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Sublimation not a last resort.
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>Date: 10/24/06 12:26 a.m.

In Response To: Re: He travels through time (Xaos)

: What if the Halo's worked, but better than intended? Indtead of providing an
: escape route for just the forerunner, they caused all sentient life in the
: galaxy to escape this universe through a death-ascension, excluding the
: ancestors of humanity under the protection of the ark and the Covenant.

If that is the case, then why is it a last resort?

The Covenant seem to think of the Great Journey as a concept similar to the Sublimation of Elder species in the Culture novels-- reaching an advanced state that is essentially another universe, and leaving the world of the living as we know it. Usually this occurs to entire civilizations and not individuals.

If the installations don't just kill sentient life, but rather raise it to a separate (presumably better) plane of existence, why bother waiting before activating it?

Russia Is Building The Marathon



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Replies:

Reid's theory, HSPyakaman 10/22/06 8:08 p.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPQuantum 10/22/06 8:27 p.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPCody Miller 10/22/06 8:28 p.m.
           Marathon-class Cruiser.58 10/22/06 8:34 p.m.
                 Re: Marathon-class Cruiser.Bry 10/22/06 10:57 p.m.
                       Re: Marathon-class Cruiser.Narcogen 10/24/06 12:22 a.m.
                             Re: Marathon-class Cruiser.Bry 10/24/06 6:14 a.m.
           He travels through timeGrey Wolf 10/22/06 10:15 p.m.
                 Re: He travels through timeXaos 10/22/06 11:29 p.m.
                       Sublimation not a last resort.Narcogen 10/24/06 12:26 a.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPNarcogen 10/24/06 12:05 a.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPBodie 10/22/06 8:50 p.m.
     Well...Spartan Jag 10/22/06 8:57 p.m.
           Re: Well...Grantix 10/22/06 9:24 p.m.
           Re: Well...yakaman 10/23/06 4:00 a.m.
                 Re: Well...Jilly somewhere else 10/23/06 4:51 a.m.
                       Re: Well...scarab 10/23/06 10:57 a.m.
                             Re: Well...yakaman 10/23/06 8:12 p.m.
                                   Re: Well...raptor117 10/23/06 11:06 p.m.
                                   Looking too hard.Narcogen 10/24/06 12:38 a.m.
                                         Re: Looking too hard.yakaman 10/24/06 4:35 a.m.
                                               Re: Looking too hard.Dundradal 10/24/06 7:52 a.m.
                                                     Agreed. Time to do some reading. *NM*yakaman 10/24/06 7:40 p.m.
                 Re: Well...jman571 10/23/06 2:11 p.m.
                       Re: Well...Jillybean 10/23/06 2:54 p.m.
                 AMEN. *NM*Quantum 10/23/06 7:10 p.m.
                 True Believer?Narcogen 10/24/06 12:29 a.m.
                       Re: True Believer?Dundradal 10/24/06 7:53 a.m.
     For those who wanted a simple story...Evil Squid 10/22/06 11:01 p.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPXaos 10/22/06 11:31 p.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPJilly somewhere else 10/23/06 4:51 a.m.
                 Re: Reid's theory, HSPUrsusArctos 10/23/06 10:15 a.m.
                       Re: Reid's theory, HSPDundradal 10/24/06 7:57 a.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPDangerousHippo 10/23/06 7:39 p.m.
     Damn! That's a nice piece of theorizing. *NM*Endbringer 10/23/06 12:20 a.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPPixellated 10/23/06 4:30 a.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPJilly somewhere else 10/23/06 4:53 a.m.
                 Re: Reid's theory, HSPPixellated 10/23/06 5:10 a.m.
                 Re: Reid's theory, HSPDangerousHippo 10/23/06 7:44 p.m.
           Path = Atereprobate 10/23/06 6:44 a.m.
                 Re: Path = AteDundradal 10/23/06 9:14 a.m.
                 Re: Path = AtePixellated 10/23/06 12:04 p.m.
                       Re: Path = AteDundradal 10/23/06 3:54 p.m.
                             Re: Path = AteXaos 10/23/06 7:06 p.m.
                 Mmm..... Path.Narcogen 10/24/06 12:43 a.m.
                       Re: Mmm..... Path.yakaman 10/24/06 4:40 a.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPDundradal 10/23/06 3:59 p.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPsdwoodchuck 10/23/06 8:10 p.m.
     Re: Reid's theory, HSPNarcogen 10/24/06 12:02 a.m.
           Re: Reid's theory, HSPDundradal 10/24/06 8:01 a.m.



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