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Around [[100,043 BCE]], the {{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}} [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] had been assigned to a mission to locate and attack the [[The Flood|Flood]] [[Gravemind]]. As part of this mission, he was given control of a [[Halo Array|Halo installation]] and was charged with conducting the first test of such a weapon. After the test, however, Mendicant Bias disappeared with the ring and was not seen for decades. | Around [[100,043 BCE]], the {{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}} [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] had been assigned to a mission to locate and attack the [[The Flood|Flood]] [[Gravemind]]. As part of this mission, he was given control of a [[Halo Array|Halo installation]] and was charged with conducting the first test of such a weapon. After the test, however, Mendicant Bias disappeared with the ring and was not seen for decades. | ||
[[100,000 BCE|Forty-three years later]], Bias unexpectedly returned with the Halo to the Forerunner capital, having been | [[100,000 BCE|Forty-three years later]], Bias unexpectedly returned with the Halo to the Forerunner capital, having been led into [[rampancy]] by the Gravemind and driven toward the destruction of the Forerunner race. He infiltrated the capital's defense systems, deactivated all present [[ancilla]]s and security constructs, and held the [[Forerunner Council]] hostage by overriding their armor and rendering them immobile. | ||
Bias was temporarily deactivated by [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], who was host to the memories of [[the Didact]] and issued a verbal failsafe code. The capital was released from Mendicant's control, and began activating its defensive systems. | Bias was temporarily deactivated by [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], who was host to the memories of [[the Didact]] and issued a verbal failsafe code. The capital was released from Mendicant's control, and began activating its defensive systems. | ||
Despite losing control of the capital, Mendicant Bias could still control five of the twelve Halos in orbit around the capital. These installations immediately began charging their main weapons and positioning themselves around the capital in preparation to attack.<ref group="notes">Although any one of the five Halos could single-handedly have destroyed all Forerunner resistance, it can be assumed that by charging all of them at once, Bias intended to ensure that at least one of the rings successfully fired if the rest were destroyed.</ref> | Despite losing control of the capital, Mendicant Bias could still exert control over five of the twelve Halos in orbit around the capital. These installations immediately began charging their main weapons and positioning themselves around the capital in preparation to attack.<ref group="notes">Although any one of the five Halos could single-handedly have destroyed all Forerunner resistance, it can be assumed that by charging all of them at once, Bias intended to ensure that at least one of the rings successfully fired if the rest were destroyed.</ref> | ||
With the capital still recovering and the Council [[metarchy]] collapsed, the Forerunner defense fleet responded to the threat with lethal force. All ships in the area began attack runs on the stolen Halos. The [[monitor]]s in charge of the Halo installations, programmed to respond to any threat to their installations regardless of their source, engaged in a counterattack. Two of the Halos | With the capital still recovering and the Council [[metarchy]] collapsed, the Forerunner defense fleet responded to the threat with lethal force. All ships in the area began attack runs on the stolen Halos. The [[monitor]]s in charge of the Halo installations, programmed to respond to any threat to their installations regardless of their source, engaged in a counterattack. Two of the Halos were destroyed due the heavy bombardment of the Forerunner fleet and the tidal forces of the capital. | ||
The seven Halos still under Forerunner control were ordered to travel through a nearby [[slipspace portal]] and return to [[Installation 00]]: the Ark. One of them successfully made it through the portal intact, but was severely damaged by the stress of the transition. The second in line was destroyed upon the arrival of a third fortress ship, just as it began to enter the portal. | The seven Halos still under Forerunner control were ordered to travel through a nearby [[slipspace portal]] and return to [[Installation 00]]: the Ark. One of them successfully made it through the portal intact, but was severely damaged by the stress of the transition. The second in line was destroyed upon the arrival of a third fortress ship, just as it began to enter the portal. | ||