Human-Flood war: Difference between revisions

The Human-Flood war ultimately lead to the downfall of early mankind. Responding to the threat of the Flood, Humanity sought to buy time by conquering new worlds and species to replace those lost. This desperate aggression, combined with humanity's policy of immediate sterilization of any worlds infected by the Flood led them into a separate war with the Forerunners. While human forces were capable of dealing with the Forerunners on equal footing, the total forces they could commit were never enough to ensure victory. However, whether through sacrifice, technology, or willful retreat on the part of the Flood, humanity was successful in managing the threat of the Flood for a time. When the Forerunners eventually proved victorious in their own conflict, they devolved humans reducing them to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier]] 7 species.<ref name="c271"/> The Didact blamed humanity for taking the Mantle of Responsibility upon themselves, believing it was their reckless actions that brought the sickness into the galaxy. In truth, the Forerunners had even less success in battling the Flood than their human rivals. The Mantle, holding that all life was sacred, hamstrung Forerunner attempts to combat the infection, allowing the parasite to exponentially expand until no force could stop it.