunner, half dose not count. So, Master Chief is 100% Forerunner and is a real and the last Forerunner. That may explan why 343 Guilty Spark mistakened Master Chief as the Didact in ''Halo'', because Master Chief is the decendent of the Didact, and Spark some how knew of it, and told him that he ''IS'' a Forerunner in ''Halo 3''. I also think that N'chala from Halo 3: The Cradle of Life met the Librarian when she isolated herself on Earth and stayed in his village, but this, plus my thoughts, and yours will offically be confirmed in the Novel trilogy. I hope my thoughts will help your operation. :) - Anonnimous 3:13, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
| | I agree with this, the Forerunners messed with human DNA to allow them to easily work their technology. |
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| ...You really thought that one over, didn't you? | | ==Errors== |
| | I just made an account here, so Im not really sure how to do this or if I am messing anything up. I just changed a reference to 343 Guilty Spark in Halo 2. I do believe PT was the moniter who made that statement. I could be wrong. |
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| :Yeah. But one thing I forgot to add. The Forerunner hand in ''Halo 2'', that I am not sure about because ''Halo Wars'' confused me. I thought that the spere needed Forerunner hand prints to activate it and that Human hands and Forerunner hands are the same, but then I looked it up on here and it said that it was wating for a RECLAMER to activate it. So the Forerunners reprogramed it, if there hands are as the one in ''Halo 2'' because I am still not sure about it, but novel trilogy should reveale the truth. - Anonnimous 11:35, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
| | And to whoever posted that History Circles Back on us thing there, about victory with the ar symbol, that went to everyone registered for xbox flash. You can register on xbox.com. It was not neccesitated by buying a halo3 product. |
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| It's kind of hard to tell what exactly you are trying to say. First of all John may have been born on another planet, but his ancestors were most definitely Earthling (why he is in the UNSC and human). Also, Miranda Keyes is identified as Reclaimer (as are most humans, at least at first). Then their is the link between the Ark and Earth: in Africa(the uncontested birthplace of man-kind) there is a direct link by slip-space portal to the Ark, the central installation for controlling the Flood, which indicates that after the Flood had starved, Forerunners living in the Ark began to return to the world with all now unusable do to the lack of knowledge on how to use it so they had to re adapt to life. Also, the war makes a whole lot more sense if Humans are in fact forerunner. The Prophets(specifically Truth), realizing that the continued existance of the ones that they call "Gods," jeapordizes their place of authority at the top of the Covenant. It also helps explain how Regret found Earth while not expecting humans to be there (especially over Africa). He was looking for the Ark and was not considered important enough by truth to know that humans were Forerunner.--[[User:Werefang|<font color="#006400">'''''<u>Were</u>'''''</font>]][[User talk:Werefang|<font color="#006400">'''''<u>fan</u>g'''''</font>]] 17:24, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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| :I see your point, but the Forerunner Librarian was on Earth and was not in the Forerunner's sacrefic, plus, I still think that she and Didact mated, with her having twins on Earth (maybe having N'chala act as their grandfather if N'chala met the Librarian, which I think they did). Plus they could not trase back ancestors from 97448 BC. Now the prophets predictio of Humans being Forerunners was wrong. 032 Medicant Bias was not spusific enuff in ''Halo: Contact Harvest''. Now I hope this will not cunfuse you no more, Werefang. Now were did you get Miranda Keyes from because I did not menton her in the first one. - Anonnimous 11:27, 14 July 2009
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| Holy Shit man, you can write. Anyway, how would two part-Forunners mating make a 100% forunner baby? That doesn't add up, First born would be 100%, children 50, 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.125, 1.5625, 0.78125, 0.390625, and that's only 9 generations, it was over 2552+B.C.+time on the Ark, the numbers would be totally insignificant by now, er then. Everything else pretty much makes sense.--[[User talk:Kre 'Nunumee|Kre 'Nunumee]] 06:28, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
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| :Thanks, man. Now to answer your question, this is just a theory, but a very likely one. The novel trilogy should confirm the truth. Sorry for the long delay. - Anonnimous 3:10, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
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| | Ok maybe not a theory on who they are but some more evidence to them being near human. I just remembered that the dominent genetic trait for the number of fingers and toes on a human is to have 6-fingers/toes, not five, and by the picture, a forerunner hand has 6 fingers. |
| :*A group of Forerunners went to investigate a planet. They were attacked by the Flood. When the freshly-infested Forerunners failed to report to their superiors, small military forces were sent after them, leading to the beginning of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]].
| | --[[User:Lt.O'Brien|Lt.O'Brien]] 14:41, 8 January 2007 (UTC) |
| :*The Forerunners were eventually forced to divide the galaxy into two sections. Everything inside the Maginot Sphere was untouched and could be saved. Everything outside that sphere was to be abandoned -- no military forces would leave the sphere.
| | I have 6 fingers, are you calling me Forerunner???? |
| :*The [[Halo Array]] and the [[Ark]] were constructed, but [[Didact]] was reluctant to fire the rings. This was due to two reasons: firing the Halo Array would kill a large amount of Forerunners, and firing the Halo Array would kill his love, [[The Librarian]].
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| :*The Librarian continued to "index" sentient species. It is known that "index", in this context, refers to an evacuation process. The Librarian used Keyships to transport sentient species to the [[Ark]] for safekeeping.
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| :*In order to stall for time, Didact had Mendicant Bias created. Bias's mission was to study the Flood. To do this, Bias would have to leave the Maginot Sphere; he did.
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| :*As the Librarian continued to index species outside the Maginot Sphere, Bias continued his travels.
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| *:The Librarian found Earth, and was quite amazed by the variety of wildlife on the planet. and by humanity.
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| :*Mendicant Bias is corrupted by the Gravemind. He sends threats to the Forerunners while preparing to attack them.
