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| The Theory of Everything (for Halo, at least) | |
| Posted By: yakaman | Date: 6/27/04 2:22 p.m. |
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I think it is a generally accepted theory that humans are the forerunner, that roughy 100,000 years ago Halo 4 was triggered to stop a flood outbreak, and that 343 GS was around to watch it happen. Further, it is generally accepted that destroying the Flood's food source means the end of all life large enough and/or sentient enough to support the Flood. IF the above are assumed to be true, and because Bungie really seems to like to create a realistic set of events to get from here to there in their stories, there must be a way to explain how, in roughly 100,000 years not only one, but multiple sentient life forms could evolve when all large and/or advanced life forms had been completely wiped out. It took roughly 60 million years for small mammals to evolve into primates. Depending out which human evolution theory you ascribe to, it took roughly 4 million years for humans to split off from other primates and become who we are. Finally, of those 4 million years, it took 3.95 million for the human brain to become as it essentially is now. What I'm trying to show is that it is highly improbable that humans, grunts, hunters, prophets, elites, brutes, jackals, and god knows what else we haven't heard about would all be able to spring forth from the muck naturally in 100,000 years. So here is the theory: Flash back to 100,000 years ago...the Forerunner, the most advanced civilization in the galaxy, are engaged in a desperate battle with the flood. Desperate because the Flood has overrun almost everything else in the entire galaxy...or soon will. They have studied the flood and have come to understand that there is no stopping them, that inevitibly, all sentient life in the galaxy will be assimilated into the flood, marking the end of intelligent life in the galaxy for eternity. They begin building the Halos, fortress worlds where they can study the flood. Of course, the Halos have a second, darker purpose - they can wipe out all life in the galaxy and kill the flood. Incredibly advanced and enlighted, but understanding their dire responsibility, the Forerunner decide to trigger the Halos. Before doing so, they sample the DNA from all of the sentient races in the galaxy...including the races seen in the covenant. Halo's weapon is triggered, with 343GS watching...you can almost imagine the last forerunner asking 343GS if he would do any different in the same situation. 343 GS comes to the same conclusiion some 100,000 years later...yes, he too would wipe out all life in the galaxy to save it. Some short period after Halo is triggered, "seed pods" are sent out from Halo for destinations on former worlds of occupation. Grunt DNA seeds are sent to their methaned-atmosphered world....prophet DNA seeds are sent to their former homeworld, and the forerunner DNA seed pod is sent to a little blue planet in a solar system we know well. Arguments? | |
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