TSIA, why were the blue Prometheans attacking Master Chief if The Librarian programmed them differently after she imprisoned The Didact in his Cryptum?
im mostlikely wrong but the didact broke out and is calling upon them to follow him.
Maybe they were meant to kill anything or anyone (even a Reclaimer) that might disturb the Didact.
To keep everyone away from the Didact’s Cryptum. As wonderful as the Librarian thinks the Humans are, I don’t think she would be too keen on letting them all come and go on her genocidal husband’s crypt.
What Yiazmat said. They were programmed to keep the Didact secluded, but Cortana and MC were being dumb-dumbs and thought that the energy bonds imprisoning the Didact were radios.
Why didn’t the Prometheans just offer the Chief help by dialing a taxi cab for him? jk
The Librarian wanted to prevent anyone from approaching the Didact’s cryptum and allow him to “sober” from all the hatred toward humans.
> TSIA, why were the blue Prometheans attacking Master Chief if The Librarian programmed them differently after she imprisoned The Didact in his Cryptum?
She programmed them to stop all intruders to requiem from releasing the Didact.
I understand totally that the Librarian wanted no one to bring her husband out of sleep hence the hostile blue Prometheans. However it makes me have problems with the Librarian’s words in the last Terminal:
> “When you wake, you will find the humans.”
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> “Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please.”
So that said she entirely planned for the Didact eventually getting out of his Cryptum and taking command of the Prometheans again. So is it possible there was some sort of time delay set for the Cryptum then or was she just gambling on the fact that the Didact would have gotten over his hatred for Humans after his years in the Cryptum?
> I understand totally that the Librarian wanted no one to bring her husband out of sleep hence the hostile blue Prometheans. However it makes me have problems with the Librarian’s words in the last Terminal:
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> > “Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please.”
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> So that said she entirely planned for the Didact eventually getting out of his Cryptum and taking command of the Prometheans again. So is it possible there was some sort of time delay set for the Cryptum then or was she just gambling on the fact that the Didact would have gotten over his hatred for Humans after his years in the Cryptum?
She had hoped that upon his awakening, Humanity would have risen to claim the mantle of resposibility and for the Didact to help guide them along to possibly be better than what they themselves(the Forerunners) were.
What she didnt plan on was the extensive war with the Covenant pushing humanity’s ascention back, and for John to arrive at Requiem before humanity was ready.
The Librarian probably set them on a default defense mode to protect Requiem, they just saw John 117 as an intruder like they did the covvies.
The librarian still has an AI active on requiem, it probably judged the didact wasnt ready to let out yet.
Cryptums arent exactly like cryo, you still seem to have some degree of conciousness in them. The book of the same name had them as sort of a meditative thing.
> She had hoped that upon his awakening, Humanity would have risen to claim the mantle of resposibility and for the Didact to help guide them along to possibly be better than what they themselves(the Forerunners) were.
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> What she didnt plan on was the extensive war with the Covenant pushing humanity’s ascention back, and for John to arrive at Requiem before humanity was ready.
Makes sense. However I am surprised she didn’t have a backup to the Prometheans. At least she managed to keep a hold of the Sentinels but too bad we didn’t get any Sentinel v Promethean action.
> The librarian still has an AI active on requiem, it probably judged the didact wasnt ready to let out yet.
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> Cryptums arent exactly like cryo, you still seem to have some degree of conciousness in them. The book of the same name had them as sort of a meditative thing.
Yeah, I might have forgotten that last bit since it’s been a while since I ready Cryptum. Still, it doesn’t seem to me that a guy like the Diadact would change his mind, especially after being forced into a Cryptum, anyone would still be angry by that. I suppose Librarian reckoned Humanity, having assumed the Mantle, would have been able to handle him if he was hostile. Too bad the Storm woke him up way too early.
What I don’t get is that if The Librarian supposedly programmed the Prometheans to prevent the Didacts from being awakened, why did Halo 4’s seventh terminal imply that she believed the Didact’s return was inevitable. She also suggests a possibility of the Didact redeeming himself and accepting humanity’s reclamation.
> My dear husband… I know your crimes; I have found forgiveness. I know your reasons; I understand them. I know you, perhaps better than you could ever hope to know yourself. I ask you… forgive my transgressions.
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> Like yourself, all I have done, I have done for the greater good.
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> Our time as the galaxy’s caretakers is passed. The Flood have overrun us. In the days to come, the Halo rings will fire, eradicating the Flood - and all other life, for a time.
