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complex Defense Operations, was a Forerunner organization in command of the ecumene's defense during the Forerunner-Flood war. Most notably led by the

to regard the collective core security and transit authorities of the Forerunner Ecumene. The overwatch network monitored, rationed and forbade travel

Faber's exile around a decade before the end of the Forerunner-Flood war. During the human-Forerunner wars, the Council was affected by the growing influence

thousands of Forerunner worlds, leading to the deaths of billions of Forerunners and other sapient species. The highest levels and tiers of the Forerunner Fleet

blood and mouth, which would transfer memory and understanding from Forerunner to Forerunner through biting. After this initial biting, touching was sufficient

Maniples were a specific division of Manipulars within a Forerunner guild or family, defined by one's function. The term "Maniple" is derived from the

Main article: Forerunner fleet Fleets were a basic unit of organization in the Forerunner ecumene's military forces. Throughout Forerunner history, most

A Primary Pioneer Group was a Forerunner organization that searched for habitable planets. Advance Survey Team-Alpha was apparently part of the group.

most respected group of Warrior-Servants in the Forerunner ecumene. During and after the human-Forerunner wars, they were led by the Didact. The Prometheans'

series on the Forerunners Technology Starships Technology History Forerunner-Precursor war Kradal conflicts Human-Forerunner wars Forerunner-Flood war Culture

species, civilizations, governments, and organizations on the Orion Arm. The Orion complex, the center of the Forerunner ecumene and the location of their homeworld

Earth. A Forerunner door on Installation 04 in Halo: Combat Evolved. A closed Forerunner door on the Threshold gas mine in Halo 2. A Forerunner door opening

subordinating the United Nations itself. All existing supranational organizations, independent nation and city-states, and their respective territorial

a special visual look-development level called "Forerunner City" was created. This featured a Forerunner city composed of a single building. It was eventually

Numerous companies and organizations using numerous shipyards across human space produced or repaired ships. The companies and organizations include the Oros

a kind of assembler vat class employed on a large-scale throughout the Forerunner Ecumene. They consisted of small assembler vats used to create most small-arms

Council security was a Forerunner organization designated to protect the Ecumene Council. They wore black and red combat skins and were assisted by black-armored

large Forerunner structure. Later, Truth took the majority of remaining Covenant loyalist fleets with him after he departed aboard the Forerunner keyship

Builder Security was a Forerunner military organization. They conducted security and combat matters for the Builder rate; in many cases, they effectively

safety of Forerunner artifacts. The Ministry of Tranquility was granted military assets to aid in the ministry's function: the acquisition of Forerunner relics

Covenant ministry that dealt with securing Forerunner reliquaries. The ministry was a semi-monastic organization that was considered to be "obsessed" with

defend Forerunner sites on human colonies during the war. Fleets under the Ministry of Tranquility were, ostensibly, tasked with finding Forerunner artifacts

used in Forerunner glyphs. Main article: Antikythera mechanism The Society of the Ancients questioned if its creation was influenced by Forerunner visitors

beliefs, studying and incorporating Forerunner technology in order to avoid defeat. This incorporation of Forerunner technology eventually caused a stalemate

concentrated most of their forces in East Africa as they excavated long-buried Forerunner Portal structure, invading and occupying a large portion of the surrounding

The Capital Court was a Forerunner ecumene judicial institution located at the Capital. The Court was noted to be a place of great ceremony and ritual

ship. Warships are usually exclusively operated by a Navy, though some organizations and companies have operated their own. Both the Covenant and the UNSC

alliance with humanity. Feigning religious devotion to the Forerunners, he resolved to recover Forerunner technology from the shield world Requiem to the Sangheili

true heart of the Forerunners, namely their desire for glory, their joy in the diversity of rates and the tremendous loss felt to Forerunner culture when identities

called Hesduros, formed a new "Covenant" and eventually traveled to the Forerunner world Requiem and wake the "living god" known as the Didact to assist

dissolution of the Covenant and the abandonment of its religion, some continued Forerunner worship. "The Path is strict, Jora — it brooks no deviation, no remorse

regarding the treatment of Forerunner technology, though Decimus in particular secretly harbors a reverence for the Forerunners. Atriox and Decimus hate

efforts. He personally led numerous operations tasked with scouring Forerunner relic sites in search of highly important assets, destroying anything that stood

eventually suffering a disastrous defeat against the Forerunners in the human-Forerunner wars, the Forerunners forcibly regressed humanity to a Tier 7 species

establishment of the Covenant in 852 BCE. The organization originally consisted of Sangheili that hid Forerunner artifacts from the San'Shyuum. The order was

a surviving Forerunner known as the Didact, who once commanded the Forerunner armies against prehistoric humanity in the Human-Forerunner War. Once awakened

fought between the Forerunners and the Flood in Path Terrulian within the 78th Thema. One of the penultimate battles of the Forerunner-Flood war, it ended

