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===Around 150,000 years ago=== | ===Around 150,000 years ago=== | ||
*The [[Forerunner]]s are claimed by some records to have risen as the preeminent species in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] by advancing technological discoveries gathered from the remnants left by prior ancient races. Believing themselves responsible for the lives of all those less advanced then they, the Forerunners initiate the [[Mantle]]. | *The [[Forerunner]]s are claimed by some records to have risen as the preeminent species in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] by advancing technological discoveries gathered from the remnants left by prior ancient races. Believing themselves responsible for the lives of all those less advanced then they, the Forerunners initiate the [[Mantle]].<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 26''</ref>{{Ref/Note|This entry, originating from the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', is of dubious accuracy in light of information from ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', in which the Forerunners are stated to have been spacefaring for millions of years (albeit having experienced a number of technological dark ages and large-scale record loss events over the course of this period) and that they held the Mantle since [[10,000,000 BCE]], having forcibly seized it from the [[Precursor]]s. However, the ''Encyclopedia'' notes that ''"all Forerunner era dates are approximate, based on available translation and scattered historical data"'', which provides a canonical explanation for the possible inaccuracies of this entry.}} | ||
*According to Forerunner research, the [[Ancestors]], were believed to have "moved their interstellar civilization outward along the galactic arm" around this time, possibly to escape Forerunner control.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HCC1|Cry|Chapter=1}} | *According to Forerunner research, the [[Ancestors]], were believed to have "moved their interstellar civilization outward along the galactic arm" around this time, possibly to escape Forerunner control.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HCC1|Cry|Chapter=1}} | ||