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| :*The Librarian, after building a [[Portal]] on Earth and burying it near Mount Kilimanjaro, destroys all of her Keyships, stranding herself on Earth. Her motive? To get Didact to fire the Array, so that the species that were transferred to the Ark might actually have a chance of survival, though the Forerunners were completely screwed.
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| :*Offensive Bias is created, to prevent Mendicant Bias from bringing the Flood to the Ark. Offensive had only mission: stall until the Halos were fired. After that, the Ark would be safe from the Flood. Offensive Bias succeeded.
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| :*The sentient species would eventually find their way back to their home planets, though to my knowledge it isn't known how. Perhaps some AI or construct teleported them back?
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| :**It's widely acknowledged that humans originated in Africa, and in the "Haloverse", the Portal is located there. Perhaps that was their particular method of return?
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| :Now, we don't know how much time passed between the Librarian's discovery of Earth and Didact's activation of the Halo rings, but it is entirely possible that she could have sent some data or command to the Halos or the Ark, "registering" the humans as potential Reclaimers. <span style="background:#AADDAA;display:inline-block;height:16px;padding-right:4px;line-height:1em;position:relative;top:-3px;-moz-border-radius:0 50% 50%"><b>File:DavidJCobb_Emblem.svg|16px]] [[User:DavidJCobb|<span style="color:#000;position:relative;top:.15em">DavidJCobb </span>]]</b></span> 01:14, September 17, 2009 (UTC)
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| ::Good theory, yet, I still think The Librarian was the only Forerunner that did not die in the activation, and had this underground highway looking strucure built right next to the portal, and when the rings activated, this strucure would shot a beam up in the sky and when hitting above the atmosheare, it would make a shield around the planet, prtecting it from the array's firing, a this is another theory of mine, it may involve the Legendary ending of ''Halo 3:ODST'' (that Forerunner strucure at the end is the one I am talking about, but it could be a part of the portal), but to go with your theory and my theory of The Librarian giving birth to twins on Earth, DavidJCobb, She may have given birth before activation and gave her children to N'chala, who then broght them with him when he went to the Ark and then once getting back to Earth, he toke care of them and became their guardian. But like I have said before (and I know I have said it a lot and it may be tiering to hear XD, but it is true), the novel trilogy should confirm the truth. BTW, the AI that teleported all the sentient beng back to their home planets that your talking about in your theory, DavidJCobb, maybe the AI from the Iris campain (can't spell the name) or Offensive Bias. - Anonnimous 5:11, 5 October 2009 (UTC) | | Humans have 5 fingers: 5 is dominant. GODDDDD![[User:69.162.222.113|69.162.222.113]] 00:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC) |
| | *Not necessarily, after all the genetic trait that control the development of the bones in a good way is recessive, the one that make the bones growing deformed is the dominant one, so its possible that the 6 fingers one is the dominant [[User:66.158.134.50|66.158.134.50]] 17:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC) |
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| My theory is that the forerunners were the first species to "naturally evolve" in the milky way. When the precusors came, they began to seed the area with life. The forerunners saw themselves as the second "real" species. After the Precusors left, the forerunners expanded until they found the flood. You know the rest. When they found earth, they realized that the precusors had not created humans at all. Humans, therefore, are the third "real" species. The forerunners didn't program their technology to accept humans, but only to reject precussor created life.
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| :Interesting theory, Michael! I have never even considered anything along those lines... It still doesn't explain why Guilty Spark mistook John for a Forerunner, though. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Fluffball Gato]] 23:27, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
| | I changed the 'Known History' section to the following. 'In the second game, Halo 2, 2401 Penitent Tangent explains that after exhausting every other strategic option in their struggle against The Flood, ' Someone had it as 343 guilty spark. I am sure however that it was in fact 2401 penitent tangent. |
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| ::Good Theory, Michael. Now for you question, Fluffball Gato, John maybe a Forerunner desendent, I think Didact and Lilbrarian, and Sparks knew about it, read the begining of this artice for more info, so I hope that sums it up for you. Anyways, sorry I have been gone for a while, but since of ''Halo: Reach'''s new trailer premier on Spike (which was awesome BTW), I thought I'd get back to this artice. Anywho, the ''Encyclopedia'' confirmed a lot about the Forerunners, so for once I'm not saying the novel trilogy will confirm these things XD. We'll talk about them later, I just thought I'd give a heads up on it. - Anonnimous 10:55 12 December 2009 (UTC) | | :Nope, It was most Holy Oracle, 343 Guilty Spark. --[[User:Gzalzi|Gzalzi]] 16:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC) |
| | ::Yeah, that was in the last cutscene in Halo 2 before fighting Tartarus. -[[User:ED|ED]] 16:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC) |
| | ::: He must have got it mixed up with the scene when 2401., has an argument with the prophet of regret-- {{UserForerunner}} 12/48 20/2/07 |
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| ::HAHA! On January 2, we will finaly see what the Forerunners look like in part 1 of the ''Halo Legends'' short, Origins! I am so excited, and even thoe I don't wan't to spoile the shorts to myself until ''Halo Legends'' comes out on DVD and BlueRay, I will make an exception with this one, since we will finally see what the Forerunners will look! And you know whats funny? I thought the novel trilogy would sho use what the Forerunners would look like, but it looks like ''Legends'' will show use what they look like first, probebly as a sneak peek, and from the looks of things, the Forerunners do NOT have six fingers, but five, just like Humans, meaning that the apex shere was just like that always and not reprogramed for Humans, and that the hand from ''Halo 2'' was just a design, and this maybe why Humans can access Forerunner technology! So two other things that the novel trilogy did not confirm, but I'll be back on Saturday will this exciting sneak peek! I just can't wate! XD - Anonnimous 10:00, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
| | I'm putting this here because I feel that The Forerunner glyphs need to be changed as all glyphs we've seen the Covenant was there first and could have put them there.-- [[User:MCDBBlits|MCDBBlits]] 21:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC) |
