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[[File:H4Terminal-DidactProcedure.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ur-Didact, accompanied by a fellow Promethean, after undergoing a failed procedure to gain an immunity to the Flood.]]

The Ur-Didact's privileges were subsequently restored, although the IsoDidact remained in command of the ecumene's military.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 216''</ref> Cast aside by the ecumene at large, the Ur-Didact returned to [[Requiem]], where he continued his own mission against the Flood's onslaught. Convinced that his old strategies were no longer workable now that the Gravemind had learned everything, he desperately began to devise new methods of combating the Flood—going so far as applying the philosophy of the enemy. Failing to decipher Flood immunity via other means—including an experimental procedure which left him disfigured—he acquired a [[Composer]], a machine once designed to rid Forerunners of Flood infection via [[mind transfer|converting their essences]] to digital form, but abandoned long since due to several functional defects. In full agreement, the Ur-Didact's fellow Prometheans all ~~volunteered~~ to be composed, ~~reliving~~ them of biological form; the Didact did not subject himself to Composer processing, as his new form was incompatible with the device. The Ur-Didact then used the Composer to make his Prometheans completely immune to Flood infection by combining their composed essences with powerful war machines, known as '[[Promethean Knight]]s'. However, though these new warriors scored an isolated victory against a Flood-infested fleet, it soon became apparent that their numbers were too few to halt the parasite's continued advance, leading the Ur-Didact to consider other options to expand his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>

The Ur-Didact's privileges were subsequently restored, although the IsoDidact remained in command of the ecumene's military.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 216''</ref> Cast aside by the ecumene at large, the Ur-Didact returned to [[Requiem]], where he continued his own mission against the Flood's onslaught. Convinced that his old strategies were no longer workable now that the Gravemind had learned everything, he desperately began to devise new methods of combating the Flood—going so far as applying the philosophy of the enemy. Failing to decipher Flood immunity via other means—including an experimental procedure which left him disfigured—he acquired a [[Composer]], a machine once designed to rid Forerunners of Flood infection via [[mind transfer|converting their essences]] to digital form, but abandoned long since due to several functional defects. In full agreement, the Ur-Didact's fellow Prometheans all pledged to be composed, relieving them of biological form; the Didact did not subject himself to Composer processing, as his new form was incompatible with the device. The Ur-Didact then used the Composer to make his Prometheans completely immune to Flood infection by combining their composed essences with powerful war machines, known as '[[Promethean Knight]]s'. However, though these new warriors scored an isolated victory against a Flood-infested fleet, it soon became apparent that their numbers were too few to halt the parasite's continued advance, leading the Ur-Didact to consider other options to expand his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>

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 [[File:H4Terminal-DidactProcedure.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ur-Didact, accompanied by a fellow Promethean, after undergoing a failed procedure to gain an immunity to the Flood.]]
-The Ur-Didact's privileges were subsequently restored, although the IsoDidact remained in command of the ecumene's military.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 216''</ref> Cast aside by the ecumene at large, the Ur-Didact returned to [[Requiem]], where he continued his own mission against the Flood's onslaught. Convinced that his old strategies were no longer workable now that the Gravemind had learned everything, he desperately began to devise new methods of combating the Flood—going so far as applying the philosophy of the enemy. Failing to decipher Flood immunity via other means—including an experimental procedure which left him disfigured—he acquired a [[Composer]], a machine once designed to rid Forerunners of Flood infection via [[mind transfer|converting their essences]] to digital form, but abandoned long since due to several functional defects. In full agreement, the Ur-Didact's fellow Prometheans all volunteered to be composed, reliving them of biological form; the Didact did not subject himself to Composer processing, as his new form was incompatible with the device. The Ur-Didact then used the Composer to make his Prometheans completely immune to Flood infection by combining their composed essences with powerful war machines, known as '[[Promethean Knight]]s'. However, though these new warriors scored an isolated victory against a Flood-infested fleet, it soon became apparent that their numbers were too few to halt the parasite's continued advance, leading the Ur-Didact to consider other options to expand his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>
+The Ur-Didact's privileges were subsequently restored, although the IsoDidact remained in command of the ecumene's military.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 216''</ref> Cast aside by the ecumene at large, the Ur-Didact returned to [[Requiem]], where he continued his own mission against the Flood's onslaught. Convinced that his old strategies were no longer workable now that the Gravemind had learned everything, he desperately began to devise new methods of combating the Flood—going so far as applying the philosophy of the enemy. Failing to decipher Flood immunity via other means—including an experimental procedure which left him disfigured—he acquired a [[Composer]], a machine once designed to rid Forerunners of Flood infection via [[mind transfer|converting their essences]] to digital form, but abandoned long since due to several functional defects. In full agreement, the Ur-Didact's fellow Prometheans all pledged to be composed, relieving them of biological form; the Didact did not subject himself to Composer processing, as his new form was incompatible with the device. The Ur-Didact then used the Composer to make his Prometheans completely immune to Flood infection by combining their composed essences with powerful war machines, known as '[[Promethean Knight]]s'. However, though these new warriors scored an isolated victory against a Flood-infested fleet, it soon became apparent that their numbers were too few to halt the parasite's continued advance, leading the Ur-Didact to consider other options to expand his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref>
 ===Fateful reunion===