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'''The Apex Site'''<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''' ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApVw-kywQ8o "Walk in the Park"]''</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] installation that contained a fleet of many [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]] inside the [[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Flood-Controlled Shield World]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAq_vZuxlDY "I Doomed Humanity"]''</ref> The ships were left inactive for hundreds of millenia after the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], docked in massive towers surrounding a hovering central platform high above the interior surface of the Shield World.<ref name="Monsters">'''Halo Wars''' ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLGoPIjE-OQ "Monsters"]''</ref>

The Apex site consisted of a narrow main platform hovering high above the inner surface of the [[Shield_World_(Halo_Wars)|Flood-Controlled Shield World]], and numerous docking towers housing a fleet of [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]]. It had a [[Teleporters|transporter pad]] which also served the purpose of a [[Containment Field Device]]. The system was operated by vocal commands.<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Hk1Y91mXo "Judgment Day"]''</ref>

The main platform was accessible from the Apex Base Site, a structure on top of a towering hill comprised of a series of ramps, containing a transporter pad. It was located on the inner surface of the Shield World, most likely somewhere under the Apex.<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''level [[Reactor (Level)|Reactor]]''</ref>

When the installation was activated, a [[Beam Emitter]] next to the activation console would emit a continuous stream of energy directly upwards, much like in many other [[Forerunner]] [[Control Room|facilities]]. On the other end of the platform, there was an [[Lift|elevator]] which lead right into the [[Shield World]]'s [[Astroengineering|artificial star]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''level [[Escape (Level)|Escape]]'', John Forge: ''"I'm in the sun."''</ref> Because of this, the lift obviously had to be shielded against the extreme heat. On the way to the star, there was an "access point", the nature of which is unknown, but it was likely a type of energy barrier, as it would need to be "broken through" in order to access the star.<ref>'''Halo Wars''' ''level Escape'', John Forge: ''"Forge here. I'm at the access point to the sun. I'll need some time to break through."''</ref>