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Regarding the whole mutation aspect, Bornstellar and the Didact. I don't know if anyone remembers, but Bornstellar looks to have completely taken on the personality and memories of the Didact. That being said, is that sort of thing typical of Forerunner and their mutations? That meaning, with mutation comes the personality of the mentor, at least in some cases? Or is it strictly between Born and the Didact? Also, id the "new" Didact/Born aware that he was not previously the Didact, or is Born's personality gone?

  • 01.27.2011 12:27 AM PDT

As far as I understand, the apprentice will keep his (or at least the core of his) personality and that will be mixed with the personality traits of the mentor to create a "hybrid" personality and a shared base of knowledge and memories.

In the case of Born and Didact it seems as tho the Didact has completely transferred all of his personality traits to Born, and so Born now is the Didact, with his own personality added on top of the existing Didact traits...

EDIT:
completely off topic...but how on Earth is my Exalted Mythic rank now suddenly an Exalted Legendary? :S strange

[Edited on 01.27.2011 1:45 AM PST]

  • 01.27.2011 1:43 AM PDT
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Personly i think that was stupid to turn Born into the Didact, but not at the same time.Born should have been Born.

  • 01.27.2011 4:01 AM PDT

I hear the Didact died on the San'Shyuum homeworld.

The whole memories aspect seems to be overtaking Born in a way yes, also the term Didact is not the name but rather the rank in a way, so it could be possible that Born is the same Didact who supposedly activates the Halo Array later on.


*SPOILERS*


However I'm more interested in the ending the Precursor, I mean for God sake that thing has to be a few million years old!

  • 01.27.2011 4:17 AM PDT

Seriously Oak, Ive been doing this -blam!- for 16 years, gimmie my Friggen starter Pokemon and dont call me till im the champion! ¬_¬

Im pretty sure the adaption of the previous "Mentor" is the idea

I havnt finished, but all the references to "Choosing who to become" tells me that with a mutation comes the mind and body, and most forerunners maintain themselves, but adapt dependent on who their mentor was

With bornsteller because of the major class divide this effect becomes much more unstable, especially as a first mutation, its like mixing a cat with horse DNA rather than another cat

and im guessing that born's gonna realise that another builder upon their species is alot less insperational and useful than another diadect, and chooses to become him, leaving his old mind in the back...

  • 01.27.2011 4:43 AM PDT

i would agree that the mutations in forerunner culture usually create a hybrid of the two individuals and with them being from different rates and classes the newly created form would be unstable and the use of non common "brevet" mutation could make things worse.

no doubt it seems common that the newly formed being would normally hold most of the mentors memories and personalities, when they were on the escape pod, Glory had shot down another guards suggestion of trying to stop Born/Didact when his anchilla began controlling the ship, she stated something along the lines of "his imprint comes from the Didact himself, he now has 1,000 years to each of yours" showing that its common for someone to retain not only the memories but to channel their inner skills and personality traits as well.

and as far as the real Didact being dead, it does say so. and the newly formed Born/Didact could be the one to fire the halo array, but this is still book one, only time will tell

  • 01.27.2011 8:13 AM PDT

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Dammnit, I really need to pick up this book..

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EDIT:
completely off topic...but how on Earth is my Exalted Mythic rank now suddenly an Exalted Legendary? :S strange

Yeah, I got bumped down too. Strange indeed..

  • 01.27.2011 3:23 PM PDT

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+ Linux if you add the armor based AI's

[Edited on 01.27.2011 6:17 PM PST]

  • 01.27.2011 6:11 PM PDT