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| |name=''Halo: Primordium'' | | |name='''Halo: Primordium''' |
| |variant=Forerunner
| | |image=HPrimordium - Cover.jpeg |
| |image=[[File:HPrimordium - Cover.jpeg|300px]] | | |imageSize=200px |
| |author=[[Greg Bear]] | | |Author=[[Greg Bear]] |
| |cover artist=[[Nicolas Bouvier]] | | |Publisher=[[Tor Books]] |
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| | |Date Released=[[2012|January 3, 2012]] |
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| | |Length=384 pages |
| |audio=[[Tim Dadabo]]
| | |US Price=$17.15 (hardcover) |
| |publisher=[[Tor Books]] (2012)<br>[[Simon & Schuster]] (2019)
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| |publication=[[2012|January 3, 2012]] (original)<br>March 26, 2019 (2019 edition) | | |UK Price=£12.66 |
| |media=Print (Hardcover), Audiobook | | |ISBN-10=0765323974 |
| |length=384 pages (original)<br>400 pages (2019 edition) | | |ISBN-13=978-0765323972 |
| |ISBN=[[Special:BookSources/0765323974|0765323974]], [[Special:BookSources/978-0765323972|978-0765323972]], [[Special:BookSources/978-1982111779|978-1982111779]] | | |Amazon=http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Primordium-Greg-Bear/dp/0765323974/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312446317&sr=1-1 |
| |series=[[The Forerunner Saga]] | | |Availability=hardcover, audiobook |
| |preceded=''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' | | |ISBN= |
| |followed=''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | | |ISBN= |
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| | {{Article Quote|What am I, really?<br>A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.<br>Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the [[Intergalactic space|spaces between galaxies]]—a greater reach than any human before me.<br>You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the true [[Reclaimer]]s, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I’ll be able to finish the story.<br>Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called [[Earth]], my name was [[Chakas]]...<ref name="tor">[http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/12/halo-primordium-excerpt '''Tor.com''': ''Halo: Primordium (Excerpt)'']</ref>}} |
| | '''''Halo: Primordium''''' is the second [[Halo novels|novel]] in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' by [[Greg Bear]] and is the sequel to ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''. It was released on [[2012|January 3, 2012]], with an audio edition released simultaneously.<ref name="Tor">[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/07/tor-books-reveals-second-halo-novel-by-greg-bear '''Tor.com''' - ''Tor Books Reveals Second Halo Novel by Greg Bear'']</ref><ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/tor-books-reveals-title-cover-art-and-release-date-of-second-halo-novel-by-greg-bear/113219 '''Halo Waypoint''' - Tor Books Reveals Title, Cover Art, and Release Date of Second Halo Novel by Greg Bear]''</ref> |
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| '''''Halo: Primordium''''' is the second [[Halo novels|novel]] in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'' by [[Greg Bear]] and is the sequel to ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''. It was released on [[2012|January 3, 2012]], with an audio edition released simultaneously.<ref name="Tor">[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/07/tor-books-reveals-second-halo-novel-by-greg-bear '''Tor.com''' - ''Tor Books Reveals Second Halo Novel by Greg Bear'']</ref><ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/tor-books-reveals-title-cover-art-and-release-date-of-second-halo-novel-by-greg-bear/113219 '''Halo Waypoint''' - Tor Books Reveals Title, Cover Art, and Release Date of Second Halo Novel by Greg Bear]''</ref> The sequel to the novel, ''[[Halo: Silentium]]'', was released on [[2013|March 19, 2013]].<ref name="Greg Bear Forum 532012">[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/10/release-date-for-halo-silentium-updated '''Tor.com''': ''Release Date for Halo: Silentium Updated'']</ref>
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| | {{Quote|I’m having great fun working through the action and growing mysteries in ''Halo: Primordium'', as humans engage in an epic odyssey across a damaged, war-torn [[Halo Array|Halo]], facing [[the Flood]], rogue [[Artificial intelligence|AIs]], and the stunning testament of the [[The Timeless One|last Precursor]]...|Greg Bear<ref name="Tor"/>}} |
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| Similar to ''Halo: Cryptum'', the story is told as a first-person narrative, from the perspective of [[Chakas]], one of the two humans who accompanied [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] during the events of ''Cryptum''. The novel is set primarily on [[Installation 07]], a [[Halo Array|Halo ring]] under control of the [[Rampancy|rampant]] [[Mendicant Bias]].<ref name="SDCC">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDQN7nwZlw&feature=related '''YouTube''': SDCC 2011: Halo Universe Panel Part 1]</ref> After crash-landing on the ring during Mendicant Bias' [[Battle of the Capital|assault on the Capital]], Chakas is joined by two local humans, [[Vinnevra]] and [[Gamelpar]], in an odyssey to find his companion [[Riser]]. As they attempt to survive on the war-torn Halo, they face several obstacles, including the ancient being known as the [[Primordial]], the [[Flood]], and Mendicant Bias.<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Primordium-Greg-Bear/dp/0765323974/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311822205&sr=1-3 '''Amazon.com''': ''Halo: Primordium product description'']</ref>
