Master Chief meets the Didact?

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We see these crawlers, watchers and Promethean knights in the E3 Trailer. Cortana says upon engaging the crawlers that they are Defense AIs and definitely NOT Covenant. She also recognizes the design of the weapons and says it’s Forerunner.

So I conclude the enemies are Forerunner machines. And in each machine there is a Forerunner AI, also called Ancilla. But it could also be that these AIs are actually imprinted Forerunner personalities. The Forerunners were able to imprint their personalities into their machines such as the Monitors. They did that with humans like CHAKAS who later became 343 GUILTY SPARK. But also the Forerunners were able to do so: the Lifeworker Genemender Folder of Fortune had his own personality extracted from his body.

In the Trailer, a huge ball-like thing appears behind the Master Chief after he watches he UNSC Infinity descend. That huge ball scanned the Master Chief and flew away. In the concept art it is appears as a CRYPTUM. Here is the link:
http://www.halopedian.com/Cryptum

Now last point: We hear a very iconic voice at the end of the trailer, saying “I HAVE LONG DREAMED OF THIS DAY, RECLAIMER.” Then a symbol appears and is turning upside down. Albeit red, that symbol DEFINITELY belongs to the DIDACT. Here you can see the blue version:
http://www.halopedian.com/The_Didact

CONCLUSION:
I think that the Didact is INSIDE that Cryptum which scanned the Master Chief. I also believe that the voice we hear at the end of the E3 Trailer belongs to the Didact. It would perfectly fit him in my opinion. Also there is a soundtrack in the Trailer that can be heard when Cortana talks about her having passed the deterioration date of normals AIs. It is like “SA HA HA HA HE HI HU HE”. I think that his woul be a perfect theme for the Didact and somehow matches his voice. This is all assumption, of course.

Furthermore, I believe that the Didact has plans with the humans. He says “I have long dreamed of this day, RECLAIMER.” “Reclaimer” – a term he wouldn’t use without purpose. Throughout the original Halo series, we discovered that the humans were the reclaimers, inheritors to all the Forerunners left behind. What if there was a purpose for that? The Didact wanted them in particular to reclaim Forerunner technology. And they are the only ones who obviously can reclaim the Forerunner technology as we see in Halo 2 and Halo Wars: In Halo 2, TARTARUS needs Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo’s firing impulse. In Halo Wars, the ARBITER needs Professor Anderson to activate the Forerunner Ships.

I also wondered why the Forerunners catalogued ALL sentient lifeforms in the galaxy BUT NOT THEMSELVES before activating the Halos. So here is my hypothesis:
The Didact wants the Forerunners to ressurect. He put their personalities into the machines and now wants to imprint them in the bodies of the humans. The humans reclaim the lost identity of the Forerunners which are the Ancient Evil rising now.

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maybe they made human “reclaimers” so they could come and wake the forerunners up and then the forerunners could retake or reclaim there galaxy, sounds good to be hide away from the flood, but you need to know when to come out so imprint human minds with knowlage of forerunners so they can one day wake them up…

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I like your idea of the Forerunners having made the human Reclaimers. The Forerunners could have imprinted them with GEAS. It could be possible that the Didact tricked the Librarian with that because he wanted their own race to endure. They are ‘Forerunner descendants’ and now reclaim the Forerunner’s lost identity.

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Sometimes I wonder if us fans on the forums look into the story more than Bungie/343. . .

One last thing:

I TOLD YOU GUYS IT WAS THE DIDACT

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This is too good a theory to let it slip away. Good ideas.

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> We see these crawlers, watchers and Promethean knights in the E3 Trailer. Cortana says upon engaging the crawlers that they are Defense AIs and definitely NOT Covenant. She also recognizes the design of the weapons and says it’s Forerunner.

Well I wouldn’t imagine it would come as much of a surprise. Cortana is pretty well versed in Forerunner lore and all that.

> So I conclude the enemies are Forerunner machines. And in each machine there is a Forerunner AI, also called Ancilla. But it could also be that these AIs are actually imprinted Forerunner personalities.

Maybe, but I don’t see the point of it. Forerunner machines like Sentinels function just fine without an imprinted personality.

> The Forerunners were able to imprint their personalities into their machines such as the Monitors.

