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|description=Deserts, jungles, and volcanic terrain<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 174''</ref> | |description=Deserts, jungles, and volcanic terrain<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 174''</ref> | ||
|location=[[Khaphrae system]],<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]],<ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 13</ref> [[Milky Way]] {{C|formerly}} | |location=[[Khaphrae system]],<ref name="H4EVG">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'''</ref> [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]],<ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 13</ref> [[Milky Way]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
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'''Installation 03''', also known as '''Gamma Halo''',<ref name="Composer">'''Halo 4''', ''Composer'' ([[Audio log (Halo 4)|audio log]])</ref><ref name="11h">''[[Eleventh Hour reports]] - #5''</ref> is one of the [[seven]] ring-shaped superweapons that comprise the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Halo Array]]. Located | '''Installation 03''', also known as '''Gamma Halo''',<ref name="Composer">'''Halo 4''', ''Composer'' ([[Audio log (Halo 4)|audio log]])</ref><ref name="11h">''[[Eleventh Hour reports]] - #5''</ref> is one of the [[seven]] ring-shaped superweapons that comprise the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Halo Array]]. Located in the [[Khaphrae system]] in the [[Scutum-Centaurus Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy,{{Ref/Reuse|warfleet}} Installation 03's [[monitor]] is [[049 Abject Testament]].{{Ref/Reuse|Terminal}} The ring appears to have a red and cracked surface, indicating the presence of vast deserts and volcanic activity, but it also features jungles.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} | ||
Although Installation 03 was originally anchored in orbit around a gas giant for the firing of the Array, by the time of its discovery by humanity in the twenty-sixth century, it orbited a rocky planet, the face of which had been shattered as a result of a fairly recent impact event; the debris from the impact, still aglow as of [[2557]], has collected to form a dense [[asteroid]] field in orbit over the planet as well as the Halo.<ref name="composer">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref> | Although Installation 03 was originally anchored in orbit around a gas giant for the firing of the Array,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 237''</ref> by the time of its discovery by humanity in the twenty-sixth century, it orbited a rocky planet, the face of which had been shattered as a result of a fairly recent impact event; the debris from the impact, still aglow as of [[2557]], has collected to form a dense [[asteroid]] field in orbit over the planet as well as the Halo.<ref name="composer">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Construction and early history=== | ===Construction and early history=== | ||
The [[Forerunner]]s had Installation 03 constructed by the [[Foundry]] of [[Installation 00]]<ref name="p371">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 371''</ref> approximately around the same time as the rest of the [[Halo Array]], circa [[97,445 BCE]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref> The array was designed by the Forerunner [[Builder]]s to combat the parasitic [[Flood]] by eradicating them and all [[Sentience|sentient]] life in the [[Milky Way]]. After the rings were built, Installation 03 and its fellow Halos were distributed from Installation 00 to positions across the galaxy through [[slipstream space]] [[Slipspace portal|portals]] | The [[Forerunner]]s had Installation 03 constructed by the [[Foundry]] of [[Installation 00]]<ref name="p371">'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''', ''page 371''</ref> approximately around the same time as the rest of the [[Halo Array]], circa [[97,445 BCE]] during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-array-with-words '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Array With Words'']</ref> The array was designed by the Forerunner [[Builder]]s to combat the parasitic [[Flood]] by eradicating them and all [[Sentience|sentient]] life in the [[Milky Way]]. After the rings were built, Installation 03 and its fellow Halos were distributed from Installation 00 to positions across the galaxy through [[slipstream space]] [[Slipspace portal|portals]].{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}}<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[Origins]]''</ref> | ||
Afterwards, the Halo Array was [[Great Purification|fired]] and eradicated all sentient life from the galaxy. The Forerunners proceeded to [[Reintroduction|reseed]] the galaxy with life from the species that were [[Conservation Measure|preserved]] on the Halo installations. Like its fellow installations, Installation 03 became home to dormant specimens of the Flood that were intended to be used to help find a cure to the parasite in the future. With the Flood defeated, the surviving Forerunners exiled themselves from the galaxy.{{Ref/Reuse|halo array}} | |||
===Human-Covenant War=== | ===Human-Covenant War=== | ||
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File:H4-GammaHalo-Installation03.jpg|[[John-117]] gazing upon Installation 03 in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | File:H4-GammaHalo-Installation03.jpg|[[John-117]] gazing upon Installation 03 in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File:H4-GammaHaloInst03-ScanScreen.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | File:H4-GammaHaloInst03-ScanScreen.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | ||
File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg| | File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg|The destroyed planet around which Gamma Halo formerly orbited. | ||
File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png|Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo. | File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png|Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo. | ||
File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. | File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. |