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[[File:H4 - L&D tacdisp.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Didact]] and the [[Librarian]] in Requiem's war room.]] | [[File:H4 - L&D tacdisp.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Didact]] and the [[Librarian]] in Requiem's war room.]] | ||
===Forerunner era=== | ===Forerunner era=== | ||
Requiem once belonged to the [[Warrior-Servant]]s, the Forerunners' designated military class. It once served as the home of the Warrior-Servants' Promethean class, and was a central hub for all Forerunner forces and war efforts.<ref name="h4guide"/> It was sealed during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] by the [[Librarian]], who imprisoned the Didact in the core of the shield world to prevent him from using the [[Composer]] on all of humanity and turn them into [[Promethean Knight|war machines]] in his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> | Requiem once belonged to the [[Warrior-Servant]]s, the Forerunners' designated military class. It once served as the home of the Warrior-Servants' Promethean class, and was a central hub for all Forerunner forces and war efforts.<ref name="h4guide"/> It was sealed during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] by the [[Librarian]], who imprisoned the [[Didact]] in the core of the shield world to prevent him from using the [[Composer]] on all of humanity and turn them into [[Promethean Knight|war machines]] in his army.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> | ||
===Rediscovery=== | ===Rediscovery=== | ||
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In 2554, [[Jul 'Mdama]] and a [[Covenant remnant]] faction discovered Requiem, using coordinates provided by Forerunner symbols. Over the next three years, the Covenant tried to enter the planet, without success. | In 2554, [[Jul 'Mdama]] and a [[Covenant remnant]] faction discovered Requiem, using coordinates provided by Forerunner symbols. Over the next three years, the Covenant tried to enter the planet, without success. | ||
In [[2557|summer 2557]], the severed aft section of the [[UNSC frigate]] ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'', containing [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], drifted near Requiem and were forcibly pulled inside an automated entrance portal on its surface, along with a number of ships from a [[Covenant fleet]] and later, the prototype starship {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.<ref>'''[[Halo 4 E3 2012 Stage Demo]]'''</ref> Inside, they encountered hostile [[Promethean]] forces that occupied the structure, and unwittingly released the | In [[2557|summer 2557]], the severed aft section of the [[UNSC frigate]] ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn|Forward Unto Dawn]]'', containing [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], drifted near Requiem and were forcibly pulled inside an automated entrance portal on its surface, along with a number of ships from a [[Covenant fleet]] and later, the prototype starship {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.<ref>'''[[Halo 4 E3 2012 Stage Demo]]'''</ref> Inside, they encountered hostile [[Promethean]] forces that occupied the structure, and unwittingly released the Didact.<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/games/overview/halo4 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo 4'']</ref><ref>[http://press.xbox360.com/products/p51/halo-4?grp=Blockbuster+Games&event=5 '''Xbox.com''': ''Xbox Press Center - Halo 4'' - Artwork ''(Halo 4 Key Art - Cryptum_Vertical)'']</ref> The humans battled their way through the world, destroying its gravity well generator so the ''Infinity'' could escape. The ''Infinity'' escaped from the shield world, and despite the best efforts of the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and [[Cortana]], the Didact escaped as well to go after the device known as the [[Composer]], chased by the two in a [[Lich]]. Six months later, the ''Infinity'' returned to Requiem in order to establish research facilities to study the installation, facing both the local Prometheans and Covenant remnant forces which still occupied the structure.<ref name="departure"/> | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||