Only as a last resort though. the situtation on Requiem doesn’t scream that however.

> They did that with humans like CHAKAS who later became 343 GUILTY SPARK.

He actually didn’t. Nowhere in Primordium does he refer to himself as Spark. No Forerunner refers to himself as Spark. The only ones who do are the ONI science team and they only give him the name 343 Guilty Spark as a temporary designator to make their project look better. Now perhaps Spark and the other Monitors are based on Chakas’ mind, much like Cortana is to Halsey.

> But also the Forerunners were able to do so: the Lifeworker Genemender Folder of Fortune had his own personality extracted from his body.

As a last resort though.

> In the Trailer, a huge ball-like thing appears behind the Master Chief after he watches he UNSC Infinity descend. That huge ball scanned the Master Chief and flew away. In the concept art it is appears as a CRYPTUM. Here is the link:
> NameBright - Coming Soon

It is a Cryptum, yes.

> Now last point: We hear a very iconic voice at the end of the trailer, saying “I HAVE LONG DREAMED OF THIS DAY, RECLAIMER.” Then a symbol appears and is turning upside down. Albeit red, that symbol DEFINITELY belongs to the DIDACT. Here you can see the blue version:
> NameBright - Coming Soon

Yes, but his symbol introduces more questions than answers. It is very mysterious.

> Furthermore, I believe that the Didact has plans with the humans. He says “I have long dreamed of this day, RECLAIMER.” “Reclaimer” – a term he wouldn’t use without purpose. Throughout the original Halo series, we discovered that the humans were the reclaimers, inheritors to all the Forerunners left behind. What if there was a purpose for that? The Didact wanted them in particular to reclaim Forerunner technology. And they are the only ones who obviously can reclaim the Forerunner technology as we see in Halo 2 and Halo Wars: In Halo 2, TARTARUS needs Miranda Keyes to activate Delta Halo’s firing impulse. In Halo Wars, the ARBITER needs Professor Anderson to activate the Forerunner Ships.
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> I also wondered why the Forerunners catalogued ALL sentient lifeforms in the galaxy BUT NOT THEMSELVES before activating the Halos. So here is my hypothesis:

They didn’t catalog themselves because they are still alive, obviously not the whole population, but enough. That and they felt shame for the Halos.

> The Didact wants the Forerunners to ressurect. He put their personalities into the machines and now wants to imprint them in the bodies of the humans. The humans reclaim the lost identity of the Forerunners which are the Ancient Evil rising now.

Eh, I don’t really see it. For one, can Forerunner imprints work with humanity? Unknown at this point. Humans work for humans just fine, but Forerunner and human? A long shot in my opinion. I also don’t see the Forerunners being the ancient evil. Ancient? Yes. Evil? No.

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Hey I was wondering who was the voice actor for the voice at the end of the e3 trailer?

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@SHADOWSTRIKE1

> This is too good a theory to let it slip away. Good ideas.

Thanks, man! I appreciate your comment.

@DecepticonCobra

> Well I wouldn’t imagine it would come as much of a surprise. Cortana is pretty well versed in Forerunner lore and all that.

Yes, it wasn’t very surprising she recognized the Forerunner design. But if she hadn’t stated it, I would not have easily recognized the weapon and the enemies as Forerunner tech. They look … unusual.

> Maybe, but I don’t see the point of it. Forerunner machines like Sentinels function just fine without an imprinted personality.
> Maybe, but I don’t see the point of it. Forerunner machines like Sentinels function just fine without an imprinted personality.

Look at it as a whole, DecepticonCobra: The Forerunners disappeared after the firing of the Halos. The Librarian knew that it would come to the firing. That’s why she catalogued and stored all sentien lifeforms in the Galaxy. So if the Forerunners knew about the inevitable firing of the Halo and the consequent extinction of all sentient life, why didn’t they choose some Forerunners to be catalogued?
Come to think of it: A proud and predominant species such as the Forerunners wouldn’t just sacrifice themselves. Obviously, there was not catalogization of their species. So the only thing I can imagine they did to preserve their own kind was to extract their personalities and imprint them into machines.

