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[[File:Babd_catha_forerunner_complex.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The section of the structure visible within the underground ice caverns.]] | |||
{{quote|Commander, you're wondering what your Spartans died for? They died for this.|[[Catherine Halsey|Doctor Catherine Halsey]]}} | |||
The '''Babd Catha Forerunner complex''' was an ancient [[Forerunner]] ship<ref name="ship">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HaloReach#5573898160705691906 '''Picasa Web Albums''': Paul Russel > Halo: Reach]</ref> embedded within the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]]. Positioned at a tilted angle, the ship was massive and appeared to be roughly disk-shaped; as most of it was buried by a glacier, its true size is unknown. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath [[SWORD Base]], as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the complex houses a holographic Forerunner data terminal of some kind.<ref name="HR">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Breakpoint]]''</ref> | |||
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== | ==History== | ||
= | The complex was home to one of Dr. [[Catherine Halsey's]] labs and had evidently been under excavation by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] for some time.<ref name="HR"/> By summer 2552, ONI had marked a number of artifact sites that seemed to form a trail leading from [[CASTLE Base]], the site of the [[Menachite Forerunner complex]], to the immediate region of SWORD Base, suggesting that the ship was outbound along this trajectory when it crashed.<ref>[[:File:Reach map.png|Halsey's map of Reach]]</ref> | ||
According to Dr. Halsey, the complex held secrets that could turn the tide of the [[Human-Covenant War]] — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the invention of the conical bullet and the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. However, when the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] began attacking the facility on [[2552#August|August 29, 2552]], the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider turrets]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]] [[NOBLE Team]] was able to hold off the Covenant for long enough until Halsey could finish the decryption. The complex, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.<ref name="HR"/> | |||
Exactly what data Halsey discovered within the complex was never revealed, but the data apparently contributed to the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''Epilogue'' (''"And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets..."'')</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*[[Paul Russel]], an environment artist at Bungie, skinned and built the complex, which he referred to as a "Forerunner ship".<ref name="ship"/> | |||
= | *In a commentary video for the multiplayer map ''[[Breakpoint]]'', one of the map's designers presented the idea that the reason for the structure's tilted angle and unusual placement was a result of an accident with [[Slipspace translocation|teleportation]]. However, he was quick to denounce the canonicity of the idea.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-Qncg6kV8&feature=player_embedded '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Reach - Quick Look Breakpoint'']</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:BabdCathaConcept.jpg|Concept art of the ONI excavation site. | ||
File:Reach_Bbd_cth_ONI_lab.jpg|The main ONI research facility near the | File:Reach_Bbd_cth_ONI_lab.jpg|The main ONI research facility near the complex. | ||
File:DrHalseysLabOuterView.jpg|Halsey's lab, overlooking the core of the | File:DrHalseysLabOuterView.jpg|Halsey's lab, overlooking the "core" of the facility. | ||
File:Breakpoint.jpeg|Another section of the | File:Breakpoint.jpeg|Another section of the complex, under investigation by ONI. | ||
File:Forerunner Star.jpg|A panorama of the tilted | File:Forerunner Star.jpg|A panorama of the tilted structure seen on the map [[Breakpoint]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Reach locations]] | [[Category:Reach locations]] | ||
[[Category:Forerunner | [[Category:Forerunner Artifacts]] |