since halo infinite has come out we've spent a lot of time already discussing the implications of the story however i think the thing most hardcore fans have really attached themselves to is the idea of the endless and specifically could the endless be the most ancient and powerful race in the halo universe the precursors well that's what we'll be discussing today today's video is brought to you by one of my favorite services audible audible is your home for spoken word entertainment from podcasts and audiobooks to guided meditation and more if you're an audible member every month you'll get one credit which you can exchange for any title in their premium library don't feel like reading that month your credits roll over and you get to save them i personally love audiobooks they're actually one of my favorite ways to consume media you can see based on my app time here that i've listened to a lot of audiobooks and i'd highly recommend that you check the service out especially if you like star wars novels my recommendation go for unabridged books if you've never read or listened to the star wars expanded universe i recommend you start with air to the empire right now because it's the holiday season you can save NUMBER_TOKEN on your first three months of audible that's only NUMBER_TOKEN a month give yourself the gift of listening by going to URL_TOKEN eckhartslatter again that's one audible credit every month and if you decide you don't like the service you get to keep the audiobooks anyway thanks to audible for sponsoring today's video on with the content so let's start with a bit of detail about who the precursors were and why they're important to the halo story the precursors were an extraordinarily powerful and advanced race which had transcended the ordinary limits of technology they not only seeded life throughout galaxies but also believed in the mantle the idea that one species should hold the role of guardian over all life in a galaxy this would end up leading to some conflict in our galaxy the milky way the precursors decided that ancient humans should inherit the mantle something that forerunners were well not very fond of the forerunners were even less stoked when they found out that the precursors intended to wipe them out and ended up in fury attacking their creators nearly wiping them out at least that's what the history say the truth of all of this is a bit unclear and the forerunners definitely believe that everything they did was for a righteous purpose either way not all precursors were destroyed and some eventually turned into the dust that would form the basis of the flood even after their disappearance the precursors left evidence of their presence throughout the galaxy most famously was the domain precursor technology and creations were based largely on neural physics and the domain itself was a store of information and knowledge which could be accessed throughout the galaxy the firing of the halo array obliterated technology based on neural physics and thus for a long time the domain was actually inaccessible another impressive precursor technology was the interdimensional star roads which connected planets or solar systems through different dimensions the steroids of the milky way galaxy were also destroyed by the firing of the halo array given that they were based on neural physics and yeah that's a basic summary of the precursors and their creations at least that's
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