system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Halo] If Forerunner technology was locked to Reclaimers (Humans), then how could the Covenant reverse engineer and use their technology?
gpt
The Covies had the Huragoks, biological engineers capable of self-replication and created by the Forerunners to maintain their tech. The Covies basically blackmailed the Huragoks into helping them gain Forerunner tech through threat of destroying said tech via ignorant use.