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{{disambig header|the Forerunner artifact|the campaign level|Sacred Icon}} | {{disambig header|the Forerunner artifact|the campaign level|Sacred Icon}} | ||
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|image= [[File:H2-ActivationIndex.png|200px|The Activation Index of [[Installation 05]].]] | |||
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{{Quote|We must collect the Index before we can activate the installation.|[[343 Guilty Spark]]}} | {{Quote|We must collect the Index before we can activate the installation.|[[343 Guilty Spark]]}} | ||
The '''Activation Index''', often simply referred to as the '''Index''' and known as the '''Sacred Icon''' by the [[Covenant]], is an object found in every [[Halo Array|Halo installation]]'s [[Library]]. The Activation Index is the key needed to activate the installation, triggering an energy pulse that will kill all [[Sentience|sentient]] life within the ring's effective range. Its secondary purpose is to simultaneously initiate the [[Conservation Measure]], the repopulation process of the worlds sterilized by the Halo's pulse.<ref name="library">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]'', ''"Activation Index"''</ref> An Index cannot be used to activate any Halo besides the one to which it is assigned.<ref name="h3h">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> | The '''Activation Index''', often simply referred to as the '''Index''' and known as the '''Sacred Icon''' by the [[Covenant]], is an object found in every [[Halo Array|Halo installation]]'s [[Library]]. The Activation Index is the key needed to activate the installation, triggering an energy pulse that will kill all [[Sentience|sentient]] life within the ring's effective range. Its secondary purpose is to simultaneously initiate the [[Conservation Measure]], the repopulation process of the worlds sterilized by the Halo's pulse.<ref name="library">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Library (feature)|Library]]'', ''"Activation Index"''</ref> An Index cannot be used to activate any Halo besides the one to which it is assigned.<ref name="h3h">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The Index resembles common depictions of | *The Index resembles common depictions of [[Wikipedia:Mjölnir|Mjölnir]], the hammer of the god [[Wikipedia:Thor|Thor]] in Norse mythology and the namesake of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]. | ||
*In the beginning cutscene of the [[campaign]] level ''[[The Library]]'', the container holding the Activation Index unlocks, revealing it for two seconds before the animation by what is seen appears to have restarted since the Index seems to disappear as if the container was never even opened. This might have been caused by a scripting error. | *In the beginning cutscene of the [[campaign]] level ''[[The Library]]'', the container holding the Activation Index unlocks, revealing it for two seconds before the animation by what is seen appears to have restarted since the Index seems to disappear as if the container was never even opened. This might have been caused by a scripting error. | ||
*On the level [[Composer (level)|Composer]] in ''Halo 4'', [[Installation 03]]'s Index can be seen within a display case in a [[Mgalekgolo|Hunter]]-occupied laboratory. | *On the level [[Composer (level)|Composer]] in ''Halo 4'', [[Installation 03]]'s Index can be seen within a display case in a [[Mgalekgolo|Hunter]]-occupied laboratory on [[Ivanoff Station]]. The item is accompanied by a [[Halo 4 audio logs#Activation Index|short researcher log]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
