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[[File: | [[File:H4-Terminal-Didact.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Didact]], the commander of the Prometheans, in his original [[form]].]] | ||
Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to. With a height of {{Convert|350|cm|ftin}} or more,<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 16''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 245''</ref> a fully mature Promethean was two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighed about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; Prometheans—and Warriors in general—perceived reality in a markedly different way from baseline Forerunners or [[human]]s, particularly during battle when their mental processes were at their peak. Thousands of Prometheans shared their sensory information with their commanders and individual Warriors observed the battle unfold in a number of separate frames of reference whilst their experience of the surrounding world slowed down, allowing them to perform multiple separate tasks simultaneously and granting them a significantly faster reaction time than baseline Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> This heightened state of perception is somewhat comparable to—although considerably more powerful than—the "Spartan time" experienced by the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] supersoldiers due to their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|neural enhancements]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 12'' (2003)</ref> | Physically, Prometheans were the highest [[form]] a Warrior-Servant could [[Forerunner mutation|mutate]] to. With a height of {{Convert|350|cm|ftin}} or more,<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 16''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 245''</ref> a fully mature Promethean was two times the height of a Forerunner [[Manipular]] and weighed about four or five times a Manipular's mass.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 65''</ref> They were heavily muscled, their hands capable of easily crushing a [[human]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 77''</ref> Their mental capabilities were also very sophisticated; Prometheans—and Warriors in general—perceived reality in a markedly different way from baseline Forerunners or [[human]]s, particularly during battle when their mental processes were at their peak. Thousands of Prometheans shared their sensory information with their commanders and individual Warriors observed the battle unfold in a number of separate frames of reference whilst their experience of the surrounding world slowed down, allowing them to perform multiple separate tasks simultaneously and granting them a significantly faster reaction time than baseline Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 162''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 316''</ref> This heightened state of perception is somewhat comparable to—although considerably more powerful than—the "Spartan time" experienced by the [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] and [[SPARTAN-III program|SPARTAN-III]] supersoldiers due to their [[SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures|neural enhancements]].<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 12'' (2003)</ref> | ||
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Unlike most Forerunner technology, which is chiefly angular and geometric, these Promethean machines have a more curved, almost organic aesthetic. Various Promethean units, including Knights and Watchers, have distinct heads embedded in their mechanical carapaces, complete with stylized facial features; this feature was shared by the [[war sphinx]]es used by the original Prometheans. Correlating with their role as weapons designed to fight the Flood, the Promethean machines' weapons arsenal was specifically tailored to disintegrate targets to prevent the Flood from repurposing any available biomass.<ref name="gi">'''GameInformer''', ''October 2012 edition'' (digital content)</ref> | Unlike most Forerunner technology, which is chiefly angular and geometric, these Promethean machines have a more curved, almost organic aesthetic. Various Promethean units, including Knights and Watchers, have distinct heads embedded in their mechanical carapaces, complete with stylized facial features; this feature was shared by the [[war sphinx]]es used by the original Prometheans. Correlating with their role as weapons designed to fight the Flood, the Promethean machines' weapons arsenal was specifically tailored to disintegrate targets to prevent the Flood from repurposing any available biomass.<ref name="gi">'''GameInformer''', ''October 2012 edition'' (digital content)</ref> | ||
Mechanical Prometheans have the ability to repair and improve Forerunner weapons. After the [[Requiem | Mechanical Prometheans have the ability to repair and improve Forerunner weapons. After the [[Requiem campaign]], many alterations were made, such as tracking rounds for the [[Z-110 Boltshot]] and [[Z-130 Suppressor]] and dual-beam emitters for the [[Z-750 binary rifle|Z-750 Binary Rifle]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-locke-load '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Canon Fodder - Locke & Load'']</ref> | ||
