what did you think about the forerunner’s attempt to stop the flood with the halo array?
Extreme but preferable to the alternative when in conjunction with the contingency measures the Forerunners put in place to preserve and reseed the galaxy with species. So far the rings appear to be the only way of stemming the tide of the Flood and destroying the Precursor star roads they used to such great effect throughout the war.
A question that I have is why Guilty Spark and Penitent Tangent seemed eager to activate those weapons when as far as they knew the infestation they were dealing with was kept localised to just the rings themselves. I mean this is obviously before High Charity or any Covenant naval ships were infected. Granted, the supply ship Infinite Succor had succumbed to the Flood during the Battle of Installation 04 but it was quickly sterilised when it was made to jump directly into the nearby Soell star. The Halo array has a purpose but it shouldn’t be considered for use so lightly.
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> what did you think about the forerunner’s attempt to stop the flood with the halo array?
First off, instead of just asking a short question, you should always try to beef up the content of your post by providing your own thoughts about the topic. What do YOU think about the Forerunners using the Halo Array? Do YOU approve, disapprove, do you think that they could have done something different, etc.
This shows that you actually care about the topic enough to offer your own input into what discussion may follow.
And to answer your question, it doesn’t matter what we think. As 343 Guilty Spark states in Halo 1 “After exhausting every other strategic options, my creators activated the rings. They, and all additional sentient life within three radii of the galactic center died, as planned.”
The Forerunners tried everything else. They had no other option but to light the rings and burn away the Flood. It doesn’t really matter if you or I or anyone else feels like they were out of line or ‘went overboard’ or anything else. They did the only thing that was capable of stopping the Flood from consuming what little remained of the un-infested galaxy (and possibly universe). They were successful, and due to the Conservation Measure, life was able to be restored and flourish in the galaxy once again.
They really didn’t have any other choice. Most of the Forerunner civilization was already destroyed along with thousands of others. The only reason it was even considered was because of the Conservation Method created by the Librarian. This took samples of every logged race in the galaxy and stored them outside of the Halo Array’s range. Once the rings fired, automated Forerunner ships would reseed the galaxy with those samples.
Personally I think the Forerunners should’ve looked further into the Didact’s Shield Worlds, as they were created as another option to survive against the Flood. But even if the Forerunners tried to use those first, I still think they would end up using the Halo Array. Shield vs Sword, and Sword won.
If I recall correctly, the technology that ultimately became the Halo array was collected on Charum Hakkor, after the Primordial gave it to ancient humanity… which would mean that the only means of stopping the Flood, came from the Flood (and by extension, the Precursors who control it), further reinforcing that the Flood’s ultimate goal is not consuming everything.
I believe the technology was a test. Ancient Humanity were given that tech, but they instead opted to self-sacrificially save the galaxy by turning their own populations into a “cure” for the Flood. Obviously this “cure” couldn’t defeat the Flood, but it was the right answer, so the Flood retreated anyway.
In contrast, the Forerunners have always lifted themselves by pushing other races down, and when they developed the Halos, they ultimately built two space stations outside of the galaxy to preserve life, deciding to keep the larger one for their exclusive use, and the smaller one for all of the other races. This is further evidence of the Forerunners not being worthy to hold the Mantle, even as their civilization reached its full potential just before the Flood unleashed the full power of the Star Roads.
At some point I recall a statement along the lines of “1000 plans were tried and failed”. In other words, the Forerunners tried literally every other option. Even options that slightly violated the mantle of responsibility (like what they did to the Sharquoi). So while their attempt to stop the Flood appeared to be overkill, what exactly was the alternative?
The Didact’s Shield World plan may have been viable, but that’s a matter of opinion. It was also a plan fraught with holes. The only sure-fire plan I can see was the Halo Array… and without the Forerunners maintaining samples on Halo installations for research, the Flood may never have been a problem for the modern galaxy at all.
I believe that, yes, the halo array was efficient and preferable in their scenario, but I believe if they kept a better watch on their outer colonies and hidden colonies they could have contained the parasite or destroyed it immediately without even needing to construct the halo array.
I feel like they could have just done what chief did at the end of Halo 3 and they would be fine.
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> I feel like they could have just done what chief did at the end of Halo 3 and they would be fine.
Sacrifice a halo ring only to kill the flood on the ark and then ignore the flood… great plan mate
I undestand that the furerunners whant to preserve the life of the known species, and i know that it was supposed that each species walk to his own step, but was it really neccesary to keep all the species alone?, i mean, they can let them a monitor to walk faster, some furerunners could compose his essence to give them some tips more than the GIS