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Drawing from an exotic neurophysical energy permeating the cosmos,<ref name="s40">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> the Precursors made their artifacts effectively indestructible, allowing them to exist for millions or potentially billions of years without decay. As such, evidence of the Precursors' mastery of neural physics remained in the galaxy after their disappearance, in the form of [[star road]]s and many other vast, effectively eternal structures. In a concept later echoed by the Forerunners in their philosophy of [[Living Time]], the Precursors cherished the interaction of living beings with the universe, all individual experience adding to the totality of a transcendent universal wisdom.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 267''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> To record and retain these life-patterns for all of time, the Precursors created the [[Domain]], a metaphysical, ever-changing library of the collective experiences of living things, stored in neural physics architecture within the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> | Drawing from an exotic neurophysical energy permeating the cosmos,<ref name="s40">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> the Precursors made their artifacts effectively indestructible, allowing them to exist for millions or potentially billions of years without decay. As such, evidence of the Precursors' mastery of neural physics remained in the galaxy after their disappearance, in the form of [[star road]]s and many other vast, effectively eternal structures. In a concept later echoed by the Forerunners in their philosophy of [[Living Time]], the Precursors cherished the interaction of living beings with the universe, all individual experience adding to the totality of a transcendent universal wisdom.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 267''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> To record and retain these life-patterns for all of time, the Precursors created the [[Domain]], a metaphysical, ever-changing library of the collective experiences of living things, stored in neural physics architecture within the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> | ||
In the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], it was revealed that the [[Flood]] was able to control the Precursors' neural physics artifacts. After the proliferation of planet-sized [[Key Mind]] forms, the Flood [[Gravemind|compound mind]], itself of Precursor origin, had amassed enough beings to elevate its intelligence to a state of transsentience,<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> enabling it to use its vast mental capacity to access the neural architecture.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 186-187''</ref> The Flood also began to utilize neural physics-based Precursor superluminal travel, which made [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] unsuitable for Forerunner [[Slipspace drive|drives]] on an interstellar scale. This form of travel used an exotic form of causality compensation evidently unlike the [[reconciliation]] the Forerunners relied on, although the principles of this mechanism were wholly unknown to the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 111''</ref> Ships using neural physics transit would shed multiverse residues relatively slowly upon returning to normal space, rendering them momentarily vulnerable. In [[Battle of the 78th Thema|one known instance]], the Forerunners were able to exploit this weakness: catching the Flood fleet by surprise, the Forerunners flung [[asteroid]]s at the arriving ships. While the Flood vessels could save themselves by repositioning by several thousand kilometers, many were disintegrated as the incoming asteroids abruptly merged with the ships' mass upon passing into their emergence fields.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 213''</ref> | In the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], it was revealed that the [[Flood]] was able to control the Precursors' neural physics artifacts. After the proliferation of planet-sized [[Key Mind]] forms, the Flood [[Gravemind|compound mind]], itself of Precursor origin, had amassed enough beings to elevate its intelligence to a state of transsentience,<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> enabling it to use its vast mental capacity to access the neural architecture.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 186-187''</ref> The Flood also began to utilize neural physics-based Precursor superluminal travel, which made [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] unsuitable for Forerunner [[Slipspace drive|drives]] on an interstellar scale. This form of travel used an exotic form of causality compensation evidently unlike the [[reconciliation]] the Forerunners relied on, although the principles of this mechanism were wholly unknown to the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 111''</ref> Ships using neural physics transit would shed multiverse residues relatively slowly upon returning to normal space, rendering them momentarily vulnerable. This manifested visually as an aura of purple radiation surrounding the object undergoing the transmission.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 231''</ref> In [[Battle of the 78th Thema|one known instance]], the Forerunners were able to exploit this weakness: catching the Flood fleet by surprise, the Forerunners flung [[asteroid]]s at the arriving ships. While the Flood vessels could save themselves by repositioning by several thousand kilometers, many were disintegrated as the incoming asteroids abruptly merged with the ships' mass upon passing into their emergence fields.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 213''</ref> | ||
The nature of neural physics construction made Precursor architecture susceptible to the effects of the [[Halo Array]], which specifically targeted neural systems. When a Halo was tested near [[Charum Hakkor]], the weapon's effect negated neural physics within the region and shattered every Precursor structure on the planet. Likewise, the Halos' activation at the conclusion of the Forerunner-Flood war destroyed all neural physics-based architecture in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 326''</ref> | The nature of neural physics construction made Precursor architecture susceptible to the effects of the [[Halo Array]], which specifically targeted neural systems. When a Halo was tested near [[Charum Hakkor]], the weapon's effect negated neural physics within the region and shattered every Precursor structure on the planet. Likewise, the Halos' activation at the conclusion of the Forerunner-Flood war destroyed all neural physics-based architecture in the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 326''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
The premise of neural physics is similar to [[Wikipedia:Panpsychism|panpsychism]], the philosophical concept that mind or soul is a fundamental aspect of everything that exists. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||