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A Forerunner Tale by nicholas
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A Forerunner Tale Part 1: And So The Flood
Date: 18 March 2003, 4:25 PM
A Forerunner Tale
Part 1- And So the Flood
Millions of years ago, not sure exactly how many, but millions of years ago, the first race lived. This race were extremely advanced, even for our time. They were known as the Forerunners, and they had an interesting story to tell.
The Forerunner had only one planet. A ring world, which was later known as Installation 01. They called it Halo, and it had a large religious significance around it. Unfortunatly, the Forerunner were not able to reproduce at all, so they decided they should do something about this. However, compared to normal life of our time, the Forerunners had an extremely long lifetime, going up to several thousand years. So, they had a lot of time to experiment, and lots of time to work and play.
The Forerunner decided they would create clones of themselves. These could, in turn, go to a seperate planet and create more. So, they got to work. This story revolves around several Forerunner, Mu-Knor, Kar-Kay and Ou-Pa. Each Forerunner looked like a Covenant Hunter, with a human head, Sentinel parts, no Fuel Rod Gun, and odd Covenant parts, like skin of Elites, or shield technology of Jackals. Mu-Knor was yellow, Kar-Kay was green and Ou-Pa was red.
These three Forerunner, and some others, set up a giant control room on the ring world. It had a large hologram of the ring, and the sun nearby, Ground. This had large rooms coming off, with lots of electronic equipment and computers. These were the clone rooms.
Mu-Knor touched buttons on the computer. His hands were human and small, so they could be used well. On the screen in front of him was a large 3D drawing of a Forerunner. It rotated and parts kept disappearing and being changed slightly. Ou-Pa came up next to him and looked at the screen.
"I'll get the room ready," said the Forerunner. Ou-Pa walked off in the direction he had come from and pressed a button on the wall. A large part of the wall in front of Mu-Knor opened up and revealed a white room, sealed off from others. A small device stood in the middle and steam poured out, eventually clearing.
"Cloning process beginning!" yelled Mu-Knor. Ou-Pa ran up to the computer next to him and started hitting buttons. The device began to move, spraying out a yellowish-green liquid, and making a jelly-like noise. Smoke poured out and the room was blackened.
"Begin the cooling process!" said Mu-Knor. Ou-Pa pressed a blue button and turned a knob to the number 10. The smoke instantly disappeared and the blackened room turned white again. Ou-Pa pressed another button and an image of the clone appeared.
It was a small squid-like creature, about one foot in size, with lots of tentacles. It was yellow and made a revolting, squishy sound. Clearly not a clone of a Forerunner.
"Scanning for DNA information," said Ou-Pa. He pressed buttons, looking confused. Numbers flashed across the screen very quickly, ending with the number 1. The computer flashed with the words 'MATCH' in red letters. Ou-Pa looked at Mu-Knor with his eyebrows raised, and looked down again. "Computer, give me name briefing,"
"DNA correctly states name of creature as Flood Spore," said the computer's dull voice. Ou-Pa scratched his chin, then pressed some more buttons. "DNA matches that of Forerunner."
"Run those numbers up on the screen again computer," said Ou-Pa. The numbers appeared and he looked through them. "Match..."
"This Flood Spore isn't a match to us, it can't be!" cried Mu-Knor. "Send this to the testing bay and begin thorough tests. You know, where it originates, what it can do and it's lifestyle."
Ou-Pa nodded and pressed a button labelled 'Eject'. The Flood Spore's image disappeared as the room was blasted with air. Then wall closed again, to begin decontamination. Ou-Pa walked out of the room.
"You tried, Mu-Knor. You tried as hard as you could. Continue the research," he said. Mu-Knor nodded and began typing in digits and bringing up strands of DNA.
Ou-Pa walked into the Research Room. He opened the tube and the Flood Spore came out. It was frozen. Ou-Pa hit a button and more Flood Spores appeared in sealed off chambers. He wanted to make sure this one would die. He hit a button and the Flood Spore began moving, sounding like jelly.
"You're not like us, are you, little fella?" asked Ou-Pa. He held it up to his face to have a look. It jumped at him. He thrashed his arms wildly as it engulfed his face and bit into him. He tried to scream but it muffled him. He grabbed at the Flood Spore, but his hands weren't strong enough to remove it, and he went falling over tables. He crashed to the ground, still trying to get rid of the Flood Spore, slowly suffocating. Suddenly, he felt warm. Blood. He thrashed more wildly, but it latched on stronger, and it's tentacles cut into him. He screamed as blood trickled down his throat, and into his stomach. It bubbled in his windpipe and he couldn't breathe. He made one last smash at the Flood Spore. He hit it's tail, causing it to let go, and be sent flying across the room, exploding in a small puff as it hit the wall. Ou-Pa got up and coughed, blood pouring out of his throat, and head. But he collapsed again and hit the ground. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he stopped breathing.
