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|description=Deserts, jungles, and volcanic terrain<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 174''</ref> | |description=Deserts, jungles, and volcanic terrain<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 174''</ref> | ||
|location=[[Khaphrae system]],<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]],<ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 13</ref> [[Milky Way]] {{C|formerly}} | |location=[[Khaphrae system]],<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]],<ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 13</ref> [[Milky Way]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
|anchor= | |anchor=[[Doavyn]]{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P348|Enc22|Page=348}} {{C|formerly}} | ||
|type=[[Halo Array|Halo installation]] | |type=[[Halo Array|Halo installation]] | ||
|function=*Galactic sterilization<ref name="halo array">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/halo-array '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo Array'']</ref> | |function=*Galactic sterilization<ref name="halo array">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/halo-array '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo Array'']</ref> | ||
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'''Installation 03''', also known as '''Gamma Halo''',<ref name="Composer">'''Halo 4''', ''Composer'' ([[Audio log (Halo 4)|audio log]])</ref><ref name="11h">''[[Eleventh Hour reports]] - #5''</ref> is one of the [[seven]] ring-shaped superweapons that comprise the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Halo Array]]. Located in the [[Khaphrae system]] in the [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} Installation 03's [[monitor]] is [[049 Abject Testament]].{{Ref/Reuse|Terminal}} The ring appears to have a red and cracked surface, indicating the presence of vast deserts and volcanic activity, but it also features jungles.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} | '''Installation 03''', also known as '''Gamma Halo''',<ref name="Composer">'''Halo 4''', ''Composer'' ([[Audio log (Halo 4)|audio log]])</ref><ref name="11h">''[[Eleventh Hour reports]] - #5''</ref> is one of the [[seven]] ring-shaped superweapons that comprise the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Halo Array]]. Located in orbit of [[Doavyn]] in the [[Khaphrae system]] in the [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P348}} Installation 03's [[monitor]] is [[049 Abject Testament]].{{Ref/Reuse|Terminal}} The ring appears to have a red and cracked surface, indicating the presence of vast deserts and volcanic activity, but it also features jungles.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} | ||
Although Installation 03 was originally anchored in orbit around a gas giant for the firing of the Array, | Although Installation 03 was originally anchored in orbit around a gas giant for the firing of the Array, by the time of its discovery by humanity in the twenty-sixth century, it orbited a rocky planet, the face of which had been shattered as a result of a fairly recent impact event; the debris from the impact, still aglow as of [[2557]], has collected to form a dense [[asteroid]] field in orbit over the planet as well as the Halo.<ref name="composer">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Construction and early history=== | ===Construction and early history=== | ||
The [[Forerunner]]s had Installation 03 constructed by the [[Foundry]] of [[Installation 00]]<ref name="p371">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 371''</ref> approximately around the same time as the rest of the [[Halo Array]], circa [[97,445 BCE]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/ | The [[Forerunner]]s had Installation 03 constructed by the [[Foundry]] of [[Installation 00]]<ref name="p371">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 371''</ref> approximately around the same time as the rest of the [[Halo Array]], circa [[97,445 BCE]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref> The array was designed by the Forerunner [[Builder]]s to combat the parasitic [[Flood]] by eradicating them and all [[Sentience|sentient]] life in the [[Milky Way]]. After the rings were built, Installation 03 and its fellow Halos were distributed from Installation 00 to positions across the galaxy through [[slipstream space]] [[Slipspace portal|portals]],{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref> with Installation 03 itself being placed in orbit over [[Doavyn]].{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P348}} Afterwards, the Halo Array was [[Great Purification|fired]] and eradicated all sentient life from the galaxy. The Forerunners proceeded to [[Reintroduction|reseed]] the galaxy with life from the species that were [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] on the Halo installations. Like its fellow installations, Installation 03 became home to dormant specimens of the Flood that were intended to be used to help find a cure to the parasite in the future. With the Flood defeated, the surviving Forerunners exiled themselves from the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}} | ||
Several centuries before its discovery by [[humanity]], Doavyn experienced a mysterious cataclysmic event of unknown origin. This event resulted in the shattering of the planet, with large chunks of it exploding into space and becoming caught in orbit in the form of an asteroid field. During the cataclysm, Installation 03 suffered extraordinary damage and its [[monitor]], [[049 Abject Testament]], went missing around the same time. Since the event, however, the Halo underwent significant repairs and had been returned to a habitable state.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22P348}} | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
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===The Composer=== | ===The Composer=== | ||
{{Quote|Even now, your kind tinkers with the Composer in the shadow of the third ring. Children and fire, who disregard the welfare of the galaxy.|The Ur-Didact about the human activities in and around Gamma Halo.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Shutdown]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Even now, your kind tinkers with the Composer in the shadow of the third ring. Children and fire, who disregard the welfare of the galaxy.|The Ur-Didact about the human activities in and around Gamma Halo.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Shutdown]]''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:HM-Composer extraction final.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Composer being extracted from the surface of Installation 03 by {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.]] | [[File:HM-Composer extraction final.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Composer being extracted from the surface of Installation 03 by the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.]] | ||
