Breakdown of Possible Halo 4 Enemies

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With Halo 4 coming out this November 6th, most of us have been wondering who will be the main antagonists of Halo 4. As stated before by Frank O’Connor, this new trilogy will bring back some of the known enemies in the universe while new enemies will be added. Let’s discuss what is known so far.

First of all, It has already been confirmed that Elites, Grunts and Jackals will be in the game, which is not much of a surprise, after all, we know how to deal with these bad guys. Why are they back in the series as enemies? Let’s recall a few things of Halo: Glasslands. The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side); and the other one simply wants to take revenge on the humans and the Arbiter. In other words, these Elites who are against Arbiter’s decisions and humanity might be the ones who reform the Covenant, with most of the original species and possibly new ones. It’s not clear whether they found Master Chief by accident or they actually knew where he was.

On the other hand, it can be assumed by Halo Anniversary’s terminals that the Forerunners will be in Halo 4 for the first time (at least as physical characters) but whether they are going to be our allies or enemies is still an enigma. There has been rumors that the Forerunners will in fact be the “ancient evil” that Master Chief will face; or even the Precursors. Yet, in the book Halo Cryptum it is stated that Precursors never fought against humanity but against the forerunners; besides, Precursors never accepted the Forerunners as the carriers of the Mantle. Anyways, fans should expect to see all types of Sentinels (even the big ones from Halo 2) in the game. In addition, according to the book Halo Primordium, a clone of Guilty Spark has been found who is now desperate to find the Librarian. Since he has the memory of the ancient human Chakas, it can be assumed that he will be an ally or a neutral character.

Well, what about the Flood? O’Connor already said that we are not fighting the Flood in Halo 4, but that doesn’t deny its presence in the game, so Flood might be seen in the game in a way or another, in the end, they have always been there in the main trilogy and Halo Wars. Also, in Halo Cryptum it is revealed that the flood can decide to infect or not, meaning they could be allies for the third time in the series (or even neutral). However, if this planet turns out to be a Shield World, then theoretically the Flood cannot be there.

So if none of these are the ancient evil, then what or who will be? Could be the unknown creature that comes out in Making Halo 4: First Look? We will have to wait more to find out.

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my guess is Precursor

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> The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side)

It’s funny how many people say this to be true when it is not. The Arbiter’s side despise Humans just as much as the other “side”, the only difference is that they share the Arbiter’s opinion on ceasing hostilities for the short term, so that they can rebuild. They also follow his religious beliefs. They have no intentions of forming any little alliance with Humanity or tolerating them; they hate them just as much. They would glass Earth if they had enough ships.

Fighting the Forerunners would probably not work given the massive technology gap present.

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> > The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side)
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> It’s funny how many people say this to be true when it is not. The Arbiter’s side despise Humans just as much as the other “side”, the only difference is that they share the Arbiter’s opinion on ceasing hostilities for the short term, so that they can rebuild. They also follow his religious beliefs. They have no intentions of forming any little alliance with Humanity or tolerating them; they hate them just as much. They would glass Earth if they had enough ships.
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> Fighting the Forerunners would probably not work given the massive technology gap present.

There is no tech gap present anymore, in the last few books the tech gap has significantly decreased, the covenant used a lot of forerunner tech and humans used a lot of that tech as well. The Infinity is equipped with forerunner shileding, sensors, warp engines and weapons. It’s also MASSIVE in size, probably capable of taking on a covenant fleet.

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> > > The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side)
> >
> > It’s funny how many people say this to be true when it is not. The Arbiter’s side despise Humans just as much as the other “side”, the only difference is that they share the Arbiter’s opinion on ceasing hostilities for the short term, so that they can rebuild. They also follow his religious beliefs. They have no intentions of forming any little alliance with Humanity or tolerating them; they hate them just as much. They would glass Earth if they had enough ships.
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> > Fighting the Forerunners would probably not work given the massive technology gap present.
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> There is no tech gap present anymore, in the last few books the tech gap has significantly decreased, the covenant used a lot of forerunner tech and humans used a lot of that tech as well. The Infinity is equipped with forerunner shileding, sensors, warp engines and weapons. It’s also MASSIVE in size, probably capable of taking on a covenant fleet.