A guild was a specific division within a rate in Forerunner society. Every family within a rate belonged to a particular guild. The amount of mutations

the Sangheili resisting the Created's rule, Cortana sent a Guardian and Forerunner soldiers to pacify Sanghelios, starting with its major cities. The UNSC

content were ubiquitous in Forerunner society. The computing systems of the personal armor worn by virtually all Forerunners were integrated with the wearer's

This mercenary organization was an offshoot of Jul 'Mdama's reformed Covenant, led by Sangheili Shipmaster Vata 'Gajat. As of March 2558 the group was

the UEG and accumulated a large amount of nuclear weaponry. In 2558, a Forerunner Guardian was activated on the colony, causing large-scale destruction

Program, ONI Augmentation Report, Battlefronts, Spartan Dossiers, UNSC Organization, Alien Factions, and the Spartan Armory. The book is written as an official

them altogether. The Jiralhanae are rated a native Tier 4 species by the Forerunner Technological Achievement Tier scale, although a Tier 2 rank was adopted

REAP-X department's greatest breakthrough was the discovery of a working Forerunner slipspace drive used to complete the UNSC Infinity. The department utilizes

Assault Armor was often—though, not always—created and manufactured by organizations, departments, and branches of the United Nations Space Command, the Unified

created by the Forerunners, designed to exterminate all sentient life within the Milky Way galaxy. Built following the Human-Forerunner War, these ringworlds

followed by chapters on humans, Spartans, the Covenant, the Flood, the Forerunners, the Human-Covenant War, science and technology, transport, locations

the ships, constructs, and mega-engineering tools used throughout the Forerunner Ecumene. Most military shipyards and factory clusters were of this class

the first human worlds to fall to the Forerunners in the human-Forerunner wars. After being defeated by the Forerunner civilization, most humans were exiled

was a United Nations Space Command research base built on the surface of Forerunner Installation 00. The Ark research outpost was one of the few UNSC research

continuing spread, human fleets began destroying Flood-infested Forerunner ships and cleansing Forerunner planets where Flood infestations were detected. Forthencho

archived personality of the Forerunner known as the Librarian on Requiem. She revealed the times of the ancient human-Forerunner wars to the Spartan, as well

invulnerable to repeated discharges from Forerunner infantry weapons. The Warrior-Servants operated the Forerunners' most prominent battle fleets, comprising

may be produced by governments as well as activist groups, religious organizations, corporations, the media, and other individual interests. Propaganda

years of the Forerunner-Flood war The Precursors were an advanced race that preceded and were mythologized by the Forerunners. The Forerunners classified

those common in Forerunner architecture. A different ruins site on Heian, bearing more similarity to the Arcadia and Installation 05 Forerunner ruins. More

were an assembler vat and spacecraft manufacturer during the time of the Forerunner Ecumene. They consisted of large and highly sophisticated facilities capable

Assembler Vats were a type of assembler vat technology used throughout the Forerunner Ecumene. The Mercatus vats consisted of the massive industrial vaults

in and around the ruins of stone structures bearing clear elements of Forerunner architecture. However, the location has ties to ancient human civilization

Assembler Vats were a kind of assembler vat manufacturer used by the Forerunners. They consisted of lesser-tier vaults and workshops designed with the

mercenary organization known as the Banished launched an attack on United Nations Space Command research outposts established on Forerunner Installation

from the Forerunner Dreadnought, the ship at the center of the city. The city was completely powered by the engines of the decommissioned Forerunner vessel

with access to the Forerunner installation under the world's surface. Osiris pursued Blue Team to Meridian and discovered the Forerunner installation under

Concept art of a Forerunner gravity field generator. A valley with massive Forerunner towers suspended in the air. Concept art of the Forerunner skyscrapers

