I’m back with another question for the halo scholars. I was wondering why haven’t the forerunners taken down the halo rings? They could have deconstructed it for resources and parts, de-activate the ring, blown it up into separate pieces, or teleported it to another galaxy. So why didn’t they do any of those things? Didn’t they think that one day the humans or other species might accidentally kill themselves with it? What’s up with that?
Because they might have to be used again.
The Lesser Ark was even told to build replacement halo’s if the current ones were destroyed. Monitors were left in charge to ensure security (though seem hilariously bad at it). It’s possible the Ark still has all species indexed in case they need to reboot the galaxy again.
Also with their ability to use tactical pulses, they’re a potential weapon against the return of the precursors.
Yeah it’s kind of a major plot point that they exist for a reason. Like… a key plot point. Foundational. Within the games.
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> The Lesser Ark was even told to build replacement halo’s if the current ones were destroyed. Monitors were left in charge to ensure security (though seem hilariously bad at it). It’s possible the Ark still has all species indexed in case they need to reboot the galaxy again.
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But they can’t de-activate the rings or hide the index for when they don’t need to use it?
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> Yeah it’s kind of a major plot point that they exist for a reason. Like… a key plot point. Foundational. Within the games.
Uhhh…yeah…I already know this. Did you even read the original post?
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Your post should be clarified, it does not state very well or clearly at what point in Halo history the rings shold be removed or demilitarized.
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The rings weren’t in a state of activation until Halo 2 and the Index’s are already hidden away within the Rings. Moving them anywhere else could jeopardize the galaxy further.
343 says it best himself, having done trillions of test firings and one actual in case of a contingency. Forerunners were incredibly intelligent, and knew the flood may one day return.
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But I feel like they should have decommissioned or deactivated them when they weren’t using it. Also, why make it so that the humans can also activate the rings? Horrible idea!
If any flood returned, they could be used against them, humans where the forerunners chosen race after they left, so the rings where left for them to use where the flood to return (Not all died).
I don’t think they really banked on aliens wanting to do a galaxy wide suicide though, and yes, the monitors are hilariously bad.
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> The Lesser Ark was even told to build replacement halo’s if the current ones were destroyed. Monitors were left in charge to ensure security (though seem hilariously bad at it). It’s possible the Ark still has all species indexed in case they need to reboot the galaxy again.
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> Also with their ability to use tactical pulses, they’re a potential weapon against the return of the precursors.
i started laughing lol
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> But I feel like they should have decommissioned or deactivated them when they weren’t using it. Also, why make it so that the humans can also activate the rings? Horrible idea!
They’re as decommissioned as they can be without jeopardizing their necessity for the future. It was the sudden shutdown of Installation 05 that put the whole array on standby.
Each ring has a large defense network and warning system for proximity to the ring. The Index is locked in the Library, only accessible by the Monitor and used by a Reclaimer.
The reason things seem bad in Halo’s games is for several reasons.
Installation 04, Spark is going rampant due to 100,000 years of being lonely and bored. That was the biggest oversight by the Forerunners, but they had no way of knowing when the Conservation Measure would allow species to become spacefaring and find the rings. He deactivated the defense network when humans were detected in orbit.
Installation 05, Penitent Tangent had gone rampant, lax in his duties, and was captured by the Flood. Even so, a quarantine zone was created and maintained around the Library for millennia until the Covenant disabled it.
The rings are actually well protected and efficient, when problems like rampancy aren’t included. Which is something the Forerunners didn’t foresee.
The reason humans can activate the rings is because their genetic evolution as a species was projected to surpass the Forerunners. Essentially making them better, and more worthy for the Mantle. When the Halo Array was decided on, and the war came to a close, the Librarian ensured that Humanity was rise to take the Forerunners’ place after their passing. The Forerunners who survived exiled themselves, refusing to meddle with the galaxy anymore.
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> Each ring has a large defense network and warning system for proximity to the ring. The Index is locked in the Library, only accessible by the Monitor and used by a Reclaimer.
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> The reason things seem bad in Halo’s games is for several reasons.
> Installation 04, Spark is going rampant due to 100,000 years of being lonely and bored. That was the biggest oversight by the Forerunners, but they had no way of knowing when the Conservation Measure would allow species to become spacefaring and find the rings. He deactivated the defense network when humans were detected in orbit.
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> Installation 05, Penitent Tangent had gone rampant, lax in his duties, and was captured by the Flood. Even so, a quarantine zone was created and maintained around the Library for millennia until the Covenant disabled it.
> The rings are actually well protected and efficient, when problems like rampancy aren’t included. Which is something the Forerunners didn’t foresee.
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> The reason humans can activate the rings is because their genetic evolution as a species was projected to surpass the Forerunners. Essentially making them better, and more worthy for the Mantle. When the Halo Array was decided on, and the war came to a close, the Librarian ensured that Humanity was rise to take the Forerunners’ place after their passing. The Forerunners who survived exiled themselves, refusing to meddle with the galaxy anymore.
Nice explanation. Kudos to you
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> Each ring has a large defense network and warning system for proximity to the ring. The Index is locked in the Library, only accessible by the Monitor and used by a Reclaimer.
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> The reason things seem bad in Halo’s games is for several reasons.
> Installation 04, Spark is going rampant due to 100,000 years of being lonely and bored. That was the biggest oversight by the Forerunners, but they had no way of knowing when the Conservation Measure would allow species to become spacefaring and find the rings. He deactivated the defense network when humans were detected in orbit.
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> Installation 05, Penitent Tangent had gone rampant, lax in his duties, and was captured by the Flood. Even so, a quarantine zone was created and maintained around the Library for millennia until the Covenant disabled it.
> The rings are actually well protected and efficient, when problems like rampancy aren’t included. Which is something the Forerunners didn’t foresee.
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> The reason humans can activate the rings is because their genetic evolution as a species was projected to surpass the Forerunners. Essentially making them better, and more worthy for the Mantle. When the Halo Array was decided on, and the war came to a close, the Librarian ensured that Humanity was rise to take the Forerunners’ place after their passing. The Forerunners who survived exiled themselves, refusing to meddle with the galaxy anymore.
What is with halo instalation 03?
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> > The reason things seem bad in Halo’s games is for several reasons.
> > Installation 04, Spark is going rampant due to 100,000 years of being lonely and bored. That was the biggest oversight by the Forerunners, but they had no way of knowing when the Conservation Measure would allow species to become spacefaring and find the rings. He deactivated the defense network when humans were detected in orbit.
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> > The reason humans can activate the rings is because their genetic evolution as a species was projected to surpass the Forerunners. Essentially making them better, and more worthy for the Mantle. When the Halo Array was decided on, and the war came to a close, the Librarian ensured that Humanity was rise to take the Forerunners’ place after their passing. The Forerunners who survived exiled themselves, refusing to meddle with the galaxy anymore.
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It’s not entirely stated, but using 04 and 05 as an example, we can assume that Abject Testament became rampant.
Due to this, and potential lax in duties, ONI was able to secure the Index and take it to Ivanoff. What happened to Testament is unknown.
The threat of the flood was never completely removed. Specimens were preserved for research.
That’s kind of the point of the Halo Array… “Safeguard” the galaxy of major threats such as the Flood, or the return of the actual Precursors.