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[[File:Array.png|right|thumb|The Ark sending the [[Halo Array]] through [[Slipspace]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]]|290px]] | [[File:Array.png|right|thumb|The Ark sending the [[Halo Array]] through [[Slipspace]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]]|290px]] | ||
Installation 00 is a part of the Forerunner construct designed to wipe the Flood from the [[Galaxy]]. Located about 262,144 light-years outside the Milky Way galaxy center, Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the Forerunners in the terminal transcripts) that kills all sentient lifeforms; the main Forerunner behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of the Battle of Installation 05. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire. | Installation 00 is a part of the Forerunner construct designed to wipe the Flood from the [[Galaxy]]. Located about 262,144 light-years outside the Milky Way galaxy center, Installation 00 is safe from the [[Halo]] effect (as it is referred to by the Forerunners in the terminal transcripts) that kills all organic sentient lifeforms; the main Forerunner behind its use was [[Didact]]. The purpose of the installation is to remotely activate every [[Halo]] ring, from outside the blast radius. This is a fail-safe system that is only activated by an aborted firing such as the one that occurred at the end of the Battle of Installation 05. In addition, Installation 00 can also function as an automated factory to construct replacement Halo installations, thereby insuring that the Halo array is always ready to fire. | ||
{{quote|Every vessel we can fill, we send to the Ark. I dare not cease the mission. Not now, not until I've done all I can. Each one of these souls is finite and precious.|--Transcript of a message from the Librarian to [[Didact]], interpreted post-cataclysm and retrieved from the first [[Terminals|Terminal]] on the level "[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]"}} | {{quote|Every vessel we can fill, we send to the Ark. I dare not cease the mission. Not now, not until I've done all I can. Each one of these souls is finite and precious.|--Transcript of a message from the Librarian to [[Didact]], interpreted post-cataclysm and retrieved from the first [[Terminals|Terminal]] on the level "[[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]]"}} | ||