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So, Basically, We Stole The Forerunners' Mojo
Posted By: Steve <eaglesalltheway2@yahoo.com>	Date: 3/7/05 4:36 p.m.
In Response To: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You (Sardaukar [Pants 138]) : This is my premier post here... I've read the FAQ's (mostly) and've read a : number of topics, and I hope that this is the right place to post Halo : Story stuff (couldn't find any other forums; please move if otherwise) : I emailed this awhile back, but have decided to just post it here so I can : fluff it. Sorry if I caused any logistics messes... : Everything in this post is subject to change as proved contradictions come; : that's why I'm posting it... I hate misinformation, especially when I'm : the one wielding it. : Offtopic; could someone include a link to the picture of the Forerunner : Console that gives us reason to infer that they have six fingers? I was : wondering if they do indeed have five, and that the lines which we see as : fingers were actually outlines of the finger placements. I'd have to see : it again to be sure... thanks in advance. : *'s and ^'s refer to footnotes at the bottom of the text. That stuff is most : likely to be what I have erroneously mentioned, knowing my luck. : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Assuming that Earth is the Ark, and that Forerunner : Technology far outperforms anything used by Humanity : or the Covenant, what if the Forerunner did achieve a : sort of salvation as sought by the Covenant, but only : in it's name; what if they discovered a way to imbed : their agenda and some knowledge into the cells which : would one day re-evolve into humanity, after the Halo : Weapon network annihilated all sentient life in the : galaxy? This would explain a great number of things; : such as why Humanity is innovative rather than : adaptive, and why we have made so much progress so : quickly, 'on our own'*, but more importantly, why we : (or at least, Spartan 117) instinctively know what to : press on a comepletely 'alien' Forerunner console to : activate a lightbridge; it explains why our original : MJOLNIR armor is recognized by GS343**. : I believe, that in the Halo fiction, the reason the Flood : were preserved and studied were for reasons of emulating : the nature of a virus. Suppose that before their : discovery, Viral organisms were an unknown thing. The : Forerunner may have been fighting more than one war : while they studied the Flood, or were faced by some : equally gravitic situation that foreshadowed their : eventual doom (it could still have been the Flood), so : the Forerunner did the cleverest thing: They successfully emulated viral : nature, and implanted : their abstract agendas, qualities, etc, into a : cellular format***, and then created a virus that : employed a nonlethal form of the Lysogenic Viral : cycle^ that would be scattered on Earth along with : root cells which would later become all life on Earth. : These viral bodies would remain mostly dormant, : awaiting a biologial signal for the proper host to : become the successor to the Forerunners, but some : would definitely malfunction and mutate into the : myriad forms of disease we have today. Sooner or : later, Homo Erectus would emerge, and the still-pure : Forerunner-Virus would activate, injecting the : abstract essence of the Forerunners into humanity. As : time went on, certain events would serve as the : stimuli to activate a particular part of the injected : DNA, such as a morbid interest in flight and : spaceflight emerging from the proper present : technology and resources, themselves urged on by other : stimuli^^. Thus, the containment of the Flood for : study is explained and the uncanny familiarity between : Forerunner items and Humans is explained. : -Sardaukar : * (this in itself is a modern miracle- in less than a : century we went from controlled aeroflight to : controlled spaceflight- but this would tie it into the : Halo Story) : ** (althought it was 'merely' Mark V at the time, : when by 'standards' it should have been a Mark XII) : *** (this is actually a somewhat proven thing; modern : scientists are in strong favor now that your : personality is at least 50% genetically inherited, : feel free to correct me if I am wrong) : ^ (A viral body latches onto a cell and injects it's : genetic information, which then works itself into the : host cell's genetic data. The host cell is then : otherwise unnaffected, and left free to reproduce, but : in doing so it spreads the altered genetic data, until : at some point an outside stimulus sets off the data : and the cell is reprogrammed to mass produce more : viral bodies until the cell bursts and dies. In this : application, such a grisly end is not included. Just : the stimulus doing something) : ^^ (the entire system really would be like this, : really, just built like a ladder so that if one thing : didn't work right away, then the system wouldn't : progress out of sync and ruin Humanity. Think of it as : the perfect build order in an RTS game, only biologically)

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The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 3:07 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Jillybean	3/7/05 3:22 p.m.
SearchNazi.	Chester the Destroyer	3/7/05 3:31 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 3:43 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Series III (MetalSilver)	3/7/05 3:37 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 3:47 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Paladin-117	3/7/05 3:50 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Series III (MetalSilver)	3/7/05 3:55 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Gordon Freeman	3/7/05 4:00 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Series III (MetalSilver)	3/7/05 4:26 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Gordon Freeman	3/7/05 3:48 p.m.
Very good thoughts...	58	3/7/05 4:12 p.m.
Re: Very good thoughts...	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 4:30 p.m.
Re: Very good thoughts...	58	3/7/05 5:08 p.m.
Re: Very good thoughts...	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 5:46 p.m.
Re: Very good thoughts...	58	3/7/05 5:57 p.m.
So, Basically, We Stole The Forerunners' Mojo	Steve	3/7/05 4:36 p.m.
Re: The Flood, Lysogenics, And You	Pvt. Jenkins	3/7/05 6:44 p.m.
Yes. *NM*	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/7/05 6:54 p.m.
Re: Yes.	Pvt. Jenkins	3/7/05 7:14 p.m.
re-evolve, bad choice	scarab	3/8/05 8:00 a.m.
But evolution's not even a good theory in RL... *NM*	58	3/8/05 9:18 a.m.
Re: re-evolve, bad choice	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/8/05 2:40 p.m.
what Lysogenic means	scarab	3/8/05 8:13 a.m.
Re: what Lysogenic means	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/8/05 2:50 p.m.
Re: what Lysogenic means ADDENDUM	Sardaukar [Pants 138]	3/8/05 2:58 p.m.