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==Stalemate== | ==Stalemate== | ||
After 300 years of devastating warfare between the Flood and the Forerunners, the highest levels of [[Forerunner Fleet Command]] began to realize that Forerunner species extinction was possible, as so many Forerunners had fallen to the Flood. After Flood spreading continued, planetary self-bombardment after Flood infestation turned into complete system-wide destruction by detonating planetary system stars after a | After 300 years of devastating warfare between the Flood and the Forerunners, the highest levels of [[Forerunner Fleet Command]] began to realize that Forerunner species extinction was possible, as so many Forerunners had fallen to the Flood. After Flood spreading continued, planetary self-bombardment after Flood infestation turned into complete system-wide destruction by detonating planetary system stars after a large Flood presence was detected in a Forerunner system. Forerunner military forces were ordered to don heavy armor and other personnel were ordered into protective stasis. Flood were taken into M-type Forerunner installations and studied in an effort to find yet another countermeasure<ref>''[[Beastarium]]''</ref>. Hundreds of other unsuccessful methods<ref>''[[Episode 1]]'', ''[[Iris]]''</ref> were attempted by the Forerunners to overcome the Flood, and all possibilities were exhausted as a final countermeasure came into mind for the Forerunners; activation of the [[Halos|Halo Array]] and destruction of all sentient life in the galaxy, depleting the Flood of all biomass that they could consume thus halting them. However the [[Didact]], the apparent commander of the Forerunner military, adamantly refused to activate the Halos, saying that it would overturn the Forerunner pledge to preserve all life in the galaxy. | ||
However, the Flood were growing in number, and were forming a centralized sentient intelligence to coordinate their efforts; [[Gravemind]], and their "raw computing power" began to overrun the last Forerunner naval countermeasures, which consisted of using [[Keyship]] vessels and drawing the Flood into pricey naval engagements which lasted for approximately 300 years. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a final solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this "stalemate"; a ''Contender''-class [[artificial intelligence]], [[Mendicant Bias]], was crafted by the Forerunners to directly attack the Gravemind forms and any surrounding Flood biomass in an effort to decapitate Flood consciousness. Two installations, the [[Ark]] and the [[Shield World]], were constructed by the Forerunners for shelters for themselves when the Halos fired. | However, the Flood were growing in number, and were forming a centralized sentient intelligence to coordinate their efforts; [[Gravemind]], and their "raw computing power" began to overrun the last Forerunner naval countermeasures, which consisted of using [[Keyship]] vessels and drawing the Flood into pricey naval engagements which lasted for approximately 300 years. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a final solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this "stalemate"; a ''Contender''-class [[artificial intelligence]], [[Mendicant Bias]], was crafted by the Forerunners to directly attack the Gravemind forms and any surrounding Flood biomass in an effort to decapitate Flood consciousness. Two installations, the [[Ark]] and the [[Shield World]], were constructed by the Forerunners for shelters for themselves when the Halos fired. | ||