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In [[2557#July|July 2557]], over four and a half years after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], drifting aboard the wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, came across Requiem. They and forces from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s Covenant faction were forcibly pulled into Requiem and crashed on the surface, and were soon after engaged by the Promethean constructs inhabiting the shield world. After John-117 accidentally awoke the Didact, the latter retook control of the Prometheans. Bent on preventing humanity's ascendance to the Mantle in the Forerunners' place, the Didact went [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|to war]] with humanity, attempting to use the Composer to neutralize his ancient enemies forever. The Prometheans and Covenant remnants aided in this plan, but with the help of the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] Cortana, the Master Chief defeated the Didact and destroyed the Composer and his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. | In [[2557#July|July 2557]], over four and a half years after the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]], [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]], drifting aboard the wreckage of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}}, came across Requiem. They and forces from [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s Covenant faction were forcibly pulled into Requiem and crashed on the surface, and were soon after engaged by the Promethean constructs inhabiting the shield world. After John-117 accidentally awoke the Didact, the latter retook control of the Prometheans. Bent on preventing humanity's ascendance to the Mantle in the Forerunners' place, the Didact went [[Post-Covenant War conflicts|to war]] with humanity, attempting to use the Composer to neutralize his ancient enemies forever. The Prometheans and Covenant remnants aided in this plan, but with the help of the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] Cortana, the Master Chief defeated the Didact and destroyed the Composer and his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]. | ||
The Didact and the composed essences survived, however, and the extracted human mentalities were soon implanted into more Promethean Knights, which [[ | The Didact and the composed essences survived, however, and the extracted human mentalities were soon implanted into more Promethean Knights, which [[Skirmish on Installation 03|attacked]] UNSC forces on [[Installation 03]] and later in the [[Composer's Forge]], only a day after the Didact's attack on [[Earth]]. While the Didact was eventually defeated and "contained" as a threat, most of the newly-created constructs were evidently sent to Requiem<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> and continued to oppose the UNSC forces when the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} returned to the shield world in [[2558|February 2558]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Spartan Ops]]''</ref> While Requiem was eventually destroyed, a number of Promethean constructs survived and would later clash with the UNSC in the battles of [[Battle of Oban|Oban]] and [[Battle of Aktis IV|Aktis IV]], still allied with Jul 'Mdama's Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 13|Issue #13]]''</ref> By the time of the [[Battle of Kamchatka]] Promethean constructs had turned against Jul 'Mdama's Covenant,<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=177136559&postcount=682 '''NeoGAF''' - ''Frank O'Conner clarifies'']</ref> led by both the [[Warden Eternal]] and [[Cortana]], the founders of the [[Created]].<ref name="E3 2015 demo">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjwJ9Z_XYs '''YouTube''' - ''Halo 5 E3 Campaign Demo'']</ref> | ||
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File:Halo 4 Promethean Concept Art 2.jpg|Multiple concepts of a Promethean's armor. | File:Halo 4 Promethean Concept Art 2.jpg|Multiple concepts of a Promethean's armor. | ||
File:H4-Terminal-Didact-Conqueror.jpg|Promethean Warrior-Servants. | File:H4-Terminal-Didact-Conqueror.jpg|Promethean Warrior-Servants. | ||
File:Enc22 H4 Promethean.png| | File:Enc22 H4 Promethean.png|An armored Promethean Warrior-Servant. | ||
File:H4-Knight.png|Promethean Knight. | File:H4-Knight.png|Promethean Knight. | ||
File:H4-Watcher.png|Promethean Watcher. | File:H4-Watcher.png|Promethean Watcher. | ||
File:H4-Crawler.png|Promethean Crawler. | File:H4-Crawler.png|Promethean Crawler. | ||
File:H4-Cryptum.jpg|John-117 facing the Didact's Cryptum. | File:H4-Cryptum.jpg|John-117 facing the Didact's Cryptum. | ||
File: | File:Didact John comparison.png|The Ur-Didact against John-117, a [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]. | ||
File:H5G-Render-PrometheanSoldier.png|Armiger Soldier. | File:H5G-Render-PrometheanSoldier.png|Armiger Soldier. | ||
File:H5G-Sizechart.png|Size comparison between various Prometheans and John-117. | File:H5G-Sizechart.png|Size comparison between various Prometheans and John-117. | ||
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*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}} | *''[[Halo: Outcasts]]'' {{Im}} | ||
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