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*Prior to '''1,100,000 BCE''', | *Prior to '''1,100,000 BCE''', [[ancient human]]ity achieved its earliest known spacefaring technological state and settled on numerous worlds along the galactic margin.<ref name="sil">'''[[Halo: Silentium]]''', ''pages 67-68''</ref> They would later experience several dark ages resulting in the loss of most of their historical records and knowledge before eventually encountering the Forerunners.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 237-238''</ref> | ||
*Around | *Around 1,100,000 BCE, the [[Forerunner]] [[Rate#Theoretical|Theoretical]] known as [[Boundless]] begins to study a particular star within the [[Path Kethona]] galaxy. When she continues her work in defiance of [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] orders to the contrary, she is eventually prosecuted, her studies are suppressed, and she is forced to enter a [[Cryptum]].<ref name="sil"/> | ||
*A thousand years later, Boundless' Cryptum is opened and it is discovered that she has died inside due to a malfunction in the Cryptum, supposedly resulting from sabotage. Her former students discreetly dispose of her body.<ref name="sil"/> | *A thousand years later, Boundless' Cryptum is opened and it is discovered that she has died inside due to a malfunction in the Cryptum, supposedly resulting from sabotage. Her former students discreetly dispose of her body.<ref name="sil"/> | ||