Ecumene: Difference between revisions

A majority of the ecumene's military consisted of the members of the [[Warrior-Servant]] rate, traditionally tasked with defense and warfare in the Forerunner ecumene.{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}} Despite this, the Warrior-Servants stood second-lowest in the hierarchy of rates, only higher than the [[Huragok|Engineers]]. The individual with the rank of [[protector of the ecumene]] was considered the commander of the Forerunner military and was historically held by a high-ranked Warrior-Servant. The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] held this title for twelve thousand years, during the Forerunner conflicts with [[human]]ity and the [[Flood]]. His successor, the [[IsoDidact]], held the title in the final years of the ecumene.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 233''</ref> The highest and most respected class of Warrior-Servants were known as the [[Promethean]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 54''</ref> Additionally, the [[Builder]] rate had their own private military under the influence of [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]], known as [[Builder Security]]. Builder Security often had more advanced weaponry and warships than the Warrior-Servants.{{Ref/Reuse|CryptumGlossary}} After the Didact went into exile for the first time, Builder Security almost entirely supplanted the Warrior-Servants, with most former Warrior-Servants joining their ranks after their own rate was diminished.<ref name="string 3">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref> The Warrior-Servant rate was partly reconstituted near the end of the Forerunner-Flood war, although their forces were virtually merged with those of Builder Security.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 197''</ref>

In battle, military personnel wore varying types of fighting suits—[[combat skin]]s—the [[war sphinx]] or [[Seeker (vehicle)|Seeker]] combat suit variants being examples of a medium-sized suit.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 43''</ref> The Warrior-Servants once operated the ecumene's most prominent [[Forerunner fleet|battle fleets]], comprising warships such as {{Class|Fortress|vessel}}s, [[Forerunner dreadnought|dreadnoughts]], [[planet-breaker]]s, and [[Forerunner picket cruiser|picket cruisers]]. Support by [[ancilla]]s and copious amounts of robotic drones — including [[monitor]]s, [[sentinel]]s and [[weapon-ship]]s — was a key component of Forerunner warfare,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 139''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 214''</ref> along with their weaponized use of the higher dimensions of [[slipstream space]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 211''</ref> This usage of slipspace culminated in a strategy known as "[[Clench]]", using non-linear causality and probability manipulation to influence the outcomes of interstellar warfare.<ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]'', Glossary (p. 90)</ref>

The ecumene once encompassed three million fertile worlds in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]].<ref name= "cryptum"/> The core worlds of the ecumene where located in the [[Orion complex]]. The Forerunners primarily divided the ecumene into [[thema]]s, whose borders were marked by galactic magnetic fields,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 234-235''</ref> as well as segments known as [[margin arc]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 77''</ref> Divisions of the ecumene were overseen by [[regional commandant]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 195''</ref> The territory of the ecumene encompassed not only the worlds of the Forerunners themselves, but also the various subject species that lived under their rule.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 156''</ref> Years prior to the [[human-Forerunner wars|conflicts with humanity]], the ecumene had began expanding towards the galactic center. Wishing to develop in isolation from other species, the Forerunners moved native populations from their home regions to newer, outer systems.{{Ref/Reuse|cryp112}} When the ecumene borders began expanding close to the [[Sol system|Erde-Tyrene system]], the [[prehistoric human civilization|human empire]] moved their civilization from their homeworld to outward along the [[Orion Arm]], likely to flee from Forerunner control.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 20''</ref> At the height of their power, billions of Forerunner starships plied goods and ferried passengers between the stars, and enforced their vision of peace on the galaxy.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''page 8''</ref>

===Former ecumene worlds===

*[[Alpha Corvi system]]

**[[Alpha Corvi II]]

*[[Buta system]]

**[[Zhoist]]

*[[Caspar system]]

**[[Kamchatka]]

*[[Cordoba system|Coro system]]

**[[Gao|Edod]]

*[[Kan Pakko]]

*[[Keth Sidon]]

**[[Genesis]]

*[[Orion complex]]

**[[Ghibalb]] {{C|rendered uninhabitable by several [[supernova]]e}}

*[[Path Kural]]

*[[Procyon system]]

**[[Arcadia]]

*[[Rhotero]]

*[[Seclusion]]

*[[Secunda]]

*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]

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