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{{Quote|Ten thousand years ago, humans had fought a war against Forerunners — and lost. The centers of human civilization had been dismantled and the humans themselves devolved and shattered into many forms, some said as punishment — but more likely because they were a naturally violent species.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], circa [[100,000 BCE]]}}
{{Quote|Ten thousand years ago, humans had fought a war against Forerunners — and lost. The centers of human civilization had been dismantled and the humans themselves devolved and shattered into many forms, some said as punishment — but more likely because they were a naturally violent species.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], circa [[100,000 BCE]]}}


The '''human-Forerunner wars''',<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 45, 47''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 236, 375''</ref> also referred to collectively as the '''Human-Forerunner War''',<ref name="HFW">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/20/The-Halo-Bulletin-62012.aspx '''The Halo Bulletin''' - ''6.20.12'']</ref> were a series of major interstellar conflicts fought between the [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance]] and the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] for over a millennium from around [[110,000 BCE]] to [[109,000 BCE]] across the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]]. Waged concurrently with the [[Human-Flood war]], the wars resulted in the dismantling of [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] and in the quarantine of the [[San 'Shyuum]] species.<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 45''</ref> The [[Librarian]] considered this conflict to be the greatest threat to Forerunner power in their history and believed the conflict weakened the Forerunners enough to allow the Flood to emerge victorious until the firing of the [[Halo Array|Halos]].<ref name="h4reclaimer">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref>
The '''human-Forerunner wars''',<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 45, 47''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 236, 375''</ref> also referred to collectively as the '''Human-Forerunner War''',<ref name="HFW">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/06/20/The-Halo-Bulletin-62012.aspx '''The Halo Bulletin''' - ''6.20.12'']</ref> were a series of major interstellar conflicts fought between the [[human-San 'Shyuum alliance]] and the [[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] for over a millennium from around [[110,000 BCE]] to [[109,000 BCE]] across the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]]. Waged concurrently with the [[Human-Flood war]], the wars resulted in the dismantling of [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] and in the quarantine of the [[San 'Shyuum]] species.<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 45''</ref> The [[Librarian]] considered this conflict to be the greatest threat to Forerunner power in their history and believed the conflict weakened the Forerunners enough to allow the Flood to emerge victorious until the firing of the [[Halo Array|Halos]].<ref name="h4reclaimer">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref>


==History==
==History==