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[[File:H4 John-117 and Librarian.PNG|thumb|250px|John-117 meets the essence of the Librarian.]] | [[File:H4 John-117 and Librarian.PNG|thumb|250px|John-117 meets the essence of the Librarian.]] | ||
In ancient times, the human race was once a [[Prehistoric human civilization|great interstellar empire]]. Fleeing from the [[Flood]] and [[Human-Flood war|destroying]] any world tainted with their presence, they came into contact with the Forerunner [[ecumene]]. Ignoring their warnings about the dangers posed by the parasite, the Forerunner [[Warrior-Servant]]s led by the Didact [[Human-Forerunner War|defeated]] and imprisoned humanity upon their homeworld. Weakened by the struggle, the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Flood war|were easy prey]] for the resurgent Flood. Defying the Forerunners' decision to accept the [[Halo Array]] as their final resort, the Didact used a device known as the [[Composer]], capable of transferring organic consciousness to software format, to convert his | In ancient times, the human race was once a [[Prehistoric human civilization|great interstellar empire]]. Fleeing from the [[Flood]] and [[Human-Flood war|destroying]] any world tainted with their presence, they came into contact with the Forerunner [[ecumene]]. Ignoring their warnings about the dangers posed by the parasite, the Forerunner [[Warrior-Servant|warrior]]s led by the Didact [[Human-Forerunner War|defeated]] and imprisoned humanity upon their homeworld. Weakened by the struggle, the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Flood war|were easy prey]] for the resurgent Flood. Defying the Forerunners' decision to accept the [[Halo Array]] as their final resort, the Didact used a device known as the [[Composer]], capable of transferring organic consciousness to software format, to convert his warriors into mechanical Promethean Knights, in order to combat the Flood (which could only infect living tissue) more effectively and without risk of infection. Lacking the sufficient numbers to turn the tide, the Didact used the Composer to "conscript" a large population of humans into his army, leading to the confiscation of the Composer and his imprisonment on Requiem. Opposing the Didact for her own reasons, the Librarian provides John with a gift: a medical treatment to counteract the Forerunner's devolution of the human genome, and a means to resist the effects of the Composer, with which the Didact plans to enslave the human race once again. | ||
Regrouping aboard the ''Infinity'', Captain Del Rio dismisses the threat of the Prometheans and prepares the ship to depart the system. Defying direct orders, John takes the increasingly unstable Cortana and departs the ''Infinity''. Armed with a [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] gunship provided by Commander Lasky, John launches several attacks on support pillars providing the Didact's Cryptum with shields and power, with the goal of preventing him from leaving the planet and attacking Earth. | Regrouping aboard the ''Infinity'', Captain Del Rio dismisses the threat of the Prometheans and prepares the ship to depart the system. Defying direct orders, John takes the increasingly unstable Cortana and departs the ''Infinity''. Armed with a [[D79-TC Pelican|Pelican]] gunship provided by Commander Lasky, John launches several attacks on support pillars providing the Didact's Cryptum with shields and power, with the goal of preventing him from leaving the planet and attacking Earth. | ||
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With the Composer in the Didact's possession, the Forerunner is poised to deal a deathblow to the UNSC, and by extension humanity. Racing back to Earth aboard a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] fighter stowed on the outer hull of the Didact's ship, the Master Chief finds the ''Infinity'' and a [[Battlegroup Dakota|UNSC battlegroup]] waiting for him. Flying below the Forerunner vessel's shields, John is able to destroy the ship's point defense guns, allowing ''Infinity'' to bombard its hull. Entering through a breach in the armor, John fights his way to the Didact's location. | With the Composer in the Didact's possession, the Forerunner is poised to deal a deathblow to the UNSC, and by extension humanity. Racing back to Earth aboard a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] fighter stowed on the outer hull of the Didact's ship, the Master Chief finds the ''Infinity'' and a [[Battlegroup Dakota|UNSC battlegroup]] waiting for him. Flying below the Forerunner vessel's shields, John is able to destroy the ship's point defense guns, allowing ''Infinity'' to bombard its hull. Entering through a breach in the armor, John fights his way to the Didact's location. | ||
Despite their best efforts, the Didact is able to fire the Composer at Earth, | Despite their best efforts, the Didact is able to fire the Composer at Earth, North America. Armed with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon|HAVOK portable nuclear device]], John confronts the Didact once again. While John is no match for the Forerunner's powerful abilities, Cortana, nearing the end of her life, immobilizes the Didact with [[hard light]] shackles. With the last of his strength, John defeats the Didact with a [[Z-040 Attenuation Field Generator/Localized|pulse grenade]], sending him falling into a slipspace rupture beneath the Composer, and detonates the nuclear bomb manually. | ||
===Farewells=== | ===Farewells=== | ||