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(Care to elaborate why? The only problem I can see, is, as I NightHammer told me once, the lack of info, but now we have more thanks to Mythos. Besides, the image is of a Precursor too, why delete it?) |
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|distinctions= Massive, eurypterid-like head, four arms, barbed tail extending from head. | |distinctions= Massive, eurypterid-like head, four arms, barbed tail extending from head. | ||
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|techlevel=[[Technological_Achievement_Tiers#Tier_0:_Transsentient|Tier 0]]<ref name="BES"/> | |techlevel=[[Technological_Achievement_Tiers#Tier_0:_Transsentient|Tier 0]]<ref name="BES">'''[[Bestiarum]]''', page 26: '''''Tier 0: Transsentient''' As the [Forerunners] had no examples of civilizations with technological accomplishment greater than themselves - with the exception of the Precursors - this is a theoretical ceiling. They can travel intergalactic and accelerate evolution of intelligent life. These may be creatures of legend.''</ref> | ||
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|notable-person=*[[Primordial]] | |notable-person=*[[Primordial]] | ||
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{{Quote|We are the last of those who gave you breath and form, millions of years ago. We are the last of those your kind defied and ruthlessly destroyed. We are the last Precursors. And now we are ''legion''.|The [[Gravemind]] to [[Catalog]] in the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 175''</ref>}} | {{Quote|We are the last of those who gave you breath and form, millions of years ago. We are the last of those your kind defied and ruthlessly destroyed. We are the last Precursors. And now we are ''legion''.|The [[Gravemind]] to [[Catalog]] in the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 175''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Precursors''' were an advanced race that preceded and were mythologized by the [[Forerunner]]s. The Forerunners classified them as "[[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 0: Transsentient|Transsentient]]" beings, having the ability to travel among galaxies and accelerate the evolution of intelligent life.<ref | The '''Precursors''' were an advanced race that preceded and were mythologized by the [[Forerunner]]s. The Forerunners classified them as "[[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 0: Transsentient|Transsentient]]" beings, having the ability to travel among galaxies and accelerate the evolution of intelligent life.<ref name="BES"/> While the Precursors themselves had long since disappeared during the time of the Forerunners, evidence of their technological and architectural achievements remained scattered across not only the galaxy but also outside it, namely in the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]]. | ||
==Forerunner beliefs== | ==Forerunner beliefs== | ||