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| :::Well, after a HUGE break, I'm back. Well, Legends is out, and it was great! Sorry I did not get back on January 2. Now I have to say something. My theory of Librarian and Didact mating might not have happened at the time Earth was discovered. And now we see that the Librarian DID die in the activation of the array, but that Didact survived by activating the rings at the Ark, but Legends shows that he activated one of the rings at that ring, but the ending of Origins 1 shows he survived, so that may have been a simulated fire of that ring. But what do you guys think? - Anonnimous 12:23, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
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| | On the same link u get to if your on 200,0000 BCE or watever the page is called. It links to a page that shows the meaning of some of the forerunner writings mainly the blue and red, but it shines alot of light on what those writings mean... [http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/CovenantForerunnerGlyphs.pdf Try Here] -- {{UserForerunner}} 12/48 20/2/07 |
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| ==Strange Forerunner symbol== | | == Spoiler Warning == |
| I first noticed that this symbol was seen on the front cover of [[Ghosts of Onyx]]. In the book it is described as the symbol for Shield World. Then I noticed that it is seen in the [[terminals]] in [[Halo 3]]. Then it is also seen on top of [[343 Guilty Spark]]'s "head." AND, if you look closely, it is behind the Marathon symbol on Guilty Spark. Does anybody know what the symbol means? [[User: AdjutantBias]]
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| That is accully the main emblem of the Forerunners. It is also seen in ''Halo'' and ''Halo 2''. - anonnomus 9:49, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
| | Would someone place spoiler warnings around the conjecture of forerunner background. It's very likely this will be pivotal to halo 3 as it completes the story arc, and some of the theories are rather plausible.[[User:zudduz|zudduz]] 17:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC) |
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| :I added Cryptum's cover to the gallery above. Has anyone else made the connection between this and the floating structures seen in Halo 4's concept art? I think the symbol could have been based upon/used to represent Forerunner architecture. Pause the concept art trailer at 0:43 and you can see another example of a similar structure. -[[User:TheLostJedi|'''<span style="color:maroon">TheLostJedi</span>''']] 07:33, 14 January 2012 (EST)
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| :The Forerunner Trilogy is using actual Halo 4 concept art for their covers. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 15:48, 14 January 2012 (EST)
| | "The gears of the universe spin further |
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| ::I'm aware of that thanks. I'm saying that Halo 4's concept art (Cryptum's cover included) seems reminiscent of that symbol. -[[User:TheLostJedi|'''<span style="color:maroon">TheLostJedi</span>''']] 11:56, 15 January 2012 (EST)
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| :::Sorry, I must have misread your statement. There have been statements in the novels that Forerunner glyphs have multi-dimensional aspects, and we see a few symbols dissected in layers during animations in H:CEA. I suppose it makes sense that Forerunners would build using glyphs as an architectural basis, or vice versa. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 23:30, 15 January 2012 (EST)
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| == Forerunners Ain't Dead ==
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| I believe that >>SOME<< Forerunners were alive after the activation. They had to be to get all the indexed species back home. Also, out of the shield worlds we have seen, they were probably used, but abandoned after the firing. Not saying they're alive now, but there would of been some in the Ark, and the numerous Shield Worlds. They could of even moved onto another galaxy afterwards. [[Special:Contributions/61.68.59.131|61.68.59.131]] 00:31, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
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| | <br>For i have known this darkness |
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| :Its stated in halo legends that the sheild worlds got attacked by flood and it says that sentinals and monitors guided the speices home hey were not born yet so they couldnt do it on their own it was much like nowas ark when they activated the rings[[User talk:Spartan238|Adrian Shephard]] 15:03, July 25, 2010 (UTC)
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| == Forerunners and Hellenic Mythology ==
| | Look for the signs, the keepers of the flame. |
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| The references seen in TRIVIA about Greek Mythology are not right because as seen in texts of Hsiod, the did destroyed, but because of gods will and not from conflicts with monsters created by gods(like the children of Ehidna). I believe that Forerunners refer to the Olympic Gods themselves, because we can see that humanity is or survived Forerunners or creations of them(or genetically modified species because in comics we see humans of pre-historic time observe Forerunner' machines). Moreover, children of Gods are races such as Greeks and Atlantians. When guilty spark says Master Chief 'Forerunner' or 'Forerunners child', he may indeed refes to the blood-types between Forerunners and some of humans.--[[User talk:Kronusslayer|Kronusslayer]] 14:55, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
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| == Concerning The Flood Forerunner War ==
| | This is what people who pre-order the halo 3 themed Xbox 360 controllers get in the e-mail, apparently. there's also a picture of a Forerunner symbol next to it, leaving me in no doubt its not for Gears of War. The forum-goers of HBO have dubbed it the "Forerunner E-Mail." Make of this what you will... |
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| The Forerunners actually found the Flood on a planet so is it possible the Flood infestation they found spreads across different planets not yet found or possibly other galaxies?[I know this probably should have been put in the Flood disscussion sry] --[[User talk:Didact Ambrose 13|Didact Ambrose 13]] 02:03, November 28, 2009 (UTC)Didact Ambrose 13
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| | :Very interesting... I have ''no'' idea what it means. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 21:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC) |
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| | :Hey, I got it from my Xbox.com subscription, but I didn't order the special controllers. Here's something though, [[AdjutantReflex]]'s avatar is the same symbol as in the email. --<b>[[User:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">Dragon<font color="FF0000">c</font>laws</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Dragonclaws|<font color="000000">talk</font>]])</sup></b> 00:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC) |
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| New knowlege from Cryptum pages 268-272 show that the early human empire was the first to discover the flood. They found seemingly benign biological material contained in glass jars on ancient starships that were completely automated. Posiible origin was from one of the Magellanic clouds, precise origin unknown. Thus we can conclude from Cryptum that the Foreruner only learned of the flood after the Human Forerunner war concluded 10,000 years before the book occured and that the discovery was in the 340 year period before the start of the book.