The ONI science teams retrieved various artifacts from the surface of Installation 03 and brought them on Ivanoff Station for study, including the installation's [[activation index]], a [[war sphinx]]'s "eye",<ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/ | The ONI science teams retrieved various artifacts from the surface of Installation 03 and brought them on Ivanoff Station for study, including the installation's [[activation index]], a [[war sphinx]]'s "eye",<ref name="canonfodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-have-s-moa '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder: Have S'moa'']</ref> and a [[Composer]]. An accident with the Composer killed the team researching the device; however, it provided coordinates which led the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]]. When the [[Ur-Didact]] was awakened, he traveled to Ivanoff in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' and [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|acquired the Composer]] on [[2557#July|July 24, 2557]], using it to digitize Ivanoff's staff before jumping into slipspace to travel to [[Earth]] to use the recovered weapon on humanity's homeworld.{{Ref/Reuse|composer}} However, SPARTAN-117 and Cortana followed the Didact into slipspace in an [[F-41 Broadsword]] in hopes of foiling his plan, ultimately defeating him.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | ||
By the time of the Didact's attack, [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Black Team]] had been assigned to Gamma Halo,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> along with a research attaché. The science team established a camp in one of the Halo's deserts. On July 25, Team Black and the scientists were killed by the Didact and his Promethean machines, who had been flung to the Halo through a slipspace portal aboard ''Mantle's Approach'' during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. Around the same time, [[859 Static Carillon]], the monitor of the [[Composer's Forge]], attempted to contact Gamma Halo's monitor after a service portal between the Halo and the Composer's Forge was reopened. Receiving no response, Static Carillon traveled through the portal to the [[Composer's Abyss]] on Installation 03, where he encountered the Didact. At the Promethean's request, the monitor led him to the portal to the Composer's Forge, on the condition that the Didact would not use the Composers to create more [[Promethean Knight]]s, as Static Carillon considered the constructs "abominations".<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | By the time of the Didact's attack, [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Black Team]] had been assigned to Gamma Halo,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> along with a research attaché. The science team established a camp in one of the Halo's deserts. On July 25, Team Black and the scientists were killed by the Didact and his Promethean machines, who had been flung to the Halo through a slipspace portal aboard ''Mantle's Approach'' during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. Around the same time, [[859 Static Carillon]], the monitor of the [[Composer's Forge]], attempted to contact Gamma Halo's monitor after a service portal between the Halo and the Composer's Forge was reopened. Receiving no response, Static Carillon traveled through the portal to the [[Composer's Abyss]] on Installation 03, where he encountered the Didact. At the Promethean's request, the monitor led him to the portal to the Composer's Forge, on the condition that the Didact would not use the Composers to create more [[Promethean Knight]]s, as Static Carillon considered the constructs "abominations".<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | ||
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[[File:HE Installation 03.jpg|thumb|100px|A section of Installation 03 is ejected toward the [[Composer's Forge]].]] | [[File:HE Installation 03.jpg|thumb|100px|A section of Installation 03 is ejected toward the [[Composer's Forge]].]] | ||
{{Main|Battle of Installation 03}} | {{Main|Battle of Installation 03}} | ||
During these events, [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant forces]] landed in a jungled region of Gamma Halo where they took the artifact known as the [[Conduit]] to a Forerunner structure they termed the [[Altar]] in order to open [[slipspace portal]]s all over Gamma Halo and take control of the ring. One of these portals was opened by way of a mysterious [[unidentified Forerunner machine|machine]] located in the jungle. A large number of UNSC forces, including [[Marine]]s and a [[Spartan]] [[Headhunter]], were sent to the Altar to reacquire the Conduit in tandem with [[unidentified Spartan-IV|a lone Spartan-IV]] who was deployed to the jungle to investigate the machine.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit]]''</ref><ref name="opc">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref><ref name="opd">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref><ref name="ope">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation E: Brother's Keeper]]''</ref> After securing the Conduit, the Spartan Headhunter was redeployed to Earth in hopes of using the Conduit to deter the subsequent [[Promethean]] [[ | During these events, [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant forces]] landed in a jungled region of Gamma Halo where they took the artifact known as the [[Conduit]] to a Forerunner structure they termed the [[Altar]] in order to open [[slipspace portal]]s all over Gamma Halo and take control of the ring. One of these portals was opened by way of a mysterious [[unidentified Forerunner machine|machine]] located in the jungle. A large number of UNSC forces, including [[Marine]]s and a [[Spartan]] [[Headhunter]], were sent to the Altar to reacquire the Conduit in tandem with [[unidentified Spartan-IV|a lone Spartan-IV]] who was deployed to the jungle to investigate the machine.<ref>'''Halo: Spartan Strike''', ''[[Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit]]''</ref><ref name="opc">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation C: Valiant Hammer]]''</ref><ref name="opd">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation D: Adamantine Shield]]''</ref><ref name="ope">'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''', ''[[Operation E: Brother's Keeper]]''</ref> After securing the Conduit, the Spartan Headhunter was redeployed to Earth in hopes of using the Conduit to deter the subsequent [[Promethean]] [[Skirmish in New Phoenix|invasion]] of [[New Phoenix]] with help from ONI scientists and eventually the other Spartan.<ref name="opc" /><ref name="opd" /><ref name="ope" /> | ||
