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First contact between the Flood and Forerunners
Posted By: [AMS] GreyThorDate: 4/4/08 3:17 a.m.


For whatever reason I can't really get to sleep, so I was thinking. And so I started thinking about the levels in the Halo games that the Master Chief experiences the Flood on, specifically, High Charity. At the end of Halo 2, you witness High Charity becoming a Flood haven, and in Halo 3 you see its complete transformation into more or less a Flood hive.

I played Homeworld: Cataclysm and I remember that storyline, where you run into some derelict probe with a biological oddity on board. It's a common theme in sci-fi literature too - specifically, Christopher Rowley's The Vang.

I think the Flood-Forerunner first contact was the same thing. The Forerunners in the Milky Way found some sort of vessel of extra-galactic origin and somehow were overpowered by the Flood that were in hibernation. It'd fit the common sci-fi theme that I mentioned, and for whatever reason, the Flood repurposed Forerunner technology (ie: ships) to spreading across their worlds as the parasite they are.

But what I really want to know, if Bungie has even thought about it, is what happened at that first contact like we see between the Covenant and Humanity on Harvest? What sort of accident spawned off this 300 year struggle that resulted in the Halo and Ark construction and firing? Was it some derelict vessel that a Forerunner ship encountered or did the Flood suddenly appear with a show of force?

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First contact between the Flood and Forerunners[AMS] GreyThor 4/4/08 3:17 a.m.
     Re: First contact between the Flood and ForerunnerRosco-128 4/4/08 3:41 a.m.
           whoops, my bad, misread your last questionRosco-128 4/4/08 3:44 a.m.
           A scary thought...Leviathan 4/4/08 5:34 a.m.
                 Re: A scary thought...reprobate 4/4/08 5:53 a.m.
                       Re: A scary thought...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/4/08 6:12 a.m.
                             Re: A scary thought...elpolloguapo 4/4/08 6:29 a.m.
                                   Re: A scary thought...Rosco-128 4/4/08 6:53 a.m.
                                         Re: A scary thought...elpolloguapo 4/4/08 1:50 p.m.
                                               hate to dissapoint butnomis78 4/5/08 6:57 a.m.
                                                     Re: hate to dissapoint butelpolloguapo 4/5/08 7:55 a.m.
                 Re: A scary thought...Rosco-128 4/4/08 6:17 a.m.
                       Re: A scary thought...elpolloguapo 4/4/08 6:31 a.m.
                             Re: A scary thought...Rosco-128 4/4/08 6:42 a.m.
                                   Re: A scary thought...Jillybean 4/4/08 7:51 a.m.
                                         Re: A scary thought...scarab 4/4/08 10:53 a.m.
                                               Re: A scary thought...Jillybean 4/4/08 11:25 a.m.
                                                     Re: A scary thought...scarab 4/4/08 1:11 p.m.
                                                           I'm not saying that Flood are vertebrates! *NM*scarab 4/4/08 2:12 p.m.
                                                           Re: A scary thought...Jillybean 4/4/08 4:17 p.m.
                                                                 Re: A scary thought...elpolloguapo 4/4/08 4:18 p.m.
                                                     Possiblyelpolloguapo 4/4/08 1:57 p.m.
                                                           Re: PossiblyJillybean 4/4/08 4:12 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Possiblyelpolloguapo 4/4/08 4:17 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Possiblygrantix 4/4/08 4:42 p.m.
                                                                             Re: PossiblyJillybean 4/4/08 5:34 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Possiblyelpolloguapo 4/4/08 6:20 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Possiblygrantix 4/6/08 12:17 p.m.
                 Re: A scary thought...Jillybean 4/4/08 7:28 a.m.
                       This is the void I meantJillybean 4/4/08 7:53 a.m.
                             Re: This is the void I meantStuntmutt 4/4/08 8:40 a.m.
                                   Re: This is the void I meantJillybean 4/4/08 9:07 a.m.
                             (nostalgic) :sigh:...stan 4/4/08 11:39 a.m.
                 It has done this before....elsewhere.yakaman 4/4/08 8:47 a.m.
                 Re: A scary thought...Ragashingo 4/5/08 12:17 a.m.
     almost sounds like the red dwarf polymorph storyOnebitrocket 4/4/08 6:26 a.m.
           It's a stretch, I'd say... *NM*elpolloguapo 4/4/08 6:34 a.m.
     Re: First contact between the Flood and ForerunnerMasterCheifn 4/4/08 12:43 p.m.
           Re: First contact between the Flood and Forerunnerscarab 4/4/08 1:19 p.m.
     I believe THIS is First ContactCapt Spanish 4/4/08 7:27 p.m.
           Re: I believe THIS is First Contactelpolloguapo 4/4/08 7:42 p.m.



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