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The '''Control Room''' is a temple-like structure found on [[Forerunner]] [[Installation]]s. Control Rooms are where the [[Activation Index|Index]] is used to activate the Halo's weapon.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref> | The '''Control Room''' is a temple-like structure found on [[Forerunner]] [[Installation]]s. Control Rooms are where the [[Activation Index|Index]] is used to activate the Halo's weapon.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref> | ||
== Installation 04 == | ==Installation 04== | ||
{{main|Control Room (Installation 04)}} | {{main|Control Room (Installation 04)}} | ||
In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], the Control Room for [[Installation 04]] was found in the levels [[Assault on the Control Room]] and [[Two Betrayals]]. | In [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], the Control Room for [[Installation 04]] was found in the levels [[Assault on the Control Room]] and [[Two Betrayals]]. | ||
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The [[John-117|Master Chief]] reached the main console and inserted [[Cortana]], who sent him to the installation's [[Flood containment facility]] to attempt to stop [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]] from unleashing the Flood. He returned to the Control Room at the start of [[Two Betrayals]] to insert the Index as prompted by [[343 Guilty Spark]], but was stopped by Cortana. 343 Guilty Spark then sent [[Sentinel]]s to stop the Chief. After the Chief destroyed the Sentinels, he took Cortana and left. | The [[John-117|Master Chief]] reached the main console and inserted [[Cortana]], who sent him to the installation's [[Flood containment facility]] to attempt to stop [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]] from unleashing the Flood. He returned to the Control Room at the start of [[Two Betrayals]] to insert the Index as prompted by [[343 Guilty Spark]], but was stopped by Cortana. 343 Guilty Spark then sent [[Sentinel]]s to stop the Chief. After the Chief destroyed the Sentinels, he took Cortana and left. | ||
== Installation 05 == | ==Installation 05== | ||
{{main|Control Room (Installation 05)}} | {{main|Control Room (Installation 05)}} | ||
In ''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Installation 05]]'s Control Room is on an island in a sea, entered for the first and last time in [[The Great Journey]] but seen in [[Uprising]]. | In ''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Installation 05]]'s Control Room is on an island in a sea, entered for the first and last time in [[The Great Journey]] but seen in [[Uprising]]. | ||
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As you progress into the control room, the corridors and doorways are reminiscent of Installation 04, while offering minimal changes. The actual control room and control panel is scarcely different from the original. The large dome-shaped room still shows a holographic image of the halo ring, although Threshold is missing from this image (as the ring has not been moved to that point). When viewed from above, players can easily see the shape of the Marathon logo, as in the original Installation 04. It is here where the Master Chief fights 343 Guilty Spark when he goes rampant because [[John-117]] is going to destroy this installation. | As you progress into the control room, the corridors and doorways are reminiscent of Installation 04, while offering minimal changes. The actual control room and control panel is scarcely different from the original. The large dome-shaped room still shows a holographic image of the halo ring, although Threshold is missing from this image (as the ring has not been moved to that point). When viewed from above, players can easily see the shape of the Marathon logo, as in the original Installation 04. It is here where the Master Chief fights 343 Guilty Spark when he goes rampant because [[John-117]] is going to destroy this installation. | ||
The differences in design from the original Installation 04 can be partially explained by Cortana, who mentions in a cutscene "Halo. It's so new... unfinished." This "newer" design could also be what Installation 04 originally looked like before the Flood outbreak and the activation of the Halos by the [[Forerunner]]. Also, if you look carefully, you will see that everything is more pristine, clean, and unscathed, unlike the dull and gritty feel the Control Room on [[Installation 04]] gave. | The differences in design from the original Installation 04 can be partially explained by Cortana, who mentions in a cutscene "Halo. It's so new...unfinished." This "newer" design could also be what Installation 04 originally looked like before the Flood outbreak and the activation of the Halos by the [[Forerunner]]. Also, if you look carefully, you will see that everything is more pristine, clean, and unscathed, unlike the dull and gritty feel the Control Room on [[Installation 04]] gave. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The | *The control room was first seen in the pre-Xbox Halo demo in 1999. In the video, the control room was about one-third the size of the version later seen in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. | ||
*It is most likely that the appearance of the Control Rooms differ with each Installation, since the design of the one found on Installation 04 bears little resemblance to that of Installation 05. Given that not all of the Halo rings known to have existed were built concurrently, it is possible that Installation 05's design was of an earlier/later version than that of Installation 04. | *It is most likely that the appearance of the Control Rooms differ with each Installation, since the design of the one found on Installation 04 bears little resemblance to that of Installation 05. Given that not all of the Halo rings known to have existed were built concurrently, it is possible that Installation 05's design was of an earlier/later version than that of Installation 04. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Ih_Halo_ziggurat_02.jpg|Early concept art of Installation 04B's control room, with the Ark in the background. | ||
File: | File:Ih_Halo_ziggurat_01.jpg|Finalized concept art of the structure, now bearing clear similarities to the original ring's control room. | ||
File:Control Room 04.jpg|The entrance to the | File:Controlroom.jpg|Exterior view of Installation 04's control room. | ||
File:Control Room3.jpg|Installation 05's | File:Control Room 04.jpg|The entrance to the control room of [[Installation 04|Installation 04]]. | ||
File:Control Room Entrance.jpg|The entrance hall of Installation 04B's | File:AnniversaryControlRoom.png|Interior view of Installation 04's control room. | ||
File:Halo Hologram.jpg|Inside the | File:Control Room3.jpg|Installation 05's control room. | ||
File:Control Room Entrance.jpg|The entrance hall of Installation 04B's control room. | |||
File:Halo Hologram.jpg|Inside the control room of Installation 04B. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||