Rings we're activated for a different reason

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Description of the new Silentium novel to be released next year

In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood—a horrifying shape-changing parasite—has arrived in force, <mark>aided by unexpected allies</mark>. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.

Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination.

Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood.

The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before…

<mark>Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms.</mark> Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian–husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict–hold the keys to a solution.

Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit t<mark>he greatest atrocity of all time—to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe.</mark>

Read highlighted, could this suggest there was a greater threat than the flood, and they had to activate the rings because of it?

This was intended to be a theory, theres nothing in current canon that will help back up this theory of there being a greater threat than the flood, because that canon won’t exist for another few months.

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in current canon no, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.

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> <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.

The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, CURRENT canon is irrelevant, thats not the purpose of this thread

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Maybe.

The rings were definetly activated to stop the Flood, thats for sure.
But maybe there was something else to it, something involving the insane evil.

I’ve had a theory that the Didact/Librarian was not able to fully execute their solution (mentioned in the description). Therefore, they needed something to temporarily halt the Ancient Evil so they can finish it.

The rings perhaps acted as the way to hold them off, temporarily defeat them.

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> > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, CURRENT canon is irrelevant, thats not the purpose of this thread

Sigh source that and why are you being hostile? I answered th OP by explaining what happens in current canon with the implication that they could/might change it.

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> > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, <mark>CURRENT canon is irrelevant</mark>, thats not the purpose of this thread

wait what ??? o_O

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I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.

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> > > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> > The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, <mark>CURRENT canon is irrelevant</mark>, thats not the purpose of this thread
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> wait what ??? o_O

The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon

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> I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.

The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon

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> > > > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> > > The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, <mark>CURRENT canon is irrelevant</mark>, thats not the purpose of this thread
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> > wait what ??? o_O
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> The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon

Which is exactly why i stated what the current canon was and that they might alter it.

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> > > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> > The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, CURRENT canon is irrelevant, thats not the purpose of this thread
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> Sigh source that and why are you being hostile? I answered th OP by explaining what happens in current canon with the implication that they could/might change it.

How am i being hostile? The Halo’s we’re activated outside of the rings range, outside the galaxy, the only place this could have been is an Ark, seeing as they are the only places that all the rings can be activated at once (that we know of)

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> > > > <mark>in current canon no</mark>, the rings were activated because mendicant bias was on his way to the Orion complex and destroyed the librarians waiting party. Thus The didact went somewhere and activated the rings.
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> > > The didact went to the ark, to activate the rings, CURRENT canon is irrelevant, thats not the purpose of this thread
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> > Sigh source that and why are you being hostile? I answered th OP by explaining what happens in current canon with the implication that they could/might change it.
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> How am i being hostile? The Halo’s we’re activated outside of the rings range, outside the galaxy, the only place this could have been is an Ark, seeing as they are the only place that all the rings can be activated at once (that we know of)

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> > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon

you expect that ? after 343 decided that everything in the halo canon would become one whole universe no more little bubbles,

If you what to change this you’l trow away Halo 3’s and CEA’s terminals and most of what 343 Guilty Spark said.

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> > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon

Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.

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> > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
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> Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.

Can we get back on topic please?

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> > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
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> Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.

I kinda wanted to get peoples opinion on what i thought the new novel will reveal, i didn’t want a full blown argument about something completely off topic.

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> > > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
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> > Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.
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> I kinda wanted to get peoples opinion on what i thought the new novel will reveal, i didn’t want a full blown argument about something completely off topic.

And it’s only by looking at what we have right now that we can accurately determine whether or not what you’re saying is the case. Otherwise you are just asking for us to agree with you based on 3 lines of suggestively highlighted text because you want us to ignore the established story…

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> > > > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > > > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
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> > > Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.
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> > I kinda wanted to get peoples opinion on what i thought the new novel will reveal, i didn’t want a full blown argument about something completely off topic.
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> And it’s only by looking at what we have right now that we can accurately determine whether or not what you’re saying is the case. Otherwise you are just asking for us to agree with you based on 3 lines of suggestively highlighted text because you want us to ignore the established story…

It’s more of a theory, theres nothing in current canon that will help back up this theory of there being a greater threat than the flood, and that the forerunners didn’t activate the rings entirely because of the flood.

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> > > > > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > > > > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
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> > > > Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.
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> > > I kinda wanted to get peoples opinion on what i thought the new novel will reveal, i didn’t want a full blown argument about something completely off topic.
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> > And it’s only by looking at what we have right now that we can accurately determine whether or not what you’re saying is the case. Otherwise you are just asking for us to agree with you based on 3 lines of suggestively highlighted text because you want us to ignore the established story…
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> It’s more of a theory, theres nothing in current canon that will help back up this theory of there being a greater threat than the flood, and that the forerunners didn’t activate the rings entirely because of the flood.

You know what a theory is? A theory is a cohesive idea formulated logically based on evidence to support it, by removing the actual evidence going against it you are not formulating a logical idea based on evidence, you are dictating an idea as fact based on a few cryptic lines of text without exposition and telling us that we should agree with you.

All current canon disproves your assertion that the Halos were fired for any other purpose than as a last ditch effort to wipe out the Flood and save the galaxy. You cannot ignore this, you cannot tell people not to use it in discussion because otherwise there is no discussion.

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> > > > > > > I hope the OP knows that until canon actually changes, current canon is not irrelevant.
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> > > > > > The purpose of this thread was to discuss future canon and what this novel will reveal about the forerunners, not to discuss current canon
> > > > >
> > > > > Er… I do hope you realise that it’s only by discussing the significance of ‘current canon’ that we can accurately piece together things to predict what may happen in the ‘future canon’. Otherwise we’re just making blind, uneducated assumptions.
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> > > > I kinda wanted to get peoples opinion on what i thought the new novel will reveal, i didn’t want a full blown argument about something completely off topic.
> > >
> > > And it’s only by looking at what we have right now that we can accurately determine whether or not what you’re saying is the case. Otherwise you are just asking for us to agree with you based on 3 lines of suggestively highlighted text because you want us to ignore the established story…
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> > It’s more of a theory, theres nothing in current canon that will help back up this theory of there being a greater threat than the flood, and that the forerunners didn’t activate the rings entirely because of the flood.
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> You know what a theory is? A theory is a cohesive idea formulated logically based on evidence to support it, by removing the actual evidence going against it you are not formulating a logical idea based on evidence, you are dictating an idea as fact based on a few cryptic lines of text without exposition and telling us that we should agree with you.
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> All current canon disproves your assertion that the Halos were fired for any other purpose than as a last ditch effort to wipe out the Flood and save the galaxy. You cannot ignore this, you cannot tell people not to use it in discussion because otherwise there is no discussion.

I don’t want a definition on what a theory is, i want you TO GET BACK ON TOPIC! you’ve basically been attacking me for the last 2 hours, please stop. and i wasn’t saying you should agree with me, i just wanted you’re opinion on whether you think the forerunners may have activated the rings for a reason different to what we currently know.