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==History and effects== | ==History and effects== | ||
In the ancient past, the crystal was used by the Forerunners to power the [[Menachite portal complex]] on [[Reach]].{{Ref/ | In the ancient past, the crystal was used by the Forerunners to power the [[Menachite portal complex]] on [[Reach]].{{Ref/Resue|Sacrifice}} | ||
The crystal was recovered from the Forerunner complex beneath [[Menachite Mountain]] by Dr. Catherine Halsey and a group of SPARTAN-IIs on September 7, 2552. The artifact was surrounded by a region of spatial distortion—seemingly generated by the crystal itself—that caused Halsey and the Spartans to become disoriented and lose their sense of direction despite supposedly walking directly toward the pedestal.{{Ref/Reuse|FS15}} Some time after evading the Covenant forces that breached the interior of the underground structure the humans holed up in the complex were rescued by [[John-117]] and accompanying UNSC survivors from the battles of [[Battle of Installation 04|Installation 04]] and [[Battle of Reach|Reach]]. While the Covenant had completely occupied the complex, they did not risk firing on the humans who possessed the crystal. This allowed the humans to escape to orbit aboard a captured [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropship]] and they rendezvoused with the hybridized vessel ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''-''[[UNSC Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]'' under [[Cortana]]'s control. | The crystal was recovered from the Forerunner complex beneath [[Menachite Mountain]] by Dr. Catherine Halsey and a group of SPARTAN-IIs on September 7, 2552. The artifact was surrounded by a region of spatial distortion—seemingly generated by the crystal itself—that caused Halsey and the Spartans to become disoriented and lose their sense of direction despite supposedly walking directly toward the pedestal.{{Ref/Reuse|FS15}} Some time after evading the Covenant forces that breached the interior of the underground structure the humans holed up in the complex were rescued by [[John-117]] and accompanying UNSC survivors from the battles of [[Battle of Installation 04|Installation 04]] and [[Battle of Reach|Reach]]. While the Covenant had completely occupied the complex, they did not risk firing on the humans who possessed the crystal. This allowed the humans to escape to orbit aboard a captured [[Dextro Xur-pattern Spirit|Spirit dropship]] and they rendezvoused with the hybridized vessel ''[[Ascendant Justice]]''-''[[UNSC Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]'' under [[Cortana]]'s control. |