If you have played the mission “truth and reconciliation” you might have gotten the terminal for that level.
There might be a reference to halo 4.
When the you enter the terminal you see the oracle convercing with an unknown construct of the “truth and reconciliation”.
The strang thing about the AI is that he sounds almost exactly like the unknown voice of the forunner that can be heard durring the end of the halo 4 E3 trailer. Could the AI have some connections with halo 4?
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Play both videos.
Sounds crazy right. Still. There might be other reasons for this.
It can be because 343 hired the same voice actors for the part.
Now… discuss!!!
It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
I think the voice actor theory is a more plausible theory than the AI being the same
Im not sure if they sound as alike as you think. I just didn’t hear it.
> It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
Faber
I always assumed that AI was a Covy AI…
> > It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
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> Faber
Even better. The master builder himself!
Guess I’ll go track down the video in YouTube and get back to you.
That’s a Covenant AI.
That’s a Covenant AI, and any connection is unlikely as Covenant AI are ‘dumb’ AI, which can be gleaned from the AI’s conversation.
The only connection might be that since it’s a Covenant AI, it might be a fragment of a much smarter Forerunner AI.
> It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
I hope it is the Didact. It would be a good voice for him, in my opinion.
> That’s a Covenant AI, and any connection is unlikely as Covenant AI are ‘dumb’ AI, which can be gleaned from the AI’s conversation.
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> The only connection might be that since it’s a Covenant AI, it might be a fragment of a much smarter Forerunner AI.
That AI is not dumb. It knows about the false ways of the Covenant. And it has hope. It wants to be free.
Yes. Do you know the Forerunner AI kept prisoner by the Covenant? It is Mendicant Bias. A fragment of it was on the Forerunner Dreadnought that powered High Charity.
Conclusion: Putting all that together, I believe that the Construct could be a fragment of Mendicant Bias fragment from the Forerunner Dreadnought. The Construct in the terminal stated that as soon as the Masters engaged the Great Journey and have disappeared, it or rather “… we will be free.”
Mendicant Bias fragment on the Forerunner Dreadnought was kept prisoner by the Prophets. It wanted to flee and take the Reclaimers to the Ark.
At the end of the E3 trailer, the voice says “I have long dreamed of this day, Relaimer.” It has long dreamed of the day it would be free! I mentioned earlier that the Construct has hope. Now you just need to connect.
Also Mendicant Bias fragment was on the Ark and tried to make contact with the Master Chief (Halo 3 Terminals) but it was prevented from really doing so by a Monitor.
All that indicates: E3 trailer voice = Construct = Mendicant Bias’ fragment.
Yet, it is strange that the Construct calls 343 Guilty Spark “Oracle” instead of “Monitor” but the voice in the E3 trailer says “Reclaimer” instead of “Demon”.
I personally hope though that it was the Didact speaking in the trailer, awakening from his Cryptum exile.
> > It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
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> I hope it is the Didact. It would be a good voice for him, in my opinion.
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> > That’s a Covenant AI, and any connection is unlikely as Covenant AI are ‘dumb’ AI, which can be gleaned from the AI’s conversation.
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> > The only connection might be that since it’s a Covenant AI, it might be a fragment of a much smarter Forerunner AI.
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> That AI is not dumb. It knows about the false ways of the Covenant. And it has hope. It wants to be free.
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> Yes. Do you know the Forerunner AI kept prisoner by the Covenant? It is Mendicant Bias. A fragment of it was on the Forerunner Dreadnought that powered High Charity.
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> Conclusion: Putting all that together, I believe that the Construct could be a fragment of Mendicant Bias fragment from the Forerunner Dreadnought. The Construct in the terminal stated that as soon as the Masters engaged the Great Journey and have disappeared, it or rather “… we will be free.”
> Mendicant Bias fragment on the Forerunner Dreadnought was kept prisoner by the Prophets. It wanted to flee and take the Reclaimers to the Ark.
> At the end of the E3 trailer, the voice says “I have long dreamed of this day, Relaimer.” It has long dreamed of the day it would be free! I mentioned earlier that the Construct has hope. Now you just need to connect.
> Also Mendicant Bias fragment was on the Ark and tried to make contact with the Master Chief (Halo 3 Terminals) but it was prevented from really doing so by a Monitor.
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> All that indicates: E3 trailer voice = Construct = Mendicant Bias’ fragment.
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> Yet, it is strange that the Construct calls 343 Guilty Spark “Oracle” instead of “Monitor” but the voice in the E3 trailer says “Reclaimer” instead of “Demon”.
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> I personally hope though that it was the Didact speaking in the trailer, awakening from his Cryptum exile.
Ah! The yellow! It hurts my eyes! X(
Apart from that, this was a VERY good post. I’m always happy to see plausible theories on here (or rather, well thought-out ones).
Quite honestly, I’m heavily leaning towards the Didact, but I’ve always wondered what officially happened to Mendicant Bias. Theoretically, he can’t be completely destroyed because he latched himself onto the Covenant Network. Unless the Elites ditched their ships, he lives on as a replicated AI.
However, the only flaw with this is the difference between the Forerunner Symbols. Mendicant Bias has a separate one from The Didact, and The Didact’s was shown, not his. But, I’ll still say this; we have NOT heard the end of Mendicant Bias. Mainly because we haven’t had the chance to meet Offensive Bias yet… >:)
They don’t sound the same to me.