| | This may be a reference to the fact that humanity once that that the univesre was close and they were the most powerful force in the galaxy. But that changed and the power shifted to the coveneant. |
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| | I think this is refering to the fact that humanity is falling apart and breaking from power that it once held. so with out that power Safety is gone for most of the inner colonies. |
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| :I can't give you a direct source for this information, but throughout the story of 'Halo' it is heavily implied that the Forerunners accelerated the evolution of humanity. Just think: They refer to Earth as a good place to keep their legacy going, humanity is the only species capable of activating installations, humanity is, multiple times, referred to as the "child" of the Forerunners... The list of implications is pretty much endless. Humanity advanced from tier 5 to tier 3 in less than five centuries, while the Covenant got from tier 4 to tier 2 in 1,000 years. The Forerunners granted humanity "the mantle", doesn't that prove something? I know I am getting pretty deep into the Halo story, but I am sure that is what the quote means. It has taken me two years to grasp a hold of the concept. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Fluffball Gato]] 18:41, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
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| :::You have to admit the implications are outstanding, though. Humanity being their "Reclaimers" and such. Besides, we do not know what technological tier the Sangheili were at when the rings were fired. I have always presumed they were considerably further than humanity at that point. By the 26th century humanity is gaining on them, surpassing two tiers in five centuries. And again, surely you have noticed all the biblical references in Halo, correct? Remember in Halo: Combat Evolved when 343 Guilty Spark mistakes the Master Chief for a Forerunner, presumably Didact? And seeing as the two races can share the same make of 'combat skins' it it blatantly obvious that the two races looked remarkably similar, possibly identical. Hopefully you have caught the biblical reference- 'God created man in his own image.' I have never even read the Bible yet I know that line. Also, in the book Ringworld, which has many, many influences for Halo, has the creators of the Ring be considered "gods"... And they look exactly like humanity. I highly doubt this is parallel evolution, as that theory makes absolutely no sense. The heavy implication has been that the Forerunners found Earth and accelerated the evolution of primates to look more and more like themselves. Remember how the Librarian stated they were giving "the Mantle" to humanity? They had to have done that by artificial means, implanting such beliefs or creating them. You asked when the "acceleration of evolution is ever even implied," and I just gave you an answer. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Fluffball Gato]] 18:13, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
| | They are almost upon us is a refence to the fact that most human colonies are glassed. Same for the next line. "it snuffs with its passage" may be talking about how when the covenant pass through a system they destroy it. so when the coveant comptetes its passage, the planet is snuffed. |
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| | Waves of an army march its way in unison, |
| ::I accept that. --[[User talk:Sangheili Commando 021: Fluffball Gato|Fluffball Gato]] 23:25, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
| | Suffering and corruption are its battle cries. |
| ::Actually the race capable of accelerating the stages of evolution was the Precursors, who were somewhat seen as gods by the Forerunners. They believed the Precursors passed the Mantle down to them and then left the galaxy. They are supposed to be Tier 0, a theoretical ceiling to the Forerunner Technological Achievement Tiers. At Tier 0 they posses more advanced technology than the Forerunner had (Tier 1) and besides being able to accelerate evolution, were transsentient (capable of traveling between galaxies). -- [[User talk:CMDR MUSHU|CMDR MUSHU]] 18:53, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
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| | The army is clearly the flood as it corrupts a body. It is also a dark fate for any soul. The person refered to by "I" is a forerunner. They are the race that felt the embrace oif the flood and dfeated it with the halos. |
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| | "Keepers of the Flame"? Regret wanted to ' light this holy ring and unleash it clensing flame.' So if halo is the flame, then the keepers of the flame are reclaimers. so If we assume that humans with certian genes are reclaimers, then reclaimers shall lead us to victory. and since spartans and few other have these gens, then spartans will lead us to victory. Spartans have lead the fight for decades, so this part is true. So from this we must assume that Halo will end with humanity being saved by Mastercheif who is the last spartan 2 in this dimension. |
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| So in conclusion what i'm getting at is that we add something along these lines to the article (probably in the overview): '''The total population of the entire Forerunner race is over 226,911,000,000.''' And then reference that to the first terminal text and maybe this post for reference on how that specific number came to be via inference. I wanted to run this past the site members to get feedback and so people understand the reasoning behind the aforementioned statement before it is included in the article, if included at all. Thanks for reading, please comment:
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| | Forerunners may be actually human, but not human at that time. Possibly from the future. |
| | ---Below is a great story that I thought--- |
| | 343 Guilty Spark told Master Chief that "Last time, you asked me, if it was my choice, would I do it? Having considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed." Maybe Master Chief go back to the past and meet (or even make) 343 Guilty Spark. |
| | 343 Guilty Spark asked Master Chief "Why would you hesitate to do what you've already done?" That means Master Chief was the man who first activated halo. |
| | In the book ''Halo: The Flood'', Master Chief just 'know' how to activate light bridge. It might because of the 'remaining memory' of Master Chief. Similarly, the Master Chief and the other Spartan-IIs describe Forerunner technology and language as "familiar". It is also because of the 'remaining memory'. Then it also stated that the other Spartan-IIs also go back to the past. |
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| | Covenant and human are both suffering from the floods. Since human don't want it continues, they decided to bring the floods (including Gravemind) to the past. Therefore, Master Chief and the other Spartan-IIs start the journey (There is also a possibility that the Master Chief and Spartan-IIs bring the floods back to the past accidently). Unfortunately, after they reached the past, the floods escaped and destroyed the time machine. Master Chief and Spartan-IIs therfore can't go back to future. They stay there, and become the forerunners. |
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| :They might have been talking about the entire population. I think they'd have specified it if they were talking about one particular planet. On top of that, that would have to be a pretty large planet to support that many Forerunner. <b>[[User:Smoke.|<span style="color:#770000; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Smoke</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Smoke.|<span style="color:#770000; font-weight:bold; font-family:Tahoma Small Cap">Sound off!</span>]]</sup></b> 02:16, December 22, 2009 (UTC)
