originally posted in:Halo Archive
Was thinking about some of the chats in here earlier. Mainly about why the Promethians killed Black Team instead of capturing them. And to me, it still doesn't make any sense in one regard. I know at this point, Didact no longer had the composer since it was blown up on his ship. But let's assume that he did have it. Would he have used it on Black Team?
Spartans are all incredible fighters, not just Chief alone, and the composer is a lot like the Flood in a way. Memories can be peered at, taken apart, and preserved, as Didact states. Which would make a Spartan promethian incredibly dangerous because of their experiences with all manner of combat with both Humans and Aliens.
And in that regard, I question something about the Promethians now. Since they're AI's when their forms are destroyed, are they lost entirely or do they find their way back to the Composer Abyss and reconstitute themselves? Because in one cutscene from the Halo 4 terminals, Knights are seen burrowing into Flood infested ships and exploding, but the Didact believes he needs more warriors. Which leads me to think that when a knight is destroyed, without assistance from a Watcher, they're gone. Because even if you had one knight that could come back over and over, you'd have a dangerous weapon. And we know Didact had more than one warrior servant at his side.
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I don't even understand why people are even questioning about whether or not he would capture them. If he truly cared about such a thing, he could have captured dozens of Spartans with his Prometheans when Infinity crashed on Requiem. The only reason he thought of preserving the Chief is because of his almost suicidal tendencies to not give up, even in the face of utter defeat.
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Well, for one thing, he's intent on consuming more Humans. He always frets that he needs more for his armies. So wouldn't it be logical to assume that if he wanted more Humans, starting with the best instead of a bunch of researchers with little to no combat skills would make sense right? Chief isn't the only Spartan that never gives up. All of them have been trained to do this. I mean look at every single Spartan sacrifice that's ever been made. Every one of them refused to give up, and in the process, gave their lives so that defeat wouldn't happen. You don't think you could build a better, more dangerous army out of converted Spartans over regular Humans? This is a plot hole, methinks. We can't just say, oh well Chief was different, when Didact composed Ivanohf station, and went directly out of his way to compose the entirety of Earth if he could, because he apparently needed more people, like an obsession.
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Edited by Lord of Admirals: 7/24/2014 8:57:30 PM[quote]He always frets that he needs more for his armies.[/quote]He said that a single time because he was going up against a force that had consumed most of the galaxy. [quote]You don't think you could build a better, more dangerous army out of converted Spartans over regular Humans?[/quote]The Composer was destroyed. While there are others that were stored away, I doubt the Didact knows where they are. Assuming they weren't scrapped for parts or completely dismantled.
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Mr Didact has only said that he needed more Humans once, in the terminal video. But through his actions, he's proven that he has an obsession. There were the Humans on Librarians ring, Ivanoff station, and then the entirety of Earth. Two of these were after the Flood had receded. Granted, they are coming back, and he believes he needs to prepare once more, but still. As for the dead composer with no spares and their keys hangin' around, that's legitimate. Got me there compatriot.
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Well, it's not obsession. More that his goal of asserting Forerunner dominance happened to be making sure humanity didn't attain the Mantle.