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When the ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors went critical, Installation 04 attempted to activate a safety measure and make a slipspace jump. However, this self-preservation protocol was only partly successful, and only a small portion of the ring managed to enter slipspace before the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors overloaded and destroyed the ring. The surviving fragment of the Halo reentered normal space in the vicinity of a red giant star some distance away from the [[Orrichon system]] and was caught in the giant star's orbit.<ref name="wp shard">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/halo-ring-fragment '''Halo Waypoint - Universe''': ''Alpha Shard'']</ref> This fragment was home to a unique element apparently created by the heat of the ring's explosion and not found elsewhere in the universe. The element was later refined and used in a [[bioweapon]] unleashed in a [[terrorist]] attack on [[Sedra City]].<ref name="nf1">'''Halo: Nightfall''' - ''Chapter One''</ref> Alpha Shard was eventually destroyed during a [[Mission to Alpha Shard|classified mission]].<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''' - ''Chapter Five''</ref> | When the ''Pillar of Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors went critical, Installation 04 attempted to activate a safety measure and make a slipspace jump. However, this self-preservation protocol was only partly successful, and only a small portion of the ring managed to enter slipspace before the ''Autumn''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reactors overloaded and destroyed the ring. The surviving fragment of the Halo reentered normal space in the vicinity of a red giant star some distance away from the [[Orrichon system]] and was caught in the giant star's orbit.<ref name="wp shard">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/halo-ring-fragment '''Halo Waypoint - Universe''': ''Alpha Shard'']</ref> This fragment was home to a unique element apparently created by the heat of the ring's explosion and not found elsewhere in the universe. The element was later refined and used in a [[bioweapon]] unleashed in a [[terrorist]] attack on [[Sedra City]].<ref name="nf1">'''Halo: Nightfall''' - ''Chapter One''</ref> Alpha Shard was eventually destroyed during a [[Mission to Alpha Shard|classified mission]].<ref>'''Halo: Nightfall''' - ''Chapter Five''</ref> | ||
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During the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s [[Battle of Installation 00 (2559)|battle]] with the [[Banished]] at the Ark in [[2559#March|March 2559]], Captain [[James Cutter]], Professor [[Ellen Anders]], and logistics AI [[Isabel]] formed a plan to deploy the second replacement for Alpha Halo, Installation 04C, to the Soell system in an attempt to send a [[distress beacon|distress signal]] to [[Human colonies|human space]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> On the way to the original site of Installation 04 however, a Forerunner [[Guardian|Guardian construct]] controlled by Cortana's [[Created]] intercepted the ring.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level ''[[Last Stand]]''</ref> | During the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s [[Battle of Installation 00 (2559)|battle]] with the [[Banished]] at the Ark in [[2559#March|March 2559]], Captain [[James Cutter]], Professor [[Ellen Anders]], and logistics AI [[Isabel]] formed a plan to deploy the second replacement for Alpha Halo, Installation 04C, to the Soell system in an attempt to send a [[distress beacon|distress signal]] to [[Human colonies|human space]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Hold the Line]]''</ref> On the way to the original site of Installation 04 however, a Forerunner [[Guardian|Guardian construct]] controlled by Cortana's [[Created]] intercepted the ring.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level ''[[Last Stand]]''</ref> | ||