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==History== |
==History== |
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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 Forerunners viewed [[Humanity]] before the activation of the [[Halo Array|rings]]. Having obtained the status of Tier-0, it is likely that the Precursors can travel between galaxies. |
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 Forerunners viewed [[Humanity]] before the activation of the [[Halo Array|rings]]. Having obtained the status of Tier-0, it is likely that the Precursors can travel between galaxies. |
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| + | It is revealed in Halo: Cryptum that the prisoner on a Pre-Human world is infact that the last Precursor. It also reveals that every other Precursor had been killed in a Forerunner-Precursor war almost 150,000 years before the events of Halo. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*The term Precursor means "one that precedes and indicates the approach of another." The term supports that it surpassed the Forerunner. |
*The term Precursor means "one that precedes and indicates the approach of another." The term supports that it surpassed the Forerunner. |
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*The Precursors were the only known civilization to achieve Tier 0 of the Forerunner [[Technological Achievement Tiers]] and to exceed the Forerunner in technological advancement. |
*The Precursors were the only known civilization to achieve Tier 0 of the Forerunner [[Technological Achievement Tiers]] and to exceed the Forerunner in technological advancement. |
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*The Latin root word "trans" means "across" or "beyond." "Sentience" is the ability to experience sensation, and is often used to imply sapience, the ability to think. A transsentient being may thus be considered beyond any recognized being and be on the level of godhood.
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*The Latin root word "trans" means "across" or "beyond." "Sentience" is the ability to experience sensation, and is often used to imply sapience, the ability to think. A transsentient being may thus be considered beyond any recognized being and be on the level of godhood.
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*In [[Halo: The Fall of Reach|''Halo: The Fall of Reach'']], [[Dr. Halsey]] uses the term Precursor to describe the alien race that created the crystal found on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. |
*In [[Halo: The Fall of Reach|''Halo: The Fall of Reach'']], [[Dr. Halsey]] uses the term Precursor to describe the alien race that created the crystal found on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. |
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