| | Set primarily on [[Installation 07]], the "rogue" [[Halo Array|Halo ring]] used by [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] during the events of ''Halo: Cryptum'',<ref name="SDCC">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDQN7nwZlw&feature=related '''YouTube''': SDCC 2011: Halo Universe Panel Part 1]</ref> the novel follows the journey of several [[human]]s, including [[Chakas]] and [[Morning Riser]], former companions of [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]]. After crash-landing on the Halo ring during Mendicant Bias' [[Battle of the capital|assault on the capital]], Chakas is discovered by a local [[Tudejsa|community of humans]], who have been transplanted there by the [[Faber|Master Builder]]'s researchers in order to conduct research on them.<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Primordium-Greg-Bear/dp/0765323974/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311822205&sr=1-3 '''Amazon.com''': ''Halo: Primordium product description'']</ref> |
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| Like the rest of ''The Forerunner Saga'', the novel's story has resonant connections to ''[[Halo 4]]'', among them the introduction of the [[Composer]].{{Ref/Reuse|SDCC}} ''Primordium''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s framing narrative of [[343 Guilty Spark]], the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} and Spark's search for the [[Librarian]] is picked up in the [[2019]] novel ''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' taking place three years later.
| | Chakas, accompanied by the local humans [[Vinnevra]] and [[Gamelpar]], begins his search for his friend Riser. As they make their way across the embattled Halo installation, they face the Flood and rogue AI constructs on the way, while the [[Precursor]]s' ancient plan of vengeance against the [[Forerunner]]s is revealed.<ref name="waypoint"/> During their journey, they find their way into the [[Palace of Pain]], the lair of the ancient entity known as [[the Timeless One]], which has unleashed [[the Flood]] on the Master Builder's researchers on the installation.<ref name="amazon"/> Mendicant Bias also plays a major role in the story.<ref>[http://www.gregbear.com/blog/display.cfm?id=5594 '''Greg Bear - Discussion Board''' - ''Halo Cryptum question'']</ref> |
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| | [[Frank O'Connor]] has mentioned that the story is "closer to the ground" than that of ''Cryptum'',<ref name="waypoint"/> and that it will have "resonant connections" to ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref name="SDCC"/> Greg Bear has hinted at a connection between [[John-117]] and one of the novel's human characters and has confirmed that the novel will explore the Precursors' plan. He has also hinted that the novel may cover events that occurred up to three million years before the events of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', though he referred to the entire ''Saga'', not necessarily ''Primordium''.<ref name="SDCC"/> |
| {{Article quote|What am I, really? A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends. Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies — a greater reach than any human before me. You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the true Reclaimers, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I’ll be able to finish the story. Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas…<ref name="tor">[http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/12/halo-primordium-excerpt '''Tor.com''': ''Halo: Primordium (Excerpt)'']</ref>}}
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| | The book begins with an ONI team finding a damaged version of [[343 Guilty Spark]]. The ONI team wants to know what Guilty Spark knows of the Didact. It is then revealed that at the end of his life, [[Chakas]] became 343 Guilty Spark. The story is then told through flashbacks Guilty Spark has. As the story is told, Guilty Spark breaches the ship's firewall several times, much to the team's dismay. |
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| | Before [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] came to Earth, Chakas worked for Riser's family kept Chakas' family alive. Riser, it is revealed, is much smarter and older than Chakas and would tell him what to do. When Bornstellar arrived, Riser had planned to trick him, however this plan changed when his and Chakas' geas told them to help him. After traveling to [[Charum Hakkor]], the old spirit inside Chakas surfaced. This spirit was named [[Forthencho]] and was the human in charge of Charum Hakkor's defenses and had fought the Didact for years. |
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| The book begins with an [[ONI]] science team interrogating a damaged Forerunner [[monitor]], believed to be a duplicate of a previously encountered device, questioning it about the [[Didact]] and the ancient relations between Forerunners and humans. The monitor, revealing that it was once a human named [[Chakas]], then proceeds to tell the story of its origins through a series of flashbacks. Over the course of the story, the monitor breaches [[UNSC Rubicon|the ship]]'s firewall several times, much to the team's dismay. None of the human characters in the present-day segments are identified by name and are only referred to by their titles.
