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[shadeedge]

[SPEC] shadeedge's Big Theory of Everything

[Vossk]

I know im probably wrong on this too, but I thought that the Humans and Covenant races werent sentient yet when the halos fired. The forerunners gathered all the species that could evolve into sentient species, I think.

[coloneloneill]

question, if the flood did get into the safe houses, why were they contained on the halo rings for so long?

btw nice tye in everything else seems to fit and presents an awesome story

[Siprus]

The Flood were contained on the Halos for so long because they had no way of getting off the rings, like in Halo 2 at some point in the Covenant base they mentioned not letting the Flood off the ship because of the chance of them spreading (possibly mentioned in Halo: CE as well, might check that tonight).

[coloneloneill]

which leads me to the idea that the forerunners were able to contain the flood, they didnt accidently get into the rings, maybe there impossible to destry and they were sealed away until the"reclaimers" could find a way to fight them, a hope for future progress or the like...

[shadeedge]

[Awhite2490]

My only problem with your theory is that the Forerunners created the flood.
I think the info (particularly the video) on Server 2 pretty much confirm that the Forerunner encountered the flood, and that the Flood actually predate the Forerunner themselves.

[MConnalley]

Also, did we give them the name fore runner or did they , name themselves?

[rush]

[pondrthis]

I just started playing Halo (Halo 2 is qeued up too) and the Covenant call the Forerunners <insert> which translates in English to "Forerunners".

I think your theory is one of the less strange ones out there (though I think the flood evolved like the rest of us), and most hinted at through all the information we have.

According to the biological timeline of Earth, ALL animals (of sufficient biomass to support the Flood) must have been placed in the Ark. Almost no evolution has happened in the last 100k years, so at least all Earth animal life must have been in there.

As for the covenant and their "animals" that must be there (unless they're all herbivores, which I doubt with those big Elite chompers), they most likely also had Arks (or just protective areas, not necessarily ones that can activate the Halos). Of course, if they don't evolve the same way as Earth life, then they could have evolved in the past 1000 years for all we know.

The only reason I doubt the last statement is because the Flood can use them as hosts. This implies HEAVY similarities to Earth animals, since it would require a cellular composition AND a nervous system of similar construction.

HERE'S THE CATCH: Our vertebrate nervous system is new and specialized, and since all Covenant species are so compatible to us, it very well may be true that we share a common ancestor. If not, then we must have had SOME similar source, either by Forerunner seeding, or as I said earlier, a common ancestor.

Think about it.

[laro6781]

Here is a thought, what if the Whole Earth was the Arc? it would make sense about the animals that had been around longer than we have, and why they are still here, maybe thats what the machine does, provides a sheild against the Halo's as well as activate them. However We do know that the Forerunners can manipulate slipspace in ways we cant even comprehend, so maybe the machine just generated a bubble to phase out the whole earth for a short time, or, if taken literally, all of the animals were placed in a similar (or multiple) bubble(s) inside the machine.

Also, arent the only ones the flood infects the elite's and the Prophets? there seem to be no other covenant race used as hosts.... and the brutes clearly have enough biomass...

[Ragamuffin]

[laro6781]

Well, now here is the real question, did bungie say that the machine was the arc, or did they just say that the arc was in the trailer? Come to think of it.... in the comic that is part of this ARG, doesnt the human make some sort of comment on how the "gods" were burying the machine, and doesnt it show some sort of large sentinel doing what looks like digging? Ok, if you were going to use something sometime soon, and actually needed to be inside of it, Why in the hell would you bury it? Isnt that alot of work and time that could be avoided? unless of course, it had to be underground, like a fallout shelter, to get the most out of its purpose.... sorry, started to type what I was thinking....

[camshaft]