Editing Control Room (Installation 09)

{{Status|Canon}}
[[File:HW2 Installation09 ControlRoom Render.jpg|300px|thumb|A render of Installation 09's control room.]]
The '''Control Room''' is the site that controls all of the operations of the [[Halo Array]]'s [[Installation 09]].{{Ref/Level|Id=LS|HW2|Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand}}

==Overview==
[[File:HW2 Last Stand.png|thumb|250px|Ellen Anders entering the Control Room.]]
===Design details===
The Control Room of Installation 09 displays a remarkably different exterior design to those of the other Halo installations. Rather than a pyramidal structure built into a cliff (as seen on [[Installation 04]] and [[Installation 08]], or a large spherical structure built atop an island like that of [[Installation 05]], the structure bears more resemblance to the free-floating architecture of [[Requiem]] or [[Genesis]]. The initial structure consists of an abstract geometric spike with an entrance portal leading to a circular control platform; once accessed, various aspects of the building begin to float and the control platform is raised into the air while a large [[Energy shielding|energy shield]] is projected around the building.{{Ref/Reuse|LS}}

The Control Room's placement on Installation 09 is similarly-aberrant. Unlike the arctic landscapes or oceanic climate of the previously-discussed Control Rooms, Installation 09's Control Room is placed on open ground, amid a vast landscape of rolling hills and trees. The overall Forerunner complex is surrounded by a near-impenetrable energy shield, which requires a [[Retriever Sentinel]] to deactivate.{{Ref/Level|Id=TheHalo|HW2|The Halo}}

==History==
The Control Room, as with Installation 09 as a whole, was constructed by [[Installation 00|the Ark]] following the devastating [[Battle of Installation 00|final battle]] of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552#December|December 2552]]. The ring was constructed as a replacement for the original Alpha Halo [[Installation 04]], which was itself replaced by [[Installation 08]]. In the Battle of the Ark, Installation 08 was fired in an attempt to destroy the Ark, leading to the surviving installation constructing a second replacement for the original Installation 04.

{{Main|Battle of Installation 09}}
By [[2559]], the ring had been completed and was sitting ready within the Ark's [[Foundry (location)|foundry]] - having yet to be released into the [[Soell system]] due to lacking clear directives from the Ark. When the [[Second Ark Conflict]] erupted between the [[Banished]] and the forces of {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in that year, Installation 09 became a key target for both sides of the conflict. With both sides lacking a [[Slipstream space|slipspace]]-capable starship to take them back to the [[Milky Way]] for help, the emergence of the ring was seen as an ideal tool to use to seek aid. In April of 2559, forces from both sides landed on the ring, with the UNSC forces establishing [[Alpha Base (Installation 09)|Alpha]] and [[Bravo base|Bravo Bases]] near the Control Room as they sought to ward off the Banished from taking control of the ring. Due to the Halo's release from the Ark's foundry, heightened security protocols were in place leading to a [[Retriever Sentinel]] patrolling the region around the Control Room to defend it from intrusion. Both forces fought to control three [[Control Tower]]s, which ultimately allowed [[Ellen Anders]] to gain control of the Retriever and open up the Control Room for UNSC access.{{Ref/Reuse|TheHalo}}

Lacking time to establish a full [[firebase]] at the Control Room, ''Spirit of Fire'' deployed a mass of forces to the Control Room directly to defend it while Anders gained control of the ring. The UNSC deployment was able to successfully fend off a massive sustained attack by the Banished, resulting in Anders ejecting Banished-occupied portions of the ring into space - before the ring was deployed back into the Milky Way galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|LS}}

==In-game information==
===''Halo Wars 2''===
The Control Room appears in [[Last Stand (Halo Wars 2 level)|Last Stand]], the final level of ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. During the level, the player must defend the Control Room from an onslaught of Banished forces for 20 minutes.

====Phoenix Logs====
{| class="wikitable": style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; width: 45%"
|+ '''[[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] - Control Room'''
|-
|{{:Phoenix Logs/The Ark/The Control Room}}
|}

==Production notes==
[[File:HW2-Anders-02.jpg|thumb|250px|The Control Room's interior.]]
The control room of Installation 09 is inconsistently depicted in ''Halo Wars 2''{{'}}s gameplay and cutscenes. This is due to the development of the game; the structure as depicted in the level Hold the Line was designed from the ground-up for ''Halo Wars 2''{{'}}s gameplay by [[Creative Assembly]], while that featured in the final cutscene is the model created by [[Blur Studio]] for the CGI cutscenes. The Blur Studio model was previously developed to represent the Delta Halo control room in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''{{'}}s cutscenes, and was one of a number of assets reused for ''Halo Wars 2''; albeit with the lighting toned down. 

In the [[2022]] edition of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]'', Installation 09 is noted as ''extremely similar to Alpha Halo'' as with Installation 08 before it, indicating that these visual differences may be the result of gameplay/development needs, with the actual canon of the installation resembling one of the more classic designs.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=357}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HW2 ControlRoom Concept 1.jpg|Concept art for the control room.
File:HW2 ControlRoom Concept 2.jpg|Concept art for the control room.
File:HW2 PhoenixLog The Control Room Unused.png|An unused piece of [[Phoenix Logs|Phoenix Log]] artwork for the control room, left unused in the ''Halo Wars 2'' game files.
File:HW2 Installation09 ControlRoom Screenshot 1.jpg|The control room on the level Hold the Line.
File:HW2 Installation09 ControlRoom Screenshot 2.jpg|The control room on the level Hold the Line.
</gallery>

==Sources==
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[[Category:Forerunner buildings]]
[[Category:Installation 09 locations]]