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The threat of the Flood would lead to the rise of the corrupt [[Builder]]s led by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and eventually the banishment and execution of the [[Promethean]] leadership and the marginalization of the [[Warrior-Servant]] rate. Once humanity was defeated, the tragedies of the war convinced the Didact and his fellow Prometheans that using the Halo Array, like the destruction of humanity, would violate the Mantle. The Prometheans opposed and successfully forestalled the construction of the Halos for thousands of years, until their defeat by the Builders. | The threat of the Flood would lead to the rise of the corrupt [[Builder]]s led by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] and eventually the banishment and execution of the [[Promethean]] leadership and the marginalization of the [[Warrior-Servant]] rate. Once humanity was defeated, the tragedies of the war convinced the Didact and his fellow Prometheans that using the Halo Array, like the destruction of humanity, would violate the Mantle. The Prometheans opposed and successfully forestalled the construction of the Halos for thousands of years, until their defeat by the Builders. | ||
[[File:H4-Terminal-Flood-Fleet.jpg|thumb|[[Ancestors|Ancient human]] ships were infected and utilised against the Forerunners during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].]] | |||
While opposed to the complete destruction of humanity advocated by the Council,{{Ref/Reuse|s34}} the Didact blamed humanity for taking the Mantle of Responsibility upon themselves, believing it was their reckless actions that brought the sickness into the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|terminals}} In truth, the Forerunners had even less success in battling the Flood than their human rivals. The Mantle, holding that all life was sacred, hamstrung Forerunner attempts to combat the infection, allowing the parasite to exponentially expand until no force could stop it. The Didact later regretted the devolution of humanity, as he had been unaware that the Flood was the reason for humanity's earlier aggression.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 238-239''</ref> | While opposed to the complete destruction of humanity advocated by the Council,{{Ref/Reuse|s34}} the Didact blamed humanity for taking the Mantle of Responsibility upon themselves, believing it was their reckless actions that brought the sickness into the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|terminals}} In truth, the Forerunners had even less success in battling the Flood than their human rivals. The Mantle, holding that all life was sacred, hamstrung Forerunner attempts to combat the infection, allowing the parasite to exponentially expand until no force could stop it. The Didact later regretted the devolution of humanity, as he had been unaware that the Flood was the reason for humanity's earlier aggression.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 238-239''</ref> | ||