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| Re: 343GS quotes and thoughts *long* | |
| Posted By: Mark Simmons <mark343gs@hotmail.com> | Date: 7/6/03 8:47 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: 343GS quotes and thoughts *long* (Wintermute) : for the love of god READ STARHAMMER. =) Believe me. If I could get hold of a reasonably priced copy, I would. :-) : NOT NECESSARILY Agreed. I wasn't actually making a point just yet. Purely setting the scene for one. : This is true, but he is registering an "Outbreak" of flood. He
Again, I was just setting the scene here for my point in the following paragraph. But to comment: It is also in flagrant breech of his 'function', which is purely to stop the Flood 'leaving' Halo. If his function was simply stated as 'containing' the Flood, then firing Halo would fall within his apparent jurisdiction. However, just stopping them from leaving Halo is far too specific a task to encompass actually activating Halo. : Not necessarily. In what way exactly? Arguably, the 'second' outbreak is debatable. But that then leaves the open-ended question, "For what reason was Halo actually fired?". : Or the fact that the Flood happens to be consuming all life in that part of the universe. Same thing really. It still constitutes a catastrophic outbreak. : You got me there. Yup, me too. It's rhetorical at best... :-) : Remorse? Chris Cox (RIP) said remorse is the pain of sin. Maybe the
Actually, I was thinking of it as displaying concern for everyone else, barring the Flood. But your interpretation is certainly the more interesting of the two. : Says who? Cortana, at the start of Two Betrayals: "...Halo doesn't kill flood, it kills their food..." : The flood will die without food. Eliminating all the food in nearby space
Well, I suspect that they're not going to die off immediately. It would take some time. Also, given: ----------------------------------------------------
: That would be the implication.
...it's not a given that their 'food' on Halo would be killed immediately either. And that, arguably, could provide them with sustenance for some time. : Very astute. I have my occasional moments. ;-) : Or that the Flood will change the available atmosphere so much that Halo's
I suppose that depends on how the Flood change the atmosphere. I was basing my comments on it being by manipulating Halo's systems. I don't see how such a relatively small life-form could impact the weather systems of Halo purely on their own. : Based on the Forerunners' past expericence with the Flood. You mean somewhere where there are artificial environmental systems that can be tampered with...? I'll go with that. Again, it's doubtful that a small parasitic life-form has the capacity to affect a planetary atmosphere purely on it's own in the short term. : Maybe, maybe not. Maybe 343GS is wrong. Maybe not... : Not necessarily. The Forerunner are obviously a biological species (as
I think you might have missed my point here. :-) Yes, the Flood would seem to be a threat to the Forerunners. No argument there. The point I was making is that, the Forerunners (those threatened) would probably live outside of this galaxy. Otherwise the Halos would pose just as much a threat to them as the Flood would, thus negating their usefulness as a defence. Mark | |
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