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The [[Didact]] devised a well-known strategic doctrine known as "[[star-hopping]]" which involved the selective targeting of strategically significant worlds while ignoring less important targets. This strategy allowed the Forerunners to gradually dismantle the prehistoric human empire piecemeal during the [[human-Forerunner wars]], eventually leaving only their capital [[Charum Hakkor]] as a significant military bastion.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 187-188''</ref> During fleet engagements, the Didact favored the [[fleet spiral]] formation which enabled a fleet to respond to threats from any direction.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 267''</ref> Late into their war with ancient humanity, the Forerunners took advantage of their superior understanding of [[slipstream space]] to catastrophically increase their human opponents' [[Reconciliation|space-time debt]], effectively cutting the [[Charum Hakkor system]] off from the rest of the ancient human empire. Over three years, the Didact fought the [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals]]' forces across the Charum Hakkor system in a constant battle of attrition for superior orbital paths and optimal slipspace pathways.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 239-240''</ref> | The [[Didact]] devised a well-known strategic doctrine known as "[[star-hopping]]" which involved the selective targeting of strategically significant worlds while ignoring less important targets. This strategy allowed the Forerunners to gradually dismantle the prehistoric human empire piecemeal during the [[human-Forerunner wars]], eventually leaving only their capital [[Charum Hakkor]] as a significant military bastion.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 187-188''</ref> During fleet engagements, the Didact favored the [[fleet spiral]] formation which enabled a fleet to respond to threats from any direction.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 267''</ref> Late into their war with ancient humanity, the Forerunners took advantage of their superior understanding of [[slipstream space]] to catastrophically increase their human opponents' [[Reconciliation|space-time debt]], effectively cutting the [[Charum Hakkor system]] off from the rest of the ancient human empire. Over three years, the Didact fought the [[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals]]' forces across the Charum Hakkor system in a constant battle of attrition for superior orbital paths and optimal slipspace pathways.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 239-240''</ref> | ||
During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Forerunner forces led by the [[Falchion]] at the [[Battle of the 78th Thema|78th Thema]] used their numerous attack harriers' cloaking capability to catch a [[Flood]] fleet by surprise, utilizing gravity slings to propel asteroids at the arriving Flood ships rather than attack with traceable energy weapons, allowing them to attain victory.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 212-214''</ref> However, the conventional rules of space combat ceased to apply once the Flood began to use reactivated [[Precursor]] structures to systematically cripple and devastate Forerunner fleets.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 188-189''</ref> Additionally, the computing power of Flood [[Key Mind]]s allowed the [[logic plague]]—the Flood's information equivalent—to eventually infest nearly any Forerunner ancilla, severely hampering their largely AI-driven fleet operations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 214-215''</ref> Because of the Flood's rate of expansion, Forerunner fleets would often resort to triggering stellar collapses once an infestation had been detected in a system.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal | During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Forerunner forces led by the [[Falchion]] at the [[Battle of the 78th Thema|78th Thema]] used their numerous attack harriers' cloaking capability to catch a [[Flood]] fleet by surprise, utilizing gravity slings to propel asteroids at the arriving Flood ships rather than attack with traceable energy weapons, allowing them to attain victory.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 212-214''</ref> However, the conventional rules of space combat ceased to apply once the Flood began to use reactivated [[Precursor]] structures to systematically cripple and devastate Forerunner fleets.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 188-189''</ref> Additionally, the computing power of Flood [[Key Mind]]s allowed the [[logic plague]]—the Flood's information equivalent—to eventually infest nearly any Forerunner ancilla, severely hampering their largely AI-driven fleet operations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 214-215''</ref> Because of the Flood's rate of expansion, Forerunner fleets would often resort to triggering stellar collapses once an infestation had been detected in a system.<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 2]]''</ref> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' | *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' | *''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | *''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' | *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||
*''[[The Commissioning]]'' | *''[[The Commissioning]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' | *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | *''[[Halo 4]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo 4)|Terminals]]'' | ||
**''[[Spartan Ops]]'' | **''[[Spartan Ops]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | *''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo 2: Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' | *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' | *''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' | ||