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== Background == | == Background == | ||
[[File:H4 | [[File:HTMCC-H4 Terminals ProtectorOfTheEcumene.png|thumb|250px|The [[Didact]], the commander of the Prometheans, in his original [[form]].]] | ||
Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to. With a height of {{Convert|350|cm|ftin}} or more,<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 16''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 245''</ref> a fully mature Promethean was two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighed about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; Prometheans—and Warriors in general—perceived reality in a markedly different way from baseline Forerunners or [[human]]s, particularly during battle when their mental processes were at their peak. Thousands of Prometheans shared their sensory information with their commanders and individual Warriors observed the battle unfold in a number of separate frames of reference whilst their experience of the surrounding world slowed down, allowing them to perform multiple separate tasks simultaneously and granting them a significantly faster reaction time than baseline Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> This heightened state of perception is somewhat comparable to—although considerably more powerful than—the "Spartan time" experienced by the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] supersoldiers due to their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|neural enhancements]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 12'' (2003)</ref> | Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to. With a height of {{Convert|350|cm|ftin}} or more,<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 16''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 245''</ref> a fully mature Promethean was two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighed about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; Prometheans—and Warriors in general—perceived reality in a markedly different way from baseline Forerunners or [[human]]s, particularly during battle when their mental processes were at their peak. Thousands of Prometheans shared their sensory information with their commanders and individual Warriors observed the battle unfold in a number of separate frames of reference whilst their experience of the surrounding world slowed down, allowing them to perform multiple separate tasks simultaneously and granting them a significantly faster reaction time than baseline Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> This heightened state of perception is somewhat comparable to—although considerably more powerful than—the "Spartan time" experienced by the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] supersoldiers due to their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|neural enhancements]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 12'' (2003)</ref> | ||