: Taming

: For some time we have had two versions of the taming of the hunters. a
: rocky world version with strip mining and conflict over that - source:
: Halo Beastarium a gas giant version with Lekgolo scattered on the
: trillions of pieces of a gas giant's ring system, eating Forerunner
: artifacts - source: Contact Harvest

: The H2A terminals suggest that the taming was a tame affair. There was no
: mention of strip mining or threat of orbital bombardment. An arbiter
: roamed over a minor moon of Te to learn Lekgolo ways, he discovered their
: MegaLekgolo form and that they were intelligent. He persuaded the
: Hierarchs to persuade the Lekgolo to join the Covenant.

: The narrator is a San Shyuum. He said that the Lekgolo were persuaded via,
: "reason and much labour". Given that a San Shyuum is saying that
: - it is difficult to be sure that he meant that all parties sat down over
: a pot of tea and talked things over nicely. The truth may be that there
: was a threat to bomb them back into the stone age but it's not clear how
: that could be done to a gas giant's ring system.

: Grim, has the 4g, rocky planet idea been abandoned?

: It is a pity not to try to reconcile the two accounts.

: For a start: Joe doesn't name the gas giant. Te could have been a large,
: rocky, 4G, moon of the gas giant.

: First contact could have happened in the rings, the moon could have been
: investigated later. It may not have had any artifacts so may not have been
: of interest initially. Later surveys could have shown its great mineral
: wealth.

: The strip mining and fighting could have happened on the rocky moon. The
: threat of glassing or orbital bombardment could have persuaded the Lekgolo
: to listen to terms.

: Contact Harvest didn't mention where conflict took place or how MegaLekgolo
: were discovered. It only says that an arbiter persuaded the Prophets to
: tame the Hunters and put their habits to good use.

: It is a pity to throw rocky Te under the bus.

: Why did 343 decide to invalidate rocky Te?

: Origins

: Lekgolo were found in the rings but it appears that those rings were not a
: natural formation. They were the remains of a Forerunner orbital.

: The Lekgolo couldn't have evolved there so it is NOT their home world.

: So what is the origin of the Lekgolo? did they evolve elsewhere? were they
: Forerunner constructs like Hugarok?

: How did they get to Te? were they a Forerunner client race marooned there by
: the Array activation? were they reseeded there? were they made there?
: did they get there via their own slip-space capable ships?

: What was the origin of the Lekgolo like worms on Halo in Nightfall? were
: they Hunters who survived the destruction of the ring and turned native?
: were they already there - as Forerunner constructs or frozen and defrosted
: members of a Forerunner client race? are they non-Te Lekgolo who got
: there under their own steam post destruction?

: Story Opportunities

: What are the story possibilities of all those different options? It would be
: nice to have story options that wren't variations of: military honor and
: sacrifice Fight over Forerunner artifact of the week have we seen any
: other kind of halo story?

: What if there was a Lekgolo home world? What if they built their own ships,
: went exploring, and found our worlds? They would be a political threat and
: opportunity. How would the known species react to them? What would their
: agenda be? Would it split ex-Covenant Lekgolo from their former allies?

: If Lekgolo are useful for mining and since the war is over... would humans do
: deals with Te Lekgolo, could they do deals directly or via ex-Covies on
: venezia? Could they have a mutually beneficial, Horta style, arrangement?
: What would the Sanghelios Sangheli think of losing their special
: relationship with Te? How would they react? What would the UNSC do? Would
: they want in on that action or would they want to scupper any deal or
: otherwise undermine Venezia? What IS going to happen between the UNSC and
: its former colonies?

: I think Nightfall could have been better. We got (feral?) solitary Lekgolo
: but no understanding of how or why they were that way.

: In addition: weren't the Halo fragments known? Wasn't there a moratorium on
: landing there? Was it not blockaded? It might have been cool to have a
: Sangheli observer with them. When they found out that Lekgolo were the
: problem they could have called down an ODST style Hunter to communicate
: with them. I'm imagining a drop pod that is Hunter armor. It lands, embeds
: its nose in the ground then the plates that make it up start to open up
: and become a Hunter.

: I duuno, I just want to see more Halo universe stories that aren't artifact
: based and that tell us more about the universe.

: Is there anything that you want to see?

There was actually more to that interview that ended up getting edited (for time constraints) where I went into more detail about the rings and Lekgolo that were found on them. Perhaps I'll put something together for an upcoming Canon Fodder; the Lekgolo are an awesome species for sure, and could use a bit more exploring :-)

Grim