Pardon me. That was uncalled for, though did you miss what I said? What I meant?

I already laid out the reasoning. 

Why would such an **obvious** anti-Halo mechanism be left out regarding Ur-Didact's survival? The wording was awkward and even leading to Halopedia, **which many in this community took as an informative source**, saying Requiem didn't have the shielding.

The fact that someone asked the question of how Ur-Didact survived the Halo pulses knowing he was inside a Shield World **meant that the person didn't know that a Shield World protected its occupants from the Halo array**. Yet, **instead of giving the most straightforward answer** that was established in Ghost of Onyx, the writer of the answer pointed to something completely different. 

I also noted that it was likely a retcon (not **"was a retcon"**... you do know the difference, right?). Because we didn't know what the person writing that community post and even the larger team were thinking.

I even pointed out that 343 was very loose with its handling of the lore when the studios started. A lot of unnecessary retcons happened. This could very well be one of many cases.

There were other examples of retcon: Human-Forerunner relation (admittedly, even Bungie messed that up), **Kilo-5**, and even the Forerunner trilogy contradicted a few things written in the Halo 3's terminals. Hell, **even Halo 4's terminals contradicted ideas from the Forerunner trilogy**.

Because of the factual, undeniable **mess of lore management from the Dev** during the early 2010s (the community QnA was written during that time), it was likely that the Dev meant it, but not definitely. 

However, it could very well be a mistake from the person (not the Dev in general) writing the QnA. Maybe it was simply the awkward word choices that, as I told you, led to Halopedia writing that and **the misconceptions I've seen on several occasions**.

Nevertheless, regardless of whether it was a retcon, a mistake, or just weird wording, I said that it was quite explainable — Requiem was updated with newer technology, a point that I made that many people here agreed with. 

In fact, Requiem not having the specifically designed shielding **at the time** could work. That Shield World predated the titular Neural Physical superweapons. It wasn't a "shield against the Halo" at the time. Its purpose was different. 

As an older model, it could very well not have the necessary equipment **yet**, and the said equipment was installed later.