Insurrectionists, who frequently attend these bazaars. Before the human-Forerunner wars, black markets existed throughout the galaxy. When prehistoric humanity

instructions to assault one of 'Mdama's Covenant outposts and recover a Forerunner artifact. They are successful and the artifact is taken aboard Infinity

sighting his approach vector as he landed on Earth after arriving on the Forerunner ship. The team, consisting of at least five Marines and a Corpsman, came

the destructive power of the battlecruiser's ventral beam, destroying a Forerunner ruin on Shaps III. Sometimes Sinks, a Huragok aboard the ship, is horrified

Vats were a kind of assembler vat used by the highest echelons of the Forerunner Ecumene; dedicated to only Council worthies and the most accomplished

Halo: Cryptum is the first novel in The Forerunner Saga by Greg Bear. The novel explores Forerunner society and their shared history with humanity. The

The Master Builder's Fabricae were a kind of Forerunner assembler vats. They were notably responsible for the fabrication of the Mantle's Approach, as

gravity. Prior to the UNSC's discovery and implementation of superior Forerunner drive technology, human slipspace technology lacked the resolution to

forces led by the Mgalekgolo pair known as Colony from gaining control over Forerunner Despair-class fighter, which they planned to use against the Spirit of

with personnel considered judicious and bold. They frequently employed Forerunner technology in their construction, and Ministries that wished to crew and

detailed the Flood, revealing information about the initial thoughts the Forerunners had about them. Main article: Echoes Through Time The third episode quickly

such as the SPARTAN programs, Project: MJOLNIR, and the investigation of Forerunner sites—the most notable of which is Trevelyan. The Office of Naval Intelligence

Simulator as a framing device. Set in two time periods, the story centers on a Forerunner artifact known as the Conduit. The game begins during the Battle of Mombasa

first two novels in the Forerunner Saga, Silentium is framed with an in-universe conceit, being presented as a series of Forerunner logs under investigation

began preaching a return to the Sangheili's ancient ways of worshiping Forerunner artifacts. Consequently, they felt that Thel 'Vadam and those loyal to

Particular attention has been invested in attempting to reverse engineer Forerunner architectural structures, as well as construction and remediation techniques

reconstitution of their own Forerunner technology. This led both sides to an agreement that ended with the decommissioning of the Forerunner Dreadnought and a shaky

moons. However, as the Sangheili had finally resolved to use their holy Forerunner weapons on their attackers out of desperation, they managed to bring the

common enemy they both shared. In one scene, the Master Chief enters a Forerunner building covered in Flood growth. A Gravemind hands him what appears to

for another four years. Built in secret using technology recovered from Forerunner and Covenant sources during the war, the Infinity is the UNSC's largest

impenetrable; the only way up to it is by a Forerunner elevator. If you can get access to the local Forerunner Control Towers, I can take control of the

was able to cause Draetheus V to break up using X50 which was in fact a Forerunner device for creating and destroying planets. However, Spartan Sarah Palmer

terminals in Halo 3 are Forerunner terminals that provide insight into the history of the Forerunners, primarily the Forerunner-Flood war. The terminals

San'Shyuum who opposed the Stoics, wishing to infiltrate and study the Forerunner Dreadnought in order to advance their species and better understand their

orbital paths and optimal slipspace pathways. During the Forerunner-Flood war, the Forerunner forces led by the Falchion at the 78th Thema used their numerous

had learned that the Didact, a mighty Forerunner general with a hatred for humans, was trapped inside a Forerunner shield world known as Requiem. After

Covenant started deploying their ground forces to the city, in search of a Forerunner relic, the Ark Portal, buried under the city. However, due to a strong

Concept art for Forerunner structures. Concept art for Forerunner structures. Concept art for Forerunner structures. Concept art for Forerunner structures.

troops to land on Sanghelios and enter a Forerunner relic. Phillips has been teleported to another Forerunner structure in a farmer's field. He is found

was where the Covenant would eventually begin their excavation for the Forerunner structure under the region. "Before 2552, there was no way anything like

Under the door leading to the next area is the terminal. A Forerunner fleet orbits a Forerunner planet. A shuttle enters one of the planet's portals. The

illustration of the Forerunner Dreadnought was noted to be challenging, a massive ship that is both spindly and spikey based on the Forerunner design. As a result

that was released on September 6, 2016. The book details events from the Forerunner era to after the Human-Covenant War from the perspective of Curator. The

by one of the shipmasters, Buran. Inside the Forerunner Dyson sphere, the group comes across a Forerunner tower. Mendez decides to explore the structure

