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Quotes made by the Librarian, a Forerunner Lifeshaper and architect of the [[Conservation Measure]], a project to catalog all life in the galaxy before the firing of the [[Halo Array]]. | Quotes made by the [[Librarian]], a [[Forerunner]] [[Lifeshaper]] and architect of the [[Conservation Measure]], a project to catalog all life in the galaxy before the firing of the [[Halo Array]]. | ||
==[[Halo 3]] [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminals]]== | |||
*Categorization has sped since the improvements were announced, but there are many hurdles. The indexing of sentient species may have irreversible effects on the surviving insentient species. We will have extinction events and irreparable environmental harm on at least 18 worlds. Current projections estimate post-archival cataclysm on as many as 31 worlds. The paucity of [[sentience]] has been a blessing in this regard. | |||
*Categorization has sped since the improvements were announced, but there are many hurdles. The indexing of sentient species may have irreversible effects on the surviving insentient species. We will have extinction events and irreparable environmental harm on at least 18 worlds. Current projections estimate post-archival cataclysm on as many as 31 worlds. The paucity of sentience has been a blessing in this regard. | |||
*Would that it were my choice. I have committed to this course because it's the right thing to do. We no longer have the manpower or material to excise remedial measures at a planetary level. I certainly can't justify using the [transit measure] to save my own skin when there are still so many innocents to protect and index. | *Would that it were my choice. I have committed to this course because it's the right thing to do. We no longer have the manpower or material to excise remedial measures at a planetary level. I certainly can't justify using the [transit measure] to save my own skin when there are still so many innocents to protect and index. | ||
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:Close to saving them all. | :Close to saving them all. | ||
*I'm close to finishing the task. The indexing and the archival processes are as complete as I can hope for. If we wait longer, we risk catastrophe. The thing has already destroyed every colony on my side of the line. | *I'm close to finishing the task. The indexing and the archival processes are as complete as I can hope for. If we wait longer, we risk catastrophe. The thing has already destroyed every colony on my side of [[Maginot Line|the line]]. | ||
:Please. Activate the Array. | :Please. Activate the Array. | ||
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:It's coming for you. | :It's coming for you. | ||
*I've remotely destroyed our | *I've remotely destroyed our [[Keyship]]s. A security measure. Without them I cannot reach the Ark. But neither then can the thing. | ||
:I'm trapped. On a beautiful, empty world. Its inhabitants have been safely indexed, every single one of them. They're special--well worth the effort it took to build one final gateway even at this late hour. | :I'm trapped. On [[Earth|a beautiful, empty world]]. Its inhabitants have been safely indexed, every single one of them. They're special--well worth the effort it took to build one final gateway even at this late hour. | ||
:This may be our last communication. I'm begging you. Fire the Array. Light the weapon, and let it be done. | :This may be our last communication. I'm begging you. Fire the Array. Light the weapon, and let it be done. | ||
==[[Halo 4]]== | |||
*"I am the remains of the Forerunner | ===Campaign=== | ||
*"I am the remains of the Forerunner once known as the Librarian. My memories were retained to assist humanity on their path to the Mantle. Though sadly, that plan is now at risk. The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] is leaving [[Requiem]]. Soon. You must not allow it." | |||
*"He seeks this - The Composer. A device which will allow him to finally contain the greatest enemy ever faced by the Forerunners. You." | *"He seeks this - The Composer. A device which will allow him to finally contain the greatest enemy ever faced by the Forerunners. You." | ||
*"Mankind [[Prehistoric human civilization|spread into the stars]] with an unexpected, desperate | *"Mankind [[Prehistoric human civilization|spread into the stars]] with an unexpected, desperate violence. Entire systems fell before the Didact's [[Warrior-Servant]]s rose to halt the aggression. When the Didact finally [[Human-Forerunner War|exhausted the humans]] after a millennia, his sentence was severe. We had no way of knowing that the Forerunners were not your only enemy. Humanity hadn't been expanding. [[Human-Flood War|They were running]]. Weakened from our conflict, we were [[Forerunner-Flood war|no match]] for [[Flood|the parasite]] which pursued you. The Forerunners made plans for a final, great journey. But the Didact refused to yield our Mantle of Responsibility. He would save all life in the galaxy... at a cost. In the Forerunners' quest for transcendence, the [[Composer]] had been intended to bridge the organic and digital realms. It would have made us immortal. But its results soured. The stored personalities fragmented, and our attempts to return them into biological states created only abominations. Such moral concerns faded from the Didact's attention. The Flood only assimilated living tissue. The Composer would provide the Didact his solution... and his revenge." | ||
