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 make the player feel like he/she is controlling the outcome of historical battles. This would also mean they could build upon 'Halo Wars' and 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 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, Chieftan Tartarus [Ground]

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

Flood: Gravemind (Pure Form), 032 Mendicant Bias, Gravemind (Combat Form) [Ground]

Gravemind (Carrier Form), 032 Mendicant Bias [Space]

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

Offensive Bias, The Didact? [Space]

Space heroes would reside in their fleets' flagships.

Gravemind's "Pure Form" would resemble the normal form that we see him in. It would either be immovable (in which case it would merely defend the Flood base and sit in the middle of it) or slow to move. The "Combat Form" would resemble the one-eyed, mobile, combat-adept form the Gravemind takes in 'Halo Legends'. This version would be able to move around the map and absorb enemy units to restore its health. The "Carrier Form" would resemble a highly mutated Forerunner vessel with huge growths coming out of it. Upon docking near an enemy vessel, one of the various growths would burst and infect the ship (they always grow back though); after a given period the infected enemy ship would become fully controllable by the Flood.

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.") Also, that would explain why Earth plant life is present on Forerunner installations, as the Precursors could have brought them along with the humans who would become the Forerunners to Forerunner worlds, perhaps in order to terraform them.

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