And this was the beginning of the most powerful and adaptive warrior ever... The Flood...
Coming in Part 2- A Decision:
The Forerunner decide what to do with the faulty clones
The first new installation is built and the first monitor is activated
Plans for weapons to combat the Flood begin
A Forerunner Tale Part 2: The Decision
Date: 29 March 2003, 7:47 AM
Part 2- A Decision
"We have to do something about these creatures! They have permantly disabled Ou-Pa and destroyed our equipment! They must be destroyed!" yelled Mu-Knor, hitting the table.
"No no, we cannot destroy them! They must be kept, only for study. We cannot allow ourselves to remove all remains of this race, they could prove useful," said Kar-Kay.
"In what way? There cannot be one! These creatures are pure evil, they cannot be allowed to live!" cried a Forerunner in the stands.
"Quiet!" yelled the Head Forerunner. "We cannot argue like this. I have come to a decision. These creatures, the Flood Spores shall be allowed to live, but for experimentation purposes only! But, if anything goes drastically wrong, they will be destroyed!" This was directed at Kar-Kay, who was the Head of Experimentation. Kar-Kay nodded, and briskly walked out of the stands.
"Head Forerunner, you cannot be serious! These creatures have the potential of killing us, do you not know what happened to Ou-Pa?" asked a Forerunner in the stands. "They must be destroyed, or at least have containment procedures if they are let live!"
"And what, my friend, would you advise as a containment procedure?"
"Something that can contain these? You've gotta be crazy, nothing can contain these Spores!" cried Mu-Knor.
"Mu-Knor, calm down! I have an idea. These are called Sentinels. They will have Plasma Streaming Cannons attatched, so they will be able to kill the Flood!" said Tarko, a yellow Forerunner. He handed over a design sheet. "They will be fairly cheap and easy to create, and will cause no damage to the area around, just these parasitic creatures!"
Mu-Knor sighed. "Alright, fine. I'll get to work on designing the Sentinels. But tell the Head Forerunner that I think we should create something else to contain these beasts."
"A second ring, perhaps?" asked the Head Forerunner. Kar-Kay nodded quickly. "Yes, that does sound like quite a good idea. We could seal the Flood in it! Yes, it's brilliant! I'm so glad I thought of it. Kar-Kay, tell Control Management that I want them to get to work cloning this ring, and making something to put on the ring, to stop the Flood. Now go!" Kar-Kay grabbed up the sheet of paper he had been writing on and ran from the room, towards Control Management, to tell them of his idea.
As the years went by, the second ring began to develop nicely, with large underground tombs in which the Flood would be contained. The ring was put 50,000 light years from the other one, and named Installation 02. An atmosphere was generated and plant life began to grow, and water appeared.
Meanwhile, over one hundred years had passed on Installation 01, and Flood experiments had revealed they had evolutionary capabilitites, as well as a fairly vast intelligence and abilities to manipulate knowledge from potential hosts. The Sentinels had been perfected and large testing areas had been sealed off to see if the Sentinels could combat the Flood. They proved very good for the job. Kar-Kay began to test his new idea, which would be a keeper of the second ring, a monitor.
"Firing up practice monitor, Experiment 1, Ring 2, Test 1. Activate," said Kar-Kay. A Forerunner next to him pulled some levers. Through the glass in front of them, they saw a white chamber filling with smoke and steam. When it cleared, a small glowing orb appeared. "Let us kno something, would you be able to follow our commands?" The glowing orb floated around, not saying anything. Kar-Kay sighed. "Deactivate the experiment."
A few tries later, Kar-Kay managed to correctly create a monitor capable of following orders and talking. "Now then, Experiment 3, Ring 2, Test 3, would you be prepared to follow orders from us?"
"Yes!" cried the orb. It shown green and floated around, showing interest in the chamber.
"Okay then! We've got it! Kur-Ay, send the monitor to the transportation and teleportation room and tell a mechanic there to have him sent to Installation 02! I'm going to alert the Head Forerunner!" And with that, Kar-Kay went rushing out of the room, to tell the Head Forerunner of the new monitor, 323 Installation2 Monitor.
Coming in Part 3: The Outbreak
The Flood get out after a mass struggle to keep them under wraps
Life has begun to develop in nearer quandrants of space and the galaxy
The Forerunner decide there has to be a way of killing off the Flood that have been released.
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