*"They were only the beginning. He would have encrypted your entire race if we had not removed the Composer from his care and imprisoned him here. [[Reclaimer]], when I indexed mankind for repopulation, I hid seeds from the Didact. Seeds which would lead to an eventuality. Your physical evolution. Your combat skin. Even your ancilla, [[Cortana]]. [[John-117|You]] are the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning." | *"[[Promethean Knight|They]] were only the beginning. He would have encrypted your entire race if we had not removed the Composer from his care and imprisoned him here. [[Reclaimer]], when I indexed mankind for repopulation, I hid seeds from the Didact. Seeds which would lead to an eventuality. Your physical evolution. Your [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|combat skin]]. Even your ancilla, [[Cortana]]. [[John-117|You]] are the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning." | ||
*"Reclaimer, the genesong I placed within you contains many gifts, including an immunity to the | *"Reclaimer, the genesong I placed within you contains many gifts, including an immunity to the Composer, but it must be unlocked." | ||
*"Your evolutionary journey must be accelerated." | *"Your evolutionary journey must be accelerated." | ||
===Terminals=== | |||
*"Our enemies move deeper into our territory with abandon. They must be eradicated." | *"Our enemies move deeper into our territory with abandon. They must be eradicated." | ||
*"War is your realm, Didact. Not mine." | *"War is your realm, Didact. Not mine." | ||
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*"My dear husband... I know your crimes; I have found forgiveness. I know your reasons; I understand them. I know you, perhaps better than you could ever hope to know yourself. I ask you... forgive my transgressions. Like yourself, all I have done, I have done for the greater good. Our time as the galaxy's caretakers is passed. The Flood have overrun us. In the days to come, the Halo rings will fire, eradicating the Flood - and all other life, for a time. I have worked hard to index all species in known space. When the time comes, these indexes will open, and once more, the galaxy will breathe and grow... Blood will pump, life will claw its way out of the oceans and through the mud. Babes will be born, grow old under the warmth of a thousand suns. Civilizations will rise in our stead, and our job as caretakers will at last bear fruit. Until then, I leave you here, my love. The only living thing in this galaxy, sealed safely away. Spend these ages ahead of you in meditation on your choices. When you wake, you will find the humans. I have ensured that they will grow strong and vibrant... They will be our rightful heirs. Their gene plan dictates that the galaxy will be theirs to care for by then. I beg of you... Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please." | *"My dear husband... I know your crimes; I have found forgiveness. I know your reasons; I understand them. I know you, perhaps better than you could ever hope to know yourself. I ask you... forgive my transgressions. Like yourself, all I have done, I have done for the greater good. Our time as the galaxy's caretakers is passed. The Flood have overrun us. In the days to come, the Halo rings will fire, eradicating the Flood - and all other life, for a time. I have worked hard to index all species in known space. When the time comes, these indexes will open, and once more, the galaxy will breathe and grow... Blood will pump, life will claw its way out of the oceans and through the mud. Babes will be born, grow old under the warmth of a thousand suns. Civilizations will rise in our stead, and our job as caretakers will at last bear fruit. Until then, I leave you here, my love. The only living thing in this galaxy, sealed safely away. Spend these ages ahead of you in meditation on your choices. When you wake, you will find the humans. I have ensured that they will grow strong and vibrant... They will be our rightful heirs. Their gene plan dictates that the galaxy will be theirs to care for by then. I beg of you... Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please." | ||
===Spartan Ops=== | |||
*"[[Jul 'Mdama|He]] is correct. But what I have is not for him. It is for you. [[Catherine Halsey]]." - The Librarian meeting with Dr. Halsey. | *"[[Jul 'Mdama|He]] is correct. But what I have is not for him. It is for you. [[Catherine Halsey]]." - The Librarian meeting with Dr. Halsey. | ||
*"This is the [[Janus Key]]. It offers the real-time location of every piece of Forerunner technology in the galaxy." - The Librarian revealing the Janus Key. | *"This is the [[Janus Key]]. It offers the real-time location of every piece of Forerunner technology in the galaxy." - The Librarian revealing the Janus Key. | ||
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*"Requiem's time is at an end. The key and what it details must not be lost." - The Librarian explaining her reasons why she's giving the Janus Key to Dr. Halsey. | *"Requiem's time is at an end. The key and what it details must not be lost." - The Librarian explaining her reasons why she's giving the Janus Key to Dr. Halsey. | ||
*"... to the Absolute Record..." - After [[Fireteam Crimson]] activate a Forerunner energy source. | *"... to the Absolute Record..." - After [[Fireteam Crimson]] activate a Forerunner energy source. | ||
[[Category:Quotes]] | [[Category:Quotes]] | ||