Talk:Forerunner-Flood war

Outcome of the war

Technically isn't it a self-induced Forerunner defeat, as the Forerunners annihilated themselves by firing the Halo rings while leaving the Flood alive.

You do know we're Forerunner right? And also, in Contact Harvest, after Mercident Bias(Or however you spell it)tells the Prophets at the Dreadnought that he has watched them misinterpret it for years, and he states that their symbol for "reclaimation" was actually upside down, and stood for "reclaimer", and therefore Harvest was full of them. Bllasae

So why is the talk page blank?

I came in here to see what was being disputed...and poof. Nothing. What the heck? Itsgms 06:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

How do we know that the Flood entered the Milky Way Galaxy in 98,379 BCE? That is only when they were discovered on G617g. The Flood could have been lying dormant on that planet for thousands of years.

I added more

commanders --KDP3 22:18, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

A Game

What if they made a Halo: The Forerunners game? The player takes control of a Forerunner, and fights the Flood, even some Floods never heard from before, new weapons, new type of Sentinels, etc. What do you all think? --Mega Sean 45 14:17, November 26, 2009 (UTC)

It's really funny... I had exactly the same thought, Sean! If Bungie did make a game about the history of the war, I would suggest that they make it in a 'Halo Wars' style. That way they could include four factions (UNSC, Covenant, Flood, and Forerunner) in the game's multiplayer. I think that Gravemind and Mendicant Bias would make great heroes for the Flood, whereas the Librarian and the Didact would make great heroes for the Forerunners. If extra heroes are needed, I would suggest Guilty Spark for the Forerunners (Offensive Bias could be in the campaign, but would probably be too similar to Mendicant for multiplayer) and a combat form of Gravemind for the Flood (Perhaps the mobile, cyclops form he takes in the Halo Legends episode 'Origins'?). John-117 might also make a good hero for the UNSC, and Thel 'Vadum a good one for the Covenant. In the game, they could also introduce the concept of space battles. (Of course, the UNSC and Covenant factions would only be available for multiplayer space battles.)

I could envision the heroes being something like this:

UNSC: Master Chief (John-117), Dr. Catherine Halsey, Sergeant Avery Johnson [Ground]

Captain Miranda Keyes, Lord Terrence Hood [Space]

Covenant: The Arbiter (Thel 'Vadam), Prophet of Truth, Tartarus [Ground]

Shipmaster Rtas 'Vadum, Brute Fleet Master? [Space]

Flood: Gravemind (Infection Form), Mendicant Bias, Gravemind (Combat Form) [Ground]

Gravemind (Carrier Form), Mendicant Bias [Space]

Forerunner: The Librarian, The Didact, 343 Guilty Spark [Ground]

Offensive Bias, The Didact? [Space]

The final level in the game could let the player play Offensive Bias and try to fend off the Mendicant Bias's forces long enough for the Didact to activate Alpha Halo. At the end of the game, the twist could be that when the Didact removes his helmet before firing the Halo, that he looks very human (with perhaps unusually colored eyes and other somewhat alien features), indicating that the Forerunners and humans have a common ancestry. (The Forerunners could be descended from humans enlightened by the Precursors, but their home of origin had been lost to them until Earth was rediscovered at the end of the Forerunner-Flood War. This would verify the Librarian's claims that the humans of Earth are "special" and Guilty Spark's claim in 'Halo 3' that "You [Master Chief] are Forerunner.")

In any event, that might be a really fun game to play! - User:Webspidrman 18 January 2010 (UTC)