Precursors. Who they were and what they did

[XO Jaime OX]

Not much is known about them, but information that can be found by text from the logs stored in the terminals around the Ark indicates it is possible that the Forerunner 'Mantle' (Guardians of the Galaxy and all life) was handed down from "legends of the past", the Precursors. It has been presumed that the Precursors viewed the Forerunners as their own legacy, continuing their work after they departed, much in the same way Forerunner lifeworkers (including the greatest lifeworker: the Librarian, or the Lifeshaper) viewed Humanity before the activation of the rings. Having obtained the status of tier-0, it is likely that the Precursors can travel between galaxies.

 

Precursors are described as "very large", with 4 upper limbs and 2 legs. Also having an "ugly head shaped like arthropods" - like spiders or crabs(describe like scorpion) - they have oval, faceted slanted eyes and a "flat face". Coming from the back of the head is a long tail with a 2 meter barb coming out of it. Whether this is the way all Precursors look has yet to be revealed, but this is the way the prisoner on Charum Hakkor is described.

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Halo Nation - Precursor <---More info here

 

Precursors are thought to be the creators of the Forerunners and the Flood. They had the most advanced technology out of every creature in the universe at Tier-0. The Forerunners and the Precursors had a big war and even though the precursors had better tech, the forerunners beat them. The prisoner mentioned above is also referred to The Timeless One, the Precursors created a new Precursor that was too powerful, so they locked him up. More on the Timeless One can be found HERE

 

The Precursors created species for the Milky Way, and if they didn't find them worthy, they would be eliminated. The Forerunners were created and after a while, they were thought not worthy to exist so the precursors were going to eliminate them. the Forerunners became aware of this and attacked the Precursors. They won and decided to destroy the Precursors, but a number of them escaped from them prior to their destruction. Those that escaped created a new race called humanity. The surviving Precursors decided to try and unify the Forerunners and Pre-humans into their shared origin before thier ultimate downfall, so they created a parasitic species called the Flood. The Precursors died off, all except the Timeless One, who was thought to have turned into a Gravemind.

 

Another Website on Precursors is - http://www.halopedian.com/Precursor

 

If you haven't seen my other topic on what Forerunners were, go check it out: http://www.343indust...-what-they-did/

Also, if you know something that i missed about Precursors, please post it to help others out. Thanks

 

[Kurt S-501]

Thanks for the info!

[One]

Precursors sounded like a race that abused their own power, and if they didn't get what they wanted, would rather wipe everything out then lose.

[XO Jaime OX]

Your welcome

and well thats what we know, there might have been more to the story and the precursors might have not been as mean as we think they are

[c0mesweetdeath]

No, I really don't think the Precursors are nearly as mean as they've been made out to be. Keep in mind with the majority of the descriptions of the Precursors came from the Forerunners, who, for obvious reasons, did not like the Precursors.

It's my understanding that the Precursors actually cherished life, but knowing that they were at a Tier 0 Technology, and transentient beings, their roles as life givers and protectors of life in our galaxy were at an end.

I also don't believe the beginnings of the Forerunner/Precursor war to be factually correct. I think the war between the Forerunners and Precursors began when the Forerunners found out that Humanity were to be the Inheritors of the Mantle, and not them. This also most likely ramped up tension between the Forerunners and Humanity.

[XO Jaime OX]

no, the forerunners and humans were ok with each other until humans discovered the Flood. they had a war and had lost many planets in the process to the flood. to regain the planets, they took over forerunner planets and that is how the forerunners got mad at them.

[M4sT3r Ch13f S117]

Thanks for the Info. Also the Precursors were believed to have taught the Ancient/Pre-Humans a type of physics which can make the Humans Grab people threw walls. I will give you an update on what the physics are called.

 

Edit: The Physics is called Neural physics.

[cakey1234]

Not much is known about them, but information that can be found by text from the logs stored in the terminals around the Ark indicates it is possible that the Forerunner 'Mantle' (Guardians of the Galaxy and all life) was handed down from "legends of the past", the Precursors. It has been presumed that the Precursors viewed the Forerunners as their own legacy, continuing their work after they departed, much in the same way Forerunner lifeworkers (including the greatest lifeworker: the Librarian, or the Lifeshaper) viewed Humanity before the activation of the rings. Having obtained the status of tier-0, it is likely that the Precursors can travel between galaxies.

 

Precursors are described as "very large", with 4 upper limbs and 2 legs. Also having an "ugly head shaped like arthropods" - like spiders or crabs(describe like scorpion) - they have oval, faceted slanted eyes and a "flat face". Coming from the back of the head is a long tail with a 2 meter barb coming out of it. Whether this is the way all Precursors look has yet to be revealed, but this is the way the prisoner on Charum Hakkor is described.

