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While the Spartans recover the monitor lectures them on the [[Warrior-Servant]]s' ability to attune their armor to enemy weaponry. It is then revealed that the Didact was teleported into the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] — the most secure location on the ring. While Static Carillon admits this was "severe tactical error", it reasons that the Didact would have killed the Spartans otherwise and reached the control room anyway. John then picks up the [[activation index]] the Didact was previously carrying, stating he knows a weapon he cannot adapt to. | While the Spartans recover the monitor lectures them on the [[Warrior-Servant]]s' ability to attune their armor to enemy weaponry. It is then revealed that the Didact was teleported into the Halo's [[Control Room (Installation 03)|control room]] — the most secure location on the ring. While Static Carillon admits this was "severe tactical error", it reasons that the Didact would have killed the Spartans otherwise and reached the control room anyway. John then picks up the [[activation index]] the Didact was previously carrying, stating he knows a weapon he cannot adapt to. | ||
Finding himself in the control room, the Didact expresses puzzlement over the monitor aiding the humans, yet seemingly furthering his own plans in bringing him to the control room. The Master Chief appears behind him and tells him Blue Team went ahead of him into their ship — the final confrontation is between the two of them. The Didact is bewildered about the Spartan's lack of a weapon and apparent attempt at negotiation; John explains to him that | Finding himself in the control room, the Didact expresses puzzlement over the monitor aiding the humans, yet seemingly furthering his own plans in bringing him to the control room. The Master Chief appears behind him and tells him Blue Team went ahead of him into their ship — the final confrontation is between the two of them. The Didact is bewildered about the Spartan's lack of a weapon and apparent attempt at negotiation; John explains to him that since his many attempts to kill the Didact conventionally have failed, he must now take a different approach and inserts the index into [[the Core]]. The Didact asks if the Spartan would fire the Halo just to kill him; John replies that he initially proposed this, but the monitor reminded him of the Halo's destructive power. Instead, he will manually disable the Halo's safety protocols, allowing the monitor to scuttle them into the planet below. Gamma Halo then ejects the entire structural plate housing the control room, sending it down to the Forerunner planet housing the [[Composer's Forge]]. As the fragment impacts the Forge, the Master Chief is teleported away while the Didact is digitized by the Composers,<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/didact '''Halo Waypoint - Universe''': ''Didact'']</ref> disintegrating his body and leaving his smoldering remains on the control center's floor. | ||
The rest of Blue Team look upon the devastation from orbit and wonder if John made it, just as the Master Chief teleports aboard along with Static Carillon. The monitor tells the Spartans that it had to take a moment to stabilize the ring after the plate's ejection, lest the entire Halo be lost. Static Carillon thanks the Spartans for giving it new purpose and explains that it will now take the Halo into safety. Fred asks where but no response is given. | The rest of Blue Team look upon the devastation from orbit and wonder if John made it, just as the Master Chief teleports aboard along with Static Carillon. The monitor tells the Spartans that it had to take a moment to stabilize the ring after the plate's ejection, lest the entire Halo be lost. Static Carillon thanks the Spartans for giving it new purpose and explains that it will now take the Halo into safety. Fred asks where but no response is given. | ||
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*The Didact's hands are depicted inconsistently: while possessing six fingers in most panels, they are shown as having a structure similar to a human hand with a single thumb in each hand, instead of having two thumbs per hand; on some panels he is depicted with five fingers only, and at least in one panel he has five fingers in his right hand and six in his left one. | *The Didact's hands are depicted inconsistently: while possessing six fingers in most panels, they are shown as having a structure similar to a human hand with a single thumb in each hand, instead of having two thumbs per hand; on some panels he is depicted with five fingers only, and at least in one panel he has five fingers in his right hand and six in his left one. | ||
*The [[:File:HE Composer's Forge impact.jpg|depiction]] of the Composer's Forge is markedly different from the [[:File:Escalation - Composer's Forge.png|previous issue]]. The Composers are now arranged in an arc rather than a row, and are in an open and elevated location instead of being surrounded by buildings on most sides. | *The [[:File:HE Composer's Forge impact.jpg|depiction]] of the Composer's Forge is markedly different from the [[:File:Escalation - Composer's Forge.png|previous issue]]. The Composers are now arranged in an arc rather than a row, and are in an open and elevated location instead of being surrounded by buildings on most sides. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
The Didact's fate is left ambiguous somewhat; the depiction of his demise heavily indicates that he was composed, which seems to be confirmed by his page on Halo Waypoint, which states that the Didact was 'effectively turned into a digital essence'. However, in the Library Edition of Halo: Escalation, it's stated by Brian Reed that the Didact wasn't composed but the explosion did do something to him. | |||
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