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==History== | ==History== | ||
The complex was home to one of Dr. [[Catherine Halsey's | The complex was home to one of Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]]'s labs and had evidently been under excavation by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] for some time.<ref name="HR"/> By summer 2552, ONI had marked a number of artifact sites that seemed to form a trail leading from [[CASTLE Base]], the site of the [[Menachite Forerunner complex]], to the immediate region of SWORD Base, suggesting that the ship was outbound along this trajectory when it crashed.<ref>[[:File:Reach map.png|Halsey's map of Reach]]</ref> | ||
According to Dr. Halsey, the complex held secrets that could turn the tide of the [[Human-Covenant War]] — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the invention of the conical bullet and the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. However, when the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] began attacking the facility on [[2552#August|August 29, 2552]], the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider turrets]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[NOBLE Team]] was able to hold off the Covenant for long enough until Halsey could finish the decryption. The complex, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.<ref name="HR"/> | According to Dr. Halsey, the complex held secrets that could turn the tide of the [[Human-Covenant War]] — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the invention of the conical bullet and the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. However, when the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] began attacking the facility on [[2552#August|August 29, 2552]], the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider turrets]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[NOBLE Team]] was able to hold off the Covenant for long enough until Halsey could finish the decryption. The complex, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.<ref name="HR"/> | ||