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The '''terminals''' in ''[[Halo 4]]'' are [[Forerunner]] [[terminal]]s accessible to the player over the course of the game's [[campaign]]. Like the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|terminals]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', the ''Halo 4'' terminals feature animated and voiced cinematics similar to [[:Category:motion comics|motion comics]]. Fictionally, the terminals are presented as fragments of information from the [[Domain]], a mysterious store of knowledge once used by the Forerunners.<ref name="jul">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref><ref name="achievements">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/08/22/The-Halo-Bulletin-82212.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 8.22.12'']</ref> | The '''terminals''' in ''[[Halo 4]]'' are [[Forerunner]] [[terminal]]s accessible to the player over the course of the game's [[campaign]]. Like the [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|terminals]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', the ''Halo 4'' terminals feature animated and voiced cinematics similar to [[:Category:motion comics|motion comics]]. Fictionally, the terminals are presented as fragments of information from the [[Domain]], a mysterious store of knowledge once used by the Forerunners.<ref name="jul">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/Universe/detail/halo-4-terminal-jul-mdama/0f378de5-e0e3-4f31-a1e1-2a363af4094d '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Terminal: Jul 'Mdama'']</ref><ref name="achievements">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/08/22/The-Halo-Bulletin-82212.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 8.22.12'']</ref> | ||
Finding a terminal awards the player the [[Contact the Domain]] achievement, while finding all the terminals in the campaign unlocks | Finding a terminal awards the player the [[Contact the Domain]] achievement, while finding all the terminals in the campaign unlocks the [[Terminus]] achievement.<ref name="achievements"/> | ||
==The Terminals== | ==The Terminals== | ||
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{{Quote|The terminal dialogs may themselves be questionable, in light of [[The Forerunner Saga|this new testimony]].|A science team leader, regarding the terminals and the contradicting discoveries.}}<ref>'''Halo: Primordium:''', ''page 340''</ref> | {{Quote|The terminal dialogs may themselves be questionable, in light of [[The Forerunner Saga|this new testimony]].|A science team leader, regarding the terminals and the contradicting discoveries.}}<ref>'''Halo: Primordium:''', ''page 340''</ref> | ||
There are a number of discrepancies between the terminals and [[Greg Bear]]'s ''[[The Forerunner Saga|Forerunner Saga]]'', in particular the third and final novel, ''[[Halo: Silentium]]''. The most direct inconsistencies lay with terminals 5, 6, and 7, which are adapted as part of the climax of ''Silentium''. Some plot elements are changed slightly, while others are altered quite drastically; the dialog varies completely in each case. These discrepancies are largely the result of deliberate production decisions; according to [[343 Industries]] Franchise Writer [[Jeremy Patenaude]], | There are a number of discrepancies between the terminals and [[Greg Bear]]'s ''[[The Forerunner Saga|Forerunner Saga]]'', in particular the third and final novel, ''[[Halo: Silentium]]''. The most direct inconsistencies lay with terminals 5, 6, and 7, which are adapted as part of the climax of ''Silentium''. Some plot elements are changed slightly, while others are altered quite drastically; the dialog varies completely in each case. These discrepancies are largely the result of deliberate production decisions; according to [[343 Industries]] Franchise Writer [[Jeremy Patenaude]], the terminals are meant to present a condensed version of the story of the Didact and the Librarian with the main consideration of weaving the narrative with that of the game proper while conveying the basics of the story to a wider audience within the confines of the limited length of the terminal videos.<ref>[http://waypointassets.blob.core.windows.net/mobilecontent/legacysupport/content/assets/en-us/podcast/343Sparkast_017.mp3 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''343 Sparkast 017'']</ref> Thus the narrative of the terminals lacks much of the nuance and broader context present in the novels, and many elements of the greater story arc are simplified, abstracted or omitted altogether. From an in-universe perspective, it should be noted that the terminals are hosted by the [[Domain]], (which is known to alter data without explanation and had lain un-accessed for 100,000 years following the firing of the Halos), which could explain any perceived incongruities. Meanwhile, the narrative of ''Silentium'' is a series of eyewitness accounts collated from the memory stores of the carapace of a [[Catalog]] and a [[monitor]] as opposed to the more unreliable Domain, and as such can be considered a more accurate recounting of the events.<ref name="endurance">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-5-14-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin 5.14.14'']</ref> | ||
A number of major story elements from ''Silentium'' and the ''Forerunner Saga'' as a whole are absent in the terminals; the most significant ones being the Ur-Didact's thousand-year exile in a [[Cryptum]] preceding the final years of the Flood war, the existence of the [[IsoDidact]] and the conflict between him and the Ur-Didact, or the Ur-Didact's traumatizing encounter with the [[Gravemind]] which acts as the catalyst for his transformation as a character. The [[Primordial]], a major character in the novels, is likewise omitted. The [[Faber|Master Builder]] and his strife with the Didact—a major part of the novels—is only briefly touched on in the terminals, which focus on the growing drift between the Didact and the Librarian. | A number of major story elements from ''Silentium'' and the ''Forerunner Saga'' as a whole are absent in the terminals; the most significant ones being the Ur-Didact's thousand-year exile in a [[Cryptum]] preceding the final years of the Flood war, the existence of the [[IsoDidact]] and the conflict between him and the Ur-Didact, or the Ur-Didact's traumatizing encounter with the [[Gravemind]] which acts as the catalyst for his transformation as a character. The [[Primordial]], a major character in the novels, is likewise omitted. The [[Faber|Master Builder]] and his strife with the Didact—a major part of the novels—is only briefly touched on in the terminals, which focus on the growing drift between the Didact and the Librarian. | ||