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I'm not very well-versed in Halo canon that takes place in the earlier years of the UNSC, so I'm seeking some guidance. When exactly did humanity first encounter Forerunner technology? Since they achieved slipspace travel and colonized many worlds, they were bound to find Forerunner ruins early on. Worlds like Harvest and Reach had Forerunner technology, although hidden from plain sight. But Arcadia had Forerunner ruins in plain sight with human cities built in their vicinity. This would all be fine and dandy, except for a few instances. In Halo: Reach, when unveiling the Forerunner artifact below the ice shelf, Halsey says "before you is an alien artifact neither human nor Covenant in origin", as if Noble team was oblivious to the concept of the Forerunners. And in Halo: CE, the halo is generally regarded as of unknown origin until Cortana says "...the ring...it's Forerunner...", however, not everything in CE fits seamlessly with current canon.-- | I'm not very well-versed in Halo canon that takes place in the earlier years of the UNSC, so I'm seeking some guidance. When exactly did humanity first encounter Forerunner technology? Since they achieved slipspace travel and colonized many worlds, they were bound to find Forerunner ruins early on. Worlds like Harvest and Reach had Forerunner technology, although hidden from plain sight. But Arcadia had Forerunner ruins in plain sight with human cities built in their vicinity. This would all be fine and dandy, except for a few instances. In Halo: Reach, when unveiling the Forerunner artifact below the ice shelf, Halsey says "before you is an alien artifact neither human nor Covenant in origin", as if Noble team was oblivious to the concept of the Forerunners. And in Halo: CE, the halo is generally regarded as of unknown origin until Cortana says "...the ring...it's Forerunner...", however, not everything in CE fits seamlessly with current canon.--''[[User:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Fluffy</span><span style="color:gray; font-family:Verdana">Emo</span><span style="color:black; font-family:Verdana">Penguin</span>]]<sup><small>([[User talk:FluffyEmoPenguin|<span style="color:gray">ice quack!</span>]])''</small></sup> 23:08, 18 December 2012 (EST) | ||
:It's unknown as it is inconsistent. Much of it is due to who is supervising the development of the Halo universe in each Halo title. If you choose to follow strictly to Bungie's perspective, the UNSC learnt of the Forerunners in the first Halo title (as per the phrase you quoted although it is taken out of context). If you choose to follow Microsoft's/343i's, it would be Halo Wars, that is in 2531 (that cutscene showing Anders and her lab of floating Forerunner relics). Bungie's is far more consistent in between the four Halo titles when it comes to learning about the Forerunner whereas ''Halo 4'' assumes you've followed closely to Microsoft's/343i's development of the Halo universe and that Forerunner is known to UNSC since Arcadia.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 08:50, 19 December 2012 (EST) | :It's unknown as it is inconsistent. Much of it is due to who is supervising the development of the Halo universe in each Halo title. If you choose to follow strictly to Bungie's perspective, the UNSC learnt of the Forerunners in the first Halo title (as per the phrase you quoted although it is taken out of context). If you choose to follow Microsoft's/343i's, it would be Halo Wars, that is in 2531 (that cutscene showing Anders and her lab of floating Forerunner relics). Bungie's is far more consistent in between the four Halo titles when it comes to learning about the Forerunner whereas ''Halo 4'' assumes you've followed closely to Microsoft's/343i's development of the Halo universe and that Forerunner is known to UNSC since Arcadia.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 08:50, 19 December 2012 (EST) | ||
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:::I hadn't read the Visual guide. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 18:18, 19 December 2012 (EST) | :::I hadn't read the Visual guide. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 18:18, 19 December 2012 (EST) | ||
::::Sadly we have no idea of when ONI Alpha Site was built. For all we know, it could be only a couple of years old and was built when ONI detected the Portal using techniques they'd developed over the Human-Covenant War. Interestingly, [[Ellen Anders]] lecturing on xenobiology in 2525 suggests that ONI was prepared to allow a fair amount of information on alien structures to get out (either because they didn't care or because they decided it was impossible to keep secret), since humanity already had established university courses on the subject.--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 18:35, 19 December 2012 (EST) | ::::Sadly we have no idea of when ONI Alpha Site was built. For all we know, it could be only a couple of years old and was built when ONI detected the Portal using techniques they'd developed over the Human-Covenant War. Interestingly, [[Ellen Anders]] lecturing on xenobiology in 2525 suggests that ONI was prepared to allow a fair amount of information on alien structures to get out (either because they didn't care or because they decided it was impossible to keep secret), since humanity already had established university courses on the subject.--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 18:35, 19 December 2012 (EST) | ||
Perhaps. Or perhaps she was taken by them because she had inadvertently accessed something classified and they didn't want the information to get out. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 18:53, 19 December 2012 (EST) | |||
:Well for some reason she did know about the ruins on Onyx.--[[User talk:The All-knowing Sith'ari|The All-knowing Sith'ari]] 09:10, 20 December 2012 (EST) | |||