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| [[File:Light bridge.jpg|thumb|275px|A light bridge at the entrance to [[Installation 00|the Ark]]'s [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]].]] | | {{Ratings}} |
| {{Quote|I’m showing a lot of photonic activity. The excited photons have displaced the air around the light path."<br>"Which means?"<br>"Which means that the light has become coherent. Solid.|Exchange between [[John-117]] and [[Cortana]]<ref name="tf">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 84-85''</ref>}} | | [[Image:Light bridge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An Energy Bridge as seen in ''[[Halo 3]]''.]] |
| '''Light bridges''' are examples of advanced [[Forerunner]] technology. Using the Forerunners' ubiquitous [[hard light]] technology to function, they are composed entirely of solidified light and act as substitutes to [[bridge (structure)|physical bridges]] in certain areas.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Wages of Sin]]"</ref> As a result of their temporary nature, they are often employed as a security measure. | | {{Quote|“I’m showing a lot of photonic activity,” Cortana said. “The excited photons have displaced the air around the light path.”<br>“Which means?”<br>“Which means,” she continued, “that the light has become coherent. Solid.”|Exchange between the Master Chief and Cortana<ref>’’[[Halo: The Flood]]’’, pg. 84-85</ref>}} |
| | '''Energy Bridges''', also known as '''Light Bridges''', are examples of advanced [[Forerunner]] technology. |
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| ==Summary== | | ==Summary== |
| There are usually two components to a light bridge: a control panel, and the light emitters. The control panel is a semi-translucent holographic array of [[Forerunner symbols|Forerunner symbols and glyphs]] that are projected over the surface of a pedestal. Though a variety of control panel configurations have been observed, in the case of one of the light bridges on [[Installation 04]], tapping the "blue-green circle" activated the light emitters.{{Ref/Reuse|tf}} | | [[Image:Energy Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|The first encountered Energy Bridge in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]].]] |
| | There are usually two components to an Energy bridge: a control panel, and the light emitters. The control panel is a semi-translucent holographic array of [[Forerunner]] symbols and glyphs that are projected over the surface of a pedestal. Tapping the "blue-green circle"<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 84</ref> activates the light emitters. Photons become excited, and stimulated by unknown excitations to "displace the air around them", becoming a firm, solid mass capable of supporting extremely heavy weights, ranging from a [[M12 Warthog LRV]] to several [[M808B Scorpion MBT]]'s.<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'' level [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]</ref> When damaged, the emitters flicker on and off, causing the light bridge to flicker, creating a less stable force<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)]]</ref>. |
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| A cascade of coherent, high-energy photons are emitted through the air, generating a visible, horizontal band of light. Through unspecified physics, the coherent band of light interacts with the illuminated air, and pushes aside the air within and around it it, becoming a firm, solid mass capable of supporting extremely heavy weights, ranging from an [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|M12 Warthog LRV]] to several [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B Scorpion MBTs]].<ref name="ark">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref><ref name="covenant">'''Halo 3''', campaign level, ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> When damaged, the emitters flicker on and off, causing the light bridge to flicker, creating a less stable force.<ref name="gs">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level, ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref>
| | Energy Bridges were present in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', they are used by the [[Master Chief]] during the UNSC's operations on the surface of [[Installation 04]], in the [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)|subterranean complexes]] and the [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|Flood Containment Facilities]]. |
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| Light bridges are commonly seen on most Forerunner constructs. The [[Relic (location)|Forerunner complex]] on [[Harvest]] featured light bridges crossing over a series of chasms surrounding the center of the main chamber. These were used by the UNSC forces as they made their way in and out of the facility during the [[Harvest Campaign]] in [[2531]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Interior]]''</ref> [[Trove]], discovered by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in the same year, had a multitude of light bridges to span chasms within its interior. Unlike most light bridges encountered by the UNSC, which manifested as simple beams of blue-white light, these light bridges featured arrangements of lines forming symmetrical, geometric patterns characteristic of Forerunner art and architecture.<ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level, ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref>
