Editing Didact's Gift

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[[File:H4-DuranceMatrix-ScanRender.png|right|300px|thumb|Views of the "Didact's Gift", in its external container and unlocked Durance shell.]]

The '''"Didact's Gift"''' is a [[Forerunner]] artifact discovered on [[Requiem]]. It is a memory storage device known as a [[Durance]],<ref name="VIS">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> containing the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] matrix or "soul" of a [[Promethean Knight]].<ref name="memento">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Memento Mori|S1E5 ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>

At some point in [[2558]], [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Covenant remnant]] forces acquired the "Gift". During [[Fireteam Crimson]]'s pursuit of 'Mdama, [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] [[Sarah Palmer]] called in an airstrike which forced the [[Sangheili]] to drop the device during his escape. Crimson quickly secured the device and brought it to [[Galileo Base]] for examination. A joint Covenant-[[Promethean]] force attacked the base to retrieve the artifact, though they were repelled by Fireteam Crimson. [[Fireteam Majestic]] arrived soon after to secure it.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Didact's Hand|S1E4 ''Didact's Hand'']]</ref>  

The Gift was taken aboard the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, where it was studied by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] and the ship's AI, [[Roland]]. Upon being tampered with, the outer casing of the device split into multiple levitating fragments, revealing an object within that Dr. Halsey noted was similar to a [[Riemann matrix|UNSC AI matrix]]. Suddenly, the device released an energy burst, and began to display images on the room's monitors; these were then identified as human memories harvested by the [[Composer]] during the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Battle of Earth (2557)|attack]] on [[New Phoenix]], [[Unified Republic of North America|URNA]] six months prior. One of these images showed another [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|mysterious Forerunner artifact]] that was currently located in the ''Infinity'''s docking bay, indicating that the artifact was present in New Phoenix during the attack.<ref name="memento"/>

File:Crimson Didact's Gift.jpg|[[Fireteam Crimson]] finding the Didact's Gift.

File:Promethean AI Matrix - Opened.png|The Didact's Gift unsealed, revealing an internal configuration most similar to an UNSC AI matrix.

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[[Category:Forerunner Artifacts]]