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> I have worked hard to index all species in known space. When the time comes, these indexes will open, and once more, the galaxy will breathe and grow… Blood will pump, life will claw its way out of the oceans and through the mud. Babes will be born, grow old under the warmth of a thousand suns…
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> Civilizations will rise in our stead, and our job as caretakers will at last bear fruit. Until then, I leave you here, my love. The only living thing in this galaxy, sealed safely away.
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> <mark>Spend these ages ahead of you in meditation on your choices. When you wake, you will find the humans.</mark>
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> I have ensured that they will grow strong and vibrant… They will be our rightful heirs.
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> Their gene plan dictates that the galaxy will be theirs to care for by then. I beg of you…
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> <mark>Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please.</mark>
> To keep everyone away from the Didact’s Cryptum. As wonderful as the Librarian thinks the Humans are, I don’t think she would be too keen on letting them all come and go on her genocidal husband’s crypt.
Not to mention, it seems as though things were moving faster than the Librarian had planned. When she imprisoned her husband she said something about hoping that the Didact would learn that the humans were the rightful leaders of the galaxy. She had set things up so they would reach the Forerunner’s level, however the War with the Covenant seemed to push humans to find things faster than anticipated. The humans weren’t at the stage she wanted them to be when the Didact awoke.
I enjoy reading these discussions 
> > To keep everyone away from the Didact’s Cryptum. As wonderful as the Librarian thinks the Humans are, I don’t think she would be too keen on letting them all come and go on her genocidal husband’s crypt.
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> Not to mention, it seems as though things were moving faster than the Librarian had planned. When she imprisoned her husband she said something about hoping that the Didact would learn that the humans were the rightful leaders of the galaxy. She had set things up so they would reach the Forerunner’s level, however the War with the Covenant seemed to push humans to find things faster than anticipated. The humans weren’t at the stage she wanted them to be when the Didact awoke.
Which is also why she had to accelerate John’s evolutionary journey so he can be ready to face the Didact.
If Humanity was ready, she likely wouldn’t need to force a direct mutation/evolution to get them ready.
> TSIA, why were the blue Prometheans attacking Master Chief if The Librarian programmed them differently after she imprisoned The Didact in his Cryptum?
They were basically telling Master Chief and the covenant to keep away from the Cryptum. Chief didn’t know what it was and was ignoring their warning unintentionally and the Covenant knew what it was thus ignoring the warning deliberately.
I always figured it was for two main reasons. Firstly, and most obviously, they were defending Requim and the Didact from intruders. They simply assumed that the Master Chief was an intruder and targeted him. However I have a theory why the Master Chief was targeted and not identified as a Reclaimer. It was a test.
The Librarian wanted humanity to find the Didact and for the Didact to assist Humanity in its position of holding the Mantle. However, it’s possible that Humanity would find Requim and enter it before they were ready, hence the Promethean Knights. They were a test to see if Humanity was at a point technologically where they could defend themselves adequately against threats in their position of defenders and holders of the Mantle. If the Promethean Knights could defeat Humanity then they were not ready. Master Chief defeating them and getting to the Didact was probably part of the plan, but they were still not ready, they were essentially close to the point in evolution they needed to be at, but were not quite there yet.
That’s my theory at least, but I feel it makes sense. It’s like locking away technology from a youngster who isn’t ready to use it as its dangerous when handled incorrectly. Stop them until they are ready to handle the technology, or in this case, the Didact.
Pretty much spot on, the Didact had I believe awoken from his meditation/sleep within the Cryptum as soon as the Forward Unto Dawn and John was scanned.
Knowing a Reclaimer was now on Requiem he began to shift their perceptions, using Cortana’s rampancy against them and tricking them into believing the Cryptum was actually a satellite or the Infinity, before reaching the Core of the planet.
This is why Cortana misread the Cryptum as having the glyph of Reclaimer, it was a simple way to lure both her and John to it by making them believe that perhaps a Human had already made it so deep into Requiem, possibly the Infinity. They however did not understand the symbol was actually a warning or a actual calling out by the Didact whichever way you interpret it, a Reclaimer was needed to open the Cryptum.
The Prometheans even with all their might were not able to stop both the Covenant’s assault and John’s at the same time. The Librarian had likely expected a large amount of Human’s, Fleets, to be there when the Didact was revived, instead of one and this is where things begin to shift from the plan she had set in motion. I do not think she expected the influence of Mendicant Bias, how could she honestly, Requiem itself however was meant to be found in time.
The Librarian meant to have Chief and Cortana awaken the Didact, guys. That was intentional and scripted by her. The Didact’s stubbornness and inability to change was not.
It is unknown right now why the Blue Prometheans attacked. It’s possible there’s another aspect or mystery yet uncovered that deals with it.
But it’s not because they were stopping Chief from getting near the Cryptum.