Vale as "simple, but industrious miners." Main article: Forerunner-Precursor war During the Forerunner-Precursor war, a group of Precursors fled to, what was

actually an artificial construct concealing a Forerunner "Shield World", which was constructed by the Forerunners to protect themselves from the firing of the

battle over the Forerunner Capital, Riser and the Forerunners that were holding him crashed on Installation 07. One of the Forerunners, who was locked

#TEAMLOCKE A bit of spray and pray never hurt anyone. Some new weapons or cool forerunner tech to bring the battle to the next level Has a new countdown appeared

Intelligence to aid with the research of various Forerunner artifacts and structures. Regarded as an expert in Forerunner and Sangheili languages and culture, Mann

Headed by: Master Juridical First Observer of the Court Organizational overview Affiliation: Forerunner ecumene  

can also advance by capturing Forerunner secondary reactors. When a Reactor is built or an Age is researched, or a Forerunner secondary reactor is claimed

interfering with Forerunner artifacts, to prevent any members of the Covenant from ever discovering their true place as the Forerunner's heirs. The newly

was Serina. After the crew sacrificed her slipspace drive to destroy the Forerunner shield world known as Trove, the Spirit of Fire was forced into a slow

the foot of the Forerunner structure was littered with a trail of dead UNSC soldiers. After facing Merg Vol's final forces and Forerunner beam turrets, she

Draetheus V and its moon X50 and clashed with the UNSC for control of the Forerunner relics present there. Two SPARTAN-IVs, Sarah Palmer and Edward Davis,

plasma weapons can be refilled with plasma ammo. Hardlight weapons are Forerunner in origin and disintegrate targets upon inflicting critical damage. Their

Sangheili soldier serving as Jul 'Mdama's top lieutenant. The Librarian - A Forerunner Lifeshaper, whose imprint and her secrets are wanted by the UNSC and Covenant

destroy the shield world's sun, denying the Covenant access to a fleet of Forerunner warships. Atop the Apex Site, Jerome, Alice and Douglas engaged a large

Halsey from Jul 'Mdama's forces because she has information on a series of Forerunner attacks on human colonies. Fighting their way to Halsey’s coordinates

Stoics worshipped the Forerunners and their technology, but they strongly believed that tampering with or directly studying Forerunner artifacts was blasphemous

locations: a Forerunner planet emblazoned with glyphs, large Forerunner structures in an unknown location, a forest with a large Forerunner building rising

hostile to humanity as well, dispatching a task force to Onyx to prevent Forerunner technology from falling into human hands. However, this fledgling alliance

Campaign level: The Arbiter The terminal is a Forerunner terminal in the room bisected by two Forerunner gas canister conveyors, at the top of the ramp

attempting to repel the Spartan from Anodyne Spirit during the Scramble onboard Forerunner Dreadnought. However, a handful of Jiralhanae Honor Guardsmen survived

UNSC Pillar of Autumn who, fleeing from the Fall of Reach, stumble on the Forerunner Halo Installation 04, only to be forced into a desperate battle against

species before and during the time of the human-Forerunner wars. The alliance ended once the Forerunners destroyed the human civilization, restricting the

interstellar empire, which was shattered by the Forerunners at the conclusion of the human-Forerunner wars. Erde-Tyrene itself was considered an insignificant

drifting in space the UNSC Spirit of Fire found its way to the orbit of the Forerunner Installation 00, known as the Ark. Awakened from cryo-sleep, Alice, as

drifting in space the UNSC Spirit of Fire found its way to the orbit of the Forerunner Installation 00, known as the Ark. Awakened from cryo-sleep, Douglas,

of a Forerunner structure and an additional five days trapped in a hallway inside the ruins by Covenant forces. They managed to retrieve a Forerunner crystal

Reach. The Covenant began to solidify their hold and began searching for Forerunner relics as the UNSC counter-attacked, attempting to drive the Covenant

closing days of known Forerunner history following the events of Greg Bear's The Forerunner Saga, as a group of surviving Forerunners embark on a perilous

novel by Matt Forbeck released on November 14, 2017. Set mainly in the Forerunner shield world Onyx, Legacy of Onyx follows up on narrative threads established

backup. Eventually, the Ferrets infiltrate Salvation Base—on a strange Forerunner world—in search of the Tuwa family. While at the base, Olivia-G291 discovers

