Editing 049 Abject Testament

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|began=Before or during [[97,445 BCE]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}<ref name="CF9">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Cannon Fodder #9 - Array With Words'']</ref>

|gender=Male{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}

|color=Orange illuminations with silver casing{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}

|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}

|function=[[Monitor]] of [[Installation 03]]{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}

{{Quote|We deserve to be forgotten.|Abject Testament responds to [[343 Guilty Spark]]'s concerns about the loss of Forerunner historical data.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}

'''03-049 Abject Testament''' was a [[Forerunner]]-created [[ancilla]] designated as the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 03]].{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}} The nomenclature describing him denotes his position as it relates to the third ring and his name was meant to represent both an omen and an epitaph for Forerunner civilization.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}} Tens of thousands of years prior to Installation 03's discovery by [[human]]s in the twenty-sixth century, Testament stopped directing the functions of the ring.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint049AbjectTestament}}

Near the very end of the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Forerunner-Flood War|war]] against the [[Flood]], 049 Abject Testament was commissioned alongside six others in order to oversee the [[Halo Array|Neoteric Halo Array]], with Installation 03 in particular being placed in his charge.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}} Right before the Halo rings were dispersed from [[Installation 00]] in its place beyond the rim of the [[Milky Way]], all seven monitors convened aboard a vessel known as the Lifeworkers' crèche.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}} There, they were certified as being fit for their duties, the first of which would be the preparation of [[activation index]]es, distributed to each, for each installation.{{Ref/Reuse|HS36}}{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}} The [[IsoDidact]] and a handful of Lifeworkers gathered with Abject Testament and the six others within the ship's command center before the final dispersement of the Array.<ref name="HS36">''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', ''String 36''</ref> The monitor of [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]] commented to Abject Testament on the current inability to access the [[Domain]] and the potential loss of Forerunner history. At this, Abject Testament simply remarked "We deserve to be forgotten".{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}} Thereafter, Testament was relocated to [[Installation 03]] within the galaxy's [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]].<ref name="WF12">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', ''page 12''</ref>

Following the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the Array, Testament eventually ceased directing Installation 03's functions.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint049AbjectTestament}} By the time twenty-sixth century [[humans]] discovered the ring in the [[Khaphrae system]], 86,198 reports had been filed by the Halo's sub-monitors detailing the poor state of quarantine controls and lack of action on outstanding maintenance and research requests. These reports dated back at least twenty thousand years. Some researchers have linked his dissappearance with the impact event on [[Doavyn]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=370}}

On [[2557#July|July 25, 2557]], the monitor of the [[Builder]] world [[Clinquant]], [[859 Static Carillon]], noticed a service [[portal]] between his installation and [[Gamma Halo]] had been reactivated.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint049AbjectTestament}}<ref name="HE9">''[[Halo: Escalation]]'', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> Carillon made several attempts to contact Abject Testament about the reactivation but received no responses.<ref name="Waypoint049AbjectTestament">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/characters/049-abject-testament '''Halo Waypoint''': ''049 Abject Testament'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|HE9}}

 

==Production notes==

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File:InstallationMonitors.jpg|All seven monitors convene aboard the Lifeworkers' crèche.{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}

File:HCEA Terminal Monitors.png|049 Abject Testament and 343 Guilty Spark converse.{{Ref/Reuse|HCEAT2}}

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