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{{Quote|The Gravemind tells us something impossible to understand—that most of what has been gathered comes from before there were stars. We do not believe in such a time, but the Mind insists... The life-patterns and living wisdom of a hundred billion years.|[[Forthencho]] to the [[Librarian]] in her final moments on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].{{Ref/Reuse|s322}}}} | {{Quote|The Gravemind tells us something impossible to understand—that most of what has been gathered comes from before there were stars. We do not believe in such a time, but the Mind insists... The life-patterns and living wisdom of a hundred billion years.|[[Forthencho]] to the [[Librarian]] in her final moments on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].{{Ref/Reuse|s322}}}} | ||
The Domain was | The Domain was created by the [[Precursor]]s over 500 million years before the end of the Forerunner civilization,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 208''</ref> as a library of experience and cultural exchange totaling to a hundred billion years' worth of knowledge.<ref name="s322">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> It was stored within the [[Milky Way]] galaxy, sheltered by the Precursors' [[neural physics]]-based architecture. The accessible aspect of the Domain was an immense field generated by this reserve.{{Ref/Reuse|s322}} The Forerunners first accessed the Domain with the aid of [[Abaddon]], a construct the Precursors had ostensibly left behind to guide the Forerunners. Over time, the Forerunner capital world [[Maethrillian]] was built around Abaddon's core and the Precursor intelligence was sealed in the [[Mysterium]], becoming a closely-guarded secret known only to a handful of Forerunners. Tales of Abaddon eventually gave rise to the legend of the "Organon", a fabled Precursor relic connected to the Domain capable of controlling all Precursor artifacts.<ref name="ptk">''[[Halo: Fractures]]'', "Promises to Keep"</ref> | ||
During the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Domain suffered frequent outages, often becoming inaccessible for all Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 258''</ref> This was a result of the [[Halo Array]] being moved across the galaxy, and the resulting buildup of spacetime debt due to the enormous amounts of [[Reconciliation|particle reconciliation]] required to correct the breaches in causality.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/podcast '''Halo Waypoint''': ''343 Sparkast 017'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|prologue}} These difficulties would intensify in the coming years, as the Flood began to access neural physics and with it, the Domain itself.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 208-209''</ref> The Domain also became more reluctant to accept information for storage, and the information within became more confused.{{Ref/Reuse|s182}} By the last year of the conflict, the Domain had become completely inaccessible to Forerunners and ancillas, with Haruspis completely absent from the network.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 241''</ref> | During the final years of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Domain suffered frequent outages, often becoming inaccessible for all Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 258''</ref> This was a result of the [[Halo Array]] being moved across the galaxy, and the resulting buildup of spacetime debt due to the enormous amounts of [[Reconciliation|particle reconciliation]] required to correct the breaches in causality.<ref>[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/podcast '''Halo Waypoint''': ''343 Sparkast 017'']</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|prologue}} These difficulties would intensify in the coming years, as the Flood began to access neural physics and with it, the Domain itself.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 208-209''</ref> The Domain also became more reluctant to accept information for storage, and the information within became more confused.{{Ref/Reuse|s182}} By the last year of the conflict, the Domain had become completely inaccessible to Forerunners and ancillas, with Haruspis completely absent from the network.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 241''</ref> |