In Response To: Re: For Tim Jones (Tim Jones)
: Gee...thanks for the recognition! (I’ve only done about 10 posts ever)
: Good work. No obvious flaws that I can see. A kind of Marathon in
: reverse?...and importantly doesnt contradict any of my ideas either! :)
: Maybe if we keep trying we can connect all the theories together into a
: single workable plot!
: I totally agree that the comment from Cortana about “Halo not being a cudgel”
: refers to the way in which it stops the Flood (ie. not a destructive force
: like the supernova post), it has some subtle way of subduing the Flood -
: but it is connected with starving it by removing its food.
: CORTANA: “You have no idea how this ring works, do you? Why the forerunners
: built it? Halo doesn't kill flood, it kills their food. Humans, covenant,
: whatever. We're all equally edible. The only way to stop the flood is to
: starve them to death. And that's exactly what Halo is designed to do”
: But if the only way to stop the Flood is by removing its food, then surely
: the Flood is destined to die anyway? Presumably once the Flood has
: absorped/mutated/eaten (delete as applicable) everything in the universe,
: then it will no longer be able to find food (unless it is cannibalistic?).
: So the result of firing or not firing the Halo(s) would be the same - at
: best it simply accelarates the process.
: Excuse me while I think aloud for a moment...
: If you were an all powerful sentient lifeform in the galaxy and you realised
: that one way or another the Flood would destroy all sentient life, then
: how would you weigh the options? You have the choice of destroying
: everything yourself, or waiting till the Flood does it anyway. The only
: reason for choosing to do it yourself would be if it meant that you could
: somehow survive it.
: Does this mean that the Halo protects as well as destroys? It must do because
: the Flood still live. If the Flood could survive the firing of the Halo
: (its apparent intended target), then surely it must follow that other
: species (more deserving) could have survived also - at the very least this
: should include the Forerunner.
: The Flood survived because they were on the Halo, if any other life were to
: be spared (presumably the whole reason destroying the Flood) for then it
: follows that it too must be kept on (a) Halo. Perhaps this is why the
: containment area is referred to as a “Library”, it contains (or contained)
: many other species - the index would then logically be some kind of
: complete reference (potentially including DNA information).
: Now we have a reason for the similar markings on Forerunner and Covenant
: equipment and the religeous significance of the Halo to the Covenant - it
: may have saved their entire species in the past!
: ...hmmmm...still some questions though: 1) How were the Flood kept alive on
: the Halo? (they must have suitable food!)
: 2) What is the reason for the Covenant declaring some holy war of eradication
: on humanity?
: Tim
Very interesting. Thank you, Tim.
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