originally posted in:Halo Archive
[quote]Is it true that the flood are the precursors but their digital DNA got corrupt?[/quote]Yes, but I don't understand what you're referring to about 'digital DNA'.
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I remember hearing that before they passed down the mantle they transcended into the digital relm but it got corrupted.
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That never happened.
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Oh okay I thought I heard it some where meh
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They weren't digitalized. They turned their organic essence and such into a fine powder that, if everything had gone correctly, would have been reformatted back into the individual Precursors. Unfortunately, the technology that would have done this malfunctioned and the ships carrying the powder were later found by ancient humans. After running some tests, the powder was deemed harmless and humans began feeding it to a domesticated species known as Pheru. After several generations, the Pheru began to have strange growths appear on their bodies, which other Pheru would proceed to eat. Around the same time, abortions/failed pregnancies became commonplace in the Pheru. It wasn't long after this that the Flood became as we know it today.
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I heard they were a forerunner test for humans and other organic life?
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What? Where the hell did you hear that malarkey?
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The halo wiki. It said they wanted to test the advanced humans. I guess they failed and that's why they had to devolve or something
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That's completely wrong.
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Yea shore??
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Absolutely.