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originally posted in:Halo Archive
11/17/2014 8:33:08 AM
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He was, until the Chief composed him.
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Got nuked, not composed, no?
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No. The Slipspace portal the Composer was pulling souls into lead back to Installation 03, and he fell into it. He killed the remaining human presence in the Kaphrae system and traveled to the Composer's Forge when Static Carillon opened the service portal to Gamma Halo. When the UNSC lost contact with the humans stationed on the ring itself, Lord Hood sent in Blue Team. Upon arriving at the ring, they traveled through the Service portal to the Composer's Forge only to discover the Didact had acquired Gamma Halo's Activation Index and six Composers. He transported Gamma Halo to the Composer's Forge and prepared for his plans. Blue Team's efforts at stopping the Didact proved futile, as he would defeat John, Fred, Kelly, and Linda. The Chief only managed to stop him by working with Static Carillon to eject Gamma Halo's control room into the Composer's Forge, an act which would compose the Didact.
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Wait, so the Didact is dead? Or just digitally "saved?" [spoiler]glad to see you're still here btw[/spoiler]
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Composed. He's "dead" in the sense it's not actually him, though at that point it turns into a philosophical debate on the nature of one's consciousness.
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So could he come back as a Promethean? Or in any sense at all? I really enjoyed his character through the novels and H4, and would hate for his time to be up already.
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Chief thinks it's only a period of time before he returns.
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So if someone wanted to bring him back Promethean style, it would be possible? Or is that not how it works? The composer technology alludes me at times and I would like to know more about it.
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Yeah, it is possible. Theoretically, if the Didact were somehow able to manipulate external systems, he could go through the process to give himself a physical form, even though it'd be entirely robotic.
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So he may come back or you think we'll get an even bigger enemy?
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He'll definitely be returning. Curiously enough, when Chief faces him again, he will be man, and the Didact a machine. Man vis-a-vis machine, much?
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I see. Very symbolic to John's personal dilemmas being brought to light today. I saw you said there may be another threat on a verge of showing itself. Think it may be the Flood now that we know it still remains on the SoF and maybe on the edges of the Galaxy? Or could it be some massive, extinction bearing threat akin to the Reapers from Mass Effect?
