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Although the Conservation Measure spanned several millennia, escalating into a more widespread evacuation effort during the Forerunner-Flood war, the sheer number of planets in the galaxy meant that the Lifeworkers never had time or the resources to save even remotely all species. A total of 123 sapient, technologically capable species inhabiting the three million worlds within the Forerunners' [[ecumene]] had been indexed by the project at time of the evacuation of [[Earth]],<ref name="s18">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> roughly four years before the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 197''</ref> However, the Lifeworkers may have had to prioritize the preservation of some of these species over others due to their limited resources,<ref name="s18"/> and a number may have perished with the destruction of the major preserves on the [[greater Ark]] and [[Omega Halo]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 307''</ref> One many of the indexed worlds, only a fraction of the sentient fauna would survive; on Earth, for example, only a thousandth of the large species could be saved, according to pre-Array projections.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 27''</ref> | Although the Conservation Measure spanned several millennia, escalating into a more widespread evacuation effort during the Forerunner-Flood war, the sheer number of planets in the galaxy meant that the Lifeworkers never had time or the resources to save even remotely all species. A total of 123 sapient, technologically capable species inhabiting the three million worlds within the Forerunners' [[ecumene]] had been indexed by the project at time of the evacuation of [[Earth]],<ref name="s18">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> roughly four years before the end of the war.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 197''</ref> However, the Lifeworkers may have had to prioritize the preservation of some of these species over others due to their limited resources,<ref name="s18"/> and a number may have perished with the destruction of the major preserves on the [[greater Ark]] and [[Omega Halo]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 307''</ref> One many of the indexed worlds, only a fraction of the sentient fauna would survive; on Earth, for example, only a thousandth of the large species could be saved, according to pre-Array projections.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 27''</ref> | ||
Toward the end of the Flood conflict, the Master Builder began to alter his pact with the Librarian and authorized the use of the Lifeworkers' biological specimens on the Halos for experimentation on the Flood, hoping to learn more about the parasite.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> [[Human]]s, in particular, were subjected to rigorous tests on [[Installation 07]], due to the supposed immunity they appeared to exhibit to Flood infection. These experiments later proved to be in vain, however, with the [[Primordial]]'s revelation that no human was ever truly immune to the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 364-365''</ref> The fate of the human species continued to hang in the balance throughout the endgame of the conflict: after the [[Ur-Didact]] [[Composer|composed]] the most significant human population stored on Omega Halo, the Lifeworkers were forced to retrieve additional specimens from the nearly empty Earth in order to restore a sustainable population.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 316-317''</ref> | Toward the end of the Flood conflict, the Master Builder began to alter his pact with the Librarian and authorized the use of the Lifeworkers' biological specimens on the Halos for experimentation on the Flood, hoping to learn more about the parasite.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> [[Human]]s, in particular, were subjected to rigorous tests on [[Installation 07]], due to the supposed immunity they appeared to exhibit to Flood infection. These experiments later proved to be in vain, however, with the [[Primordial]]'s revelation that no human was ever truly immune to the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 364-365''</ref> The fate of the human species continued to hang in the balance throughout the endgame of the conflict: after the [[Ur-Didact]] [[Composer|composed]] the most significant human population stored on Omega Halo, the Lifeworkers were forced to retrieve additional specimens from the nearly empty Earth in order to restore a sustainable population.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 316-317''</ref> After the firing of the Halo Array and the subsequent defeat of the Flood, the surviving Lifeworkers on the Ark, under the leadership of the new [[Lifeshaper]], [[Chant-to-Green]], began the process of repopulating the galaxy in a stage referred to as the [[reintroduction]], sending all the races back to their respective homeworlds.<ref name="FloodAd"/> | ||
While a success, the Conservation Measure also sent each race back to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] scale, forcing the sentient races to start over.<ref name="FloodAd"/> The period directly after the reintroduction was referred to as the "[[dark time]]", as some of the indexed species never recovered and subsequently became extinct.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-au/intel/related/text/kig-yar/9b24ebed-1954-471b-908d-951528e8120c '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Bestiarum'']</ref> Two reintroduced races - the [[San'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] - would end up worshiping the Forerunners as gods, something the Forerunners hardly anticipated. The data concerning the Conservation Measure was preserved at the Ark, and was still preserved as late as [[2552]], a revelation which surprised [[343 Guilty Spark]].<ref name="Term"> '''[[Halo 3]]''' [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]]s</ref> | |||
Two reintroduced races - the [[San 'Shyuum]] and [[Sangheili]] - would end up worshiping the Forerunners as gods, something the Forerunners hardly anticipated. The data concerning the Conservation Measure was preserved at the Ark, a revelation which surprised [[343 Guilty Spark]].<ref name="Term"> '''[[Halo 3]]''' [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]]s</ref> | |||
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