| | Though mainly unseen on [[Installation 05]], they are also present on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], again in a [[The Ark (Level)#Forward Unto Dawn|subterranean area]], and another two close to the [[Citadel (Forerunner)|Citadel]] near the Ark's [[Ark Core|Core]]. |
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| Light bridges were used by John-117 during the UNSC's operations on the surface of [[Installation 04]], in the [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|subterranean complexes]] and the [[Flood containment facility]].{{Ref/Reuse|tf}}{{Ref/Reuse|gs}} Though mainly unseen on [[Installation 05]], they were also present on [[Installation 00|the Ark]], again in a [[The Ark (level)#Forward Unto Dawn|subterranean area]],{{Ref/Reuse|ark}} and another one at the entrance to the [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] near the Ark's [[Strip mining moon|Core]].{{Ref/Reuse|covenant}} Light bridges were also present on [[X50]]; some of these bridges were crossed by [[Spartan Operations|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]] during the [[Battle of Draetheus V]].<ref>''''Halo: Spartan Assault''', ''[[Operation F: Hydra]]''</ref> The [[Promethean]]s' shield installation [[Requiem]] and the [[Didact]]'s ship, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', also contained a great amount of light bridges.<ref>'''Halo 4'''</ref> During the [[New Phoenix Incident]], [[Cortana]] and several of her rampant copies were able to manifest hard light holograms of themselves from a light bridge and create hard light shackles that temporarily bound [[Ur-Didact|the Didact]].<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref>
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| | [[Wikipedia:Solid Light|Solid Light]] is a theory that says light can behave as a solid. Andrew Greentree, Jared Cole, and Lloyd Hollenberg of the University of Melbourne and Charles Tahan of the University of Cambridge demonstrated theoretically how to engineer a phase transition in photons, leading them to change their state so that they do interact with each other. According to them this technology will help build new kinds of faster computers. The Energy Bridge makes for produced energy to jut out of a given complex; this exerts a lot of focus in Universities on the matter. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Trivia== |
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| | *There are four locations known for an energy bridge, the first and second being the bridge on the level [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)|Halo]], and the bridges on the level [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)|343 Guilty Spark]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', the third being the one on the ark on the level [[The Ark (Level)|The Ark]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'', and the last being the in the [[Citadel]] on [[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]. |
| File:HCE-BridgeControlPanel-screen.png|The [[John-117|Master Chief]] using a control panel that activates the light bridge on Installation 04.
| | *One of the light bridges in the level 343 Guilty Spark was malfunctioning; it was flickering on and off. While the light was visible, the bridge was solid. When it disappeared, it was not. |
| File:HCE-HardLightEnergyBridge-screen.jpg|A light bridge as part of an underground tunnel network on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''.
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| File:HaloWars-HardLightBridge.jpg|The light bridge in the Relic in ''Halo Wars''.
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| File:Energy Bridge.jpg|The remastered light bridge on Installation 04 in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''.
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| File:H4-HardlightEnergyBridge.jpg|A light bridge on the ''Mantle's Approach'' above a slipspace rupture in ''Halo 4''.
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| File:HW2-Hardlightbridge.jpg|A light bridge on Installation 00 in ''Halo Wars 2''.
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| File:HTV-Thermopylae-LightBridge.jpg|A light bridge on Onyx in ''Halo: The Television Series''.
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==References== |
| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
| | <references/> |
| *''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
| | [[Category:The Forerunner]] |
| *''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
| | [[Category:Technology]] |
| **''[[Breaking Quarantine]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]''
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| **''[[Spartan Ops]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''
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| *''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]''
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| *''[[Halo Wars 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Renegades]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]''
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| *''[[Halo: The Television Series Season Two]]''
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| **''[[Thermopylae (TV Series)|Thermopylae]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' {{Mo}}
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