originally posted in:Halo Archive
Because it contains the living knowledge of 100 billion years which will be completely destroyed by the Halos.
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So then how do we know/the characters know anything about the Forerunners' lifestyle and society? Or do they NOT know anything about it?
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This is why the Forerunner Saga is told through ancient artefacts that ONI has discovered. 343 Guilty Spark states in Halo CEA's second Terminal that all concrete records of Forerunner history have been lost, so we're relying on second-hand information now. Cryptum is told from an artefact known as the Bornstellar Relation, Primordium is told through Chakas' memories when he's recovered by the Rubicon, and Silentium is a series of 'strings' harvested from the corpse of Catalog.