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The '''Forerunner-Flood War'''<ref>[[Terminals]], ''[[Halo 3]]''</ref> was a galactic war between the [[Forerunners]] and the [[Flood]]. | The '''Forerunner-Flood War'''<ref>[[Terminals]], ''[[Halo 3]]''</ref> was a galactic war between the [[Forerunners]] and the [[Flood]]. | ||
The Flood entered the Milky Way galaxy at least at 98,379 BC, and initially caught the Forerunner military by surprise, using captured non-military vessels to penetrate local Forerunner naval fleets and descend and land upon Forerunner-colonized worlds, overrunning local defenses and trillions of Forerunners per world with billions of Flood forms within days. Forerunner fleets were forced to bombard Flood-infested Forerunner worlds to prevent Flood spread. The Forerunners grouped together under two centralized governments: first the [[Mantle]] and afterwards, the [[Guardianship]], and bombarded dozens of Flood-infested former Forerunner planets. | The Flood entered the Milky Way galaxy at least at 98,379 BC, and initially caught the Forerunner military by surprise, using captured non-military vessels to penetrate local Forerunner naval fleets and descend and land upon Forerunner-colonized worlds, overrunning local defenses and trillions of Forerunners per world with billions of Flood forms within days. Forerunner fleets were forced to bombard Flood-infested Forerunner worlds to prevent Flood spread. The Forerunners grouped together under two centralized governments: first the [[Mantle]] and afterwards, the [[Guardianship]], and bombarded dozens of Flood-infested former Forerunner planets. After 300 years of devastating warfare between the Flood and the Forerunners, the highest levels of [[Forerunner Fleet Command]] began to realize that Forerunner species extinction was possible, as so many Forerunners had fallen to the Flood. After Flood spreading continued, planetary self-bombardment after Flood infestation turned into complete system-wide destruction by detonating planetary system stars after even minimal Flood presence was detected in a Forerunner system. Forerunner military forces were ordered to don heavy armor and other personnel were ordered into protective stasis. | ||
It ended in [[97,448 BC]] with the firing of the [[Halo Installation]] and the believed death of all the [[Forerunners]]. | It ended in [[97,448 BC]] with the firing of the [[Halo Installation]] and the believed death of all the [[Forerunners]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:34, September 29, 2007
The Forerunner-Flood War[1] was a galactic war between the Forerunners and the Flood.
The Flood entered the Milky Way galaxy at least at 98,379 BC, and initially caught the Forerunner military by surprise, using captured non-military vessels to penetrate local Forerunner naval fleets and descend and land upon Forerunner-colonized worlds, overrunning local defenses and trillions of Forerunners per world with billions of Flood forms within days. Forerunner fleets were forced to bombard Flood-infested Forerunner worlds to prevent Flood spread. The Forerunners grouped together under two centralized governments: first the Mantle and afterwards, the Guardianship, and bombarded dozens of Flood-infested former Forerunner planets. After 300 years of devastating warfare between the Flood and the Forerunners, the highest levels of Forerunner Fleet Command began to realize that Forerunner species extinction was possible, as so many Forerunners had fallen to the Flood. After Flood spreading continued, planetary self-bombardment after Flood infestation turned into complete system-wide destruction by detonating planetary system stars after even minimal Flood presence was detected in a Forerunner system. Forerunner military forces were ordered to don heavy armor and other personnel were ordered into protective stasis.
It ended in 97,448 BC with the firing of the Halo Installation and the believed death of all the Forerunners.