Team, to the human Outer Colony of Gao in the Cordoba system to locate a Forerunner ancilla located deep within the planet's Montero Cave System. The ancilla

two social divisions became known as the Rh'tol and the Vheiloth skeins. Forerunner Builder families were organized into clans. These clans formed alliances

in his attempt to take control of the Forerunner Dreadnought's trajectory, fought his way out of the Forerunner ship's airlock in a commandeered Ghost

After several human colonies were unexpectedly attacked by mysterious Forerunner entities, Doctor Catherine Halsey contacted UNSC Infinity with information

— Anonymous UNSC Marine The Kig-Yar (sometimes rendered as "Kig-yar"; Forerunner designation: Perosus latrunculus, Latin for "hateful bandit"; UNSC designation:

was released on June 5, 2009. Uprising opens with John-117 on board the Forerunner Dreadnought which is on its way to Earth. Near Jupiter, he is contacted

Venezia, but they also have allies on Gao and other worlds, including Forerunner installations. The Keepers are led by a small group of Jiralhanae elders

forces on the planet. San'Shyuum scientists desperately attempt to uncover Forerunner artifacts before Sangheili assault teams outnumber them. During the battle

first San'Shyuum to be referred to as "Prophets." Centralized within the Forerunner Dreadnought during the War of Beginnings, the Keepers of the Dawn were

transplanted on the ring hundreds of years before the final days of the Forerunner-Flood war. However, after Master Builder Faber hid Installation 07 from

looking around the base. Soon, he finds photos of humans interfering with Forerunner technology, including what the Shipmaster remarks as resembling an Oracle

a sizable Covenant garrison force in an attempt to secure a mysterious Forerunner relic|structure in the region. In the final weeks of 2525, the UNSC Marine

ultimately scrapped due to time constraints: Covenant Ship, Forerunner Tank, and Forerunner Ship. In the "Making of Halo 2" documentary there was concept

These spirits inspired the Refuge's repairers' guild. The Forerunner Sun and the Forerunner Moon—with the latter serving as the former's consort—were thought

exploring the enormous Forerunner shield world Sarcophagus in late 2553 or early 2554, respected scientist and expert on Forerunner history and culture,

resistance against Earth was initially confined to disparate insurgent organizations, even the leadership of some Outer Colonies would eventually be sympathetic

defeat on Mars in November 2552, while Halsey became trapped within the Forerunner shield world Trevelyan and was later exiled to Ivanoff Station orbiting

never as powerful as the Forerunner devices they were based upon, and that some technologies—such as hard light and Forerunner alloys—they could not replicate

Cortana and allied AIs rebelled against the UNSC. Taking control of ancient Forerunner weapons known as Guardians, Cortana subjugated the galaxy in the name

outer edges of Covenant territory for Forerunner relics. They are known for keeping an extensive library of Forerunner glyphs, though the ministry's staffers

after the Librarian's imprint gave him the mission of "right what the Forerunners did wrong" below Mount Kilimanjaro, Spark reflects about his life as the

Dawn that Cortana and the Chief are aboard is seen drifting towards a Forerunner world. Spoilers end here. Halo 3 incorporates many of the gameplay features

natural speciation. It was suspected by the Covenant as a touch of the Forerunners, and various mutagens in the atmosphere does provide evidence of ongoing

v • d • e   Organization of the Covenant military General Levy • Lance • File • Kai'd • Warhost • Legion Jiralhanae-specific Pack • Skein • Alpha Tribe

command of his own fleet and ordered him to go to Onyx and prevent the Forerunner technologies there from falling into human hands. Wattinree's plans came

The Spartans discovered a Forerunner structure and Glassman was sent to investigate. After the doctor discovered a Forerunner artifact that was seemingly

Evelyn Rousseau and Saskia Nazari were exposed to the deadly effects of a Forerunner artifact, ONI offered them the chance to become part of the program, having

massive Forerunner spire at the center of the crater. Hekabe and Anexus descended to the spire and opened the facility using the vertex, a Forerunner device

Banished, who had been sent by Atriox to lead an operation into the abandoned Forerunner Keyship. His mission is to recover shards of a slipspace crystal aboard

