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Forerunner tech
Posted By: Khaim <deguild@nc.rr.com>Date: 2/8/02 3:32 p.m.

Despite everyone talking about the Forerunner, no one has yet to post a list of everything we really know about them. So I decided to see what I knew the Forerunner had, and boy was I supprised...

1) They have massive construction abilities. They did build Halo, after all. The raw tech to make it isn't that high, (either humans or Covenant probably have the right equipment to make Halo) but the sheer logistics, supply, etc of making something that huge is staggering. I think it probably masses as much as a small moon.

2) They have power sources we can't even describe. The sentinels prove that- they have a continuous beam laser that is powerful enough to hurt organic materials easily (at least), plus the porpulsion system (which is probably not anti-grav, but more on that later). They must have a large power source to run that, yet they're only about 1m³. That's a really small space for an industrial-sized power supply.

3) They have what I think is an inertial drive, i.ei reactionless. You don't need anything to push off. Not only that, they have it tiny. This I get from the very last scene of the game, after the credits- we see 343GS still alive, and MOVING. How can he move? He's in vacuum, so no air to use, and Halo is gone, so he can't use anit-grav either.

4) They have the kill-organics-in-several-light-years thing. I don't know how it works, so I can't go into detail.

Note I left off some things that are advanced, but only it the real world, like gravity generators (all through Halo!) and really small AI.

Comments welcome.

- Khaim

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Forerunner techKhaim 2/8/02 3:32 p.m.
     Re: Forerunner techmnemesis 2/8/02 4:09 p.m.
           Re: Forerunner techMark Levin 2/8/02 4:35 p.m.
                 Re: Forerunner techFrogBlast 2/8/02 11:54 p.m.
                       Nope, we were only a class 2 :P (NT)Mark Levin 2/9/02 1:20 a.m.
                             Re: Nope, we were only a class 2 :P (NT)SiliconDream =PN= 2/9/02 2:59 a.m.
                                   Re: Nope, we were only a class 2 :P (NT)Mark Levin 2/9/02 12:48 p.m.
     Re: Forerunner techTrey Ikon 2/8/02 4:59 p.m.
           Re: Forerunner techKhaim 2/8/02 6:43 p.m.
           Re: Forerunner techNthDegree256 2/8/02 8:37 p.m.
                 Re: Forerunner techTrey Ikon 2/9/02 3:40 p.m.
           Re: Forerunner techJonah 2/9/02 9:03 a.m.
                 Re: Forerunner techKhaim 2/9/02 1:45 p.m.
     Newton's LawsNthDegree256 2/8/02 8:41 p.m.
           Re: Newton's LawsMark Levin 2/9/02 1:22 a.m.
                 Re: Newton's LawsSiliconDream =PN= 2/9/02 3:07 a.m.
                       Re: Newton's LawsKhaim 2/9/02 6:46 a.m.
                             What makes Halo spinThis Side Up 2/9/02 9:14 a.m.
                             Re: Newton's LawsLouis Wu 2/9/02 9:36 a.m.
                                   Re: Newton's LawsGunship 2/9/02 10:49 a.m.
                                         Re: Newton's LawsLouis Wu 2/9/02 11:02 a.m.
                                         Re: Newton's LawsMark Levin 2/9/02 12:53 p.m.
                                               Re: Newton's LawsGunship 2/9/02 2:13 p.m.
                                                     Re: Newton's Lawsvector40 2/9/02 3:44 p.m.
                                                     Re: Newton's LawsMark Levin 2/9/02 5:24 p.m.
                             Re: Newton's LawsSiliconDream =PN= 2/12/02 12:54 a.m.
     About the drive123456789 2/12/02 10:34 a.m.



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