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| Most likely this is the total population, why are you baffled by this? The forerunners have the capability to build artificial planets, so most likely seeing as they have a large population they started building planets to live on. in that case you would have in inhabitants on the inner and outer shells of the planet. [[User talk:Grey101|grey]] 20:57, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
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| | I like your theory, but Humans so far are the only species called reclaimers, now we dont know about all humans or not but we do no miranda keyes and mc. In h2 Johnson was there with the key too (not that he had it or anything) but he was another option, now i think that johnson couldn't activate halo b/c he had a flood gene in him (you find that out in the 3 halo book)but non the less no other being can activate halo. This also brings up a new ?/theory. If the prophets were so worried about the great journey and being part of it then how come at the end of h2 truth wasnt in the controll room when miranda was forced to put the key in and why was he hauling it to earth? well i have 2 theorys 1st is he knows about every thing (hence the prophet of truth and so far all the prophets had some thing to do with there name)and he knows that earth has the ark and it is a safe haven( acording to bilical terms) so he is having it cleared of all life so the covenent can make that there homeworld (and as far as we know they dont have a homeworld just giant floating bases) and the are activating halo to clear the flood and all other life making him a supreme being cause nothing else can match the covenent. the 2nd **spoiler for h3** is he is there looking for a key of some sort (hence the beta code level called the key and the reference to the key in tha uprising strip that was posted on bungie)and he wants to carry out his plans from the first theory via ark/earth |
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| | oh and MC and the other spartans are the most related to the forerunners or atleast their military b/c 343 gs mentions that he will need atleast a class 12 armor to fight off the flood and he currently has a class 2 so that tells us that the forerunners has his type of armor classed. |
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| | According to modern science humanity has existed on earth for 3 million years. That said the initial firing of Halo would have wiped out humanity on earth before written history. -{{unsigned|68.38.80.183}} |
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| | Yes, but, around that time, a little before, if I am right. They Forerunners landed on Earth, and built The Ark. Now, around this time, most humans were in Africa, and that is also the place where The Ark supposedly is. Humanity, or what was there at that time, could have been put in the Ark at that time, and that's how they would have survived. |
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| It isn't cortana's hand, look at the location. It clearly takes place withing a cache shield world (like halowars) also the hand touches the that terminal which as far as we know only humans and forerunners can use. The episode is being showed throu cortana's eyes not cortana herself. and good point Jugus, i didn't think of it like that[[User talk:Grey101|grey]] 20:30, December 30, 2009 (UTC)101
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| | Unless you go by the bible terms, which would say that the Earth was formed 6,000 years ago, but halo isn't going by that...oh well. Anyways, my theory is, that the forerunners are humans. Either that or the rings just traveled to another galaxy.--'''[[w:c:halofanon:User:H*bad|H*bad]] <sup>([[w:c:halofanon:User talk:H*bad|talk]])'''</sup> 20:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC) |
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| :They react to the shape.-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''' 15:26, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
| | == Symbols or alphabet? == |
| | I'm sure everyone has seen the Forerunner symbols, but don't they also look like their alphabet? There are 24 symbols, and 24 letters in our alphabet...so maybe this is where the present day human-alphabet came from, which might also further explain the Forerunner-Humanity similarity. If this sounds rediculous, don't flame me please. [[User:Kap2310|Kap2310]] 20:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC) |
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| | .........D'OH! I need to back to 1st grade I think......at least you didnt call me a noob or anything like that :/ [[User:Kap2310|Kap2310]] 18:15, 4 August 2007 (UTC) |
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| | I added to the forerunners humans? Section. 343 says the forerunners race depended on the study and containment of the flood. Right after that comment he says to the chief "I am glad to see that some survived to reproduce!" |
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| | Now I'm not disagreeing with the theiry of humans being the Forerunners but how could they be if in the cradle of life comic, the old man is seeing the forerunners |
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| If you look at the picture I made at the right, you can see that the helmets are mostly the same, apart from a few aesthetic differences. This is evidence that the Forerunners indeed looked almost exactly the same as humans; with the same hands, and mostly the same heads. --<small><span style="border: 1px solid silver; -moz-border-radius:10px">[[User:General5 7|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:FireBrick; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px"> General5 7 </span>''']][[User talk:General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:10px; -moz-border-radius-topleft:10px"> talk </span>]][[Special:Contributions/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white"> contribs </span>]][[Special:Emailuser/General5 7|<span style="background-color:silver; color:white; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:10px; -moz-border-radius-topright:10px"> email </span>]]</span></small> 22:40, January 3, 2010 (UTC)
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| : I noticed that too, it shows very well the Forerunner influence on humanity.--[[User talk:Sgt.T.N.Biscuits|Sgt.T.N.Biscuits]] 01:37, January 4, 2010 (UTC)
| | Okay this will sound kinda strange but what if humans are in fact a sub-species of the forerunner? I hope that makes sense. But that is interesting about cradle of life.[[User: Arbiters-Follower|Arbiters Follower]] 08/12/07 1:01pm |
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| :Maybe the Forerunner AI and people are fluent in all languages in case if some dude who is going to activate Halo is Russian or Spanish. [[User talk:Lunar ankou2|Lunar ankou2]] 05:01, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
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| I believe that the Sentinels and Monitors are a hive-mind of sorts. But it's like a one-way hive mind. As the Monitor sees what the Sentinels see but not vice-versa. Also, if the Monitor is compromised than it goes down to the next one in the chain of command (chain of command gotten from 2401 inactivity). So I think two things. One: That 343 Guilty Spark saw through the Sentinels, the Humans, and learned enough of their language to speak it fluently. Two: The Gravemind, having infected a human by that point; learned English. And either transferred that language to 2401 Penitent Tangent, or was real-time: downloading what 2401 would say before he said it, translated it, then transferred that data back to Tangent. I think he did one of these things to Regret too. Actually Never mind. Because read my next sentence and you'll see. And about the Chief and the Arbiter talking. I think that Cortana uploaded her new Covenant Translation software to the Mark VI before John got it. So John-117's voice would be translated to Covenant real-time. [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 19:33, 10 March 2011 (EST)!!!!!!!!!
