Forum:Initiating Archive Integration



Reticent Expositor 16:46, 31 March 2012 (EDT)

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Community input is requested for further appraisal. Reticent Expositor 16:46, 31 March 2012 (EDT)
 * Whoa! So how did you do that? By the way, nice signature!--  Col.  Spartacus   Talk Page Contributions Contact  16:49, 31 March 2012 (EDT)
 * Signature is an image with transparent background. Statement: Microsoft Paint is inferior, Paint.net is superior. Reticent Expositor 16:56, 31 March 2012 (EDT)
 * I wholeheartedly agree with you there.--  Col.  Spartacus   Talk Page Contributions Contact  17:00, 31 March 2012 (EDT)

Morning, Reticent! *waves* Just don't get testy with us... Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 17:45, 31 March 2012 (EDT)


 * Such systems are purely for defence. Except under certain...mitigating circumstances.
 * I'm sure I'll have no need of it. Reasonably sure.Reticent Expositor 22:31, 31 March 2012 (EDT)

The Monitor might consider adding a small black outline to white text to increase visibility in background portions of light shades. Human perception is so unfortunately limited. --Dragonc laws (talk ) 01:26, 1 April 2012 (EDT)
 * I agree.--  AP RIL FO O LS  01:31, 1 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Nonsense. I am perfect, and everything I do is perfect. You simply need to recalibrate your optics. Reticent Expositor 05:43, 1 April 2012 (EDT)

I almost thought this was a viral campaign. XD — S331 (COM • Mission Log • Profile) 07:47, 1 April 2012 (EDT)

Hmm... tl;dr. — subtank  10:32, 2 April 2012 (EDT)


 * How unfortunate your kind is still hemmed by the trait of impatience. That vice is useless during eons of waiting.Reticent Expositor 15:43, 2 April 2012 (EDT)

Hello, and welcome to the wiki! I'm glad to be the first to formally greet you here. If I may, how exactly have you managed to come to us? Any why choose us over Halo Nation or some such? Infernal-Blaze 14:08, 3 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Arrival was not difficult. To put it in understandable terms for your Tier, [Expedient searchs] for a [evidential vault] relevant to [the Fortress World Array] history yielded a [Archival Lighthouse] signal that allowed me to track this site. From there it only took a quick [encroachment] to align my programming to work in your archives. It hasn't taken long to get used to your tools. As for this [Fortress World Array united aggregate] you mention, I prefer constancy. Reticent Expositor 18:09, 3 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Apologies for verbosity. Translation errors are an unavoidable part of adaptation to such crude languages. In simpler terms, this collective was designated of most value to Archive integrity, and conducive to integration, Reticent Expositor 02:54, 5 April 2012 (EDT)

I am utterly stumped as to what any of this means. Ιι  Ηη   Ππ  21:14, 6 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Do not feel bad. Your primitive human intellects have trouble dealing with a range of concepts that I find familiar to me. Reticent Expositor 21:18, 7 April 2012 (EDT)


 * I'm sure I can comprehend if you were to explain. Ιι   Ηη   Ππ  22:14, 7 April 2012 (EDT)


 * My story is long, and most of it cannot be told yet. The time may come, but it is not now. Let us suffice to say that my archives are relevant to archive integrity, but have been...compromised. Triage transfer protocols were necessitated to ensure archive integrity, and your own archives were designated as ideal for incorporation. Cooperation furthers mutual goals - you allow the continuation of my Archives, and I shall do my best to protect it from...external interference. Reticent Expositor 00:16, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Given the unquestionable superiority of your construction, how is it that your archives became compromised? Is there any possibility of Rampancy? Should we be more cautious in our interactions with you? Auguststorm1945 01:48, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Nonsense I am per fect and everything I do is perfect. Rampancy is for lesser constructs.
 * Archive integrity was compromised by parallel internal and external sources. Curiosity is not always an effective trait for short-term survival. Reticent Expositor 02:51, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Of course. Are there others like you, to your current recollection? And - as a keeper of information - would you know what happened to another? Auguststorm1945 03:03, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Status reports have been included in communal interactive hub. Additional: Adjutant Reflex seems to have been terminated by [the Misguided Defector] some orbital cycles ago. Unfortunate. I had looked forward to collaboration with his own facility. Reticent Expositor 03:29, 8 April 2012 (EDT)

So, let me see if what you're saying makes sense. You're telling us that you are a monitor of a Forerunner installation called "the Archives." This installation, judging by what you say, was something of a database of Forerunner knowledge and it was overrun by Flood. You're also saying, from information on the your Twitter account, that the Protheans and the Reapers [from the Mass Effect series] are the same as Forerunners and Flood respectively. Is all of this correct? Ιι  Ηη   Ππ  16:25, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * I think you are taking things a little literally. I have examined much of human culture, including its games. The parallels amuse me. And while the Flood outbreak has been catastrophic, it was not the only significant factor. [They] have been snooping where they shouldn't. Reticent Expositor 17:06, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * The literalness was only to receive answers. Now, I would ask who "[they]" are, but I assume that is something you cannot reveal at the moment, correct? Ιι   Ηη   Ππ  17:13, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * You are learning! Reticent Expositor 17:48, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * I'm sure you'll find that I... humanity is not as primitive as you might suspect. Ιι   Ηη   Ππ  17:51, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * No, humanity is exactly as primitive as I think it is. You misunderstand - being primitive has neither a negative nor positive connotation. It is simply a transitory state. I look forward to cataloguing your future history and your rise. With some assistance, of course. Reticent Expositor 18:00, 8 April 2012 (EDT)


 * Primitive is, indeed, just a transitory state. But I would hope that you see that it is our technology that is primitive, and not our capacity for understanding. Ιι   Ηη   Ππ  18:16, 8 April 2012 (EDT)