Okay this contains spoilers so don’t read on if you don’t want spoilers revealed to you.
Okay if the Didact survived both the Halo Arrays and storage for thousands of years its reasonable to assume more Forerunner had survived. The forerunner people after all near the activation of the Halo Arrays went into civil war so its possible other Cryptums exist containing other soldier rates waiting to be revived. That or maybe a shield world actually worked and some renegade forerunners survived the Flood,Halo Arrays, and passing of time. Do you believe its possible that more Forunners escaped the Flood and the Halo Arrays.
it’s off topic a bit but I believe the Didact survived the composer because he’s a forerunner
what I’m not sure is who’s this Didact … the Ur or Bornstellar ?
and why I didn’t see anybody talk about Master Builder (Faber) because before the game launches he was a hot topic
I believe more survived. Librarian mentions the Forerunners took on a Great Journey, and Didact says they’re spending “eons in darkness”. Perhaps they’re living in the space between galaxies?
> and why I didn’t see anybody talk about Master Builder (Faber) because before the game launches he was a hot topic
Check the terminals.
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already seen them and he was there … that’s why I’m wondering
> I believe more survived. Librarian mentions the Forerunners took on a Great Journey, and Didact says they’re spending “eons in darkness”. Perhaps they’re living in the space between galaxies?
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The master builder was put on trial later on 2 so that might also be why
> it’s off topic a bit but I believe the Didact survived the composer because he’s a forerunner
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> what I’m not sure is who’s this Didact … the Ur or Bornstellar ?
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> and why I didn’t see anybody talk about Master Builder (Faber) because before the game launches he was a hot topic
The body of the didact is Bornstellar but the mind is the Didacts he used a special brevet mutation to jump from his ruined body to Bornstellars
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> The Master Builder is in the terminals, but only very briefly. The same terminals also imply that the Didact is the Ur-Didact since it shows him fighting in the Human-Forerunner War; also, the Didact is immune to the Composer due to a failed attempt to make himself immune to the Flood.
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> The Didact was last seen falling through a slip-space portal. We know he can’t be composed. So unless he happened to appear somewhere where he needed his helmet to breathe, he’s alive.
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Good point I had forgotten about that
what does the Bornstellar and Ur have in common that they could trade their bodies .
I thought Bornstellar’s only a son of Ur but lived in another era
> what does the Bornstellar and Ur have in common that they could trade their bodies .
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> I thought Bornstellar’s only a son of Ur but lived in another era
Basicly the original didacts body was killed but he used a brevet mutation which is a deadly mutation that has a huge chance to backfire on the host. The brevet mutation he used on Bornstellar caused his memories and thoughts to be transfered to BornStellatr thus having the current Didact.
> it’s off topic a bit but I believe the Didact survived the composer because he’s a forerunner
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> what I’m not sure is who’s this Didact … the Ur or Bornstellar ?
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> and why I didn’t see anybody talk about Master Builder (Faber) because before the game launches he was a hot topic
The didact stated in the terminals that the composer wouldnt work on his new form. Whether his new form was a result of the forerunners mutation process or the result of experiments to find a cure to the flood I dont know.
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> The Didact gave the young Forerunner known as ‘Bornstellar’ (for short) a brevet mutation, which gave him all of the Didact’s memories and altered his genetics to be closer to the Promethean. Since the Didact had over 10 000 years of memories, and because the young Bornstellar had all of these, he essentially became the Didact and acted as such when faced with the original’s death.
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> The Silentium overview on Amazon reveals that the original Didact, referred to as the ‘Ur-Didact’, is in fact alive. The second Didact was referred to as the ‘Bornstellar-Didact’.
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I thought the original had been killed guess not
> > what does the Bornstellar and Ur have in common that they could trade their bodies .
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> > I thought Bornstellar’s only a son of Ur but lived in another era
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> Basicly the original didacts body was killed but he used a brevet mutation which is a deadly mutation that has a huge chance to backfire on the host. The brevet mutation he used on Bornstellar caused his memories and thoughts to be transfered to BornStellatr thus having the current Didact.
but the question is how could the bornstellar let him do that ?
can’t he defend himself ?
sorry for stealing this thread but you guys are awesome
> > > what does the Bornstellar and Ur have in common that they could trade their bodies .
