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An [[artificial intelligence]] is able to interface with the Silent Cartographer and, for example, set [[navigation point]]s on the holographic projection.<ref name="vis"/> A [[Forerunner personal armor|Forerunner armor's]] personal [[ancilla]] was able to link with the Cartographer and provide packets of information on the installation's past activities directly into the wearer's brain.<ref name="sil243">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 243-244''</ref> | An [[artificial intelligence]] is able to interface with the Silent Cartographer and, for example, set [[navigation point]]s on the holographic projection.<ref name="vis"/> A [[Forerunner personal armor|Forerunner armor's]] personal [[ancilla]] was able to link with the Cartographer and provide packets of information on the installation's past activities directly into the wearer's brain.<ref name="sil243">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 243-244''</ref> | ||
== | ==Greater Ark== | ||
===Installation 00 | Like all installations involved with the Halos, the [[greater Ark]] possessed a Cartographer. During the final weeks of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], this facility was the site of an emergency meeting between the Forerunner military leaders before the imminent Flood [[Battle of the greater Ark|attack on the greater Ark]]. The commanders conferred in a circle within an enormous hologram of the Ark while updates on the installation's status were provided through their [[ancilla]]s.<ref name="sil243"/> [[Omega Halo]], the sole Halo ring present at the Ark at the time, was also projected in the hologram.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 248''</ref> | ||
==Installation 00== | |||
[[File:TLJ Cartographer.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Cartographer's exterior on Installation 00.]] | [[File:TLJ Cartographer.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Cartographer's exterior on Installation 00.]] | ||
[[Installation 00]], the Ark, was home to several Cartographers.<ref name="log cartographer"/> One of the facilities was located on top of a massive spire structure, the map room itself lying in a wide open area giving a panoramic view over a massive waterfall and an ocean. Facing the desert on the other side, the Cartographer structure was protected by a large wall structure. Inside the wall was a deep chasm and an [[energy bridge]] allowing passage over it. A [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] was located within the wall near the activation switch for the energy bridge. The interiors of this Cartographer shared many architectural similarities with [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]]'s Cartographer shaft, although the two are considerably different in general layout.<ref name="theark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> | [[Installation 00]], the Ark, was home to several Cartographers.<ref name="log cartographer"/> One of the facilities was located on top of a massive spire structure, the map room itself lying in a wide open area giving a panoramic view over a massive waterfall and an ocean. Facing the desert on the other side, the Cartographer structure was protected by a large wall structure. Inside the wall was a deep chasm and an [[energy bridge]] allowing passage over it. A [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] was located within the wall near the activation switch for the energy bridge. The interiors of this Cartographer shared many architectural similarities with [[Installation 04|Alpha Halo]]'s Cartographer shaft, although the two are considerably different in general layout.<ref name="theark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Ark]]''</ref> | ||
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Another one of the Ark's Cartographers, considerably different in layout from the one encountered in 2552, was utilized by the [[Banished]] during their occupation of the Ark in [[2559]] to map out the megastructure and take control of its [[Teleportation grid|portal network]]. During the [[Battle of Installation 00 (2559)|battle on Installation 00]] between the Banished and the UNSC forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, the latter assaulted and successfully took control of the Cartographer.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level ''[[The Cartographer]]''</ref> | Another one of the Ark's Cartographers, considerably different in layout from the one encountered in 2552, was utilized by the [[Banished]] during their occupation of the Ark in [[2559]] to map out the megastructure and take control of its [[Teleportation grid|portal network]]. During the [[Battle of Installation 00 (2559)|battle on Installation 00]] between the Banished and the UNSC forces from the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}, the latter assaulted and successfully took control of the Cartographer.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level ''[[The Cartographer]]''</ref> | ||
==Installation 04== | |||
[[File:The Silent Cartographer Building.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Installation 04's Cartographer.]] | [[File:The Silent Cartographer Building.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Installation 04's Cartographer.]] | ||
On Installation 04, the Cartographer was located in an immense underground facility, below the middle of a large island. It was protected by a security system accessible by another underground facility on the other side of the island. These facilities were a part of the installation's larger tunnel network, with a massive shaft leading to the depths of the megastructure in between them. | On Installation 04, the Cartographer was located in an immense underground facility, below the middle of a large island. It was protected by a security system accessible by another underground facility on the other side of the island. These facilities were a part of the installation's larger tunnel network, with a massive shaft leading to the depths of the megastructure in between them. | ||
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On [[2552#September|September 20, 2552]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and two squads of marines were ordered by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] to secure the Cartographer so that they could locate Halo's control room. The soldiers landed on a Covenant-controlled beach, which they quickly captured. The Spartan soon entered the Cartographer facility, though it had been locked from within. After disabling the lock at a nearby security station, the Spartan accessed the Cartographer, learning the location of Installation 04's control room. The AI [[Cortana]] then requested that [[Carol Rawley|Flight Captain Carol "Foehammer" Rawley]] fly John-117 below ground to the control room, though they stopped at [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].<ref name="HCE"/><ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ???''</ref> | On [[2552#September|September 20, 2552]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan]] [[John-117]] and two squads of marines were ordered by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] to secure the Cartographer so that they could locate Halo's control room. The soldiers landed on a Covenant-controlled beach, which they quickly captured. The Spartan soon entered the Cartographer facility, though it had been locked from within. After disabling the lock at a nearby security station, the Spartan accessed the Cartographer, learning the location of Installation 04's control room. The AI [[Cortana]] then requested that [[Carol Rawley|Flight Captain Carol "Foehammer" Rawley]] fly John-117 below ground to the control room, though they stopped at [[Alpha Base (Installation 04)|Alpha Base]].<ref name="HCE"/><ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ???''</ref> | ||
