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The '''Babd Catha Forerunner Complex''' was an ancient [[Forerunner]] complex on the planet [[Reach]]. It was located underneath [[Sword Base]] on the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]]. It was the home to one of [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey's]] labs, and had evidently been under excavation by the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] for some time.<ref name="HR">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref>
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{{quote|Commander, you've been wondering what your Spartans died for? They died for this.|Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] to [[Carter-A259]]}}
A '''[[Forerunner starship|ship]]''' of [[Forerunner]] design was embedded within the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]] ''circa'' [[97,445 BCE]], with debris from its crash spread out across the [[Eposz]] region.{{Ref/Site|Id=bulletin|D=10|M=10|Y=2014|URL=https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-4-16-14|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14}} Positioned at a tilted angle, the vessel appeared to be roughly disk-shaped, though its true size was concealed by the glacier in which it was embedded. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath [[SWORD Base]], as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the ship housed a [[holography|holographic]] data terminal.{{Ref/Level|Id=HR|HR|The Package}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Breakpoint}}


==Overview==
According to [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine 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, the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Automated Defense System|Wolf Spider turrets]], [[Noble Team]] was able to hold off the Covenant for long enough until Halsey could finish the decryption.<ref name="HR"/>
===Design details===
The ship used a crystal resonance based [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] [[Slipspace drive|drive]].{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}


==Operational history==
==Trivia==
The ice cavern housing most of the vessel 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/Reuse|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 portal 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>
*The Babd Catha complex marks the second large Forerunner complex on the planet Reach, perhaps suggesting that Reach was somehow important to the Forerunners.
 
According to Dr. Halsey, the ship held secrets that could turn the tide of the [[Human-Covenant War]] — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the inventions of the conical bullet and the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. However, when the [[Covenant]] began attacking the facility on [[2552#August|August 29, 2552]], the decryption was only partially complete. Using [[M8 Wolf Spider|Wolf Spider turrets]], the [[Spartan-III]]s of [[NOBLE Team]] were able to hold off the Covenant long enough for Halsey to finish the decryption. The ship, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.{{Ref/Reuse|HR}}
 
Through Cortana, Dr. Halsey was able to retrieve navigation data from the Forerunner ship; this data contributed to the discovery of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]].{{Ref/Level|HR|Lone Wolf|Quote=And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets...}}{{Ref/Book|HM|Page=89 & 95}} After the Human-Covenant War, the [[Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians)#Visors|Starfire]] [[Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance|VISR]] was developed to decrypt the data extracted from the ship, but it would take decades before even a fraction of the site's archived secrets were decrypted.{{Ref/Game|H5G|Armor customization (Halo 5: Guardians)|Armory|Detail=Starfire VISR description}}
 
==Production notes==
The ship was designed by [[Bungie]] environment artist [[Paul Russel]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HaloReach#5573898160705691906|Site=Picasa Web Albums|Page=Paul Russel > Halo: Reach}} In a commentary video for the multiplayer map [[Breakpoint]], level designer Jason Cam 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/YouTube|OC-Qncg6kV8|Bungie|Halo: Reach - Quick Look Breakpoint|Time=234|D=01|M=6|Y=2020}}
 
==Gallery==
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File:HR_ONIExcavation_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the ONI excavation site
File:Reach_Bbd_cth_ONI_lab.jpg|The main ONI research facility near the derelict ship
File:DrHalseysLabOuterView.jpg|Halsey's lab, overlooking the core of the vessel.
File:Breakpoint.jpeg|Another section of the wreck, under investigation by ONI
File:Forerunner Star.jpg|A panorama of the tilted vessel seen on the multiplayer map "[[Breakpoint]]".
File:Forerunner Spaceship eld.png|Eld on one of the "fins" of the vessel
File:Forerunner Slipspace Drive.jpg|Slipspace drive of the ship.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
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