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Re: Mantle: do want?
Posted By: scarab	Date: 1/8/13 12:19 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Mantle: do want? (Ragashingo) : Great questions! : I agree with... eh... whoever posted below lamenting the change of the : Forerunner from the peaceful galatic caretakers to the highly invasive : galatic overloards. At this point the Mantle seemes to have meant watch : over everyone peacefully unless someone does something you don't like, : then declare war on then, fight them for hundreds of years, use super : weapons of mass destruction on them, devolve them, then force them : unwillingly to be a part of your robotic army. And when that doesn't work : nuke the entire galaxy and start the process... force recruiting them and : all... all over again. At least according to the Didact. :/ The Librarian : wasn't much better. She just implanted advanced genetic mind control into : people from various races, including her own! Maybe the Forerunner Haloing : themselves and choosing not to come back wasn't such a bad idea after all. : If the 3rd Bear book concludes with that realization then I'll be : satisified. : As for wanting the Mantle. It seems you'd need quite the ego to want to be : the galatic caretakers. Even the peaceful gentle kind. All the expense of : keeping peace everywhere, or even fighting off a true galatic threat seems : like too much for one race to bear. Despite all the Forerunner's problems : their culture did seem suited to the Mantle though. They had a kinda lofty : Star Treky "we work to benefit ourselves for the good of the : galaxy" structure. Give the Elites or Brutes the Mantle and we get a : giant warrior culture. The Prophets and we get endless politics and : backstabbing. Jackals would turn the galaxy into Pirates of the Caribbean. : And us Humans may be the worst people to have the Mantle. Of course that : leaves Grunts, Hunters, and Drones. Of everyone they might do the best : though I predict the Grunts going mad with power eventually. We have seen how the Forerunners saw themselves. How did their "wards" see them? I vote grunts for mantle. Every day would be a party. If the flood attack then we can all run away. :-) Postmortem has an interesting take on it that the mantle is a form of redemption. Maybe it's like divine grace. That would fit in with the religious themes. Didn't work out too well for the Forerunners though. Did they fall from grace? Did they ever have it?

Message Index

Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 1:27 a.m.
Didn't care for it in the books, nor in the game *NM*	kornman00	1/8/13 7:05 a.m.
I see it as...	thebruce0	1/8/13 8:47 a.m.
Re: I see it as...	scarab	1/8/13 1:00 p.m.
Re: I see it as...	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:11 a.m.
Re: I see it as...	scarab	1/9/13 12:02 p.m.
Instead of the Mantle...	Mid7night	1/8/13 9:29 a.m.
Re: Instead of the Mantle...	scarab	1/8/13 10:14 a.m.
Re: Instead of the Mantle...	Mid7night	1/8/13 12:07 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Jaydee	1/8/13 10:36 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 11:36 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Bry	1/8/13 11:43 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Quirel	1/8/13 12:05 p.m.
oh you cynics! *NM*	scarab	1/8/13 12:08 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Anton1792	1/8/13 2:19 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 10:15 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Anton1792	1/8/13 11:10 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	NikGntre	1/8/13 10:32 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 10:43 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	NikGntre	1/8/13 11:12 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Metalingus627	1/8/13 6:05 p.m.
The first SpOps cutscene vid *NM*	scarab	1/8/13 6:09 p.m.
The Sangheli with the nuke was a refugee *NM*	scarab	1/8/13 10:47 p.m.
Guess I need to re-watch those.	Metalingus627	1/9/13 4:44 p.m.
Mantle = Fascism?	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 10:50 a.m.
Re: Mantle = Fascism?	Bry	1/8/13 11:29 a.m.
Re: Mantle = Fascism?	scarab	1/8/13 11:40 a.m.
Re: Mantle = Fascism?	Bry	1/8/13 11:46 a.m.
DOH! *NM*	scarab	1/8/13 12:07 p.m.
Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 1:01 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ragashingo	1/8/13 1:09 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 2:34 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ragashingo	1/8/13 11:47 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 12:15 a.m.
Agreed. *NM*	Ragashingo	1/9/13 12:27 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/9/13 4:48 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 9:47 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Metalingus627	1/9/13 4:48 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/8/13 1:45 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 2:49 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/8/13 3:17 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:11 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Anton1792	1/8/13 8:42 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 12:25 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ragashingo	1/9/13 12:30 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/9/13 12:51 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Leisandir	1/9/13 9:40 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/9/13 10:12 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Leisandir	1/9/13 12:37 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 9:49 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Anton1792	1/9/13 1:46 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 10:06 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Anton1792	1/11/13 11:30 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/11/13 12:23 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Anton1792	1/11/13 2:17 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/15/13 4:41 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/9/13 12:41 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 10:11 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ragashingo	1/8/13 3:34 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:16 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Quirel	1/8/13 7:34 p.m.
^ This *NM*	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:17 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ibeechu	1/8/13 8:02 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:33 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:35 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/9/13 9:47 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:51 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	NikGntre	1/8/13 10:17 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/8/13 10:59 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	NikGntre	1/8/13 11:16 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/8/13 1:59 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 3:09 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Postmortem	1/8/13 3:38 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Metalingus627	1/10/13 10:57 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/11/13 12:48 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Metalingus627	1/11/13 1:49 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/8/13 4:43 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:19 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Quirel	1/8/13 7:58 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:26 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Bry	1/8/13 9:59 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Ragashingo	1/8/13 11:56 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Metalingus627	1/10/13 10:53 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/8/13 11:13 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	uberfoop	1/8/13 11:20 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	Gravemind	1/8/13 8:23 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	RC Master	1/8/13 6:48 p.m.
Hear hear	SonGoharotto	1/8/13 8:31 p.m.
Re: Hear hear	scarab	1/8/13 11:35 p.m.
That would explain the mess that is Prometheus *NM*	SonGoharotto	1/9/13 12:29 a.m.
Re: Hear hear	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:46 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/8/13 11:23 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	RC Master	1/9/13 10:24 a.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	uberfoop	1/8/13 9:46 p.m.
Re: Something else I don't like about "Halo 2.0"	scarab	1/8/13 11:25 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Postmortem	1/8/13 11:23 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 11:59 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	thebruce0	1/8/13 12:26 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/8/13 12:44 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Postmortem	1/8/13 12:33 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	1/8/13 1:10 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	RC Master	1/8/13 7:17 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 10:22 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/9/13 12:00 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/9/13 12:08 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/8/13 12:07 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 12:19 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	thebruce0	1/8/13 12:46 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/8/13 1:07 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	thebruce0	1/9/13 9:55 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 1:10 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	thebruce0	1/9/13 10:00 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/8/13 1:02 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 1:32 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Hoovaloov	1/8/13 4:40 p.m.
Good answer. *NM*	Ragashingo	1/8/13 4:59 p.m.
Ditto :) *NM*	thebruce0	1/9/13 10:04 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Didact&Librarian	1/8/13 2:46 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Anton1792	1/8/13 3:34 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Quirel	1/8/13 8:07 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	scarab	1/8/13 10:37 p.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Ragashingo	1/9/13 12:03 a.m.
Re: Mantle: do want?	Quirel	1/9/13 11:55 a.m.