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-The '''Human-Promethean War''' is an ongoing conflict that began approximately on July 20th, 2557 on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] called "[[Requiem]]." The [[Covenant remnant]], led by [[Jul 'Mdama|Shipmaster Jul 'Mdama]], first engaged [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces during the boarding of the derelict wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}. UNSC reinforcements would subsequently arrive to fight a Covenant effort now aligned with the [[Didact]] and Requiem's native inhabitants, the [[Prometheans]].
+The '''Human-Promethean War''' is an ongoing conflict that began approximately on July 20th, 2557 on the [[Forerunner]] [[shield world]] called "[[Requiem]]." The [[Covenant remnant]], led by [[Jul 'Mdama|Shipmaster Jul 'Mdama]], first engaged [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces during the boarding of the derelict wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}. UNSC reinforcements would subsequently arrive to fight a Covenant effort now aligned with the [[Didact]] and his legions of mechanized [[Prometheans]].
 ==Background==
-In ancient times, the human race was once a great interstellar empire. Seeking to buy time in their war against the Flood, they attacked any Forerunner world where an infection had taken hold. Ignoring their warnings about the dangers posed by this hidden enemy, the Forerunners led by the Didact defeated humanity and forcibly devolved their civilization. But the Forerunners were weakened in process, making them easy prey to a resurgent infection.
+In ancient times, the human race was a great interstellar empire. During the course of their growth as a civilization, they encountered a terrifying threat: an extra-galactic parasite known as the [[Flood]]. As the parasite ravaged their worlds and threatened to consume their entire species, humanity fled outwards from their home territory. As they did so, they attacked any Forerunner world where an infection had taken hold, neglecting to warn the Forerunners of the threat in favor of bombarding infected areas immediately. Ignoring their warnings about the dangers posed by the Flood, the Forerunners - led by the Didact and his Promethean Warrior-Servants - defeated humanity and forcibly devolved their civilization. However, the Forerunners were left vulnerable by the long conflict: their military had been weakened, and all information regarding the mysterious threat that humanity had been fleeing was lost. After a period of calm, the Flood returned, and the Forerunners were ill-prepared to fight back.
-Despite this, the Didact planned to use the Composer, a device capable of transferring organic consciousness to software format to escape the Flood's infection. But the process was flawed, and the humans who underwent the process were corrupted, becoming fit only to function as the AIs of Promethean war-frames. This, however, suited his purposes, and would let his use the Composer as both as a means of victory and for revenge against humanity. However, his wife the Librarian was horrified by his hatred, and ended up sealing him inside the shield world Requiem, which was his base of operations. The Prometheans were left there to guard his [[Cryptum]], and Requiem remained quiet for millennia as the Forerunners disappeared.
+The Forerunner Builder rate had prepared for this eventuality, creating a number of ring-shaped superweapons known as Halos. However, the Didact was reluctant to use these, and instead planned to use the Composer, a device capable of transferring organic consciousness to software, as a means to save the galaxy's populace from Flood infection. But the process was flawed, and those who underwent the process were corrupted, driven insane and unable to be re-uploaded to an organic form. This, however, suited the Didact's purposes: he would use the Composer to convert his Prometheans into mechanical warriors, later augmenting their numbers with converted humans to create a massive army to fight the Flood. In his view, this was both an elegant solution to the Flood problem and a means of neutralizing the human threat forever. However, his wife the Librarian was horrified by his actions, and sealed him inside the shield world Requiem, which was his base of operations. The converted Prometheans were left there to guard his [[Cryptum]], and Requiem remained quiet for millennia after the Forerunners were wiped out by the Halo Array.
-Then, in the year [[2554]], the planet was found again. Seeking both a new spiritual voice for their people and a chance for revenge against the victorious UNSC, the Covenant remnant sought the Forerunner world of Requiem to unlock its secrets. Additionally, their shipmaster, Jul 'Mdama, had learned the Didact was trapped inside and sought to release him as revenge on humanity. In orbit above the planet, however, were two UNSC ships, the wreckage of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, and the UNSC Infinity, who had been searching for it. In the first skirmish of the war, Covenant warriors attacked the two vessel in hopes of deterring the humans' efforts.
+In the year [[2554]], the planet was found again. Seeking both a new spiritual voice for their people and a chance for revenge against the victorious UNSC, a remnant faction of the Covenant sought to unlock the world's secrets. Additionally, their shipmaster, Jul 'Mdama, had learned the Didact was trapped inside and sought to release him in order to achieve vengeance on humanity. In orbit above the planet, however, were two UNSC ships, the wreckage of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, and the UNSC Infinity, who had been searching for it. In the first skirmish of the war, Covenant warriors attacked the two vessel in hopes of deterring the humans' efforts.
 ==Entering Requiem==