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| [[File:H2A Lockdown-1.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Lockdown]] research facility]] | | [[Image:Lockout.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The Lockout Flood Research Facility]] |
| '''Flood research facilities''' are locations scattered throughout [[milky Way|the galaxy]] where the [[Forerunner]]s attempted to find a cure or a solution to destroy the [[Flood]]. | | '''Flood Research Facilities''' are locations scattered throughout the galaxy where the [[Forerunners]] attempted to find a cure or a solution to destroy the [[Flood]]. |
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| == Background == | | == Background == |
| There are various types and sizes of Flood research facilities. In accordance with the safety protocols of the [[Conservation Measure]], these research centers were almost invariably built in remote locales.<ref>'''Halo 2: Anniversary''', multiplayer map ''[[Lockdown]]'' description</ref> [[Containment Protocol]]s were another integral part of the security in Flood research facilities.
| | The [[Forerunners]] created these facilities to conduct research on [[The Flood]]. These facilities include the [[multiplayer]] map [[Lockout]], the [[Gas Mine]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, and the largest one (inadvertently), [[The Library]]. |
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| Many Flood research facilities were built on the [[Halo Array|Halo installations]], including the [[Library]] structures, the [[Cold Storage]] facility below [[Installation 05]]'s surface, and the [[Lockout]] facility, suspended in a mountainside. One facility was built in a [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] in [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Arbiter]]''</ref> [[Installation 00]] is known to possess [[Isolation|at least one]] Flood research facility.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level, ''[[Isolation]]''</ref> [[Installation 07]] was home to numerous Flood research centers. These facilities were originally operated by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s forces and the [[Lifeworker]]s under their charge, until the [[Primordial]] and [[Mendicant Bias]] took control of operations on the Halo. To the [[Tudejsa|human population]] transplanted on the ring, these facilities were known as [[Palace of Pain|"Palaces of Pain"]] due to the brutal experiments committed within.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 358''</ref>
| | These facilities are viewable only in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and [[Halo 2]], due to the fact that [[Halo 3]] is played on [[Installation 00]], one of the few [[Forerunner]] [[Installations]] not sporting a [[Flood]] Research Facility, due to security reasons. |
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| Some facilities have their own [[Monitor]]s and unique types of [[Sentinel]]s, such as [[Line Installation 1-4]], a sprawling underground complex on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|unidentified moon]].<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> Installation 05's Cold Storage facility also had its own type of [[Unidentified ancilla (Installation 05)|caretaker AI]], suspended to a ceiling.<ref>'''Halo 3''', multiplayer level, ''[[Cold Storage]]''</ref>
| | Unfortunately, the research facilities were unable to find a solution, other than finding that the [[Flood]] was susceptible to starvation. Thus, the [[Forerunners]] had to fire the [[Halo Array]] in order to eradicate the [[Flood]] threat. |
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| It can be assumed that other research facilities are still scattered throughout the galaxy, alone or on the interior of other Halo rings. Unfortunately, the research facilities were unable to find a solution, other than finding that the Flood was susceptible to starvation. Thus, the Forerunners had to fire the Halo Array in order to eradicate the Flood threat. Now, these facilities have either been destroyed, or are uninhabited by sentient life. Installation 05 experienced a breach in its Flood research facilities around 97,000 years before the [[Battle of Installation 05]], releasing the Flood in certain areas on the ring.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13931 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update: 5/30/08'']</ref>
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| | Now, these facilities have either been destroyed, or are now uninhabited. |
| == Locations == | | == Locations == |
| *[[Installation 00]]
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| **[[Isolation]]
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| *[[Installation 04]] | | *[[Installation 04]] |
| **[[Library]]
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| *[[Installation 05]] | | *[[Installation 05]] |
| **[[Cold Storage]]
| | *[[Gas Mine]] |
| **[[Lockout]]
| | == Trivia == |
| *[[Threshold]]
| | *It is hypothesized that [[Installation 05]] experienced a Flood Containment Breach due to the [[Lockout]] Containment Facility, where a partially opened containment door can be observed. |
| **[[Threshold gas mine|Gas mine]]
| | *It can also be assumed that other research facilities are still scattered throughout the universe, alone or in the other [[Halo Rings]]. |
| *[[Unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|Unidentified moon]]
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| **[[Line Installation 1-4]]
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| *[[Installation 07]]
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| **[[Palace of Pain]]
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| ==Gallery== | |
| <gallery>
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| File:H2 Lockout.jpg|The Lockout Flood research facility
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| File:Coldstorage1 inline.jpg|A breach in the Cold Storage facility
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| File:Line Installation 1-4.png|Line Installation 1-4 is another example of a Flood research facility
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| File:H2A Lockdown-3.jpg|Flood forms in stasis pods within a research facility
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| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]'' | |
| *''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
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| *''[[Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Forerunner|array}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner installations]] | |