Castor had his men comb the area for any sign of either the humans or the Forerunner slipspace portal they were looking for. While the dokab oversees the search

by expanding it. Concept art of the Arcadia Gardens. Concept art of the Forerunner ruins. August-099 on Arcadia. Rumbledrugs. Halo: Hippocratica - The official

display of the Flood infecting the galaxy. A dead Forerunner scientist. Catherine gazes at the Forerunner interior of Onyx. IMDb, IMDb (Retrieved on Jan 28

customer. Drinking at a bar with the money earned a month earlier selling Forerunner technology, she considers the financial rewards for recovering and using

of Soma, a Forerunner inhabitant of Seaward, as she experiences the first sighting of the Flood in the Milky Way since the human-Forerunner wars. The short

were deployed to the keyship to retrieve several shards of the Menachite Forerunner crystal, intended to be used to re-connect the Banished forces with their

typically assigned to Covenant brigade-equivalents to serve as scouts. The Forerunner military used the term company to describe a unit of Prometheans, the

Information established in The Forerunner Saga hints that Heian was once an Ancestors colony, either missed when Forerunners purged the galaxy of any remnant

tied to prior to crosscore being enabled for various items for easy of organization. If the item released after, the image is used to decide what core an

Adequate-Observer, an ordinary Forerunner Warrior-Servant stationed on a remote gas mining platform during the Forerunner-Flood war. The story is set towards

removed the Covenant manufactured cowlings from their Banshees revealing the Forerunner mechanisms beneath, and redesigned them so they sport the colors of Sanghelios

It would end with the Created taking control of numerous areas using Forerunner Guardian Custodes, and the destruction or loss of access to a lot of data

Lord Hood to send more Spartans to secure Forerunner technology on Onyx. Her relative expertise with Forerunner technology was vital to the survival of the

obsessed with discovery and control of Forerunner sites. Ministry of Fortitude - responsible for the distribution of Forerunner artifacts among the Covenant client

Cortana's exit vector leads the ship to a system discovered when she decrypted Forerunner glyphs found by the Master Chief on Sigma Octanus IV. When the Pillar

share her information. She explains the source of the cloaking: the three Forerunner spires around which the settlement was built. The cloaking is essentially

Fractures. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. In 2553, a Forerunner facility housing a miniature, prototype Halo installation has become the

idle animation to the player's Avatar in which their character summons a Forerunner Monitor who bobs and hovers around them playfully. Rookie Helmet: Unlocked

efficient lone-wolf assassin, having single-handedly broken terrorist organizations and made entire rebel groups disappear. The Spartan was also a test pilot

killing those loyal to 'Mdama and seizing control of 'Mdama's collection of Forerunner artifacts taken from Requiem, using them to further cement his support

peace wanted by the Mantle, she reactivated several Guardian Custodes, Forerunner machines designed to subdue any warlike species. Through the use of the

government of the Covenant that dealt with the balanced distribution of Forerunner relics to the rest of the Covenant's member species. Although client species

known as Blue Team when the Covenant attacked the colony in search of Forerunner artifacts. From their primary base at Black Reef the rebels, commanded

Iqbal to his colleagues, in which he addresses the discovery and study of Forerunner relics on various worlds, such as Coral, Reach, Heian and most notably

a ministry of the Covenant that researched and attempted to replicate Forerunner technology. In the early stages of the Human-Covenant War, the Ministry

Exploitation Battalion landed on Gao to covertly search for Forerunner ancilla Intrepid Eye, drawing the ire of Casille. Upon learning of the UNSC's intentions

past what server administrators provide; this complicates competitive organization and the prevention of cheating and griefing. Halo Custom Edition, a multiplayer-only

of the same art was used for Rise of Atriox II. Unused artwork for the Forerunner garrisons. Unused artwork for the anti-infantry upgrade of the spike turret

release: Diamondback - a desert-themed remake of Halo 3's Avalanche. Edge - a forerunner-themed original map to Halo Online later ported into Halo: The Master

tunnel, leading into an even larger room. In the room's center, they find a Forerunner crystal. While walking toward it, the Spartans and Halsey discover that

epigraph is therefore appropriate as Luther Mann's study of the ancient Forerunner language brought him on a chase from Trevelyan to Zeta Halo and finally

instead of a pure white or grey of the RX-78-2 Gundam. The name references organization Karaba and character Paptimus Scirocco also from 1985 anime Mobile Suit

building—later becoming Hannibal HQ—over the site of a strange meteor and buried Forerunner structure. Six years later, Jack Hannibal had produced the first small-scale

supercarrier Hammer of Faith, and two cities previously inhabited by the Forerunners. ‘Kvarosee, knowing full well that he will be ordered executed by the

the ring. Fireteam Raven survive the crash, and move to take cover in a Forerunner structure nearby, while battling more Flood and Covenant. Eventually,

the Jiralhanae invaders. Together they managed to destroy an underground Forerunner facility housing hundreds of thousands of Sharquoi under the control of

this made the Spartans immune to the negative genetic effects of some Forerunner artifacts. In addition to the standard set of chemicals, Kurt Ambrose