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| At first, the monitor describes his childhood and youth as Chakas, and how he met his companion [[Riser]]. He then recounts the events of ''Halo: Cryptum'' from Chakas' perspective and explains how the [[Librarian]]'s ''[[geas]]'' caused "old spirits", or genetically imprinted personalities of humans who fought in the [[human-Forerunner war]]s, to surface within him and Riser. After the Didact, Bornstellar and the two humans are captured by the [[Faber|Master Builder]] at [[Janjur Qom]], Chakas is separated from the others and is put into stasis.
| | When Chakas, Riser, Bornstellar, and the Didact were captured by the Master Builder, Chakas was separated from the group and crash-landed on Installation 07, where he was then retrieved by Vinnevra, who had been sent to the crash site by her grandfather, Gamelpar. Gamelpar was originally from Earth and also held an old spirit within him, which had caused the other villagers to mistrust him, forcing him to live outside of the town. The villagers thought he was dead, and wouldn't touch Vinnevra in fear of his spirit coming after him. |
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| During Mendicant Bias' [[Battle of the Capital|attack on the Capital]], the ship carrying Chakas is destroyed and his escape pod crash-lands on a Halo installation. He is found by a human girl named [[Vinnevra]], who has been sent to the crash site by her grandfather, [[Gamelpar]]. It is revealed that the Halo is home to humans of various kinds, who collectively refer to themselves as [[Tudejsa|"the People"]], and have been transplanted there long ago as part of the Librarian's [[Conservation Measure|preservation efforts]]. However, the Master Builder took control of the ring and began to use the humans in his experiments on the Flood. Many humans were seen to be immune to the Flood, prompting the Master Builder to bring in more humans from Earth in order to retrieve the ancient records stored in their genetic material in hopes of finding the secret to this supposed immunity.
| | After regaining his strength, Chakas, Vinnevra, and Gamelpar proceeded to follow Vinnevra's geas, which was actually telling her to go to the Palace of Pain, where the group witnessed the Primordial floating on a platform above the humans following their geases and walking into the building. After this, the three decided to move in the opposite direction. After crossing an ocean, the three stumbled upon a collapsing city, in which Gamelpar and Chakas saw a gravemind locked in a Forerunner cell, pleading for death and freedom. |
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| After Chakas recovers, he soon finds that he is host to the archived personality of [[Forthencho]], the Lord of Admirals, who commanded the [[Prehistoric human civilization|human]] military forces against the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Forerunner fleet|fleets]] in the [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|final battle]] of [[Charum Hakkor]]. Vinnevra takes Chakas to see Gamelpar, who explains that he was originally from Earth and, like Chakas, also holds an "old spirit" within him. The old man also explains the history of the humans on the installation, and reveals that he has once been taken to what the humans call the [[Palace of Pain]]; a term used by the People for the [[Flood research facility|Flood research facilities]] on the installation. | | After more traveling, the three are found by a lifeworker, several other humans, and an ape-like human. Strangely, the lifeworker and the humans cast off no smell and the bugs aren't interested in them. After being fed by the lifeworker and sent to sleep, Chakas awakens to see Riser, who warns him not to trust the lifeworker and the other humans. The lifeworker then reveals that he and the other humans aren't actually alive, but monitors. The monitor representing the lifeworker is following a command to implant all of the humans from Earth into monitors to save the old spirits they carry. The monitor wants to do this to Gamelpar, who is dying, but Gamelpar rejects him and walks into the forest with Chakas, who watches him as he dies. It is there that Gamelpar tells Chakas Vinnevra's true name and has Chakas promise to watch over her. The monitors then power down, leaving Chakas, Riser, Vinnevra, and the ape-like human, who's name is revealed to be [[Mara]] by Riser, who can communicate with her, to continue their journey. |
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| Chakas, Vinnevra, and Gamelpar then proceed to follow Vinnevra's ''geas'', which they assume will lead them to safety. However, it instead takes them near one of the "Palaces of Pain", where the group witness numerous humans following their ''geas'' walking into the structure whilst being observed by the [[Primordial]], supposedly the last [[Precursor]]. The three then decide to move in the opposite direction. Coming across the shores of a large lake, the three stumble upon a collapsing human city, in which Gamelpar and Chakas see a [[proto-Gravemind]] locked in a Forerunner cell.