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| It's possible the monitors communicate using what is called in quantum mechanics, "entanglement". When 2 photons are created from annihilating paired electron-/positron+ the two photons are entangled. When you are to change the state of one photon, let's call the state zero(0), the other instantaneously changes it's state, let's call it one(1), corresponding to the other even when separated by vast distances. Information can be relayed at a speed limited only by the processing capabilities of the transmitter and receiver devices. All advanced species in the Halo universe more than likely use a technology like this even Humans as radio is limited to the speed of light.[[User talk:Crippknottick|Crippknottick]] 23:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)
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| Going off topic here, but don't they utilize the same technology in Mass Effect. With the Illusive Man's communications? Vegerot goes RAWR! [[User:Vegerot|<span style="color:midnightblue; font-weight:bold">Vegerot</span>]] ([[User talk:Vegerot|<span style="color:grey">talk</span>]]) 21:30, 20 August 2011 (EDT)!!
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| ==The Final Journey==
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| According to the Covenant, the Forerunners became gods after firing the rings. But this is not true because the Covenant were misguided. In the Halo Encyclopedia, it states that some Forerunners surivived by staying on the Ark and in shield worlds, but then after that they mysteriously packed up their stuff and left. Nobody knows where they went. Maybe, they could be hidding and waiting to once again rise to power. [[User talk:Spartan-08686|Spartan-08686]] 18:29, February 17, 2010 (UTC)
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| It just doesn't make sense because 343 Guilty Spark has said that the Forerunners and all other sentient life in the area died. Yet somehow, they built these Sheild Worlds to protect themselves. That just doesn't make any sense. The plan never was for them to protect themselves, it was just to die and starve the Flood; in the hope that the Flood would die before another sentient species came into play. [[User talk:CovenantSeparatist|CovenantSeparatist]] 13:29, 15 May 2011 (EDT)
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| Hmmmm good point
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| HALO 4 : THE RISE OF THE FORERUNNERS!!
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| they probably left our dimension to live in slipspace until another species learned to control slipspace well enough to get to them, or maybe they went to another galaxy to colonize or find the "precursors" [[User talk:Andrew-108|Andrew-108]] 22:04, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
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| == Ruined image? ==
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| LEgends is an alright viewing, and while it is said to be canon, I don't really think of it as such... cause, just look at the Duel... but my god, the Origins one really ruined hte forerunner image! Am I the only one who thinks this? [[User:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:red">DarkbelowHGR</span>]] [[User talk:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:green">CommbandD</span>]] 10:46, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
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| :No, you are not the only one that thinks this, but <span style="color:red;">HALO LEGENDS IS CANON AND HALOPEDIA ACCEPTS IT AS SUCH!</span> - [[User:Halo-343|<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 128%;">'''Halo-343'''</span>]] [[User talk:Halo-343|<font color="red"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Talk'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Halo-343|<font color="orange"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Contribs'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] [[Special:Editcount/Halo-343|<font color="green"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Edits'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] 10:50, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
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| Yes, I know it is Canon... pity they have so much artistic freedom. The storylines behind all but Odd One Out are canon, just not the art. [[User:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:red">DarkbelowHGR</span>]] [[User talk:Honor Guard Reborn|<span style="color:green">CommbandD</span>]] 11:24, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
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| :No, direct contradictions in terms of visual depictions are termed as artistic license, but anything depicted in Halo Legends that does not conflict with any previous source is considered canon. Take Halsey's depiction in ''The Package'' as an example - Frankie stated that she was originally much younger, and was a redhead, because Casio wanted her to be your typical sexy anime chick. Her final depiction in the episode was the best compromise Frankie and 343 could make, and they accept it themselves to be an artistic license. But her depiction in Homecoming is much more accurate, apart from her greenish-blond hair, so we accept that as her appearance. - [[User:Halo-343|<span style="color: purple; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 128%;">'''Halo-343'''</span>]] [[User talk:Halo-343|<font color="red"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Talk'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Halo-343|<font color="orange"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Contribs'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] [[Special:Editcount/Halo-343|<font color="green"><nowiki>(</nowiki>'''Edits'''<nowiki>)</nowiki></font>]] 21:23, April 24, 2010 (UTC)
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| For how much would they have beed hidden? At least, the appearence of the Forerunners is not very disappointing. I expected them to be less "humanoid" but, just like any other intelligent species in the galaxy (Elites, Brutes, humans, jackals...), the Forerunners have similar appearence with humans. I think that this what Halo tells us about the evolution of species is that, no matter where they start, they develop similarly.--<tt><sup><font color="#7BA05B">[[User:Odysseas-spartan-53|Odysseas]]-[[User talk:Odysseas-spartan-53|Spartan]]</font></sup>[[Special:Contributions/Odysseas-spartan-53|<font color="#4B5320"><font size="5">53</font></font>]]</tt> 11:51, April 27, 2010 (UTC)
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| == A Forerunner day? ==
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| A curiosity of mine that has come up: Is there any information on how long a single day was on the Forerunner homeworld? ([[User talk:Alpha Vanguard|Alpha Vanguard]] 09:29, May 4, 2010 (UTC))
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| well, we can safely guess estimate it as having a 7 in the number [[User talk:Andrew-108|Andrew-108]] 22:07, September 25, 2010 (UTC)
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| == Indexing ==
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| The Forerunner indexed other species but not themselves? [[Special:Contributions/69.180.72.138|69.180.72.138]] 20:04, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
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| Well that depends on what you mean by Indexing. If you mean like putting them into the Index(the thing that stores all the DNA data on every Species that you use to activate the Array) then yes, they did. That is why the Forerunners were wiped out by the Array. If you mean like putting them on the Ark, then this is my unconfirmed answer. Yes, they were. So, after the Array fired and the Flood died then they just merely abandoned the Mantle and went to some other galaxy to do there future stuff.Thank you taking time to listen to my post! 21:00, August 22, 2010 (UTC)!
