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==History== | ==History== | ||
The first known use of the Composer was when the [[Librarian]] employed its primary capability by extracting the memories of the surviving [[prehistoric human civilization|human]] warriors after the [[Charum Hakkor campaign]]. She sought to preserve these personalities in future generations of humans and to study the stored memories in hopes of discovering how humanity managed to [[Human-Flood war|defeat the Flood]]. The [[Forthencho| | The first known use of the Composer was when the [[Librarian]] employed its primary capability by extracting the memories of the surviving [[prehistoric human civilization|human]] warriors after the [[Charum Hakkor campaign]]. She sought to preserve these personalities in future generations of humans and to study the stored memories in hopes of discovering how humanity managed to [[Human-Flood war|defeat the Flood]]. The [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals]], the supreme commander of all human forces and one of the humans to have their minds harvested, described the effects of the Composer as "strange, ever-changing" and "multiformed", as it operated via intermediary [[Lifeworker]] machinery.<ref name="p235"/> | ||
As a result of the risks and irregularities involved with its usage, the Forerunners eventually abandoned the Composer and its existence was made a closely guarded secret known to only a few.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271-272''</ref> Even its actual nature remained obscure; whether it was a machine or being remained uncertain to most. Some even believed the Composer to be a "product of its own services"; a Forerunner, perhaps a Lifeworker, suspended in the final stages of Flood infection.<ref name="p268">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 268''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 278''</ref> | As a result of the risks and irregularities involved with its usage, the Forerunners eventually abandoned the Composer and its existence was made a closely guarded secret known to only a few.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271-272''</ref> Even its actual nature remained obscure; whether it was a machine or being remained uncertain to most. Some even believed the Composer to be a "product of its own services"; a Forerunner, perhaps a Lifeworker, suspended in the final stages of Flood infection.<ref name="p268">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 268''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 278''</ref> | ||