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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.]] | [[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 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. The Ur-Didact decided to use the Composer to transfer his Prometheans from their biological forms to [[Promethean Knight|war machines]], which | 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 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. The Ur-Didact decided to use the Composer to transfer his Prometheans from their biological forms to [[Promethean Knight|powerful war machines]], which would allow them to fight the Flood without risking infection; he did not subject himself to Composer processing, stating that the device would no longer have worked on his new form. While the machines did little to slow the Flood's undaunted advance, the Didact believed that the issue lay in their inadequate numbers, wholly failing to recognize the sheer futility of the strategy.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
===Fateful reunion=== | ===Fateful reunion=== | ||
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On [[2557#July|July 21, 2557]], the wreckage of the [[UNSC frigate]] ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'', carrying [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and his [[Smart AI|AI]] companion [[Cortana]], arrived in the orbit of Requiem, where they were intercepted by a fleet of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]] warships led by the [[Sangheili]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]. Though the Covenant had been denied access to Requiem's interior for three years, an entrance portal opened after scanning the Spartan and pulled all nearby ships inside. After landing, both the Spartan and the Covenant forces faced opposition from the occupying Promethean constructs, until eventually discovering the Ur-Didact's Cryptum on what John and Cortana originally thought to be a communications relay satellite. Even in his imprisoned and hibernating state, the Ur-Didact appeared to be in partial control of Requiem's systems, being able to manipulate {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s signal to lead John-117 to [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]] and release him,<ref name="forerunner"/> or hinder Cortana's attempts to access a local [[Cartographer]].<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref> | On [[2557#July|July 21, 2557]], the wreckage of the [[UNSC frigate]] ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'', carrying [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and his [[Smart AI|AI]] companion [[Cortana]], arrived in the orbit of Requiem, where they were intercepted by a fleet of [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|Covenant]] warships led by the [[Sangheili]] [[Jul 'Mdama]]. Though the Covenant had been denied access to Requiem's interior for three years, an entrance portal opened after scanning the Spartan and pulled all nearby ships inside. After landing, both the Spartan and the Covenant forces faced opposition from the occupying Promethean constructs, until eventually discovering the Ur-Didact's Cryptum on what John and Cortana originally thought to be a communications relay satellite. Even in his imprisoned and hibernating state, the Ur-Didact appeared to be in partial control of Requiem's systems, being able to manipulate {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}'s signal to lead John-117 to [[Core of Requiem|Requiem's core]] and release him,<ref name="forerunner"/> or hinder Cortana's attempts to access a local [[Cartographer]].<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref> | ||
Inadvertently awakened by John-117, the Ur-Didact easily | Inadvertently awakened by John-117, the Ur-Didact emerged from his Cryptum and immediately reassumed control of his Prometheans. Taunting John about his "blind nobility", the Didact easily incapacitated the Spartan with a [[constraint field]]. Ignoring the Librarian's plan for him, he declared that humanity should not be allowed to attain the Mantle. He then tossed John aside and escaped Requiem's core using a slipspace rupture. Soon after, the Didact also allowed Jul 'Mdama's Covenant forces to join forces with him and his Promethean armies against humanity, despite regarding the Covenant as little more than "beasts" and primitives". | ||
John and Cortana immediately recognized the danger posed by the Didact and after the ''Infinity'' had crash-landed on Requiem, they attempted to convince [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Andrew Del Rio|Del Rio]] of the ''Infinity'' to take more drastic action against the Forerunner before he regained his full strength. However, Del Rio instead opted that they leave Requiem as soon as possible, leaving John and an increasingly rampant Cortana facing the Didact by themselves.<ref name="shutdown">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Shutdown]]''</ref> | |||
Between July 22 and July 24, the Didact repeatedly contacted [[Catalog]] via a node located on [[Mars]] and asked to take control of the ecumene; Catalog rejected his requests.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> | Between July 22 and July 24, the Didact repeatedly contacted [[Catalog]] via a node located on [[Mars]] and asked to take control of the ecumene; Catalog rejected his requests.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> | ||