San'Shyuum to help lower inbreeding rates on High Charity and to retrieve a Forerunner luminary. Reluctantly, Inner Conviction agreed and departed for the planet

article: Forerunner Email Shortly after 1 AM PST, an email was sent to all recipients of the Xbox Flash newsletter. A total of three Forerunner glyphs—specifically

the fleet begins to glass the area in an attempt to uncover the buried Forerunner Portal to the Ark. Buck, having witnessed glassing during the Battle of

the ministerial bodies that formed the Covenant. The Ministry studied Forerunner artifacts. The Ministry was headed by the Minister of Relic Safety. In

the death of her father. A surviving Sangheili spies on Silver Team. A Forerunner artifact activates for John-117. The surviving Sangheili runs away and

at an initial design for a Forerunner weapon in the heads-up display. The cut Forerunner weapon firing. The cut Forerunner weapon overheating. Different

UNSC colony that was under siege by the Covenant, who were looking for Forerunner artifacts. Simultaneously, several former CMA members were performing

Escharum received a message from Atriox ordering him to find a fabled Forerunner portal on Reach so that he could return to the galaxy from Installation

John-117, on a mission to defend a UNSC base tasked with overwatching a Forerunner temple. En route to the objective, the Pelican is shot down by Banshees

High Prophet of Regret and his fleet came to Earth to find the Ark, a Forerunner installation where they could fire all of the Halo installations and complete

insurrectionist. The scouting party is then interrupted by the emergence of a Forerunner construct, which fires upon the Banished troops and leaves all but one

charge Fal. Eventually, Fal kills the entire attacking force. Atop a Forerunner structure, Fal and Haka finally duel. It is a short-lived fight, as Haka

Orzel awaits them near a readily automated Prowler. Outside, a single Forerunner Guardian looms over the city of Sydney, and despite attacks from Broadswords

The Chosen are equipped with Belos armor. In the Bioroid universe, the Forerunners created weapon-parasites called Bioroids, infecting beings with the Reclaimer

Escharum received a transmission from Atriox that ordered him to find a Forerunner portal rumored to be hidden on Reach so that he could leave the Ark and

many of the Long Shields held the line, Voridus led more troops into a Forerunner structure where he managed to reactivate the Sentinel defense network

possible that Rat's Nest once belonged to NATO (Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization). This might be as in campaign a Marine states that the Crow's Nest was

pack Chieftain Parabum, believed only in muscle and tradition, and used Forerunner relics in more opportunistic and disrespectful ways. During the Fall of

thanks to an unauthorised excursion led by Hekabe into the bowels of the Forerunner megastructure, managing to recover the artefact referred to as the vertex

3 era) and a year after the shocking and deadly attack on Earth by the Forerunner commander known as the Didact (Halo 4)." The story focuses on Dahlia,

times I tell them" "Can you blame them? The Jiralhanae belief in the Forerunners was stronger than anyone in the Covenant..." Halo: Fractures - Halo: Shadow

customer. Drinking at a bar with the money earned a month earlier selling Forerunner technology, she considers the financial rewards for recovering and using

and cut content. These include: Halo 2 concept art for Installation 05's Forerunner ruins on page page 8. An early, unused design for the Ket-pattern battlecruiser

extends her hand to grasp it, she is pulled into a darkened realm of the Forerunner Domain. Contained inside the void, she senses the presence of another

Ice Shelf (First appearance) Sword Base (First appearance) Babd Catha Forerunner complex (First appearance) Longhorn Valley (Mentioned only) Manassas (Mentioned

R'sikosh-pattern man o' war specifically, it was built using information Forerunner artifacts far before the War of Beginnings. The San'Shyuum also piloted

This sort of research had proven difficult for the San'Shyuum, as the Forerunners had refined their bio-enhancing tools and procedures for their own physiologies