| | Riser then tells his story to Chakas of how he found them. After being separated from the group, Riser and the Forerunners that were holding him crashed into Installation 07. One of the Forerunners as he and the other Forerunners were on opposing sides of the small civil war caused by the Master Builder's use of the halo on the [[San 'Shyuum]] homeworld. The group's armor then tried to kill them and successfully did so to the Forerunner who couldn't move to save himself. After a while of traveling, the group was covered in Flood spores, killing the Forerunners but not Riser, who continued traveling until he stumbled upon Chakas. |
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| After crossing the lake, the three are found by a Lifeworker named [[Genemender Folder of Fortune]], several [[Denisovan]]s, and a [[Wikipedia:Gigantopithecus|large ape]]. Strangely, Genemender and the humans cast off no smell and the insects are not interested in them. After being fed by Genemender and sent to sleep, Chakas awakens to see Riser, who warns him not to trust the Lifeworker and the other humans. Genemender then takes Chakas to a laboratory and explains what has occurred regarding the history of the [[Flood]], the [[Halo Array]], the devastation of [[Janjur Qom]], and the battle of the Capital. Genemender also explains that the Master Builder's attack on Janjur Qom caused a small civil war to break out among the Forerunners defying the Master Builder, of which Genemender was one. Genemender is eventually forced to reveal that he and the humans in his compound are not actually alive, but [[mind transfer|archived personalities]] manifesting as lifelike [[hard light]] [[holography|holograms]]. Genemender, who is actually based within a monitor, is under orders to salvage the humans' genetic records to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Flood and the Master Builder. The monitor wants to do this to Gamelpar, who is dying, but Gamelpar rejects him and has Chakas accompany him in his final moments. Before dying, Gamelpar has Chakas promise to watch over Vinnevra. The systems in the area then power down, leaving Chakas, Riser, Vinnevra, and the ape, whose name is revealed to be [[Mara]] by Riser, who can communicate with her, to continue their journey.
| | Forthencho and Riser's spirit converse, in which it is revealed the Riser's spirit was a woman named [[Yprin Yprikushma]], who was responsible for excavating Precursor ruins and moving the Primordial to Charum Hakkor, which Forthencho has disapproved of. The woman had also traced humanity's origins to Earth, which Forthencho did not believe due to several other worlds appearing more suitable to humanity's growth. |
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| Riser then tells Chakas how he found them. During the battle over the Forerunner Capital, Riser and the Forerunners that were holding him crashed on Installation 07. One of the Forerunners, who was locked up by the others due to him being on the opposing side of the small civil war caused by the Master Builder, told the others that Riser was valuable due to his ''geas'', and thus the others protected him as they moved out. After a while of traveling over a desert infested with [[Flood hive|Flood biomass]], the group was covered in [[Flood spores]], killing the Forerunners but not Riser, who continued traveling until he stumbled upon Chakas.
