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Deva Path
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
We are all going to get banned aren't we?
Here is my final testament and abjection to the idea that Didact in his second Form is still alive. I have no issue with him doing another brevet mutation though. However, I have undeniable proof that the second Didact is indeed dead.
IRIS server 1 Array recorder data
Halo array System Data Recorder:
It's done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of space to lull me to sleep. I will dream of you.
I feel no peril.
No pain. No remorse. Is that normal?
Lets break this down, the first thing we are told is that this is data from the Halo Array Which the Ark is not apart of. Every single time the Array and Ark are brought up they are each stated separately, we see this in cryptum.
The second part: He is clearly talking about death, though I expect most of you to twist that up into something that would keep him alive.
Peril has a definition behind of it, like idiot.
Imminent danger.
1. Exposure to the risk of harm or loss.
2. Something that endangers or involves risk.
To expose to danger or the chance of injury; imperil.
So why would the Didact say he feels no peril if he was at the Ark? He would be completely safe at the Ark seeing how he knew OB would stall long enough. That instantly proves right there that he was at the ring and that he died. I honestly see no further reason to elaborate on that.
Now lets go to the terminals In which we were told had to be pushed around time-wise due to cryptum.
Terminal 1
D: How formal you are, Librarian. We're receiving shipments of indexed beings more frequently than communications. Don't compound scarcity with brevity.
Do you know why the terminals had to be pushed around? because they wouldn't completely fit with cryptum which is where the New canon > Old canon that people talk about with extreme bias comes into play.
In Cryptum, Didact went into exile after the Builder Faction won. We know that he had time to build some shield worlds Thus he also had time to help he wife, hence this transmission.
Terminal 4
L: Not spiraling outward, but heading for the line! This is the tipping point, Didact. It's no longer feeding.
It's coming for you.
L: I'm trapped. On a beautiful, empty world. Its inhabitants have been safely indexed, every single one of them. They're special - well worth the effort it took to build one final gateway, even at this late hour.
D: Mendicant Bias is no longer communicating with us.
D: But now I can guess where you are.
This Is the terminal people mainly try using as "support" yet they cut the last part of the terminal out and do not look at the full context. From the what the Didact said we can tell just when in time this takes place.
This is going to be a setting in Primorduim in which Medicant bias will completely stop the threats to the forerunners and gear up for an assault. The best thing about this terminal is that it clearly States the librarian is on Earth And had just gotten done indexing humans- something she already did in cryptum- So unless She means modern man this should further discredit the terminals in current canon.
Terminal 5
By [cutting fire breaks[?]] into the [core worlds' volume] we would be able to frustrate the enemy's advances for approximately [70,080 hours] and lure them into costly naval battles.
The only thing relevant in this terminal is the mentioning of
core worlds. Even before I completely broke everything down I suggested that the "Maginot line" would be protecting the Forerunner Inner colonies. In Cryptum Bornsteller notes that his family "Colonizes planets around the forerunner core" Which goes with the terminal's language perfectly.
Didact is telling the navy to make certain suns within the complex go supernova so they can force the flood in tight corners while evacuating the core worlds. The Line has nothing to do with the Ark whatsoever since we know The core worlds are roughly 60 light years from Earth (Cryptum) and that the Ark is outside of the galaxy.
So the idea of the Maginot Line protecting the Ark no longer holds up or even makes sense now that we know what the line is.
Terminal 6
[12:H 20:M 00:S] I begin this report with no illusions that it will ever be seen by its intended readers.In all likelihood they have already committed [species-wide suicide]
[12:H 19:M 59:S] Contender AI 05-032<//>Mendicant Bias is returning and has the capacity to bring the enemy through the [Maginot] sphere.
[11:H 15:M 48:S] Mendicant has burrowed through the sphere exactly where I expected
[09:H 45:M 18:S] In support of 05-032's original 1000 core vessels is a fleet numbering 4,802,019;
[00:H 19:M 02:S] The seventh and final wave of container ships, barges, tankers, and military vessels engage my fleet;
[00:H 00:M 11:S] Despite all its faults, 05-032 has fought remarkably well.
[00:H 00:M 00:S] The [Halo effect] strikes our combined fleets. All ships piloted by biologicals are now [adrift].
I can trade Mendicant ship for ship now and still prevail.
Here we have the battle in which MB is attacking the core worlds. Now While Terminal 7 does indeed state he is heading for the ark, It was clearly established in Cryptum that slipspace has been messed up for decades. In order to go long distances multiple jumps have to be made; Which is exactly what OB meant when he said he predicted where MB would exit.
OB opens up with stating that the report will probably never be read and that the array has probably already been activated. Why wouldn't didact read the report if he Activated the Array from the Ark? Look At the timestaps more and you will notice that it is a countdown; Bias has to stall MB for 12 hours before the Halo effect reaches him. If not MB will just jump to the Ark and infect the galaxy.
Once the The effect reaches them you will notice That OB states he will talk MB Back to the Ark, possibly meaning that they were created There.
Terminal 7
D:Bias has come undone. He crossed the line this morning - brought the abomination with him - and destroyed your waiting rescue party.
D: Mendicant Bias is trying to prevent us from firing the Array. He speeds back to the Ark, but he won't succeed. Offensive Bias will stop him, and I will burn this stinking menace in your name.
D: I will begin our Great Journey without you, carrying this bitter record. Those who came after will know what we bought with this [false transcendence] - what you bought, and the price you paid.
D: It's too much to bear.
Didact mentions that MB has crossed the line in his voyage to reach the Ark. He confidently states that OB will stop him with no worries.
I love cryptum because i can spot out all the interesting Tidbits. Examples being; Forerunners had the capital while the covenant had High charity, San Shyuum were switching young leaders for old while the Forerunners were switching old leaders for younger,etc.
Didact is stating that he will die alone without his with and that the races that come afterwards will know of what happened. Flip that around and you have the perfect setting for this being the 3rd Didact stating he is relocating their race without her.
Though at the end He clearly states that it is too much for him to bear. This Didact will die At installation 04 alone, though there is a good chance another Didact did indeed carry on and live for a certain period after said events. "The Didact is here, The Didact is gone".
That Is the breakdown of The Terminals and IRIS taking things into full context and picture, I will now bring in just post the snippets of 343 for further support.
The Library
The installation was specifically built to study and contain the Flood. Their survival[b] as a race was dependent upon it. I am grateful to see that some of [b]them survived to reproduce.
343 mistaking chief for a forerunner.
Two Betrayals
"More or less. Technically, this installation's pulse has a maximum effective radius of twenty-five thousand light years. But, once the others follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of life, or at least any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the Flood." (Pause) "But you already knew that... I mean, how couldn't you?"
It says enough and there you can see that once one ring activates the others do also. Which is why ALL the rings were set on standby and had to be activated from the Ark in Halo 2.
Two Betrayals
"Last time, you asked me, if it were my choice, would I do it? Having had considerable time to ponder your query, my answer has not changed."
We know from origins that the Didact was at the array Though I am going back to find the source for that to further credit myself, with everything i have already established that should drive the nail into the other side of the coffin.
[Edited on 12.18.2011 9:16 PM PST]