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Re: How does everyone feel about...
Posted By: Metalingus627 <mtracy627@yahoo.com>Date: 3/1/10 8:58 p.m.

In Response To: Re: How does everyone feel about... (Means of Eternal Life)


: It makes perfect sense, now that I think about it. Thank you, Metalingus627.

: Your insights along with those who answered this latest question have helped
: me make sense of this aspect of the story, and I thank you all for your
: assistance.

Your welcome. Always up for a discussion about the deeper points of the Halo universe. :)

: In the context of the Forerunner-Flood war, I think one could argue that the
: situation there is a case of the Forerunners being too much at peace, and
: not adapting their nature quickly enough to the situation.

: Truth be told, for all of its power, the Flood are not invincible; even when
: they were pushed to the brink of near-total extinction and defeat, the
: Forerunners managed to bring the down with them. Going further, had the
: Forerunners acted quickly enough to not just study but actively fight the
: Flood incursion, it could've been contained and eliminated.

: The key, it seems, is to catch the Flood early enough in their life cycle,
: and blow them into oblivion until the last Flood cell is ashes. The war
: and the Halo event didn't just cost the Forerunners; it cost the Flood
: dearly as well.

If nothing else, that is one thing humanity (at least the Master Chief and Cortana) got right: Destroying the Flood early on. The Flood can be stopped, but by the time the Forerunners took any significant action against them, it was too late. This was kind of the thinking I had in my previous post: The Forerunner had become too caught up in its own ideology that they ultimately failed to do the very thing they were meant to do: Protect life in the galaxy. They failed twice, once by letting down and eventually being forced to eliminate all life, and then the second time by leaving the proverbial keys to the galaxy in the hands of a race whom they didn't realize were nothing like them. Their sacrifice wasn't in vain, but it didn't go according to plan. Human nature I suppose.


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