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Re: Good Idea, here's another.
Posted By: Amechwarrior <jduck3049@yahoo.com>Date: 12/16/01 1:55 a.m.

In Response To: Good Idea, here's another. (Scissors)

: My friends an I came up with the following theory(much of this info relies
: upon reading the novel): According to the book, the Covenant use a caste
: system of society/government.In this system, the top of the rung was
: missing, the elders. These elders, long ago, ran into the Flood and were
: almost wiped out themselves.

: Their remnants assembled the Halos, stuffed the Flood onto them, assembled
: the monitors, taught them to refer to them an "Forerunners,"
: then brainwashed some guys to wipe out all exhistance to prevent the
: flood's expansion.

: Somehow, the Forerunners died/lost contact with the Halos and continued their
: mission to remove of Flood food, using the Covenant.Every Covenant has
: standing orders to recover the Halos and/or any evidence towards their
: location.

: Here's a reason why the Forerunners came before the Covenant, and are linked
: to them: The underground facilities have a very similar iridescance(sp) to
: that of the covenant.Their sentinels also use energy-based weapons, just
: like the Covenant, and have shields, just like the covenant.

: Basically: Forerunners find Flood, they damage and die, the remnants build
: Halos and an army, they all lose contact with the Monitors and use their
: "Covenant" armies to take their place and to find where the
: Halos are, the Covenant are told which races to destroy, and Humans are
: one of them, Halo happens, somehow the human race could join the Covenant
: in their search to destroy the Flood(it happened before).

I like the elders idea, it fills some holes in the story quite nicely.

I think the forerunners buildings and technology should tell us a bit. Look at their structures(sp). Does it look more human or alien? Does the librarys large halls look kind of like the upscaled halls for the POA? The wall has pillars that are large at the bottom and then narrow then large again(I think)just like the POA. The alien halls in the T+R are rounded and have a very sleek kind of organic look to it and very few strait lines. That "organic look" is not found on Halo, which has almost all strait lines and angles like the human archetecture(sp). But the controls to halo are holographic, so are covenants, but not human(humans need a glass panel like on the bridge of the POA). But almost all Covenant colors are purple or blue, humans have grey, Halo has gray and light blue buildings with extensive glass work and small lights inside.

The sentenels are probably not covenant tech. The covenant have plasma technology, check the game manual and FOR. The sentenels have laser based weapons, much like humans have today(in labs and such). The sheilds are very differnet also, the Covie sheild is yellow and it hugs the body. The sentenel sheilds are blue and are like a orb around it. When you shoot a sentenel the ripple effect is very differnt from the elites, but technology changes over the years.

Does anyone else have any ideas to prove or disprove that the forerunners where human or Covenant?

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Give this theory a try... *spoiler*Thaumaturge 12/15/01 2:16 p.m.
     And no, I'm not on Crack *NM*Thaumaturge 12/15/01 2:23 p.m.
     Works for me. *NM*Louis Wu 12/15/01 2:24 p.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*no7orious has a headache 12/15/01 3:06 p.m.
     Re: *Clap Clap Clap* Nice work, Good idea *NM*AB10784 12/15/01 3:21 p.m.
     Great theory!Skeletor 12/15/01 3:40 p.m.
     Good Idea, here's another.Scissors 12/15/01 4:35 p.m.
           Re: Good Idea, here's another.Skeletor 12/15/01 5:17 p.m.
           Re: Good Idea, here's another. *NM*MisterPlow 12/15/01 10:05 p.m.
           Re: Good Idea, here's another.Amechwarrior 12/16/01 1:55 a.m.
     But there's a catch...Skeletor 12/15/01 7:00 p.m.
           Re: But there's a catch...FriendlyFire 12/16/01 9:44 a.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*Ruzhyo 12/16/01 12:45 a.m.
           Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*Skeletor 12/16/01 12:54 a.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*Åstro 12/16/01 1:11 a.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*Frost 12/16/01 1:53 a.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*FriendlyFire 12/16/01 10:16 a.m.
     *snips, cuts, and adds to Halo story page* *NM*jack 12/16/01 8:07 p.m.
     *snips, cuts, and adds to Halo story page* *NM*jack 12/16/01 8:11 p.m.
           ReclaimerFatum.Celer 12/16/01 9:39 p.m.
                 Re: ReclaimerMr. Sharumpe 12/16/01 9:47 p.m.
                       Re: ReclaimerFatum.Celer 12/16/01 10:23 p.m.
     Re: Give this theory a try... *spoiler*moopus 12/17/01 7:51 a.m.
     Try mine (SPOILERS)Knight Premier 12/17/01 7:13 p.m.
           Re: Try mine (SPOILERS)Knight Premier 12/17/01 7:25 p.m.
           Re: Try mine (SPOILERS)Feorful 12/17/01 7:25 p.m.
           Re: Try mine (SPOILERS)Plasma Squirrel 12/18/01 4:06 a.m.
                 Re: Try mine (SPOILERS)Knight Premier 12/18/01 7:41 p.m.



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