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The Didact possesses extraordinary neurological and mental abilities bestowed by his senior Promethean [[form]]. One of these is the augmented state of perception known as "battle mode", splintering his perception of reality into several variable frames of reference with a slowed-down experience of time, granting him impressive multitasking abilities.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> In hand-to-hand combat, he was capable of matching SPARTAN-II reaction times and was able to easily slaughter [[Black Team|a fireteam]] of them without weapons.<ref name="HE9"/> Wearing his armor, he was capable of crushing a [[Z-180 Scattershot]] and severely damaging [[John-117]]'s helmet, as well as throwing the [[MJOLNIR]]-armored Master Chief several meters through the air with force significant enough to knock another Spartan to the ground.<ref name="HE10"/> The Didact adhered to the long-standing Warrior tradition of sharing all knowledge with his command staff of dozens as well as their [[ancilla]]s; indeed, he remarked that he was out of his element when working alone, preferring to have an expert crew with him at all times when leading operations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 139''</ref> During large-scale engagements, the Didact would also tap into the sensory input of thousands of his fellow Prometheans simultaneously and experience the battle from their respective viewpoints in addition to his own.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> His memory is also incredibly accurate; while stranded on the Builder hulk in the [[Burn]], he was capable of reciting a verbal control code comprising 400 random nonsense words and non-integral numbers after thousands of years and without the aid of an ancilla.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> After undergoing an experimental mutation in a failed attempt to gain an immunity to the Flood, the Didact gained a new form that, while still susceptible to Flood infection, was no longer compatible with the Composer, thereby preventing him from joining his fellow Prometheans as a machine <ref name="h4terminals"/> and allowing him to willingly levitate himself within a Composer's active beam without being affected at all.<ref name="midnight"/> However, this incompatible physiology was not enough to save him from being composed by the simultaneous firing of several Composers.<ref name="HE10"/> | The Didact possesses extraordinary neurological and mental abilities bestowed by his senior Promethean [[form]]. One of these is the augmented state of perception known as "battle mode", splintering his perception of reality into several variable frames of reference with a slowed-down experience of time, granting him impressive multitasking abilities.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> In hand-to-hand combat, he was capable of matching SPARTAN-II reaction times and was able to easily slaughter [[Black Team|a fireteam]] of them without weapons.<ref name="HE9"/> Wearing his armor, he was capable of crushing a [[Z-180 Scattershot]] and severely damaging [[John-117]]'s helmet, as well as throwing the [[MJOLNIR]]-armored Master Chief several meters through the air with force significant enough to knock another Spartan to the ground.<ref name="HE10"/> The Didact adhered to the long-standing Warrior tradition of sharing all knowledge with his command staff of dozens as well as their [[ancilla]]s; indeed, he remarked that he was out of his element when working alone, preferring to have an expert crew with him at all times when leading operations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 139''</ref> During large-scale engagements, the Didact would also tap into the sensory input of thousands of his fellow Prometheans simultaneously and experience the battle from their respective viewpoints in addition to his own.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> His memory is also incredibly accurate; while stranded on the Builder hulk in the [[Burn]], he was capable of reciting a verbal control code comprising 400 random nonsense words and non-integral numbers after thousands of years and without the aid of an ancilla.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> After undergoing an experimental mutation in a failed attempt to gain an immunity to the Flood, the Didact gained a new form that, while still susceptible to Flood infection, was no longer compatible with the Composer, thereby preventing him from joining his fellow Prometheans as a machine<ref name="h4terminals"/> and allowing him to willingly levitate himself within a Composer's active beam without being affected at all.<ref name="midnight"/> However, this incompatible physiology was not enough to save him from being composed by the simultaneous firing of several Composers.<ref name="HE10"/> | ||
Like Warrior-Servant armor in general, the Didact's [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] was designed to attune itself to enemy weaponry; this allowed his armor to become virtually invulnerable to numerous successive hits from Forerunner infantry weapons.<ref name="HE10"/> | Like Warrior-Servant armor in general, the Didact's [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] was designed to attune itself to enemy weaponry; this allowed his armor to become virtually invulnerable to numerous successive hits from Forerunner infantry weapons.<ref name="HE10"/> | ||