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After trying to complete the Marathon achievement i read the last paragraph on the first terminal and it said: '''following the evacuation of unmolested population centers. Enemy losses were total. Estimated number of citizens evacuated before commencement of orbital blanket bombardment: 1,318,797 civilian/42,669 military (.0006% of total population).''' | After trying to complete the Marathon achievement i read the last paragraph on the first terminal and it said: '''following the evacuation of unmolested population centers. Enemy losses were total. Estimated number of citizens evacuated before commencement of orbital blanket bombardment: 1,318,797 civilian/42,669 military (.0006% of total population).''' | ||
Now 0.0006% of the total population is 1, | Now 0.0006% of the total population is 1,318,797; so the total population (100%) is 219,799,500,000. Now this 'evacuation' was one planet as far as the text tells me (i think) but the question that eludes me is: what is the 'total population'? Is it either the total forerunner population altogether or just that planet's total population? As the 'total population' is over 200 billion it is more likely that the total population refers to the total forerunner population of the whole entire race everywhere in the galaxy. On another note it says that the evacuation is of '''unmolested population centres'''. So one: any of the flood molested areas could have survivors to increase that number. Two: population centres are the main areas like cities and other places, so smaller towns or space stations ect, will also increase that number. Three: this was an estimate so it was most likely rounded to 500,000, so the actual size may be smaller or larger. Furthermore this would be the same everywhere in the galaxy and so this estimate and any off-record or MIA (but not KIA) forerunner lives would increase the population more. | ||
So in conclusion what i'm getting at is that we add something along these lines to the article (probably in the overview): '''The total population of the entire Forerunner race is over | So in conclusion what i'm getting at is that we add something along these lines to the article (probably in the overview): '''The total population of the entire Forerunner race is over 219,799,500,000.''' And then reference that to the first terminal text and maybe this post for reference on how that specific number came to be via inference. I wanted to run this past the site members to get feedback and so people understand the reasoning behind the aforementioned statement before it is included in the article, if included at all. Thanks for reading, please comment: | ||
[[User:The parkster|<font color="#ff6600">'''''the parkster'''''</font>]] [[wikia:Burnout:Main Page|<font color="gray"><small>'''@Burnopedia'''</small></font>]] 20:04, December 20, 2009 (UTC) | [[User:The parkster|<font color="#ff6600">'''''the parkster'''''</font>]] [[wikia:Burnout:Main Page|<font color="gray"><small>'''@Burnopedia'''</small></font>]] 20:04, December 20, 2009 (UTC) |