Rebirth of the Precursors
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The rebirth of the Precursors is an effort undertaken by the Librarian to bring the Precursor race back from extinction.
History[edit]
Background[edit]
During the genocide of the species in Path Kethona, two Precursors had found shelter and were discovered by the exiled Forerunners who hid them and tried to heal them. However, the Precursors were beyond the Forerunners' ability to save and although the Precursors possessed the ability to heal themselves, they chose to let nature take its course. After dying, the two Precursors became samples that were studied and encoded, and planted in the ground as seeds that would germinate for a million years. Their sprouts that climbed to the surface took even longer and bloomed only in the last million years. Unlike the Primordial, these were Precursors that celebrated joy instead of relishing in suffering and as a result, the blooms were not left corrupted with violence and misery but instead were clean, beautiful, and bright.[1]
The Librarian's plan[edit]
Driven by her own geas from the Precursors to fix the path and set right what the Forerunners did wrong, the Librarian located the specimens while in Path Kethona searching out the origins of the Flood and, returning home with the specimens, the Librarian kept her discovery out of her report to the Ecumene Council.[1]
The Librarian enlisted the help of the crew of the Audacity to transform a small shield world in its construction phase, Bastion, and make it what it needed to be to nurture this eventual new species.[1] The Librarian created Bastion to resemble Earth completely.[2] The Librarian had the starship Eden built to carry the Precursor seeds and blooms to a world outside of the Milky Way galaxy that was ideal for planting and growth and where they couldn't be reached by the Flood. There, in some distant future, life on the planet would emerge and grow sentient, following the complete genetic code of the Precursors and rebirthing the race. However, they would be utterly free of genetic memory and would be able to build a new civilization with a clean slate.[1]
The Librarian was supposed to return to Bastion and initiate the process, but she never did. Instead, as a contingency plan, the Librarian split up her coordinate key that granted access to Bastion, the Eden and its mission, and unrestricted access and control over the shield world and its caretakers so that someone worthy would find Bastion and start the process.[3]
The rebirth begins[edit]
In August 2558, Rion Forge and 343 Guilty Spark completed the coordinate key and reached Bastion.[4] Spark and Rion helped Keeper-of-Tools launch the Eden, heading for a world outside of the Milky Way that was ideal for planting and growth and where they couldn't be reached by the Flood. There, in some distant future, life on the planet would emerge and grow sentient, following the complete genetic code of the Precursors and rebirthing the race. However, they would be utterly free of genetic memory and would be able to build a new civilization with a clean slate.[3][1]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Point of Light (First appearance)
