Forerunner-Flood war: Difference between revisions
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However, the Flood were growing in number, and were forming a centralized sentient intelligence to coordinate their efforts: [[Gravemind]] forms, and their "raw computing power" began to overrun the last Forerunner naval countermeasures, which consisted of using [[Keyship]] vessels and drawing the Flood into pricy naval engagements, which lasted for approximately 300 years. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a final solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this "stalemate": a ''Contender''-class [[artificial intelligence]], [[Mendicant Bias]], was crafted by the Forerunners to directly attack the Gravemind forms and any surrounding Flood biomass in an effort to decapitate Flood consciousness. Two installations: the [[Ark]] and the [[Shield World]], were constructed by the Forerunners for shelters for themselves when the Halos fired. | However, the Flood were growing in number, and were forming a centralized sentient intelligence to coordinate their efforts: [[Gravemind]] forms, and their "raw computing power" began to overrun the last Forerunner naval countermeasures, which consisted of using [[Keyship]] vessels and drawing the Flood into pricy naval engagements, which lasted for approximately 300 years. However, even Forerunner commanders realized that their naval tactics were being overcome, and a final solution was necessary if the Forerunners were to pull of out this "stalemate": a ''Contender''-class [[artificial intelligence]], [[Mendicant Bias]], was crafted by the Forerunners to directly attack the Gravemind forms and any surrounding Flood biomass in an effort to decapitate Flood consciousness. Two installations: the [[Ark]] and the [[Shield World]], were constructed by the Forerunners for shelters for themselves when the Halos fired. | ||
While there was a "Maginot line" where the Forerunners held the Flood at bay, the Forerunner [[Librarian]] journeyed beyond this line at great personal risk, indexing and documenting | While there was a "Maginot line" where the Forerunners held the Flood at bay, the Forerunner [[Librarian]] journeyed beyond this line at great personal risk, indexing and documenting sentient species across the galaxy, including the [[Elites (Sangheili)|Sangheili (Elites)]] and [[Prophet|San 'Shyuum (Prophets)]], and filled every vessel possible with documented species for transit to the Ark for safety in the Forerunner campaign to save all species possible from the advancing Flood. | ||
==Endgame== | ==Endgame== | ||