====Relocation==== | ====Relocation==== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|Mission to Installation 03}} | ||
On July 25, 2557, [[Blue Team]] arrived on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with Black Team on [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]]'s orders. Upon discovering the fate of Black Team and the scientists, and destroying some of the Knights responsible for the massacre, they soon came across the Composer's Abyss and the slipspace portal within.<ref name="HE8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> Entering the service portal, Blue Team arrived at the Composer's Forge, where they encountered the Didact, who summoned an army of newly-created Promethean machines to attack them. At the Didact's request, 859 Static Carillon transported Installation 03 through slipspace to orbit over the planet housing the Composer's Forge. However, Static Carillon also turned on the Didact and allied with Blue Team, as he felt betrayed by the Didact because he had broken his promise to the monitor not to produce more Prometheans. The Didact used the portal to return to Gamma Halo, taking one of the Composers with him. Blue Team followed in close pursuit and were confronted by the Didact again at the top of the Composer's Abyss.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} Though the Spartans were nearly killed by the Didact, Static Carillon arrived to the site just in time to save them, incapacitating the Didact and sending him into [[Control Room (Installation 03)|Gamma Halo's control room]] by utilizing the local [[teleportation grid]].<ref name="HE10">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref> | On July 25, 2557, [[Blue Team]] arrived on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with Black Team on [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]]'s orders. Upon discovering the fate of Black Team and the scientists, and destroying some of the Knights responsible for the massacre, they soon came across the Composer's Abyss and the slipspace portal within.<ref name="HE8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> Entering the service portal, Blue Team arrived at the Composer's Forge, where they encountered the Didact, who summoned an army of newly-created Promethean machines to attack them. At the Didact's request, 859 Static Carillon transported Installation 03 through slipspace to orbit over the planet housing the Composer's Forge. However, Static Carillon also turned on the Didact and allied with Blue Team, as he felt betrayed by the Didact because he had broken his promise to the monitor not to produce more Prometheans. The Didact used the portal to return to Gamma Halo, taking one of the Composers with him. Blue Team followed in close pursuit and were confronted by the Didact again at the top of the Composer's Abyss.{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}} Though the Spartans were nearly killed by the Didact, Static Carillon arrived to the site just in time to save them, incapacitating the Didact and sending him into [[Control Room (Installation 03)|Gamma Halo's control room]] by utilizing the local [[teleportation grid]].<ref name="HE10">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:Installation03S.png|The [[Forerunner symbols|symbol]] representing Installation 03. | ||
File:Installation03.jpg|Hologram of Installation 03 seen on Installation 00 in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | File:Installation03.jpg|Hologram of Installation 03 seen on Installation 00 in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | ||
File:Gamma Halo.png|Another view of the hologram of Installation 03 seen on Installation 00 in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | File:Gamma Halo.png|Another view of the hologram of Installation 03 seen on Installation 00 in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | ||
File:H4-GammaHalo-Installation03.jpg|[[John-117]] gazing upon Installation 03 in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:H4-GammaHalo-Installation03.jpg|[[John-117]] gazing upon Installation 03 in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File:H4-GammaHaloInst03-ScanScreen.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | File:H4-GammaHaloInst03-ScanScreen.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | ||
File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg| | File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg|Doavyn, the planet around which Gamma Halo formerly orbited. | ||
File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png|Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo. | File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png|Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo. | ||
File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. | File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. | ||
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File:HSS-MustacheMan.png|A hologram of Installation 03 in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''. | File:HSS-MustacheMan.png|A hologram of Installation 03 in ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''. | ||
File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|A Pelican near Gamma Halo. | File:HSS-Gamma Halo Pelican.png|A Pelican near Gamma Halo. | ||
File:HSS-Infinity-Halo.png|The UNSC ''Infinity'' arrives at Gamma Halo. | |||
File:HSS-Gameplay-Don't Look Down.jpg|A Spartan fighting Prometheans in Gamma Halo's jungles. | File:HSS-Gameplay-Don't Look Down.jpg|A Spartan fighting Prometheans in Gamma Halo's jungles. | ||
File:HSS-Gameplay-Pylons.jpg|A Forerunner structure in the Altar's vicinity. | File:HSS-Gameplay-Pylons.jpg|A Forerunner structure in the Altar's vicinity. | ||
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*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' | *''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' | ||
**''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition|Limited Edition]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition dossiers|Limited Edition dossiers]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||