Template:New Content Template:Under Construction The terminals in Halo 4 are Forerunner terminals accessible to the player over the course of the game's campaign. Like the terminals in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the Halo 4 terminals feature animated and voiced cinematics similar to motion comics. Fictionally, the terminals are presented as visits to the mysterious store of information known as the Domain, once used by the Forerunners.[1][2]
Finding a terminal awards the player the Contact the Domain achievement, while finding all the terminals in the campaign unlocks the the Terminus achievement.[2]
The Terminals
Note: All dialogue in this terminal is spoken in Sangheili, and translated into English.
| “ | Jul 'Mdama arrives at Requiem. | ” |
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Several CAS-class assault carriers speed through space. A Commander strides down a passage. The door opens before him, revealing a large hangar and Jul 'Mdama.
- Sangheili: "Shipmaster 'Mdama... It is where you said it would be."
- Jul 'Mdama: "No, my loyal friend. The planet is where the Forerunners promised us it would be."
The camera focuses on a holographic image of Requiem for a second.
- Jul 'Mdama: "Find us a way inside."
Jul's assault carrier approaches the planet.
- Jul 'Mdama: "Requiem's treasures shall be ours."
Jul's ship glides through space. A fleet of other ships drop out of slipspace around him, and take up a low orbit over Requiem.
- Sangheili Storm: "Shipmaster 'Mdama! The raiding parties have returned. They bring supplies and news of a human ship!"
- Jul 'Mdama: "Human? Did it follow them?"
- Sangheili Storm: "No. Different approach vector."
The fleet approaches the ruined aft section of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn.
- Jul 'Mdama: "Prepare boarding parties! Keep the humans away from Requiem!"
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Campaign level: Reclaimer
After the Librarian cutscene. Exit the Librarian's chamber like you normally would, but instead of heading straight for the elevator, take a detour down the corridor on the right. The Terminal should be in the end of the corridor.
Note: Halo Waypoint names Terminal Three as "Charum Hakkor" and Terminal Four as "Flood". The subject matter of each terminal makes it clear that these titles were erroneously swapped at some point in the game's production. The article restores the titles in accordance with 343 Industries' original intent.
| “ | Humanity defeated, the Forerunners now face a new foe. | ” |
Forthencho, now aged after decades of war with the Forerunners, lies in a bed.
- Didact: "Lord of Admirals. So very many years have we battled."
Shot of a door. The door explodes inward, and Forerunner Warrior-Servants storm the room beyond. They proceed to destroy the defending human forces, as the Didact narrates.
- Didact: "My finest opponent, the Mantle accepts all who live fiercely, who defend their young, who build and struggle and grow, and even those who dominate - as humans have dominated; cruelly, without wisdom."
Shot of a large Forerunner fleet in orbit around Charum Hakkor. The camera pans right, revealing the wreckage of human ships and stations. The Didact strides down a passage. Warrior-Servants float to the sides, and human bodies litter the floor. Didact enters the bridge, where the final human resistance shelters behind energy barriers, rifles pointed at the door. Front and center stands Forthencho and one other soldier.
- Didact: "But for all of us, there is a time like this..."
Didact's troops train their weapons on the humans. Forthencho places a hand on the gun of the soldier next to him, and forces the barrel downward. The camera pans down across the vast cityscape of Charum Hakkor, and then to a bunker below ground, where row upon row of human wounded and dead are laid out on beds. Forerunner machines float between rows.
- Didact: "...And for you, that time is now. Know this, relentless enemy, killer of our children. Lord of Admirals. Soon we will face the enemy you have faced, and we are afraid."
Didact enters a research lab. The Librarian is there, looking at a stored Pod infector.
- Librarian: "My Lifeworkers are investigating, but I believe the humans were never attacking us."
- Didact: "Tell that to the millions of dead."
- Librarian: "The humans were acting as caretakers, pruning away planets so that this infection would not spread."
- Didact: "They took the Mantle of Responsibility upon themselves, and in so doing, they brought the sickness to our shores."
The Didact leaves the room.
- Librarian: "Husband..."
Campaign level: Shutdown
In the third spire, get to the central platform with multiple light bridges. Cross the light bridge to the left of the bridge you would normally cross to reach your objective. This leads to a platform guarded by Jackals. The terminal is located behind the platform's central column.
| “ | Forerunner Prometheans make the ultimate sacrifice to save the galaxy. | ” |
In a chamber with a holographic map of the Milky Way galaxy, red centers representing systems overtaken by the Flood.
