![]() ![]() Many generations after being punished by the Forerunners, the humans were back to traveling the galaxy and making colonies on lesser planets. John-117, aka Master Chief, a Spartan-II Image: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios The Forerunners “re-seeded” (essentially a form of repopulation after activating a Halo) various species, exiled their few remaining members, and passed the Mantle to the humans. Losing the war, the Forerunners constructed and activated the titular Halo rings, which were designed to destroy all life that the Flood could potentially prey upon - starving the Flood, ensuring its demise. Without the humans around, the Flood returned and went to war with the Forerunners. The Librarian, a Forerunner, looked over humanity. The Forerunners brought humanity back to the stone age, stripping them of their interstellar travel. The humans defeated the Flood but lost to the Forerunners and their Promethean warriors (led by the Didact). ![]() Believing humanity was pushing its luck and reaching too far, the Forerunners also went to war with the humans in order to stamp them out. Humans eventually discovered the Flood, which started a brief war. With the Precursors gone, millions of years passed with the Forerunners in charge. The Didact, a Forerunner captain Image: 343 Industries via Halopedia Turning mostly to dust, the Precursors eventually became the Flood, the zombielike parasite that ruins the back half of most Halo games. There’s some debate about whether the Precursors planned to destroy the Forerunners or the Forerunners attacked unprovoked. Believing they were the superior creation, the Forerunners obliterated the Precursors and took up the Mantle of Responsibility for themselves. The Precursors had apparently decided to pass the Mantle onto the humans - letting them dictate the flow of life in the universe - rather than the Forerunners. In the Forerunner-Precursor war, the Forerunners destroyed their creators. They’re not all evil, but they are primarily responsible for nearly every problem in the Halo universe: the Flood, the Halo rings, and - to some extent, out of their control - the Covenant itself. They were positioned to be the Precursors’ original successors, and, at one time, the most powerful species in the universe. The Forerunners were humanity’s biggest rivals and serve as the primary antagonists in 343 Industries’ Halo games. The Precursors helped shape and evolve humans, the Forerunners, and many other races using the Mantle of Responsibility, a creation philosophy. The rings are meant to wipe out a species known as The Flood, which can only stay alive through the use of other sentient beings.Ĭombat Evolved ends with Master Chief and Cortana narrowly escaping death – again – before rushing off to warn Earth of the impending Covenant invasion.The Forerunners get all the credit in the Halo games, but the Precursors came before, as their name implies. It isn’t long before they learn the true purpose of the ancient Forerunner weapons, which are designed to eradicate all sentient life. After discovering that the giant Halos are weapons, the two look for a way to take control of them before the Covenant do. Halo: Combat Evolved follows Master Chief and his trusty AI companion, Cortana, as the two learn of the Covenant’s true plans in their war effort against the UNSC and humanity. ![]() The Covenant are after a few things aboard the UNSC warship, starting with Master Chief, who is quickly awakened from cryosleep by Captain Jacob Keyes to handle the attacking enemy forces. Halo: Combat Evolved starts with a bang, literally, as Covenant forces arrive almost immediately and begin boarding The Pillar of Autumn. The crew is largely able to survive, but the implications of their mission are ultimately left hanging in the balance by the game’s end. The Spirit of Fire’s crew learn Harvest is much more important than they initially thought thanks to the expertise of Professor Ellen Anders, a scientist interested in Forerunners, an ancient civilization that has left behind mysterious structures for (at the time) unknown reasons. The UNSC believes that the planet may be important to the collective group of aliens, united by shared goals and religious beliefs. The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) warship Spirit of Fire is sent to investigate the world Harvest. ![]() Halo Wars takes place 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, the first game released in the series. But Halo quickly changed from an isometric perspective to the atmospheric first-person shooter gameplay the series is known for today after Bungie joined the ranks of Microsoft. Bungie, the developer that originally created Halo, had at first envisioned it as an RTS title, similar to Myth, another game made by the team. Though different from the majority of the series, Halo Wars is actually a lot closer to what Halo almost was. ![]()
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