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| == The foreunner name for their empire is Ecumene ==
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| What I said, taken from Halo Waypoint's glossary for Halo: cryptum. [[User talk:Jabberwockxeno|Jabberwockxeno]] 16:00, 4 January 2011 (EST)
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| :Might want to hold that off until we actually get hold of Cryptum, to be safe. - <font face="Century Gothic">[[User:Subtank|<font color="gold"><font color="#FF4F00">5</font>əb<font color="#FF4F00">'7</font>aŋk</font>]]<sup>([[User talk:Subtank|<font color="#FF4F00">7alk</font>]])</sup></font> 16:54, 4 January 2011 (EST)
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| it seems they are as technologed advanced as the percursors so what is the differnece
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| :Good job posting in the wrong section with BAD English.[[#@lof@n1234]]-Forgive My English 15:48, 18 March 2011 (EDT)
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| == Forerunners around for millions of years? ==
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| I remember coming across that piece of information in Halo: Cryptum, but I can't remember where. Does anybody know where it is, and if not, could you help me find it? I think that's kind of important for the article.--File:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 12:08, 12 August 2011 (EDT)
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| :So have humans; it's not that strange. We should probably take note that they may not have been anywhere near as advanced back then - the deactivation of Precursor technology would force them to develop on their own.-- '''[[User:Forerunner|<font color="blue">Fore</font>]]''[[User talk:Forerunner|<font color="green">run</font>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Forerunner|<font color="red">ner</font>]]''''' 14:16, 12 August 2011 (EDT)
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| ::Actually, I remember that it stated Forerunners had been the protectors of the galaxy for a million years (or millions of years, I don't remember), so they obviously had been very advanced during that whole time. And the ''Homo'' genus has been around for millions of years, not ''Homo sapiens''.--File:PENGUIN4.gif|15px]]''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 13:56, 26 January 2013 (EST)
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| == Architecture ==
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| It is not triangular. It is trapezoidal. Cursory examinations of textures and building shapes seen in Halo 3 will confirm this. [[Special:Contributions/69.250.233.227|69.250.233.227]] 01:28, 22 August 2011 (EDT) (DavidJCobb)
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| ==New picture source==
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| What is the source of the new forerunner picture? I'm not disputing its validity, but it is completely unknown to me. [[User:FatalSnipe117|<span style="color:green">'''pestilence'''</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/FatalSnipe117|<span style="color:green">'''Phil'''</span>]], ''[[User talk:FatalSnipe117|<span style="color:green">'''pestilence!'''</span>]]'' 20:46, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
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| :It's from the second terminal for CE Aniversary. Still, it should be sourced within its description by the uploader.--[[User talk:Hawki|Hawki]] 21:02, 29 August 2011 (EDT)
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| :: Im the Uploader, The picture has been properly sourced. If you click the photo it displays exactly where it was taken from inside of the summary. "Forerunner found inside of the Halo CEA Terminal #2" --[[User talk:Killerrin|Killerrin]] 13:04, 30 August 2011 (EDT)
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| == Technology Only ==
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| Yes their technology appears in various media, but that does not constitute as an appearance of the ''Forerunner race'' in the flesh. So in my opinion, it should be removed.--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 16:23 13 March 2012 (EST)
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| ^this. '''[[User:Vegerot|<font color="blue">('''or so it says in the sacred caves''')</font> Vegerot!]]''''' 18:49, 13 March 2012 (EDT)!
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| == First appearance in Terminals, not Origins ==
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| While the look for the Forerunners seems to have been established from Origins, Origins is Cortana's interpretation of what happened. For all we know she could be imagining what Forerunners looked like. The Terminals should be the true first appearance of the Forerunners. --[[User talk:ADinoSupremacist|ADinoSupremacist]] 00:14, 12 April 2012 (EDT)
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| Well seeing as how they look the same (or close to the same) in both origins and the terminals, then one would assume that that wasn't just the imagination of a rampant AI [[User talk:Jac0bBau3r1995|Jac0bBau3r1995]] 03:58, 16 April 2012 (EDT)
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| :The ''first appearance'' of the Forerunners would be ''Origins'', since they are seen visually. They are just merely mentioned in the terminals, but are not ''seen''. However, the Terminals are not the first mentione of the Forerunner either. The first mention of the Forerunners by name is in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'':
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| {{Quote|This ring isn't a cudgel, you barbarian, it's something else... something much more important. The Covenant were right... this ring... it's Forerunner. Give me a second to access... yes, the Forerunners built this place, what they called a "fortress world", in order to... no, that can't be. Oh, those Covenant fools, they must have known, there must have been signs!|Cortana, Assault on the Control Room}}
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| :-- '''''[[User:Spartacus|<span style="color: olivedrab; font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: 12pt;">'''Col. Spartacus'''</span>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Spartacus|<font color="Black">'''Talk Page'''</font>]]</sup> <sub>[[Special:Contributions/Spartacus|<font color="Black">Contributions</font>]]''</sub> 11:40, 16 April 2012 (EDT)
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| == Flood-infected Forerunner image ==
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| I was watching the Anniversary terminals when I noticed this. [[File:Floodforerunner.jpg|200px|left]]
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| This is clearly a Flood-infected Forerunner image. So I posted it up on the gallery yet it was removed. To avoid a edit war, I wish for a moderator to clarify on this. --[[User talk:ADinoSupremacist|ADinoSupremacist]] 23:49, 21 April 2012 (EDT)
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| Nah, nothing. I just can't see the sign that says "this is a Forerunner." So either I'm stoned or it's as "clear" as you say it is. '''[[User:Vegerot|<font color="blue">('''or so it says in the sacred caves''')</font> Vegerot!]]''''' 23:52, 21 April 2012 (EDT)!
