Editing Bastion

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{{Quote|"We have fully emerged into Bastion’s atmosphere. Aya. I am dumbstruck. I know what I behold even though it seems impossible. Of all the designs and models and world inspirations the Librarian could have selected… and she chose Earth as her template.|[[343 Guilty Spark|Spark]] to [[Rion Forge]]}}

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Driven by her own ''[[geas]]'' from the [[Precursors]] to fix the path and set right what the Forerunners did wrong, the [[Librarian]] located the specimens left behind by two deceased Precursors while in Path Kethona searching out the origins of the [[Flood]]. Returning home with the specimens, the Librarian kept her discovery out of her report to the Ecumene Council and enlisted the help of the crew of the ''[[Audacity]]'' to transform a small [[shield world]] in its construction phase into Bastion and make it what it needed to be to nurture this eventual new species. The Librarian had the starship ''[[Eden (spaceship)|Eden]]'' built to carry the Precursor seeds and blooms to a world outside of the Milky Way galaxy that is ideal for planting and growth and where they can't be reached by the Flood. There, in some distant future, life on the planet will emerge and grow sentient, following the complete genetic code of the Precursors and rebirthing the race. However, they will be utterly free of genetic memory and will be able to build a new civilization with a clean slate. Bastion became the Librarian's secret laboratory away from the Ecumene Council and their rules and regulations containing the Librarian's most dangerous research and experiments. This included studies and experimentation on [[ancient humanity]], the Forerunners and the Precursors, ingenious observation and trials, studies with [[Living Time]], working [[Composer]]s, [[Cryptum]]s and other endless mysteries.<ref name="POL">'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'''</ref>

In the final days of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Keeper-of-Tools]], [[Birth-to-Light]], [[Dawn-over-Fields]] and [[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] are sent to be the caretakers of Bastion, but the Flood's advancement through Forerunner space changed things. The four Forerunners are waylaid time after time, cast into one battle after another and constantly evading capture. Knowing that their work on Bastion was too dangerous to fall into Flood hands, the four upload their essences into the [[Domain]] until the war is over and the way to Bastion can be achieved in secrecy and safety.  

However, the firing of the [[Halo Array]] nearly destroys the Domain, trapping and separating the four and possibly destroying the imprints of Birth, Dawn and Clearance.<ref name="POL294">'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]''', ''pages 294''</ref>

On [[2557#September|September 1, 2557]], [[343 Guilty Spark|Spark]] meets with a personality imprint of the Librarian [[Kilimanjaro Forerunner complex|a Forerunner complex]] beneath [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] Spark suggests that after humanity is given the tools to achieve the [[Mantle of Responsibility]], there will be "Bastion," he could tell that the Librarian did not believe that she would ever make it there or to anywhere else where she would find rest and peace at last. With Spark choosing to remain with his friends with the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'', the Librarian offered him a small etched box that she called a key with which he was to "find what's missing. Fix the path. Right what my kind has turned wrong."<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''chapter 48''</ref>

Following [[Cortana]] accessing the Domain on [[Genesis]], Keeper emerged from the Domain on the planet and left audio logs scattered across Genesis as he attempted to find his way to Bastion.<ref name="Intel Reunion">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Reunion]]'' - [[Mission Intel]]</ref> Keeper determined that Bastion had been moved from its original location at some point even after slipspace had been destabilized by the deployment of the [[Halo Array]], though Keeper believed such an act would require a nearly impossible act of [[Slipspace#Reconciliation|causal reconciliation]].<ref name="Intel Reunion"/> Bastion was important enough that Keeper was willing to lose corporeal existence and resort to existing within a [[durance]] and connecting to the [[Domain]] to reach it, but was unable to find it due to it being moved, and instead became trapped on Genesis.<ref name="Intel Breaking">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[The Breaking]]'' - [[Mission Intel]]</ref>  In [[2558|late 2558]], the Builder accessed the Domain while [[Cortana]] and the [[Warden Eternal]] were distracted, and managed to finally confirm Bastion still existed.<ref name="Intel ">'''Halo 5: Guardians''', campaign level, ''[[Genesis (level)|Genesis]]'' - [[Mission Intel]]</ref> Keeper subsequently surmised that Bastion's safety measure had been activated at some point in the past, leading to it being moved.<ref>'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]''', ''page 294''</ref>

At the same time, Spark and [[Rion Forge]] managed to locate Bastion in the [[Orion complex]] after passing a test given by the [[Precept]]. Their arrival momentarily opened Bastion's shields and transmitted a signal that Keeper was able to lock onto and use to transport himself into a [[monitor]] body on Bastion which was taken care of by monitors made out of indirect imprints of Birth, Dawn and Clearance whose real imprints may have been lost when the Domain was nearly destroyed by the firing of the [[Halo Array]]. With the danger of the [[Guardian]]s chasing him to Bastion, Keeper decides to send the shield world into a [[slipspace portal]] to parts unknown, but he first enlists Rion and Spark's help to launch ''Eden'' to complete the Librarian's mission of ensuring the rebirth of the Precursors. Spark decides to remain behind on Bastion to act as its caretaker while Rion departs in the ''[[Ace of Spades]]''. Bastion makes it through the portal without being followed and Spark initiates another jump to ensure that the shield world is far from any Guardian's reach while he begins going through the data left behind by the Librarian.<ref name="POL" />

*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{mo}}

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