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====The Ur-Didact's betrayal==== | ====The Ur-Didact's betrayal==== | ||
[[File:H4-Terminal-Village-Mantle.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ur-Didact preparing to compose Omega Halo's human population.]] | [[File:H4-Terminal-Village-Mantle.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ur-Didact preparing to compose Omega Halo's human population.]] | ||
As the battle raged, the Ur-Didact took his [[Mantle's Approach|personal ship]] to the surface of Omega Halo. There, he used a [[Composer]] to convert the relocated human population, (numbering in the hundreds of thousands), into digital forms.<ref name="s262">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> He then returned to the [[Promethean]]s' primary [[shield world]], [[Requiem]], where he implanted the essences into [[Promethean Knight]]s.<ref name="Terminal">'''Halo 4''', [[Terminal | As the battle raged, the Ur-Didact took his [[Mantle's Approach|personal ship]] to the surface of Omega Halo. There, he used a [[Composer]] to convert the relocated human population, (numbering in the hundreds of thousands), into digital forms.<ref name="s262">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> He then returned to the [[Promethean]]s' primary [[shield world]], [[Requiem]], where he implanted the essences into [[Promethean Knight]]s.<ref name="Terminal">'''Halo 4''', [[Terminal (Halo 4)|''Terminal Six'']]</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 284-285''</ref> The Librarian, a former companion of the Ur-Didact; and [[343 Guilty Spark|Chakas]], a monitor; were unable to stop this quasi-genocide;<ref name="s262"/> however they managed to recover a relative handful of live specimens and DNA samples, which were immediately transferred to the [[Installation 00|lesser Ark]].<ref name="s304">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 304-305''</ref><ref>'''[[Rebirth]]'''</ref> | ||
====Activation and destruction==== | ====Activation and destruction==== | ||
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==Production note== | ==Production note== | ||
Omega Halo first appeared in the sixth [[Terminal | Omega Halo first appeared in the sixth [[Terminal (Halo 4)|terminal]] in ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign. The events depicted in this terminal were later adapted and expanded (in a highly modified form) in ''Halo: Silentium''. The terminal depicts Omega Halo in orbit around a gas giant with several nearby moons; there are no signs of the battle described in the novel. Another key difference is that the Librarian and a team of Lifeworkers are shown investigating the attack on the human population shortly after its occurrence; the Librarian confronts the Didact via a hologram and rebukes for refusing to speak to her in person.<ref name="Terminal"/> In the book the Didact leaves as soon as the humans are composed, while the Librarian is focused on getting the remaining humans to the lesser Ark.<ref name="s262"/> | ||
Fictionally, ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s terminals are depicted as transmissions from within the [[Domain]], whereas ''Silentium'' is presented as legal testimony from several individuals who were present during the battle, most importantly the Librarian, contained within the memory banks of a [[Catalog]] and a [[monitor]]. The terminals have since been explained as abstractions of historical events on behalf of the Domain with the narrative of ''Silentium'' being treated as factual. The real-world explanation is that [[343 Industries]] wished to tell the stories presented in the terminals within a short timeframe, leading to the compressed relation of the events in question.<ref>[http://waypointassets.blob.core.windows.net/mobilecontent/legacysupport/content/assets/en-us/podcast/343Sparkast_017.mp3 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''343 Sparkast 017'']</ref> | Fictionally, ''Halo 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s terminals are depicted as transmissions from within the [[Domain]], whereas ''Silentium'' is presented as legal testimony from several individuals who were present during the battle, most importantly the Librarian, contained within the memory banks of a [[Catalog]] and a [[monitor]]. The terminals have since been explained as abstractions of historical events on behalf of the Domain with the narrative of ''Silentium'' being treated as factual. The real-world explanation is that [[343 Industries]] wished to tell the stories presented in the terminals within a short timeframe, leading to the compressed relation of the events in question.<ref>[http://waypointassets.blob.core.windows.net/mobilecontent/legacysupport/content/assets/en-us/podcast/343Sparkast_017.mp3 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''343 Sparkast 017'']</ref> | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | *''[[Halo 4]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||