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While the Forerunners had a biological need to sleep, this necessity was eliminated by the use of personal armor which allowed them a constant continuity of consciousness without having to sleep;<ref name="Halo: Cryptum, page 241">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 241''</ref> only on rare cases, they would experience diagnostic waking dreams.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 150''</ref> As such, Forerunners slept very rarely, mostly doing so by choice in instances such as long stretches of space travel, which themselves were rare due to their exceedingly fast slipspace technology.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 63''</ref> | While the Forerunners had a biological need to sleep, this necessity was eliminated by the use of personal armor which allowed them a constant continuity of consciousness without having to sleep;<ref name="Halo: Cryptum, page 241">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 241''</ref> only on rare cases, they would experience diagnostic waking dreams.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 150''</ref> As such, Forerunners slept very rarely, mostly doing so by choice in instances such as long stretches of space travel, which themselves were rare due to their exceedingly fast slipspace technology.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 63''</ref> | ||
Forerunners possessed highly advanced mental capabilities, far beyond those of a human in the case of their higher forms. These abilities were further augmented by their use of personal armor, which integrated with the wearer neurally and stored sensory information and memories, even consistently backing up the wearer's consciousness.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 161''</ref> The armor also allowed Forerunners direct information transfer to one another,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 140''</ref> which could also be employed in the form of "silent conversation".<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 24''</ref> Higher-form Forerunners had the ability to process enormous amounts of information simultaneously; for example, Warrior-Servant commanders could simultaneously process the sensory input of thousands of their subordinates while coordinating large-scale battles and themselves experiencing reality in multiple separate frames of reference with variable streams of time.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 162, 316''</ref> The use of an | Forerunners possessed highly advanced mental capabilities, far beyond those of a human in the case of their higher forms. These abilities were further augmented by their use of personal armor, which integrated with the wearer neurally and stored sensory information and memories, even consistently backing up the wearer's consciousness.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 161''</ref> The armor also allowed Forerunners direct information transfer to one another,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 140''</ref> which could also be employed in the form of "silent conversation".<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 24''</ref> Higher-form Forerunners had the ability to process enormous amounts of information simultaneously; for example, Warrior-Servant commanders could simultaneously process the sensory input of thousands of their subordinates while coordinating large-scale battles and themselves experiencing reality in multiple separate frames of reference with variable streams of time.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 162, 316''</ref> The use of an ancilla enabled Forerunners to recall any past event with exact accuracy,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 319''</ref> and even without armor or a personal ancilla they could remember enormous amounts of precise information; for example, the Didact was able to recite a verbal control code consisting of hundreds of completely random words and numbers after thousands of years.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> | ||
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