Distant past: Difference between revisions

*The [[Forerunner]]s are claimed by some records to have risen as the preeminent species in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] by advancing technological discoveries gathered from the remnants left by prior ancient races. Believing themselves responsible for the lives of all those less advanced then they, the Forerunners initiate the [[Mantle]].{{Ref/Book|Id=EncC1|Enc|Section=Chapter One: Timeline, The Foreunners and the Halo Array|Page=26}}{{Ref/Note|This entry, originating from both the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|2009]] and [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011]] editions of the ''Halo Encyclopedia'', is of dubious accuracy in light of information from ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', in which the Forerunners are stated to have been spacefaring for millions of years (albeit having experienced a number of technological dark ages and large-scale record loss events over the course of this period) and that they held the Mantle since for around 10 million years, having forcibly seized it from the [[Precursor]]s. However, the ''Encyclopedia'' notes that ''"all Forerunner era dates are approximate, based on available translation and scattered historical data"'', which provides a canonical explanation for the possible inaccuracies of this entry.}}