> Ah! The yellow! It hurts my eyes! X(
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> However, the only flaw with this is the difference between the Forerunner Symbols. Mendicant Bias has a separate one from The Didact, and The Didact’s was shown, not his. But, I’ll still say this; we have NOT heard the end of Mendicant Bias. Mainly because we haven’t had the chance to meet Offensive Bias yet… >:)
It is orange. 
Yes, it resembled the Didact’s symbol and Mendicant Bias had its own (even two own symbols).
I was under the impression that the AI in the terminal belonged to the Covenant.
> > It could be an AI, but I personally think it is Didact.
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> I hope it is the Didact. It would be a good voice for him, in my opinion.
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> > That’s a Covenant AI, and any connection is unlikely as Covenant AI are ‘dumb’ AI, which can be gleaned from the AI’s conversation.
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> > The only connection might be that since it’s a Covenant AI, it might be a fragment of a much smarter Forerunner AI.
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> That AI is not dumb. It knows about the false ways of the Covenant. And it has hope. It wants to be free.
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> Yes. Do you know the Forerunner AI kept prisoner by the Covenant? It is Mendicant Bias. A fragment of it was on the Forerunner Dreadnought that powered High Charity.
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> Conclusion: Putting all that together, I believe that the Construct could be a fragment of Mendicant Bias fragment from the Forerunner Dreadnought. The Construct in the terminal stated that as soon as the Masters engaged the Great Journey and have disappeared, it or rather “… we will be free.”
> Mendicant Bias fragment on the Forerunner Dreadnought was kept prisoner by the Prophets. It wanted to flee and take the Reclaimers to the Ark.
> At the end of the E3 trailer, the voice says “I have long dreamed of this day, Relaimer.” It has long dreamed of the day it would be free! I mentioned earlier that the Construct has hope. Now you just need to connect.
> Also Mendicant Bias fragment was on the Ark and tried to make contact with the Master Chief (Halo 3 Terminals) but it was prevented from really doing so by a Monitor.
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> All that indicates: E3 trailer voice = Construct = Mendicant Bias’ fragment.
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> Yet, it is strange that the Construct calls 343 Guilty Spark “Oracle” instead of “Monitor” but the voice in the E3 trailer says “Reclaimer” instead of “Demon”.
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> I personally hope though that it was the Didact speaking in the trailer, awakening from his Cryptum exile.
Adding to that, listen to this. Not only does this sound like the voice in the E3 trailer, but it also matches with what Mendicant Bias says on the terminals in Halo 3.
> Adding to that, listen to this. Not only does this sound like the voice in the E3 trailer, but it also matches with what Mendicant Bias says on the terminals in Halo 3.
Great, but is it really the same voice? It sounds different than this
The voice is extremely similar. But let’s take into account what we know about Covie AIs.
We know they don’t create their own, that they are all basically splinters of Mendicant Bias, the only true AI they work with. Similar to the dumb splinters Cortana can make of herself as shown in First Strike.
So we can likely conclude that the voice of the Truth and Reconciliation AI, is the same as the voice of Mendicant Bias.
So now we need to look into what we know about Forerunner AI. We know Mendicant Bias was created specifically for Containment, the act of stopping the Flood. And that at least one other known AI, Guilty Spark, was shaped after the mind of Chakas, at the time an important character in the events of the Forerunner/Flood war.
Does this mean we can also conclude that the other AI’s were created based on the minds of those around them? And does this mean that figuring out who’s mind Mendicant Bias was shaped after would lead us to the character that will be the Ancient Enemy?
So my question is, who is most likely the mind used to create Mendicant Bias?
My best guess here would be the Master Builder, Faber. I mean, I desperately want the ancient enemy to be the Didact, I think that would be more awesome. But it’s starting to look more like Faber.
Lol, same guy that plays Saren and Baird, both amazing game characters.
> The voice is extremely similar. But let’s take into account what we know about Covie AIs.
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> We know they don’t create their own, that they are all basically splinters of Mendicant Bias, the only true AI they work with. Similar to the dumb splinters Cortana can make of herself as shown in First Strike.
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> So we can likely conclude that the voice of the Truth and Reconciliation AI, is the same as the voice of Mendicant Bias.
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> So now we need to look into what we know about Forerunner AI. We know Mendicant Bias was created specifically for Containment, the act of stopping the Flood. And that at least one other known AI, Guilty Spark, was shaped after the mind of Chakas, at the time an important character in the events of the Forerunner/Flood war.
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> Does this mean we can also conclude that the other AI’s were created based on the minds of those around them? And does this mean that figuring out who’s mind Mendicant Bias was shaped after would lead us to the character that will be the Ancient Enemy?
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> So my question is, who is most likely the mind used to create Mendicant Bias?
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> My best guess here would be the Master Builder, Faber. I mean, I desperately want the ancient enemy to be the Didact, I think that would be more awesome. But it’s starting to look more like Faber.
Pretty well thought.
But are you sure about that? Was Mendicant Bias’ task really to contain the Flood? It was only used to test-fire a Halo Array. Then it already disappeared.
I agree with your desire. I want the Didact to be the enemy or even better an ally!
Come to think of this: Who gave Mendicant Bias its name? It was the Didact. Who oversaw Mendicant Bias’ construction? It was the Didact. Who had the authority codes to shut Mendicant Bias down? It was the Didact.
I believe that Mendicant Bias was shaped after the Didact’s mind!