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[[File:Control Room3.jpg|thumb|250px|The Control Room's exterior.]]

'''[[Installation 05]]'s [[Control Room]]''', known to the [[Covenant]] as the '''Chamber of Consecration''',<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 245''</ref> was the site that controlled all of the installation's operations. The Control Room is located on an island off the coast of a larger island in the middle of a large sea. There is also a noticeable design difference from [[Installation 04]]'s control room, in there being a large, triple-tiered structure in the center of the facility. When the ring's firing sequence was initiated this structure would extend to its full height, with several floating platforms encircling it and a single beam projecting from deep within the control room in the chamber's center.<ref name="gj">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[The Great Journey]]''</ref>

After ''[[High Charity]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s arrival at [[Installation 05]] and the redefinition of the [[Sangheili]]'s socio-political status following the [[Changing of the Guard]], many of the [[Sangheili Councilor]]s traveled to the Control Room in order to prepare it for the Halo's firing and the "Great Journey". However, the [[Jiralhanae Captain]] [[Melchus]] entered the Control Room with a heavily-armed [[Jiralhanae]] contingent and slaughtered the Councilors gathered there after a brief battle.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''pages 245-252''</ref> A small number of Councilors were taken prisoner in the nearby [[Bastion of the Brutes]].<ref name="gj"/>

Despite the Arbiter's attempt to convince Tartarus to change his mind, Tartarus forced the [[Activation Index|Index]] into the panel, activating the primary firing systems. A battle began between the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae, which ended after Tartarus and his troops died and Keyes deactivated the ring.<ref name="gj"/>

[[Bungie]] humorously referred to the multiple-leveled structure at the center of the control room as the "Birthday cake of doom".<ref>'''[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition]]''' ''- Essentials, Disc Two - Halo 2 Cinematics Commentary''</ref>

File:Control1.jpg|The Control Room being activated.

File:H2A - Delta Halo activated.jpg|Delta Halo's Control Room, now fully activated as the ring prepares to fire.  

File:H2A-SevenRings.jpg|Commander Keyes, Sergeant Major Johnson and 343 Guilty Spark observe a readout of the seven Halos in the control room's core.

*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''

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