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In Halo 4, Captain Del Rio doesn't want to risk damaging the Infinity because it's a ginormous phallic substitute for his fragile masculinity. Chief and Cortana have actually been spending their time exploring and studying the lore, and they go rogue and save the world. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncrtically participating in the cycle of phallic symbols
What can I say, the bungie era had better writing
In Halo ODST it turns out that Huragok are slaves actually and there might be something to be gained by saving them from the covenant instead of killing them like you have been the whole game. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncritically participating in the cycle of fascist violence.
In Halo Reach, Noble Team try to go down in a blaze of glory defending Reach, but Halsey gives them an AI she says has the secret to winning the war, and it turns out Cortana has the coordinates of Halo. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncritically participating in the cycle of fascist violence.
Actually halo is antifascist
In the first game you have the genocidal theocrats trying to wipe out humanity, and you have humanity represented as the roman empire in space. So both sides are basically fascist. And the player character proceeds to accidentally almost wipe out all life in the galaxy by trying to find the biggest gun and use it against the baddies. Cortana has to step in, call you a nincompoop in a bizarrely british accent, and inform you that Halo will wipe out all life in the galaxy. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncritically participating in the cycle of fascist violence.
In Halo 2, you play as a military leader participating in a theocratic genocide, whose cultural traditions have been turned against your species to turn you into a willing slave of the rule caste who does their dirty work and has no honour so you'll stop asking pesky questions like "Why are we killing the humans". You meet heretics, a light bulb, and a big venus fly trap who slowly deradicalise you, until one day your people are genocided and you team up with the people you oppressed. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncritically participating in the cycle of fascist violence.
In Halo 3, Earth is invaded and the covenant find a portal to the Ark, through which Cortana says there is a way to beat the Flood. Lord Hood wants to stay at Earth and go down in a blaze of glory, but Master Chief and arbiter who have learned their lessons from the last two games, say they should go through the portal and see what Cortana's big discovery is. The lesson here is that you should stop and think instead of uncritically participating in the cycle of fascist violence.
BOTW only has a crafting mechanic for food. There is 0 other crafting in the game.
Darth Traya's actual motivation is very interesting, though. Star Wars' pseudobuddhist/pseudotaoist philosophy has always been its best feature, and Kreia is this very interesting character who is aware of the Tao and believes in its existence, and wants to kill it. Its a matter of free will and theology. There is a "god" that controls the entire galaxy, and here is a character who believes its existence is an unjust hierarchy and wants to kill it.
Like, performing magic through sheer martial prowess rather than study and arcane research feels like something that DnD doesn't have much support for.
It had plenty of support for that in 4e. These days only monks get to be magically martial
Back in 4e, fighters were explicitly supernatural
The Borg referred to themselves as "we", and use the third person pronouns they/them. The Borg refer to Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjuct of Unimatrix Zero One as "this drone", and use the third person pronouns it/its. Seven of Nine also did not particularly enjoy being referred to as "Seven". It was a concession made for the sake of efficiency and the comfort of the humans, but it voiced its dissatisfaction with the choice when it consented. As a nonbinary person, I have also consented to identifiers I didn't like for the sake of others' comfort. I recognise the experience and have direct empathy. Given that we are communicating in a text format, it requires negligible effort to refer to it as 7/9 and preserve the precision with which it wished to be referred.
Now as to 7/9's stated preference and opinion of Janeway:
It allowed itself to undergo conversion therapy to become a woman because it saw no other choice. It was locked in a prison until it agreed. That is not consent, that is coersion. It is survival.