How is one ship supposed to take on a fleet of them with equal technological capabilities? (This is assuming that the Infinity is even on par with a single Forerunner ship)

Also, the Forerunner’s military-industrial power is entire orders of magnitude greater than the UNSC’s. The Forerunner could probably produce more ships in a day than the UNSC could in half a century

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> > > > The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side)
> > >
> > > It’s funny how many people say this to be true when it is not. The Arbiter’s side despise Humans just as much as the other “side”, the only difference is that they share the Arbiter’s opinion on ceasing hostilities for the short term, so that they can rebuild. They also follow his religious beliefs. They have no intentions of forming any little alliance with Humanity or tolerating them; they hate them just as much. They would glass Earth if they had enough ships.
> > >
> > > Fighting the Forerunners would probably not work given the massive technology gap present.
> >
> > There is no tech gap present anymore, in the last few books the tech gap has significantly decreased, the covenant used a lot of forerunner tech and humans used a lot of that tech as well. The Infinity is equipped with forerunner shileding, sensors, warp engines and weapons. It’s also MASSIVE in size, probably capable of taking on a covenant fleet.
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> Are you seriously kidding me? The PD guns on Forerunner ships have destroyed Halo rings.
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> We are talking about a civilization with thousands of mobile death stars that once ruled 3 million star systems, compared to a humanity which is still stuck to basic bullet ballistics.

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> > > > The Elites seem to have separated in two sides; one wants to go on and keep an alliance with the humans (which is the Arbiter’s side)
> > >
> > > It’s funny how many people say this to be true when it is not. The Arbiter’s side despise Humans just as much as the other “side”, the only difference is that they share the Arbiter’s opinion on ceasing hostilities for the short term, so that they can rebuild. They also follow his religious beliefs. They have no intentions of forming any little alliance with Humanity or tolerating them; they hate them just as much. They would glass Earth if they had enough ships.
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> > > Fighting the Forerunners would probably not work given the massive technology gap present.
> >
> > There is no tech gap present anymore, in the last few books the tech gap has significantly decreased, the covenant used a lot of forerunner tech and humans used a lot of that tech as well. The Infinity is equipped with forerunner shileding, sensors, warp engines and weapons. It’s also MASSIVE in size, probably capable of taking on a covenant fleet.
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> How is one ship supposed to take on a fleet of them with equal technological capabilities? (This is assuming that the Infinity is even on par with a single Forerunner ship)
>
> Also, the Forerunner’s military-industrial power is entire orders of magnitude greater than the UNSC’s. The Forerunner could probably produce more ships in a day than the UNSC could in half a century

It is shown that in Halo: Glasslands, they brought Engineers(those squid like beings) from Onyx to work on Inifity, plus, they salvaged a lot of ship tech and so on from Onyx as well from a fully stocked hangar bay that they found.

Over all, Covenant had High Charity and a split of Mendicant Bias. Humanity has fully functioning Forerunner ship’s, weapons, ammo, shielding units, and pure Forerunner non-Covenant Engineers to help them work on Infinity.

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let’s not forget about the rest of the shards of Mendicant Bias. they could still be out there…rampant.

and offensive bias…and certain forerunners that executed the Didact and tested a halo ring on a certain colony…

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The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them

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> The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them

well, it was the only feasible idea.

he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.

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> > The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them
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> well, it was the only feasible idea.
>
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> he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.

I think I know a way to quell this coversation.

As said by good ol’ Frank:“Master Chief will have to face something he’s never faced before.” “he has ‘bigger concerns’ than the covenant.” “He will have to face a much bigger enemy now.”

Etc.

Now lets take a look back at the concept art trailer from Halo Fest, or at least the end of it.

start at 1:28 and watch from there.

waits

Okay, welcome back.