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> > > I thought Bornstellar’s only a son of Ur but lived in another era
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> > Basicly the original didacts body was killed but he used a brevet mutation which is a deadly mutation that has a huge chance to backfire on the host. The brevet mutation he used on Bornstellar caused his memories and thoughts to be transfered to BornStellatr thus having the current Didact.
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> but the question is how could the bornstellar let him do that ?
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> sorry for stealing this thread but you guys are awesome
It was more so with the thinking that the mantle must be upheld and the torch be passed on if you will.
and np threads are ment for this
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> > > Basicly the original didacts body was killed but he used a brevet mutation which is a deadly mutation that has a huge chance to backfire on the host. The brevet mutation he used on Bornstellar caused his memories and thoughts to be transfered to BornStellatr thus having the current Didact.
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> > but the question is how could the bornstellar let him do that ?
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> The Didact was a 14-foot tall Promethean. Bornstellar wouldn’t have been able to defend himself if the Didact insisted otherwise.
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> However, if I recall correctly, the Didact gave Bornstellar a choice. He explained exactly what would happen, and that the process could be reversed later if he so wished. Bornstellar accepted.
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> When Bornstellar was back with his family later on, he refused to have the process reversed.
That accurately sums it up
thank you guys … would love to thank you all but after waypoint’s new look it doesn’t make sense
> thank you guys … would love to thank you all but after waypoint’s new look it doesn’t make sense
Hit menu and press thank and np feel free to discuss more on the forerunner topic
> I’ve found two quotes from Cryptum you’ll find useful:
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> > He waved off the display. “We have to break cover and move in closer. It’s a risk, but I need to understand more. And I need all the help I can get.”
> > “But we tried…”
> > “There’s one more way. Your patrimony is buried deep, inaccessible to a Manipular. To absorb my knowledge, you must be able to access your patrimony and the full richness of the Domain. To do that, you’ll have to expand your capabilities. If you are willing … if you volunteer.”
> > “You mean … mutate to a higher rate.”
> > “As close an approximation as we can manage out here,” the Didact said. “It’s called a brevet mutation. It’s not common, but it is within the Warrior-Servant code. This ship is capable of supporting such a ceremony. Lacking that, I cannot supply you with my knowledge … and you cannot access what your ancestors stored within you, or access the Domain, which supplements all.”
> > “I’m supposed to unlock my patrimony with my father’s assistance.”
> > “Traditionally, that’s true. But since I’m the only Forerunner around and we’re unlikely to find any Builders nearby…”
> > He did not need to lay out the details. I was being asked to mutate and grow without my family or even my rate being present to assist. He would be my mentor. And that meant I would receive the Didact’s genetic imprint.
> > “I’d mutate to a Warrior-Servant,” I said.
> > “At least in part. You could always petition for a correction, a reversion, once you returned to your family.”
> > “I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
> > I had heard of failed mutations, of individuals hidden in special family enclaves and restricted to menial tasks. Not an attractive prospect.
> > “It is a choice.”
> > Under the circumstances, it didn’t feel like a choice.
> > “What … what would it feel like?” I asked.
> > “All mutation is difficult. Brevet mutations are particularly unpleasant.”
> > “Is it dangerous?”
> > “We will have to exercise caution. But once we’ve succeeded, we can venture down and see what the situation is on the Deep Reverence.”
> > “I haven’t volunteered,” I reminded him.
> > “No,” he said. “But the Librarian has always been a great judge of character.”
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> > “Brevet mutation entails risks,” the Didact said. “The ship is equipped to stimulate the proper growth factors, but you will not be imprinted by your immediate relatives … some details of your development may be lost or distorted. Is this understood?”
> > “I accept … under pressure,” I said. The Didact stepped back.
> > “There can be no misgivings,” he said. “Mutation is a personal journey, not to be coerced.”
> > “If I don’t do this, you tell me the entire galaxy could be wiped out.… That isn’t coercion?”
> > “Allegiance to duty is the Forerunner’s highest instinct and purpose. It is what empowers us to defend the Mantle.”
Thank you for pulling these nuggets out of the cryptum