> He actually didn’t. Nowhere in Primordium does he refer to himself as Spark. No Forerunner refers to himself as Spark. The only ones who do are the ONI science team and they only give him the name 343 Guilty Spark as a temporary designator to make their project look better. Now perhaps Spark and the other Monitors are based on Chakas’ mind, much like Cortana is to Halsey.

Okay, I have merely read a long summary and the first two and a half chapters of Primordium in English. I will read the rest when the book is published in my language. You have an advantage if you have already read it.

> But also the Forerunners were able to do so: the Lifeworker Genemender Folder of Fortune had his own personality extracted from his body.
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> As a last resort though.

Are you sure? The Lifeworker was pretty safe on Halo. I can’t remember his reasons for extracting his personality. Do you remember?

> They didn’t catalog themselves because they are still alive, obviously not the whole population, but enough. That and they felt shame for the Halos.

What do you mean by ‘they are still alive’? Are you talking about the end of the Flood-Forerunner War or the Reclaimer Trilogy?

> Eh, I don’t really see it. For one, can Forerunner imprints work with humanity? Unknown at this point. Humans work for humans just fine, but Forerunner and human? A long shot in my opinion. I also don’t see the Forerunners being the ancient evil. Ancient? Yes. Evil? No.

I would say it the other way around. Forerunners: Ancient? No. Precursors are. Evil? Yes. Just look at their society. They were put into castes and the Builder caste succeeded in removing the Warrior caste from the Ecumene Councile, even from society itself. The Master Builder eradicated a whole species on Janjur Quom. That is contradictory to what the Mantle demands. He also killed the Didact because he lost patience with his ignorance. The Forerunners also almost annihilated the human species. Weren’t it for the Librarian’s counsel, there wouldn’t be any human left. The Forerunners were cruel. They really did not deserve to inherit anything from the Precursors.

But you may be right. It could be hard to imprint their personalities in human bodies. We don’t know about it yet. And I have already changed my mind because on the official Halo 4 Xbox Website, I found this:
"The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil bent on vengeance and annihilation.
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So yes, it’s unlikely that they want to imprint their personalities in humans.

@Ray8016

> Hey I was wondering who was the voice actor for the voice at the end of the e3 trailer?

If only we knew that. It seems to be the same voice actor who dubbed the (apparently Covenant) CONSTRUCT in the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminal. The voice would fit the Didact, in my opinion however.

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i dont think that the didact will give chief a warm welcome i think he will be a threat for the reason from the 10th terminal in halo cea what 343GS says about him.

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> So I conclude the enemies are Forerunner machines. And in each machine there is a Forerunner AI, also called Ancilla. But it could also be that these AIs are actually imprinted Forerunner personalities. The Forerunners were able to imprint their personalities into their machines such as the Monitors. They did that with humans like CHAKAS who later became 343 GUILTY SPARK. But also the Forerunners were able to do so: the Lifeworker Genemender Folder of Fortune had his own personality extracted from his body.

A forerunner AI could control millions of those drones itself with no need to ever be physically there. In each machine is a forerunner AI, definitly not, but being controlled by an AI an way more likely.

> In the Trailer, a huge ball-like thing appears behind the Master Chief after he watches he UNSC Infinity descend. That huge ball scanned the Master Chief and flew away. In the concept art it is appears as a CRYPTUM. Here is the link:
> NameBright - Coming Soon

I know this has been mentioned but if it is indeed a cryptum its weird that it differs so substantially from the books. In the boooks it is a structure, sure it could be a ball but its made up of two structures. The cryptum itself and the bunker essentially that revives him.

Although its odd, that if the cryptum could fly why were the sphynxs required for transport to the ship hidden in the mountain?

> He actually didn’t. Nowhere in Primordium does he refer to himself as Spark. No Forerunner refers to himself as Spark. The only ones who do are the ONI science team and they only give him the name 343 Guilty Spark as a temporary designator to make their project look better. Now perhaps Spark and the other Monitors are based on Chakas’ mind, much like Cortana is to Halsey.

Well actually he does. In primordium chakas says that he sees that other versions of himself have caused problems for us in the past (when he is looking through the records on the ship - could be infinity who knows) and then at the very end, the recognition designator assigned by oni changes to 343 Guilty spark. (In the audiobook the voice changes to 343s)