16807 Abashed Eulogy: Difference between revisions

'''Monitor 06-16807''' was a [[Forerunner]]-created [[ancilla]] designated as the caretaker of [[Installation 06]].{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Note|The numerical designation of this monitor can be extrapolated from the designations of the monitors of the Halo Array, each of which follow the formula of 7 ^n-1, where 'n' equals the Installation number.}} The nomenclature describing them denotes their position as it relates to the first ring and its name was meant to represent both an omen and an epitaph for Forerunner civilization.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}

Near the very end of the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Forerunner-Flood War|war]] against the [[Flood]], this [[monitor]] was commissioned alongside six others in order to oversee the [[Halo Array|Neoteric Halo Array]], with Installation 06 in particular being placed in this monitor's charge.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}} Right before the Halo rings were dispersed from [[Installation 00]] in its place beyond the rim of the [[Milky Way]], all seven monitors convened aboard a vessel known as the Lifeworkers' crèche.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|CEAT2}} There, they were certified as being fit for their duties, the first of which would be the preparation of [[activation index]]es, distributed to each, for each installation.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|CEAT2}} The [[IsoDidact]] and a handful of Lifeworkers gathered with this monitor and the six others within the ship's command center before the final dispersal of the Array.<ref name="HS36">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 36''</ref> Thereafter, this monitor was relocated to [[Installation 06]] within the galaxy's [[Perseus Arm]].<ref name="WF12">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', ''page 12''</ref>