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The Forerunners were created by the [[Precursor]]s, a powerful race responsible for seeding the Milky Way Galaxy with life and creating many other species, [[15,000,000 BCE|fifteen million years ago]].<ref name="waypoint forerunner"/> The Forerunners were seeded on the planet [[Ghibalb]] in the [[Orion complex]]. The world served as the hub of the Forerunners' fledgling interstellar civilization, comprised of twelve systems within the nebular complex, until it was rendered uninhabitable by an [[astroengineering]] disaster. The Forerunners had attempted to manipulate several stars in their region of space, but accidentally caused a series of [[supernova]]e that resulted in their planet being burned to a cinder by radiation. This event nearly caused the Forerunners' extinction.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 222''</ref> | The Forerunners were created by the [[Precursor]]s, a powerful race responsible for seeding the Milky Way Galaxy with life and creating many other species, [[15,000,000 BCE|fifteen million years ago]].<ref name="waypoint forerunner"/> The Forerunners were seeded on the planet [[Ghibalb]] in the [[Orion complex]]. The world served as the hub of the Forerunners' fledgling interstellar civilization, comprised of twelve systems within the nebular complex, until it was rendered uninhabitable by an [[astroengineering]] disaster. The Forerunners had attempted to manipulate several stars in their region of space, but accidentally caused a series of [[supernova]]e that resulted in their planet being burned to a cinder by radiation. This event nearly caused the Forerunners' extinction.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 222''</ref> | ||
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===Forerunner-Flood war=== | ===Forerunner-Flood war=== | ||
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[[File:Forerunner Meeting.jpg|275px|thumb|left|A group of Forerunners in combat skin discussing the Flood threat.]] | |||
Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, a Forerunner survey team on the planet [[Seaward]] came into contact with the Flood. After this first contact, the Forerunners immediately recognized the great danger that the Flood posed to the entire galaxy and attempted to contain them. Even though they knew the power of the Flood, the principles of the Mantle forbade them from destroying it. As such, the attempt to contain the Flood was a failure, as they tried methods more suited to disease control instead of all-out warfare, trying to contain and quarantine the Flood rather than attack and destroy it outright. They did not start war until it was far too late.<ref name="h3terminals">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> | Roughly nine thousand years after their war with the humans, a Forerunner survey team on the planet [[Seaward]] came into contact with the Flood. After this first contact, the Forerunners immediately recognized the great danger that the Flood posed to the entire galaxy and attempted to contain them. Even though they knew the power of the Flood, the principles of the Mantle forbade them from destroying it. As such, the attempt to contain the Flood was a failure, as they tried methods more suited to disease control instead of all-out warfare, trying to contain and quarantine the Flood rather than attack and destroy it outright. They did not start war until it was far too late.<ref name="h3terminals">'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
When the Forerunners were unable to contain the Flood outbreak, the galaxy entered a state of war. The Forerunners desperately studied the Flood, looking for any exploitable weakness. As the Forerunners soon realized that conventional naval tactics were ineffective against the parasite's onslaught, they developed new weapons and tactics to combat the Flood. The [[Sentinel]]s were deployed as a means of maintaining the Flood through surgical, localized tactics. Eventually, the [[Forerunner fleet]] began to enact premature stellar collapse within compromised planetary systems, causing [[supernova]]e to engulf entire worlds.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 169''</ref> However, these tactics proved only to slow, but never stop the expansion of the Flood. Even at this late hour, the Forerunners were reluctant to use the Halo Array, believing that they should continue to embrace the Mantle and to protect life rather than to destroy it. This led to great stretches of anguished debate and even civil war.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 172''</ref> | [[File:ForerunnerObserver.jpg|thumb|right|275px|A Forerunner observes one of the Halo rings' construction.]] | ||
When the Forerunners were unable to contain the Flood outbreak, the galaxy entered a state of war. The Forerunners desperately studied the Flood, looking for any exploitable weakness. As the Forerunners soon realized that conventional naval tactics were ineffective against the parasite's onslaught, they developed new weapons and tactics to combat the Flood. The [[Sentinel]]s were deployed as a means of maintaining the Flood through surgical, localized tactics. Eventually, the [[Forerunner fleet]] began to enact premature stellar collapse within compromised planetary systems, causing [[supernova]]e to engulf entire worlds.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 169''</ref> However, these tactics proved only to slow, but never stop the expansion of the Flood. Even at this late hour, the Forerunners were reluctant to use the Halo Array, believing that they should continue to embrace the Mantle and to protect life rather than to destroy it. This led to great stretches of anguished debate and even civil war.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 172''</ref>{{clear}} | |||
===Firing of the Halo Array=== | ===Firing of the Halo Array=== | ||