Editing 859 Static Carillon

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{{Quote|[[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]] can burn, and while I will sigh at the loss, I will not care. What I do care about is that [[Ur-Didact|he]] broke our compact. He brought his [[Promethean|abominations]] here. He violated the sanctity of [[Composer's Forge|my home]].|859 Static Carillon to [[Blue Team]]<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref>}}

'''859 Static Carillon''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[monitor]] acting as keeper of the [[Composer]]s and tasked with maintaining the [[Composer's Forge]].<ref name="HE9"/>

859 Static Carillon was created several centuries after the [[human-Forerunner wars]], prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]]. Static Carillon was charged as the keeper of the [[Composer]]s and monitor of the [[Composer's Forge]].<ref name="HE9"/>

By [[2557|July 25, 2557]], Static Carillon had sent numerous messages to [[Installation 03]]'s monitor [[049 Abject Testament]], who remained unresponsive. This caused 859 to travel to Installation 03 through a [[slipspace portal|service portal]] to investigate. Upon arriving at the [[Composer's Abyss]] on Installation 03, the monitor was surprised to learn that the installation's [[Composer]] was missing. Upon noticing several [[Promethean]] constructs, Carillon came into contact with the [[Ur-Didact]]. The Didact recognized Static Carillon as the "keeper of the Composers" and had Static Carillon show him the entrance to the Composer's Forge. Upon their arrival 859 had the Didact agree not to manufacture more [[Promethean Knight]]s if 859 brought Gamma Halo to the Composer's Forge.<ref name="HE9"/> When [[Blue Team]] entered the world from the service portal, the monitor solemnly revealed the Didact that the Spartans were entering. However, the Didact told him that he looked forward to welcoming the Spartans to his world.<ref name="HE8">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref>

However, the Didact soon broke the agreement between him and the monitor, creating more Knights from the human essences composed in [[New Phoenix]]. He intended to send them to [[Requiem]] to retake the [[shield world]]. The next day, Static Carillon was horrified to learn that the Didact had broken his part of the agreement. However, the Didact grabbed the monitor's shell and angrily reminded him that he had not yet held up his part of the bargain. 859 then managed to bring Installation 03 through slipspace to the sky of the world. When he informed [[Blue Team]] of the Didact's plan, [[John-117]] decided they had to get to the Halo before the Didact. 859 decided to help them, not because he cared for humans but simply because the Didact broke his agreement. 859 helped Blue Team make their way to the portal and held off the Knights while they went through the portal, promising to look for a way to close it.<ref name="HE9"/>

After preventing the Promethean forces from entering the portal, Static Carillon followed Blue Team to Installation 03 where he found that the Didact was already preparing to finish off the Spartans. The monitor disabled the Didact by shooting him in the back with his energy beam and used an emergency [[teleportation]] measure to transport the Promethean commander into the [[Control Room (Installation 03)|Halo's control room]]; according to the monitor, this was the only option to prevent the Didact from slaughtering the Spartans. After he and Blue Team recovered and discovered the Halo's [[Activation Index]] that the Didact had discarded when the monitor ambushed him, John-117 suggested that they fire the Halo to destroy the Didact. However, Static Carillon reminded him of the galactic-scale damage the pulse would cause, instead suggesting that the Master Chief use the Index to disable a set of safeties and thus allowing the monitor to scuttle the segment of the ring housing the control room and crash it into the Composer's Forge.<ref name="HE10">'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref>

The monitor teleported John into the control room and detached the section of the Halo immediately after the Master Chief had deactivated the safeties. Static Carillon had to take some time to stabilize the ring in order to prevent it from breaking apart due to the missing segment; however, he managed to teleport John out of the control room in time before the ensuing blast overwhelmed the control center and seemingly cremated the Ur-Didact. The monitor and John materialized aboard Blue Team's [[Longsword]] fighter in orbit over the Composer's Forge. Static Carillon thanked the [[Reclaimer]] for giving him a newfound purpose after millennia of overseeing a dead installation. He decided to take Gamma Halo for safekeeping and repairs in a location he did not disclose to the Spartans.<ref name="HE10"/>

''Static'' is an adjective that refers to an object lacking in movement, action, or change.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/static '''Dictionary.com''': ''Static'']</ref> ''Carillon'' is a set of musical bells that are generally played by an automatic mechanism or by machinery.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carillon '''Dictionary.com''': ''Carillon'']</ref>

File:Escalation - 859 Static Carillon.png|859 Static Carillon

File:BrutalDidact.png|Static Carillon encounters the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]

File:Escalation - Static and John.png|[[John-117|John]] and Static Carillon conversing

File:HE Carillon charging.jpg|Static Carillon preparing to fire his energy beam

File:Escalation - 859 Static Carillon Laser.png|Static Carillon destroys a [[Promethean Knight]] while defending Blue Team

File:Escalation - Static and Blue Team.jpg|Static Carillon and John make it back to the rest of Blue Team

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