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===Stalemate=== | ===Stalemate=== | ||
{{Quote|Know that a thousand other plans were tried and failed. Millions of brave and honored souls died trying to avert this terrible, desperate situation.|A Forerunner log describing the situation the Forerunners found themselves in.<ref name="iris1">'' | {{Quote|Know that a thousand other plans were tried and failed. Millions of brave and honored souls died trying to avert this terrible, desperate situation.|A Forerunner log describing the situation the Forerunners found themselves in.<ref name="iris1">'''Iris''', ''[[Episode 1]]''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:Ships fr.png|thumb|left|300px|Forerunner ships combining their firepower for an [[orbital bombardment]].]] | [[File:Ships fr.png|thumb|left|300px|Forerunner ships combining their firepower for an [[orbital bombardment]].]] | ||
As the Flood grew in number and became more intelligent in the process, the Forerunners identified a centralized intelligence coordinating their efforts: the [[Gravemind]], the consciousness of the Flood itself, embodied in agglomerated collectives of biomass and in the millions of Flood forms.{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} Using attrition tactics, the Flood gradually weakened the most formidable Forerunner naval countermeasures, one of which consisted of using [[Keyship]]s and drawing the Flood into pricey naval engagements. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a new solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this stalemate.{{Ref/Reuse|h3terminals}} | As the Flood grew in number and became more intelligent in the process, the Forerunners identified a centralized intelligence coordinating their efforts: the [[Gravemind]], the consciousness of the Flood itself, embodied in agglomerated collectives of biomass and in the millions of Flood forms.{{Ref/Reuse|bestiarum}} Using attrition tactics, the Flood gradually weakened the most formidable Forerunner naval countermeasures, one of which consisted of using [[Keyship]]s and drawing the Flood into pricey naval engagements. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a new solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this stalemate.{{Ref/Reuse|h3terminals}} |