Now then, that looked to me like a very insectoid based creature. and that cry was unlike anything I’ve ever heard, even from the flood, and as Frankie said, were not fighting flood.

Now, Forerunner’s…as I recall, they don’t make a crazy, animalistic or malevolent roar, they are dignified, beautiful even. Humanoid.

So, if the Covenant isn’t what we have to worry about.
If the Flood is not what were fighting.
And we have an insectoid based life form of unknown origin that’s supposedly ‘a Bigger Concern’ than the covenant. Then I would have to say that we, as I have been thinking and saying since I even heard about a bigger enemy, are facing the Precursors.

Further, the picture of the Precursor in the Wikia also has a picture put together from the sneak peak which resembles Precursor concept art to a T.

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> > > The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them
> >
> > well, it was the only feasible idea.
> >
> >
> > he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.
>
> I think I know a way to quell this coversation.
>
> As said by good ol’ Frank:“Master Chief will have to face something he’s never faced before.” “he has ‘bigger concerns’ than the covenant.” “He will have to face a much bigger enemy now.”
>
> Etc.
>
> Now lets take a look back at the concept art trailer from Halo Fest, or at least the end of it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKmu2yn3Fk
>
> start at 1:28 and watch from there.
>
> waits
>
> Okay, welcome back.
>
> Now then, that looked to me like a very insectoid based creature. and that cry was unlike anything I’ve ever heard, even from the flood, and as Frankie said, were not fighting flood.
>
> Now, Forerunner’s…as I recall, they don’t make a crazy, animalistic or malevolent roar, they are dignified, beautiful even. Humanoid.
>
> So, if the Covenant isn’t what we have to worry about.
> If the Flood is not what were fighting.
> And we have an insectoid based life form of unknown origin that’s supposedly ‘a Bigger Concern’ than the covenant. Then I would have to say that we, as I have been thinking and saying since I even heard about a bigger enemy, are facing the Precursors.
>
> Precursor | Halo Alpha | Fandom
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> Further, the picture of the Precursor in the Wikia also has a picture put together from the sneak peak which resembles Precursor concept art to a T.

It’s fan art. I was in conversation with it’s maker during its creation.
This proves that Halo Nation is NOT a trustworthy source. Never use it, use Halopedia.

But, yeah, I agree. I don’t see how the Forerunners can be classifird “evil” but surely the creators of the Flood can. It’s all subjective, though…

Also, that creature is oviously mechanical.

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If it was stated we would be facing an Ancient Enemy then i would say the Forerunners are the antagonists. But were facing an Ancient Evil, Forerunners aren’t evil. It has to be the Precursors.

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> If it was stated we would be facing an Ancient Enemy then i would say the Forerunners are the antagonists. But were facing an Ancient Evil, Forerunners aren’t evil. It has to be the Precursors.

you’re forgetting about a certain…special forerunner…that likes to test rings out on colonies…

and mendicant bias’ other personality shards…

and whatever the precursors could have made between their demise and now.

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Personally, I hope we fight WITH the forerunners and against the precursors.

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> > If it was stated we would be facing an Ancient Enemy then i would say the Forerunners are the antagonists. But were facing an Ancient Evil, Forerunners aren’t evil. It has to be the Precursors.
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> you’re forgetting about a certain…special forerunner…that likes to test rings out on colonies…
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> and mendicant bias’ other personality shards…
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> and whatever the precursors could have made between their demise and now.

Remember Forerunners believed they had inherited the Mantle, yet to protect all life from the Flood were willing to destroy all life “Wipe the Galaxy Clean”. The Librarian is an exception she thought differently then most Forerunners did, and is said to appear in Halo 4. Mendicant Bias’s shards could play a part in Halo 4, perhaps we come across it on Requiem

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Here’s my list who will return a couple we know why thanks to books and hints.

Already known enemies: Covenant

Elites
Grunts
Jackals

Unknown enemies maybe or may come in H4:

Precursor(hence the video at Halo Fest at the end shows us a big creature)
Didact (CEA’s glyph of Didact and 343 Guilty Spark mentions him at Terminal 10 The Maw)
Hunters?
Brutes?
Engineers?

