Forerunner: Difference between revisions

Line 90:

After their disappearance, the Forerunners left behind a great deal of artifacts, many of the more significant ones overseen by their dedicated [[monitor]]s which would react to outside visitors in accordance with their programmed instructions. The mystery surrounding the Forerunners and their technology would later become a source of worship, legend, advanced technology, or combination thereof for the various future civilizations which eventually stumbled upon some of the many Forerunner artifacts across the galaxy.<ref name="ch">'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref>

The first known species to make use of reverse-engineered Forerunner technology were the [[Sangheili]] and [[San 'Shyuum]], having evolved on worlds rich in Forerunner artifacts. Regarding these artifacts and their creators with religious reverence, [[San 'Shyuum Schism|many]] [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war|wars]] broke out over whether the relics should be left in peace or used to advance their own technology.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 146-147''</ref> Those who believed the latter came together to form the hegemony known as the [[Covenant]], who together created a [[Covenant religion|complex religion]] based around venerating the Forerunners as gods. Due to misinterpreting the ancients' records, the Covenant believed that the Forerunners disappeared from the galaxy after the [[Halo Array]] elevated their species to a state of trans-sentient godhood. As such, they appropriated many Forerunner technologies and artifacts, with the use of [[Luminary|Luminaries]] that allowed them to track Forerunner-made objects all across the galaxy. The most holy of these artifacts, the "Sacred Rings" or [[Halo Array|Halo installations]], were constantly searched for 1700 years, since the Covenant believed themselves to be the chosen inheritors of the Forerunners' legacy,<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref> and by locating and activating the Halo Array, they believed that they too could follow the Forerunners into godhood.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> This was referred to as the "[[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|Great Journey]]" by the Covenant races.<ref>'''Halo 2'''</ref><ref name="ch"/> This mimicry of the Forerunners' remnants caused the Covenant to rise to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|high technological tier]] very quickly, but additionally stunted their innovation of said technology and kept them from uncovering its true potentials.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 241'' ''page 275 2010 reprint''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 87''</ref>

The first known species to make use of reverse-engineered Forerunner technology were the [[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]], having evolved on worlds rich in Forerunner artifacts. Regarding these artifacts and their creators with religious reverence, [[San'Shyuum Schism|many]] [[Sangheili-San'Shyuum war|wars]] broke out over whether the relics should be left in peace or used to advance their own technology.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 146-147''</ref> Those who believed the latter came together to form the hegemony known as the [[Covenant]], who together created a [[Covenant religion|complex religion]] based around venerating the Forerunners as gods. Due to misinterpreting the ancients' records, the Covenant believed that the Forerunners disappeared from the galaxy after the [[Halo Array]] elevated their species to a state of trans-sentient godhood. As such, they appropriated many Forerunner technologies and artifacts, with the use of [[Luminary|Luminaries]] that allowed them to track Forerunner-made objects all across the galaxy. The most holy of these artifacts, the "Sacred Rings" or [[Halo Array|Halo installations]], were constantly searched for 1700 years, since the Covenant believed themselves to be the chosen inheritors of the Forerunners' legacy,<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref> and by locating and activating the Halo Array, they believed that they too could follow the Forerunners into godhood.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> This was referred to as the "[[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|Great Journey]]" by the Covenant races.<ref>'''Halo 2'''</ref><ref name="ch"/> This mimicry of the Forerunners' remnants caused the Covenant to rise to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|high technological tier]] very quickly, but additionally stunted their innovation of said technology and kept them from uncovering its true potentials.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 241'' ''page 275 2010 reprint''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 87''</ref>

[[File:Relic main.png|thumb|left|225px|Humans examine a Forerunner [[relic]] on [[Harvest]].]]

Contribute

Recent contributors to this article

@@ Line 90: / Line 90: @@
 After their disappearance, the Forerunners left behind a great deal of artifacts, many of the more significant ones overseen by their dedicated [[monitor]]s which would react to outside visitors in accordance with their programmed instructions. The mystery surrounding the Forerunners and their technology would later become a source of worship, legend, advanced technology, or combination thereof for the various future civilizations which eventually stumbled upon some of the many Forerunner artifacts across the galaxy.<ref name="ch">'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref>
-The first known species to make use of reverse-engineered Forerunner technology were the [[Sangheili]] and [[San 'Shyuum]], having evolved on worlds rich in Forerunner artifacts. Regarding these artifacts and their creators with religious reverence, [[San 'Shyuum Schism|many]] [[Sangheili-San 'Shyuum war|wars]] broke out over whether the relics should be left in peace or used to advance their own technology.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 146-147''</ref> Those who believed the latter came together to form the hegemony known as the [[Covenant]], who together created a [[Covenant religion|complex religion]] based around venerating the Forerunners as gods. Due to misinterpreting the ancients' records, the Covenant believed that the Forerunners disappeared from the galaxy after the [[Halo Array]] elevated their species to a state of trans-sentient godhood. As such, they appropriated many Forerunner technologies and artifacts, with the use of [[Luminary|Luminaries]] that allowed them to track Forerunner-made objects all across the galaxy. The most holy of these artifacts, the "Sacred Rings" or [[Halo Array|Halo installations]], were constantly searched for 1700 years, since the Covenant believed themselves to be the chosen inheritors of the Forerunners' legacy,<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref> and by locating and activating the Halo Array, they believed that they too could follow the Forerunners into godhood.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> This was referred to as the "[[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|Great Journey]]" by the Covenant races.<ref>'''Halo 2'''</ref><ref name="ch"/> This mimicry of the Forerunners' remnants caused the Covenant to rise to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|high technological tier]] very quickly, but additionally stunted their innovation of said technology and kept them from uncovering its true potentials.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 241'' ''page 275 2010 reprint''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 87''</ref>
+The first known species to make use of reverse-engineered Forerunner technology were the [[Sangheili]] and [[San'Shyuum]], having evolved on worlds rich in Forerunner artifacts. Regarding these artifacts and their creators with religious reverence, [[San'Shyuum Schism|many]] [[Sangheili-San'Shyuum war|wars]] broke out over whether the relics should be left in peace or used to advance their own technology.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''pages 146-147''</ref> Those who believed the latter came together to form the hegemony known as the [[Covenant]], who together created a [[Covenant religion|complex religion]] based around venerating the Forerunners as gods. Due to misinterpreting the ancients' records, the Covenant believed that the Forerunners disappeared from the galaxy after the [[Halo Array]] elevated their species to a state of trans-sentient godhood. As such, they appropriated many Forerunner technologies and artifacts, with the use of [[Luminary|Luminaries]] that allowed them to track Forerunner-made objects all across the galaxy. The most holy of these artifacts, the "Sacred Rings" or [[Halo Array|Halo installations]], were constantly searched for 1700 years, since the Covenant believed themselves to be the chosen inheritors of the Forerunners' legacy,<ref>'''[[Halo Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' volume II, ''page 299''</ref> and by locating and activating the Halo Array, they believed that they too could follow the Forerunners into godhood.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Sacred Icon]]''</ref> This was referred to as the "[[Covenant religion#The Great Journey|Great Journey]]" by the Covenant races.<ref>'''Halo 2'''</ref><ref name="ch"/> This mimicry of the Forerunners' remnants caused the Covenant to rise to a [[Technological Achievement Tiers|high technological tier]] very quickly, but additionally stunted their innovation of said technology and kept them from uncovering its true potentials.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 241'' ''page 275 2010 reprint''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' ''page 87''</ref>
 [[File:Relic main.png|thumb|left|225px|Humans examine a Forerunner [[relic]] on [[Harvest]].]]