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A local dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, Path Kethona was once the site of [[Precursor]] activity. One local system was home to a network of [[star road]]s unlike anything seen in the parent galaxy. After the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against the Precursors]], around [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years BCE]], and began a genocidal campaign to root out their creators, the Precursors eventually retreated to Path Kethona. However, the Forerunners followed with an enormous fleet of warships, constructing a series of [[probability mirror]]s to [[reconciliation|reconcile]] the massive causal breaches caused by the transit. All but a few Precursors were exterminated; a small number survived by entering suspended animation or reducing themselves to molecular powder programmed to reconstitute their forms at a later time. Ships bearing the powder were sent on their way toward the Milky Way, some eventually crashing on worlds in the galactic margins.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 268-270''</ref> Millions of years later, the Precursor molecules—corrupted over the eons—would spawn a virulent parasitic lifeform: the [[Flood]].<ref name="sil35">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 35''</ref>

During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world within a stellar group known as the [[~~Wikipedia:~~Tarantula Nebula|Spider nebula]]. An artificial ecosystem was constructed entirely from Forerunner genetics to sustain [[Path Kethona Forerunner|the Forerunners on the planet]], who would come to adopt a primitive lifestyle and undergo divergent evolution from the mainline Forerunners, resulting in several physiological differences between them. Ironically, the marooned Forerunners would outlive their former compatriots who finished the genocide, the latter never returning to the [[ecumene]] out of immense guilt over their actions.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10''</ref>

During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world within a stellar group known as the [[Tarantula Nebula|Spider nebula]]. An artificial ecosystem was constructed entirely from Forerunner genetics to sustain [[Path Kethona Forerunner|the Forerunners on the planet]], who would come to adopt a primitive lifestyle and undergo divergent evolution from the mainline Forerunners, resulting in several physiological differences between them. Ironically, the marooned Forerunners would outlive their former compatriots who finished the genocide, the latter never returning to the [[ecumene]] out of immense guilt over their actions.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10''</ref>

Meanwhile, the truth about the passing of the Precursors faded into legend and was eventually forgotten over the eons. According to the ancient myths of the latter-day Forerunner civilization, prehistoric Forerunners had conducted a great scientific expedition to Path Kethona more than ten million years earlier, a distorted version of the final phase of the genocide of the Precursors. In addition, prevailing theories held that the satellite galaxy was the point of origin of the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 58''</ref> Several millennia after the Flood's first emergence, around [[100,950 BCE]], the [[Librarian]] organized and led an expedition to Path Kethona with the intent of examining the origins of the Flood as well as the veracity of the legendary Forerunner expedition. Aboard the ship ''[[Audacity]]'', the Librarian and her crew of seven traveled to Path Kethona. Initial scans found the galaxy seemingly devoid of technological civilizations—or any life at all.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 4''</ref> In one system, however, the crew of ''Audacity'' discovered an impressive network of Precursor artifacts—as well as a fleet of ancient Forerunner warships and the probability mirrors used to reconcile their arrival millions of years earlier.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 8''</ref>

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 A local dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, Path Kethona was once the site of [[Precursor]] activity. One local system was home to a network of [[star road]]s unlike anything seen in the parent galaxy. After the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against the Precursors]], around [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years BCE]], and began a genocidal campaign to root out their creators, the Precursors eventually retreated to Path Kethona. However, the Forerunners followed with an enormous fleet of warships, constructing a series of [[probability mirror]]s to [[reconciliation|reconcile]] the massive causal breaches caused by the transit. All but a few Precursors were exterminated; a small number survived by entering suspended animation or reducing themselves to molecular powder programmed to reconstitute their forms at a later time. Ships bearing the powder were sent on their way toward the Milky Way, some eventually crashing on worlds in the galactic margins.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 268-270''</ref> Millions of years later, the Precursor molecules—corrupted over the eons—would spawn a virulent parasitic lifeform: the [[Flood]].<ref name="sil35">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 35''</ref>
-During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world within a stellar group known as the [[Wikipedia:Tarantula Nebula|Spider nebula]]. An artificial ecosystem was constructed entirely from Forerunner genetics to sustain [[Path Kethona Forerunner|the Forerunners on the planet]], who would come to adopt a primitive lifestyle and undergo divergent evolution from the mainline Forerunners, resulting in several physiological differences between them. Ironically, the marooned Forerunners would outlive their former compatriots who finished the genocide, the latter never returning to the [[ecumene]] out of immense guilt over their actions.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10''</ref>
+During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world within a stellar group known as the [[Tarantula Nebula|Spider nebula]]. An artificial ecosystem was constructed entirely from Forerunner genetics to sustain [[Path Kethona Forerunner|the Forerunners on the planet]], who would come to adopt a primitive lifestyle and undergo divergent evolution from the mainline Forerunners, resulting in several physiological differences between them. Ironically, the marooned Forerunners would outlive their former compatriots who finished the genocide, the latter never returning to the [[ecumene]] out of immense guilt over their actions.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10''</ref>
 Meanwhile, the truth about the passing of the Precursors faded into legend and was eventually forgotten over the eons. According to the ancient myths of the latter-day Forerunner civilization, prehistoric Forerunners had conducted a great scientific expedition to Path Kethona more than ten million years earlier, a distorted version of the final phase of the genocide of the Precursors. In addition, prevailing theories held that the satellite galaxy was the point of origin of the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 58''</ref> Several millennia after the Flood's first emergence, around [[100,950 BCE]], the [[Librarian]] organized and led an expedition to Path Kethona with the intent of examining the origins of the Flood as well as the veracity of the legendary Forerunner expedition. Aboard the ship ''[[Audacity]]'', the Librarian and her crew of seven traveled to Path Kethona. Initial scans found the galaxy seemingly devoid of technological civilizations—or any life at all.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 4''</ref> In one system, however, the crew of ''Audacity'' discovered an impressive network of Precursor artifacts—as well as a fleet of ancient Forerunner warships and the probability mirrors used to reconcile their arrival millions of years earlier.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 8''</ref>