No enemies returning:

Flood(confirmed by Franky everyone rejoice!)

Ok now here’s why Precursor will be in the game. Well lets look at the video from Halo Fest when they showed us the trailer of all the H4 artwork well at the end if you go very very slowly, you see a huge -Yoink- creature with one eye can’t be sure since it happened so fast. We also know that the only creature in the Halo universe is ‘ancient evil’. We know who the ‘ancient evil’ is thanks to Halo Forerunner Saga books that are now out. Only one is the Precursor a Tier 0 lifeforms. They are relative to the sea scorpions and are described as 20 ft tall or more. That’s huge. Read the Forerunner saga books peeps.

Now for Didact. Why is he returning? Well lets look at Halo Legends. He’s the one that fired the Halo Rings since the Forerunners had no choice but to during the Flood War. At the end it shows us he’s shutting down the activation after all the species returned to their home worlds by the Dreadnoughts then he went to sleep just like Master Chief does but the question is where? Their home world is no more and uninhabitable. He maybe in this shield world, Requiem. Also 343 Guilty Spark mentions both him and the Librarian, his lover. At the end of the terminal video 10 you see a glyph. Pause your terminal video and compare it on Halo Nation. Who’s glyph is that? It’s Didact’s. Here’s what Guilty Spark mentions on him why he may return in H4.

Terminal 10
Guilty Spark:
“Oh, but what I would not give to have even a single company of her Prometheans here right now. Oh, they would most certainly restore order with their trademark lethality. Although, that would mean he would have to be here too, and without the Librarian around to temper his rage, well, these Reclaimers might almost prefer the Flood.” -The fallout from a blast, presumably from the explosion of the Pillar of Autumn, engulfs the environment shown, and the symbol of the Didact flashes on the screen before the screen cuts to black.

Meaning Didact will be in H4. The one who created the Rings and did the firing of Halo Rings during the Flood War, will be in H4. How is unclear but it seems Didact will be pissed off Chief destroyed Installation 04,04B and the damage to the Ark. Didact will want answers from Chief when he goes to that shield world.

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> > > > The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them
> > >
> > > well, it was the only feasible idea.
> > >
> > >
> > > he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.
> >
> > I think I know a way to quell this coversation.
> >
> > As said by good ol’ Frank:“Master Chief will have to face something he’s never faced before.” “he has ‘bigger concerns’ than the covenant.” “He will have to face a much bigger enemy now.”
> >
> > Etc.
> >
> > Now lets take a look back at the concept art trailer from Halo Fest, or at least the end of it.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKmu2yn3Fk
> >
> > start at 1:28 and watch from there.
> >
> > waits
> >
> > Okay, welcome back.
> >
> > Now then, that looked to me like a very insectoid based creature. and that cry was unlike anything I’ve ever heard, even from the flood, and as Frankie said, were not fighting flood.
> >
> > Now, Forerunner’s…as I recall, they don’t make a crazy, animalistic or malevolent roar, they are dignified, beautiful even. Humanoid.
> >
> > So, if the Covenant isn’t what we have to worry about.
> > If the Flood is not what were fighting.
> > And we have an insectoid based life form of unknown origin that’s supposedly ‘a Bigger Concern’ than the covenant. Then I would have to say that we, as I have been thinking and saying since I even heard about a bigger enemy, are facing the Precursors.
> >
> > Precursor | Halo Alpha | Fandom
> >
> > Further, the picture of the Precursor in the Wikia also has a picture put together from the sneak peak which resembles Precursor concept art to a T.
>
> It’s fan art. I was in conversation with it’s maker during its creation.
> This proves that Halo Nation is NOT a trustworthy source. Never use it, use Halopedia.
>
> But, yeah, I agree. I don’t see how the Forerunners can be classifird “evil” but surely the creators of the Flood can. It’s all subjective, though…
>
> Also, that creature is oviously mechanical.