2558, Army personnel attached to the UNSC Infinity were deployed to the Forerunner shield world known as Requiem. Along with Navy, Marine Corps, and Spartan

specifically for Spartan assessment and containment teams deployed to Forerunner sites that may house samples of the all-devouring parasite." Halo 5: Guardians

allowing Battle Group Victory to assault the High Prophet of Truth's Forerunner Dreadnought. In February 2558, the Air Force was involved in the Requiem

chooses not to wear them, instead living his days out naturally. All forerunners made this decision - to live their lives out naturally, separated from

group, has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an infamous Brute named Castor,

in Dr. Keyes' lab. Kai holding a needler. John and Halsey stare at the Forerunner artifact. The Futon Critic, Shows A-Z – Halo on Paramount+ (Retrieved

battles the bloodthirsty Covenant for control of the Janus Key — and the Forerunner empire's secrets... The action-packed sequel to Halo 4's Spartan Ops continues

enemy alliance seeks to claim a powerful weapon hidden within the ancient Forerunner ringworld known as Zeta Halo, the surviving UNSC forces now find themselves

First Strike • Ghosts of Onyx Gray Team The Cole Protocol • Envoy The Forerunner Saga Cryptum • Primordium • Silentium (Rebirth) Kilo-Five Trilogy Glasslands

all but Kwan Ha were killed. In a nearby cave system, John retrieved a Forerunner artifact that activated at his touch, something that was witnessed by

(Indirect mention) Cortana (Mentioned only) Kathara (First appearance) Sloan Forerunner Ur-Didact (Mentioned only) Human Abovian (First appearance) Amalea Petrov

Underwood (First appearance) Owen (First appearance) Doarmir (First mentioned) Forerunner Helioskrill (First mentioned) Human Kig-Yar Jiralhanae San'Shyuum Sangheili

ground units. Jiralhanae Warlord Captains under Escharum are armed with Forerunner heatwaves, while their chieftain counterparts are armed with gravity hammers

(First appearance) Minor Minister of Artifact Survey (First appearance) Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Huragok (Mentioned only) Jiralhanae Keifra (Mentioned

Zeta Doradus system Sarcophagus (Mentioned only) Human-Forerunner wars (Mentioned only) Forerunner-Flood war (Mentioned only) Great Purification (Mentioned

(First appearance) Talitha Macer (First appearance) Flood (Mentioned only) Forerunner (Technology only) Human Horse Lekgolo Thanolekgolo (First appearance)

War Kradal conflicts (Mentioned only) Human-Forerunner wars Battle of Charum Hakkor (Mentioned only) Forerunner-Flood war Fate of Maethrillian (Mentioned

Truth (Mentioned only) Cephradon (First appearance) Flood (Mentioned only) Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Huragok Ice shark (First mentioned) Jiralhanae

appearance) Robinson (First appearance) Terrence Hood Xytan 'Jar Wattinree Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Kig-Yar (Indirect mention) Sangheili San'Shyuum

mentioned) SPARTAN-B312 (Mentioned only) Urban Holland (Mentioned only) Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Kig-Yar Mgalekgolo Sangheili San'Shyuum (Mentioned

the psychotic monitor of The Line. Their AI Iona has been infected by Forerunner technology. One of their own has turned against them, pushing their already

'Gatanai (First appearance) Uto 'Mdama (First appearance) Human Flood Forerunner Kig-Yar Sangheili Jiralhanae Unggoy Unified Earth Government United Nations

who believed that all creations of the Forerunner are sacrosanct. They believed that all creations of the Forerunner are sacrosanct, most notably, they believed

Salome (First appearance) Fictional Hinfelm the Horrible (First appearance) Forerunner (Mentioned only) Human Kig-Yar Lekgolo Mgalekgolo Sangheili Sardans cat

was hired by the Office of Naval Intelligence to do research on various Forerunner artifacts on human worlds. Dr. William Arthur Iqbal Halo: Evolutions -

Strategy Guide. The story depicts the Prophet of Regret as he watches over a Forerunner shield world that has been dormant for many years, but now the Covenant

on Meridian and monitor the Covenant's efforts to retrieve an ancient Forerunner artifact of untold power. But what seems like a simple job quickly spirals

Program (mentioned in flashback only) Covenant Empire Forerunner Ariel (First appearance) Ariel Forerunner complex (First appearance) Ballast (Flashback only)