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| What's stopping it simply being an infected human kept for study? The Halo research facilities would probably study a lot of different species' reactions to Flood infection. Even then, until it's ''confirmed'' to be a Forerunner, we can't just assume. -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 00:58, 22 April 2012 (EDT)
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| If I read Primordium correctly, the Flood weren't interested on infecting humans because they would be tested later on. Therefore this has to be a Forerunner. --[[User talk:ADinoSupremacist|ADinoSupremacist]] 01:52, 27 April 2012 (EDT)
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| :Except that some Forerunners were very keen on human experimentation, especially regarding human infection. For all we know, the Forerunners themselves could have forced infection on a human for study. And that's the key word - "for all we know". -- [[User:Specops306|<b><font color=indigo>Specops306</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>Qur'a 'Morhek</sup></font></i></u>]] 02:53, 27 April 2012 (EDT)
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| == (Notable) Forerunner Names ==
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| There seems to be some dispute over who qualifies as a "notable" Forerunner...
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| On the one hand, there are those that believe that any Forerunner's whose names are noted in the games, novels, anime, etc should be considered "notable" or worthy of mention. On the other hand, there appear to be those who feel that only those Forerunners who actually '''''did something''''' noteworthy should be included in in that section. Before we start a potential edit war over personal opinion of what constitutes "notable", perhaps we should hammer out guidelines on that particular subject, to avoid needless reversions. Oh, and for the record, it's my own personal opinion that "Filial Devotion" isn't a Forerunner's name, and thus I do agree that it should be removed from the list, because the nature of the the content to which it is attached (Halo 3 Terminal 7) strongly indicates that the writer of the letter is the one who fired the Array. Based on the fact that it's not the Didact (Specifically, not the Ur-Didact because the symbol isn't his), the evidence suggests to me that this was a communication from Bornstellar to his father before he "pushed the button" so to speak. In this instance, I believe that "Filial Devotion" was meant to be a form of salutation, along the lines of "Sincerely Yours" or "Yours Truly". [[User talk:DJenser|DJenser]] 13:44, 8 August 2012 (EDT)
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| :I don't really see why this becomes an issue and I don't expect an edit-war would start soon based on the current situation. There's a clear difference between "Known individuals" and "Notable individuals", the first referring to individuals made known to the public and the latter referring specifically to individuals who made a '''significant contribution''' (or "noteworthy").— <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 16:17, 8 August 2012 (EDT)
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| ==Forerunners in Kath Pethona==
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| I request to create a seperate page for For the species belonging to the Forerunner genus (or family), but are of different species (or genus). Specifically the Forerunner related creatures on Kath Pethona, that have evolved in the 10 million years to form different species. Thus they would qualify their own page. As well as an article on the world they reside in.--[[User:Thijsbos|Thijsbos]] ([[User talk:Thijsbos|talk]]) 11:32, 14 April 2013 (EDT)
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| :I think there is enough information to warrant an article. That, or we can have a section on the Forerunner page detailing them. Also, I wouldn't call them "evolved", as they were living more primatively compared to other Forerunners. The Librarian noted IIRC that their genetics had devolved and differed greatly from other Forerunners since their exile ten million years earlier.--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 12:36, 14 April 2013 (EDT)
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| ::I'm studying Applied Science, under which fall genetics, during which I also get tought a lot on Evolution. Now, 'Evolution' doesn't move in a general direct to make creatures more complex. A creature made more simple to suit a simplier life style evolves also so. I am meaning the legitimate biological evolution here. Biologically speaking there is no such thing as 'devolution'. Although artificial evolution which likely happened is just genetically modifying the creatures, same as they did to the Humans. This likely has happened to the plants and herbivors, but it does not appear to have happened to the actual 'Forerunners'. Besides, 10 million years is plenty of time to evolve. Humans, for instance, diversed from chimpanzees only 6 million years ago, and from orang utans only 8. I was going to create a different page because otherwise I feared this one might become too large. --[[User:Thijsbos|Thijsbos]] ([[User talk:Thijsbos|talk]]) 14:52, 14 April 2013 (EDT)
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| :::Oh ok, nice to have it clarified then. Forgive me, the only science I've ever done is just the basics. I guess a good descriptive name for these Forerunners could be "Path Kethona Forerunner".--{{User:Spartacus/Sig}} 15:01, 14 April 2013 (EDT)
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| ::::It's ok, these are common errors due to wrong popular beliefs. The name sounds good. I'll get working on that today when I get home from work.--[[User:Thijsbos|Thijsbos]] ([[User talk:Thijsbos|talk]]) 07:03, 15 April 2013 (EDT)
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| == Billions of forerunners in another galaxy ==
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| Although most of them were wiped out by halo array a handful did survive I wonder what 343 have for this as 100000 years later their numbers would probably in the billions again. Wonder what have 343 indicated about this. {{unsigned|Spartan Matt}}
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| :So far, 343i have said nothing about what happened to the handful of Forerunner surivors. They may have actually died out, they may have relocated and flourished elsewhere, or they may still be biding their time in Cryptums to reclaim their old empire. We just don't know. Frankly, my money is on option 3. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 21:50, 30 September 2013 (EDT)
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| == Naaaaaaames ==
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| I'm sorry, but it really bugs me how Forerunner names make NO SENSE AT ALL. e.x.: Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting. WHAT?? Chant-to-Green? Splendid-Dust-of-Ancient-Suns?????? First-Light-Weaves-Living-Songs???????????????????????????
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