| | The group is finally found by a transport which brings them to the Palace of Pain, where they meet [[Mendicant Bias]]. Chakas, Riser, and all of the other humans from Earth are gathered and have their old spirits removed and implanted into monitors. Mendicant Bias promises the old spirits revenge on the Forerunners, but first the old spirits and the humans must save the halo from colliding into a planet. The humans that don't agree are killed, while Forthencho lies to Mendicant Bias that Chakas agrees and the two are sent to the Silent Cartographer to coordinate the halo's movements. The plan is for the halo to position itself in such a way that the planet will pass through the halo, which will suffer heavy damage but will survive. As the halo moves towards the planet, Chakas is connected to an infected Forerunner and interfaces with the halo. A fleet led by the Didact then appears from the other side of the planet and the Didact purges Mendicant Bias from Installation 07. Chakas then merges with the Didact to move the halo through a portal. To do so, however, the halo must drop several pieces of itself, thus reducing its diameter to its current size. |
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| Chakas and Riser then allow their spirits to converse with one another. This interrupts the monitor's data stream, causing Forthencho to briefly take over Chakas as the narrator. It is revealed the Riser's spirit was a woman named [[Yprin Yprikushma]], another high-ranking human who was responsible for excavating Precursor ruins and moving the Primordial to Charum Hakkor, which Forthencho disapproved of. Forthencho also recounts the events during the humans' war with the Forerunners, the final battle at Charum Hakkor, and their eventual defeat and the extraction of their personalities and memories via something called the [[Composer]]. | | The halo survives and moves through the portal. The Didact brings Chakas with him to confront the Primordial, who has been imprisoned. The ensuing conversation reveals that the Flood and the Precursors are one in the same and that the Forerunners aren't meant to inherit the Mantle, but humanity is. It is also revealed that there was no real cure to the Flood, but the Flood's choice to infect and not infect people made it appear that there was. Once the Forerunners are eliminated, humanity is going to be tested by the Flood to see if it is truly worthy of inheriting the Mantle. The Primordial itself is actually several graveminds, and it is never determined if this is what the Precursors truly were or if they created the Flood to continue their existence. At the conversation's conclusion, the Didact kills the Primordial by activating a panel that forces the Primordial to go through years of aging until it disintegrates. |
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| The group is finally found by a transport and they are brought to the lair of Mendicant Bias deep inside the Halo's bowels. Chakas, Riser, and all of the other humans from Earth are gathered and have their imprinted ancestral personalities removed and implanted into monitors. Mendicant Bias promises them revenge on the Forerunners; however, they must first save the Halo from colliding with [[Wolf-faced planet|a planet]], due to the ring being on a destructive course as a security measure should it fall under enemy control. The plan is for the Halo to position itself in such a way that the planet will pass through the Halo, which will suffer heavy damage but will survive. As the Halo moves towards the planet, Chakas is connected to the [[Silent Cartographer]] in order to interface with the Halo and help coordinate its movements.
| | Chakas is then converted into 343 Guilty Spark and is pleased to learn that Vinnevra and Riser survived. The book ends with him being ejected into space after powering down, but not before he injects himself into the ship's computer and takes control of the ship. He reveals that he wants to find Riser and Vinnevra's old spirits, and needs the Librarian to do so. Knowing that she didn't die and her true location, he puts the ONI team to sleep and has the ship proceed to her location. |
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| *[[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Didact]]
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| *[[Genemender Folder of Fortune]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Forthencho]] {{1st}} | | *[[Forthencho]] {{1st}} |
| *[[Yprin Yprikushma]] {{1st}} | | *[[Yprin Yprikushma]] {{1st}} |
| *[[Kirimt]] {{1st}} | | *An [[ONI]] science team |
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| *Unidentified tech chief
| | *[[05-032 Mendicant Bias]] |
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| | *[[04-343 Guilty Spark]] |
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| *Unidentified science team executive officer
| | *[[The Timeless One]] |
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| *[[Installation 00]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Installation 07]]
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| **[[Cartographer]]
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| **[[Palace of Pain]] {{1st}}
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| *[[San'Shyuum home system]]
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| **[[Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Sol system]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Earth]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Marontik]] {{Mo}}
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| ***[[Djamonkin Crater]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Luna]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Wolf-faced planet]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Zeta Doradus system]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Sarcophagus]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-5=Events|
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| *[[Forerunner-Flood war]]
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| **[[Fate of Maethrillian]]
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| **[[Battle for Gyre 11]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Forerunner-Precursor war]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Human-Forerunner wars]] {{Mo}}
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| **[[Battle of Charum Hakkor]] {{Mo}}
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| *San'Shyuum rebellion {{Mo}}
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| **[[Battle of Janjur Qom]] {{Mo}}
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| |title-6=Vehicles|
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| *{{Class|Falco|space pod}}
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| *{{Class|Fortress|vessel}}
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| *[[Prime cruiser]] {{Fm}}
