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{{quote|[[This ring|Installation 04]] contains significant dangers, and even with [[your|human]] assumed legacy, I must verify the presence and pitch of your gei before allowing full access.|343 Guilty Spark<ref name="waypoint"/><ref name="marketplace">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/titles/haloanniversary/video/halo-anniversary-terminal-1/37ca5bef-e602-405d-b0fd-99d232440fb7 ''Halo Waypoint'': '''Halo: Anniversary Terminal 1''']]</ref>}} | |||
'''Geas''' was an archaic [[Forerunner]] term that referred to a generations-long genetic command imposed on an organism or species. Under the influence of a geas, an organism could be given a set of subconscious orders that would be passed on to their children, in some cases lasting several generations. Only highly skilled Forerunner [[Lifeworker]]s were capable of creating a geas. Forerunner students of the [[Mantle]] also hypothesized that the [[Precursor]]s may have imposed a geas on the Forerunners themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 49''</ref> | '''Geas''' was an archaic [[Forerunner]] term that referred to a generations-long genetic command imposed on an organism or species. Under the influence of a geas, an organism could be given a set of subconscious orders that would be passed on to their children, in some cases lasting several generations. Only highly skilled Forerunner [[Lifeworker]]s were capable of creating a geas. Forerunner students of the [[Mantle]] also hypothesized that the [[Precursor]]s may have imposed a geas on the Forerunners themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 49''</ref> | ||