I’m with you on the mechanical part , well atleast the part where they aren’t Precursor’s.Precursors have 2 pairs of arms and a pair of legs, and by the looks of that picture it may be a Precursor machine much like the Forerunners sentinels only more advanced , like a AI in a body if that makes sense ?

Long story short , it ain’t a Precursor.

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> > > > > The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them
> > > >
> > > > well, it was the only feasible idea.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.
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> > > snip
> >
> > It’s fan art. I was in conversation with it’s maker during its creation.
> > This proves that Halo Nation is NOT a trustworthy source. Never use it, use Halopedia.
> >
> > But, yeah, I agree. I don’t see how the Forerunners can be classifird “evil” but surely the creators of the Flood can. It’s all subjective, though…
> >
> > Also, that creature is oviously mechanical.
>
> I’m with you on the mechanical part , well atleast the part where they aren’t Precursor’s.Precursors have 2 pairs of arms and a pair of legs, and by the looks of that picture it may be a Precursor machine much like the Forerunners sentinels only more advanced , like a AI in a body if that makes sense ?
>
> Long story short , it ain’t a Precursor.

We know this how? That is very possible it is just a machine but all we know about the precursors appearance comes from descriptions of the timeless one which does not mean it is necessarily a perfect replica of a precursor.

Who says the Precursors are not mechanical in the first place? Maybe they decided to forgo biological bodies through methods like the forerunner composer? Would explain why they would have such control of something as volatile as the flood because there would be no bodies to infect.

As for the visible description while they may indeed have say 2 pairs of arms maybe they only can manipulate objects by using the digits on both arms together hence why they would appear like more traditional bipeds in armor

I’m not saying this is how its supposed to be, all I am saying is that we don’t really know enough about the precursors from any non galaxy devouring source to say too much about them.

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> > > > > > The Master Builder i would say is the antagonist in Halo 4. He almost caused the extinction of the San Shyuum and was responsible for making the Halo array, he came up with the idea of protecting all life by destroying them
> > > > >
> > > > > well, it was the only feasible idea.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > he seemed to be an idealist of sorts. very amoral, but he had to be. someone needed to be in his place…so it might as well have been him. but yes, i could see him as one of the antagonists…precursors are just too huge to be left out of this trilogy.
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> > > > snip
> > >
> > > It’s fan art. I was in conversation with it’s maker during its creation.
> > > This proves that Halo Nation is NOT a trustworthy source. Never use it, use Halopedia.
> > >
> > > But, yeah, I agree. I don’t see how the Forerunners can be classifird “evil” but surely the creators of the Flood can. It’s all subjective, though…
> > >
> > > Also, that creature is oviously mechanical.
> >
> > I’m with you on the mechanical part , well atleast the part where they aren’t Precursor’s.Precursors have 2 pairs of arms and a pair of legs, and by the looks of that picture it may be a Precursor machine much like the Forerunners sentinels only more advanced , like a AI in a body if that makes sense ?
> >
> > Long story short , it ain’t a Precursor.
>
> We know this how? That is very possible it is just a machine but all we know about the precursors appearance comes from descriptions of the timeless one which does not mean it is necessarily a perfect replica of a precursor.
>
> Who says the Precursors are not mechanical in the first place? Maybe they decided to forgo biological bodies through methods like the forerunner composer? Would explain why they would have such control of something as volatile as the flood because there would be no bodies to infect.
>
> As for the visible description while they may indeed have say 2 pairs of arms maybe they only can manipulate objects by using the digits on both arms together hence why they would appear like more traditional bipeds in armor
>
> I’m not saying this is how its supposed to be, all I am saying is that we don’t really know enough about the precursors from any non galaxy devouring source to say too much about them.

Well, their technology utilizing Neural Physics can either support or deny your claim. But what you are suggesting is that “robots” exiosted before organic life, and that organic life is basically just a machine made of organic sunstances. That is a very intereting theory, and I have delved in its possibilities myself, but I’m still not sure about it.