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| *[[Seeker (vehicle)|Seeker]]
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| *[[Planet-breaker]]
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| **[[Didact's ship]]
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| *{{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} {{1st}}
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| *[[War sphinx]]
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| |title-7=Weapons|
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| *''None''
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| |title-8=Equipment and Technology|
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| *[[AI suppressor]]
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| *[[Ancilla]]
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| *[[Armor cracking unit]] {{1st}}
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| *[[Anti-gravity gondola]]
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| *[[Artificial intelligence]]
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| **[[Rampancy]]
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| *[[Contender-class artificial intelligence]]
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| *[[Cryptum]]
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| *[[Domain]]
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| *''[[Geas]]''
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| *[[Halo Array]]
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| *[[Hard light]]
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| *[[Lifeworker beacon]]
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| *[[Logic plague]]
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| *[[Metarch-class ancilla|Metarch]]
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| *[[Mind transfer]]
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| *[[Monitor]]
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| *[[Sentinel]]
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| **[[Aggressor Sentinel]]
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| *[[Servitor]] {{Im}} | |
| *[[Slipspace bubble]]
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| *[[Slipspace portal]]
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| *[[Stasis capsule]] {{Mo}}
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| *[[Stasis field]]
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| *[[Timelock]] {{Mo}}
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| }}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *A [[Wikipedia:Primordium|primordium]] is an aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ or tissue. In the context of the novel, it is a derivation of the term Primordial, which is a title given to the last Precursor. | | *A [[Wikipedia:Primordium|primordium]] is an aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ or tissue. It is also a derivation of the term Primordial, which is a title given to the last Precursor. |
| *The novel's cover illustration, as well as that of ''Halo: Cryptum'', was created as concept art for ''Halo 4''. Both images were illustrated by [[Nicolas Bouvier|Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2gSLNzKSc&feature=related '''Halo Fest 2011''' - ''Halo 4 Discussion Part 1'']</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vAKmu2yn3Fk '''YouTube''': ''Halo Fest: Halo 4 Concept Art Glimpse'']</ref> | | *The novel's cover illustration, as well as that of ''Halo: Cryptum'', was created as concept art for ''Halo 4''. Both images were illustrated by [[Nicolas Bouvier|Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2gSLNzKSc&feature=related '''Halo Fest 2011''' - ''Halo 4 Discussion Part 1'']</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vAKmu2yn3Fk '''YouTube''': ''Halo Fest: Halo 4 Concept Art Glimpse'']</ref> |
| *The novel is dedicated to [[Claude Errera]], a long-time [[Bungie]] and ''Halo'' fan as well as the founder of [[halo.bungie.org]].
| | *A preview of the novel's first chapters was released on December 28, 2011 on Tor.com and [[Halo Waypoint]], with the first chapter released on Tor.com and the second and third chapters as well as part of the fourth chapter on Halo Waypoint.<ref name="tor"/> |
| *A preview of the novel's first chapters was released on December 28, 2011 on Tor.com and [[Halo Waypoint]], with the first chapter released on Tor.com and the second and third chapters as well as part of the fourth chapter on Halo Waypoint.{{Ref/Reuse|tor}} | |
| *The audio edition of the novel is narrated by [[Tim Dadabo]], the voice actor of 343 Guilty Spark.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/01/18/The-Halo-Bulletin-11812.aspx ''The Halo Bulletin: 1.18.12'']</ref>
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| *While explaining what has gone on to [[Chakas]], [[Genemender-Folder-of-Fortune]] tells him that [[Installation 07]] was used to sterilize [[Janjur Qom]]. However, this contradicts ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' where [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar]] realizes that [[Faber]] has lost a Halo and page 275, the Halo in the [[San'Shyuum home system]] is specifically identified as a second installation.
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| *The fourth [[Eleventh Hour reports|Eleventh Hour report]], "Provenance", provides additional background for the modern-day portion of the novel. For example, the report identifies the ship of the UNSC science team as {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} and reveals that the damaged monitor shell was recovered during an ONI expedition to the severely damaged [[Installation 00]], implying that the monitor featured in the novel is in fact the damaged remains of the Guilty Spark encountered in the games and not a duplicate discovered elsewhere.
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| *The follow-up novel ''Halo: Renegades'' reveals that Spark's search for the Librarian was actually to find a [[mind transfer|personality imprint]] of her similar to the one on [[Requiem]] but this one located beneath [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] on [[Earth]]. Spark's desire was to access the [[Domain]] through the Librarian and have her either bring his friends back as ''[[geas]]'' or for him to go to the Domain to join them. It is also revealed that the story 343 Guilty Spark told the ''Rubicon'' crew was released in a data drop and reached ONI, interesting them with Spark's survival and his search for the [[Librarian]].
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| File:Primordium cover_art.jpg|Text-free version of the novel's cover art. | | File:Primordium cover_art.jpg|Text-free version of the novel's cover art. |
| File:Primordium wallpaper.jpg|A wallpaper version of the cover illustration. | | File:Primordium wallpaper.jpg|A wallpaper version of the cover illustration. |
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