- Faber: "The Flood cover more of our galaxy with each passing day. They feast on the essence of life itself. The only way to stop their advance is to remove that life upon which they feast."
A simulation of firing the Halos is run and the red systems fade out.
- Librarian: "My Lifeworkers have made plans for the reseeding of humanity, and of all life after the Halos are fired."
- Faber: "So you agree that Halos are our only solution."
- Librarian: "I do."
- Faber: "And your husband?"
- Librarian: "My husband has a different opinion on what steps to take against the Flood."
Shot of Requiem. In a Forerunner structure, the Didact falls to his knees, in anticipation. He has performed experiments on himself that have given him a much more sinister appearance
- Didact: "Did it work? Run the simulation."
A holograph of Didact appears. A simulation of Flood infection is run and the form does not pass, turning red.
- Didact: "The procedure is a failure. I am still susceptible to Flood infection."
An armoured Promethean Warrior, the Strategos, floats forward.
- Strategos: "That leaves only the Composer."
- Didact: "It will not work on my new form."
- Strategos: "Then you will lead us, as always."
- Didact: "You would submit to such sacrifice?"
- Strategos: "Didact, if the Composer is our final hope to defeat the Flood, no Promethean would resist."
On the surface of Requiem.
- Didact: "I have led you, my Prometheans, for thousands of years, and I shall continue to lead you."
The Prometheans, now digitized and changed into mechanized Knights, appear and surround him.
- Didact: "Rise! Rise and protect the Forerunners! Rise and protect the galaxy!"
Camera pans back to reveal legions of Knights on Requiem.
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Campaign level: Midnight
Shortly after boarding the Mantle's Approach, get to the third hallway with enemies in it, with no Knights here. The terminal is located among this hallway's central structure.
| “ | A wife's love for her husband dooms the galaxy. | ” |
The Mantle's Approach flies through a nebula. On the bridge, the Didact, lacking his outer armor, is steering the ship as the Librarian appears behind him, wielding a Binary rifle. The Didact turns around to face her.
- Librarian (voiceover): "My dear husband... I know your crimes; I have found forgiveness. I know your reasons; I understand them. I know you, perhaps better than you could ever hope to know yourself. I ask you... forgive my transgressions."
The Librarian fires a shot at the Didact's chest and he falls on a knee. He looks at the Librarian, who hesitates for a moment, then fires another shot. The Didact falls on the deck, motionless.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Like yourself, all I have done, I have done for the greater good."
Cut to one of Requiem's access portals, then a series of spires inside the shield world.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Our time as the galaxy's caretakers is passed. The Flood have overrun us. In the days to come, the Halo rings will fire, eradicating the Flood - and all other life, for a time."
The Librarian observes as the spires retract into the bowels of Requiem, then floats away along a hallway.
- Librarian (voiceover): "I have worked hard to index all species in known space. When the time comes, these indexes will open, and once more, the galaxy will breathe and grow... Blood will pump, life will claw its way out of the oceans and through the mud. Babes will be born, grow old under the warmth of a thousand suns..."
The Librarian enters a room where the still-unconscious Didact lies. Caught in an anti-gravity field, his body begins to rise from the floor.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Civilizations will rise in our stead, and our job as caretakers will at last bear fruit. Until then, I leave you here, my love. The only living thing in this galaxy, sealed safely away."
The Librarian observes as a series of pillars descend around the platform housing the Didact's Cryptum.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Spend these ages ahead of you in meditation on your choices. When you wake, you will find the humans."
The Librarian activates a holographic panel, then turns around as numerous Promethean Knights teleport behind her.
- Librarian (voiceover): "I have ensured that they will grow strong and vibrant... They will be our rightful heirs."
The Librarian calmly puts her hands around the head of one of the Knights, and its orange lighting turns blue.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Their gene plan dictates that the galaxy will be theirs to care for by then. I beg of you..."
A small platform transports the unconscious Didact into his Cryptum.
- Librarian (voiceover): "Find the strength to help them learn from our mistakes. And my husband? Let them teach you something. Please."
The Librarian floats away amidst the rows of now blue-lit Promethean Knights. Cut to a view outside Requiem as the shield world's access portals seal off.
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