Editing Dark time

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{{disambig header|a Forerunner time period|the achievement in Halo 3: ODST|Dark Times}}

The '''dark time''',<ref name="best">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> or '''dark times''',<ref name="Onyx">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 351''</ref><ref name="Solitude">'''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''', ''page 317''</ref> is the translated name for a period after the [[reintroduction]] phase of the [[Conservation Measure]]. It was a time in which some of the species that were reintroduced into their homeworlds by the [[Forerunner]]s became [[extinction|extinct]].{{Ref/Reuse|best}} Within the [[shield world]] [[Onyx]], before the [[Great Purification|activation]] of the [[Halo Array|rings]], the Forerunners had left a [[Holography|holographic]] message warning of the dark times ahead and blessing the [[Reclaimer]]s who may take refuge in this shelter.{{Ref/Reuse|Onyx}} [[000 Tragic Solitude]], the [[monitor]] of [[Installation 00]], chose his name during the dark times when he felt lonely and abandoned by his creators.{{Ref/Reuse|Solitude}}

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