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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Organic Prometheans=== | |||
Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to, standing around two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighing about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; it was common for a Promethean to share information and sensory input with the warriors under their command.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> Prometheans were also capable of controlling a million remote-controlled craft, such as [[weapon-ship]]s, simultaneously.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 174''</ref> | Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to, standing around two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighing about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; it was common for a Promethean to share information and sensory input with the warriors under their command.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref> Prometheans were also capable of controlling a million remote-controlled craft, such as [[weapon-ship]]s, simultaneously.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 174''</ref> | ||
They also used powerful vehicles known as [[war sphinx]]es for large-scale operations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 95''</ref> In order to combat the parasitic [[Flood]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Prometheans' arsenal of weapons was specifically tailored to disintegrate biomass to prevent Flood infection.<ref name="gi">'''GameInformer''', ''October 2012 edition'' (digital content)</ref> | |||
The Prometheans were responsible for creating "Warrior Keeps" known as [[Cryptum]]s, where an exiled warrior could live in [[Xankara|suspended animation]] for thousands of years. | |||
The Prometheans | ===Mechanical Prometheans=== | ||
The Prometheans encountered by UNSC and [[Storm]] forces on Requiem are mechanical in nature and encompass various classes of leader units known as [[Promethean Knight|Knights]], support drones known as [[Promethean Watcher|Watchers]], and small, pack-oriented [[Promethean Crawler|Crawlers]] serving mostly as cannon fodder.<ref name="characters"/> Visually, unlike most Forerunner technology which is chiefly angular and geometric, Promethean units have a more curved, almost biomechanical aesthetic. Various Promethean units, including Knights, Watchers and war sphinxes, also have distinct heads embedded in their mechanical carapaces, complete with stylized facial features. | |||
The origin of these Prometheans is currently unknown. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||