-Halo Nation - Precursor <---More info here

Precursors are thought to be the creators of the Forerunners and the Flood. They had the most advanced technology out of every creature in the universe at Tier-0. The Forerunners and the Precursors had a big war and even though the precursors had better tech, the forerunners beat them. The prisoner mentioned above is also referred to The Timeless One, the Precursors created a new Precursor that was too powerful, so they locked him up. More on the Timeless One can be found HERE

 

The Precursors created species for the Milky Way, and if they didn't find them worthy, they would be eliminated. The Forerunners were created and after a while, they were thought not worthy to exist so the precursors were going to eliminate them. the Forerunners became aware of this and attacked the Precursors. They won and decided to destroy the Precursors, but a number of them escaped from them prior to their destruction. Those that escaped created a new race called humanity. The surviving Precursors decided to try and unify the Forerunners and Pre-humans into their shared origin before thier ultimate downfall, so they created a parasitic species called the Flood. The Precursors died off, all except the Timeless One, who was thought to have turned into a Gravemind.

 

Another Website on Precursors is - http://www.halopedian.com/Precursor

 

If you haven't seen my other topic on what Forerunners were, go check it out: http://www.343indust...-what-they-did/

Also, if you know something that i missed about Precursors, please post it to help others out. Thanks

 

 

 

Not much is known about them, but information that can be found by text from the logs stored in the terminals around the Ark indicates it is possible that the Forerunner 'Mantle' (Guardians of the Galaxy and all life) was handed down from "legends of the past", the Precursors. It has been presumed that the Precursors viewed the Forerunners as their own legacy, continuing their work after they departed, much in the same way Forerunner lifeworkers (including the greatest lifeworker: the Librarian, or the Lifeshaper) viewed Humanity before the activation of the rings. Having obtained the status of tier-0, it is likely that the Precursors can travel between galaxies.

 

Precursors are described as "very large", with 4 upper limbs and 2 legs. Also having an "ugly head shaped like arthropods" - like spiders or crabs(describe like scorpion) - they have oval, faceted slanted eyes and a "flat face". Coming from the back of the head is a long tail with a 2 meter barb coming out of it. Whether this is the way all Precursors look has yet to be revealed, but this is the way the prisoner on Charum Hakkor is described.

-Halo Nation - Precursor <---More info here

Precursors are thought to be the creators of the Forerunners and the Flood. They had the most advanced technology out of every creature in the universe at Tier-0. The Forerunners and the Precursors had a big war and even though the precursors had better tech, the forerunners beat them. The prisoner mentioned above is also referred to The Timeless One, the Precursors created a new Precursor that was too powerful, so they locked him up. More on the Timeless One can be found HERE

 

The Precursors created species for the Milky Way, and if they didn't find them worthy, they would be eliminated. The Forerunners were created and after a while, they were thought not worthy to exist so the precursors were going to eliminate them. the Forerunners became aware of this and attacked the Precursors. They won and decided to destroy the Precursors, but a number of them escaped from them prior to their destruction. Those that escaped created a new race called humanity. The surviving Precursors decided to try and unify the Forerunners and Pre-humans into their shared origin before thier ultimate downfall, so they created a parasitic species called the Flood. The Precursors died off, all except the Timeless One, who was thought to have turned into a Gravemind.

 

Another Website on Precursors is - http://www.halopedian.com/Precursor

 

If you haven't seen my other topic on what Forerunners were, go check it out: http://www.343indust...-what-they-did/

Also, if you know something that i missed about Precursors, please post it to help others out. Thanks

 

 

you got that quite wrong, the reason for the precursor-forerunner war was because the precursors saw that pre humanity was more suited to the mantle, and the forerunners did not like this thus killing all the precursers and taking the mantle from them before they could give it to humanity. also, the precursors did not make the flood, they are the flood, they manifested themselves into dust as a fail-safe so they would no go extinct, but it didnt go as they planned and it became corrupt, thus the start of the flood, so they used it as an instrument to get revenge on the forerunners for trying to kill them all

no, the forerunners and humans were ok with each other until humans discovered the Flood. they had a war and had lost many planets in the process to the flood. to regain the planets, they took over forerunner planets and that is how the forerunners got mad at them.

the humans weren't trying to regain planets, they were cleansing them so the flood, didnt have anything to 'feed off' they had to destroy the planets instead of telling the forerunners, because the forerunners would of just evacuated, thus spreading the flood further.

 

im sorry, but where do you find your info, because its all wrong, have you not found a single terminal from halo 3/4 because they explain it all

[Azaxx]

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