Instead of Building the Massive rings and multiple Forerunner shield worlds the forerunners could have used those materials to multiply the number of operational ships they had to fight against the flood 100 fold.
Chances are with the sheer number of ships they could have built 3 shield worlds with massive defensive capabilities and a gargantuan fleet protecting it.
Maybe I am wrong but the creation of the rings just seems like a massive misapplication of resources.
although I am being silly because it is just a story and without the halo universe the way it is we wouldn’t have had all the awesome games and books the way they are.
I do wonder though how the Halo universe would be if the forerunners took a different approach to defending against the flood instead of the rings. would be interesting.
> > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> why would it prolong the conflict ?
Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
> > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
> > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
^This, The flood do not just ‘stop’ they never stop, the halo rings were fired, they wiped out all infection forms for a few galaxys distances, they left but 100 (roughly) infection forms the size of jelly beans (from the looks of Anniversary terminals) on each ring, 100 flood from 1 halo then created the flood war that you see through Halo 1,2 AND 3
> > > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> > Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
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> …but I’ve destroyed the flood plenty of times.
Yeah, and we have all killed chief multiple times whats your point?
Building ships in bulk wouldn’t matter. The Flood would have consumed those as well as they do everything else. Remember, they do get smarter as they consume sentient life and as we know now, they destroyed the Forerunner empire regardless of what ships or tactics they used. Plus (and this one is a bit shaky) i think the Forerunners responded too late to the Flood threat (underestimated them?) and with the betrayal/corruption of Mendicant Bias, i think that the firing of the rings quickly became the more popular alternative rather than make awesome looking shield worlds like Requiem or Onyx.
I mean the Flood are relentless as they are resourceful. I could see them easily infiltrating a Shield World by the end of the war and end up absorbing the Forerunners anyways. It would have been too risky to lie in wait and let them continue to spread through the galaxy consuming sentient life while waiting in the safety of a Shield World. It was best (at the time) to just fire the rings in hope that future species wouldn’t have to deal with the Flood. Sadly, the Forerunners kept Flood samples on their rings and we all know what that lead to…cough Halo CE-3 cough.
> > > > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > > > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> > > Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
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> > …but I’ve destroyed the flood plenty of times.
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> Yeah, and we have all killed chief multiple times whats your point?
Tell that to the Builders.
The Didact wanted them to build Shield Worlds they could use to monitor Flood movement and act accordingly, but the Builder rate exiled him and proceeded to comission the Halo Array, a series of rings that would act as a last resort.
And another reason the Builders proceeded with the Array was that they planned to use the rings to secure their power. When the San Shyuum went into uprising, the Master Builder used a Halo on them all. Something that got him removed of his power for abusing the rings. They still tried.
And building more ships wouldn’t help. It would just give the Flood more opportunities to infect more ships to infect more colonies. Ships didn’t work in the original war, adding more for Mendicant to use in the final attack would make things worse.
> > > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> > Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
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> …but I’ve destroyed the flood plenty of times.
You’ve destroyed basic flood forms that were barely held together. The Forerunners fought that times a hundred.
The Flood during the Forerunner War was more advanced, having access to all the Forerunner’s personal and technological upgrades. They had fleets. They were controlled by a hyper advanced Gravemins called the Primordial, later by a rampant but insanely smart AI called Mendicant Bias.
Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
> Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
Ironically enough humanity has previously cured The Flood infection; the Forerunners however didn’t want to listen and instead bumped us down a few technological levels when they defeated us and in turn set themselves up for annihilation. The Human and Forerunner potential would have been limitless had we set our differences aside and joined together to combat The Flood…
> > Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
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> Ironically enough humanity has previously cured The Flood infection; the Forerunners however didn’t want to listen and instead bumped us down a few technological levels when they defeated us and in turn set themselves up for annihilation. The Human and Forerunner potential would have been limitless had we set our differences aside and joined together to combat The Flood…
I thought it was revealed they never did really and that the flood chose not to infect them or some such thing
> > > > It wouldn’t work as its the same for the sentinels. The sheer amount of ships would only prolong the conflict not ending it.
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> > > why would it prolong the conflict ?
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> > Because there isn’t an actual cure/method to destroy the flood yet and pouring more resources into the problem isn’t going to create a solution. Its better to have a last resort then to go all out thinking just a few more ships could halt/destroy the spread of the flood.
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> …but I’ve destroyed the flood plenty of times.
> > Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
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> Ironically enough humanity has previously cured The Flood infection; the Forerunners however didn’t want to listen and instead bumped us down a few technological levels when they defeated us and in turn set themselves up for annihilation. The Human and Forerunner potential would have been limitless had we set our differences aside and joined together to combat The Flood…
I’m pretty sure the Forerunner would wanna listen, humanity just didn’t wanna tell them. Thus leading to the humans taking over several Forerunner controlled worlds, after the flood had been there.
This led to the Forerunner-Human war which ended with humanity… Getting bombed back to stone age.
> > > Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
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> > Ironically enough humanity has previously cured The Flood infection; the Forerunners however didn’t want to listen and instead bumped us down a few technological levels when they defeated us and in turn set themselves up for annihilation. The Human and Forerunner potential would have been limitless had we set our differences aside and joined together to combat The Flood…
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> I thought it was revealed they never did really and that the flood chose not to infect them or some such thing
> > > Simply using a gun didn’t defeat the Flood before, and it won’t now. If the Humans were up against everything the Forerunners faced, they’d be crushed.
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> > Ironically enough humanity has previously cured The Flood infection; the Forerunners however didn’t want to listen and instead bumped us down a few technological levels when they defeated us and in turn set themselves up for annihilation. The Human and Forerunner potential would have been limitless had we set our differences aside and joined together to combat The Flood…
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> I thought it was revealed they never did really and that the flood chose not to infect them or some such thing
That is correct. The Flood choose to either infect or leave the host alone. There is no cure to the flood except putting bullets into them and sticking annoying ranged pure forms >.>