==Installation 07== | |||
The Cartographer of [[Installation 07]], one of the original twelve Halos, was a massive structure, surpassing all of the other known Cartographer sites in scale. The map room was housed in an enormous, triangular structure protruding toward the Halo's interior out of one of the walls lining the ring's edges. The structure was shaped like a flat-topped wedge around 500 kilometers wide at its base, where it connected with the Halo's edge wall and was around 400 kilometers long from base to tip. Most of the structure's upper surface, apart from the tip, appeared largely uniform and featureless when observed from a distance. However, the wedge's tip housed a complex of vast, secondary structures, some of them dozens of kilometers high. A sleek half-arch stretched beyond the wedge's tip and an ornate lattice of cabling attached to this structure supported the main Cartographer control center, itself a complex of enormous structures, each of them the size of a small city.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 319-320''</ref> | The Cartographer of [[Installation 07]], one of the original twelve Halos, was a massive structure, surpassing all of the other known Cartographer sites in scale. The map room was housed in an enormous, triangular structure protruding toward the Halo's interior out of one of the walls lining the ring's edges. The structure was shaped like a flat-topped wedge around 500 kilometers wide at its base, where it connected with the Halo's edge wall and was around 400 kilometers long from base to tip. Most of the structure's upper surface, apart from the tip, appeared largely uniform and featureless when observed from a distance. However, the wedge's tip housed a complex of vast, secondary structures, some of them dozens of kilometers high. A sleek half-arch stretched beyond the wedge's tip and an ornate lattice of cabling attached to this structure supported the main Cartographer control center, itself a complex of enormous structures, each of them the size of a small city.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 319-320''</ref> | ||
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This system used an elaborate webbing projected by a rod-like object to directly connect to each human-Forerunner pair via their skin, completely melding their neural networks with the Cartographer's controls. With the individual's consciousness now merged with the Halo's computer systems, they were flooded with the vast amounts of information and sensory input flowing through the Cartographer. The organic controllers, along with the Halo, formed a cybernetic gestalt intelligence which perceived the surrounding reality through the Halo's sensor systems and abstractions provided by the Cartographer.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 329-330''</ref> Numerous different event-paths and outcomes were consistently being calculated and processed while the controllers steered the ring and incessantly performed minute adjustments to its numerous systems.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 342''</ref> After the IsoDidact arrived to retake the ring, he entered the Cartographer and connected to the system with Chakas in order to see the ongoing salvage effort to the end.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 339''</ref> | This system used an elaborate webbing projected by a rod-like object to directly connect to each human-Forerunner pair via their skin, completely melding their neural networks with the Cartographer's controls. With the individual's consciousness now merged with the Halo's computer systems, they were flooded with the vast amounts of information and sensory input flowing through the Cartographer. The organic controllers, along with the Halo, formed a cybernetic gestalt intelligence which perceived the surrounding reality through the Halo's sensor systems and abstractions provided by the Cartographer.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 329-330''</ref> Numerous different event-paths and outcomes were consistently being calculated and processed while the controllers steered the ring and incessantly performed minute adjustments to its numerous systems.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 342''</ref> After the IsoDidact arrived to retake the ring, he entered the Cartographer and connected to the system with Chakas in order to see the ongoing salvage effort to the end.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 339''</ref> | ||
==Onyx== | |||
A Forerunner city in what the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] referred to as [[Zone 67]] on [[Onyx]] was home to a Cartographer facility. This map room was located below a massive domed structure in the city.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 270-271''</ref> From the outside, the facility could be accessed via one of seven massive landing pads inside the structure's dome. Below the landing pad, a spiraling staircase led down into a smaller chamber.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 273-274''</ref> The chamber housed an [[energy bridge]] leading into the map room itself: a half-spherical chamber about 20 meters across. The center of the room housed a holographic console which could project detailed schematics of the entire Onyx megastructure.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 275''</ref> The room also featured a [[Teleporter|translocation platform]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 311''</ref> | |||
[[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] used this Cartographer structure during the [[Battle of Onyx]], when she was trying to find | [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] used this Cartographer structure during the [[Battle of Onyx]], when she was trying to find a way to the [[core room antechamber|portal]] that led to the [[Shield World 006|shield world]] in the core of the artificial planet.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 276''</ref> | ||
==Requiem== | |||
A localized Cartographer facility was accessed by [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]] shortly after their arrival on [[Requiem]] during the [[First Battle of Requiem]] in [[2557]]. From this facility, they learned the name of the shield world, although Cortana's further attempts at accessing the data within were quickly deterred by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]].<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref> | A localized Cartographer facility was accessed by [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]] shortly after their arrival on [[Requiem]] during the [[First Battle of Requiem]] in [[2557]]. From this facility, they learned the name of the shield world, although Cortana's further attempts at accessing the data within were quickly deterred by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]].<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Silent Cartographer}} | {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Silent Cartographer}} | ||
The multiplayer level [[Construct (level)|Construct]] takes place on the Cartographer building of Installation 00. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
