[quote=@Havoccultist]
I just want to come up with an adequate introduction post, lol. Although part of me does wonder how the crew of the Fires of Antiquity would react to seeing a Forerunner vessel drop into orbit had I gone that route instead.
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They'd probably immediately bow and ask the vessel for orders.

Also, yeah a Contender-class AI would be overpowered as hell here, Mendicant was meant to counter a foe that had access to fucking neural physics and Mendicant had control over basically everything and *still* got logic plagued by the Primordial. The Replicants wouldn't stand a chance.