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| [[File:Line Installation 1-4.png|250px|thumb|The entrance to Line Installation 1-4.]]
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| '''Line Installation 1-4''' is a [[Forerunner]] [[Line installation]] located on an [[unidentified moon (Sub-sector 35)|unidentified moon]] in [[Sub-sector 35]].{{Ref/Reuse|issue1}}<ref name="issue2">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref>
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| ==Background==
| | [[File:Line_Installation_1-4.png|300px|thumb|The Line Installation 1-4.]] |
| One of millions of similar facilities comprising the [[Maginot Line]], Line Installation 1-4 was constructed by the Forerunners as an outpost used to prevent unsanctioned ships from entering the core systems of their [[ecumene]]. The Line installations were most notably employed during the later stages of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], when they acted as the final line of defense for the Forerunners.<ref name="sil104">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 104-105''</ref>
| | '''Line Installation 1-4''' (also simply referred to as "'''''The Line'''''") was a [[Forerunner]] installation located on an [[Unnamed Moon|unknown Moon]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series]</ref> The installation had a form of automated defense system that would shoot down any ships passing near the moon, even when in [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]]. As a result, the moon's surface was littered with wreckages of ships.<ref name="is1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> |
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| Line Installation 1-4 possessed a powerful [[Directed energy weapon|energy weapon]] capable of shooting down any ships passing nearby in [[Slipstream space|slipspace]], causing them to crash down on the moon.<ref name="issue1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> The installation also served as a [[Flood research facility|Flood research center]], with extensive facilities and native AI protocols designed with this function in mind. The Installation had its own [[Monitor]], named [[686 Ebullient Prism]], which had a sizable force of [[Sentinel]] and special [[Gatherer]] units under its command. The Installation itself is a vast underground complex with tunnels and hallways reaching kilometers deep, including a number of open, bottomless shafts characteristic of Forerunner architecture. Similar to a number of other Forerunner facilities, portions of the installation appear to have been designed exclusively for Sentinels, as vertical or angled service tunnels are more frequent than walkways.<ref name="issue3">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref>
| | During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in the mid-2500's, the {{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}}, as well as a Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] were shot down by the Line's defenses while in Slipspace. As a result, they both crash-landed on the moon and some of their personnel were taken by [[Gatherer]]s into the main facility of the Installation, for study' by [[686 Ebullient Prism]], the [[Monitor]] of the Line. During the ensuing conflict, the installation's control center was located and used to crash an entire Covenant fleet in Slipspace.<ref name="is1"/><ref>'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> |
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| ==History==
| | The installation is presumably a defensive structure used to shoot down infected ships during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], and may have been linked to the [[Maginot Line]]. |
| {{Main|Battle of Line Installation 1-4}}
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| Due to the Installation's active defense system, the moon's surface became littered with wreckages of ships over the course of history. During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in the mid-2500s, the [[ONI]] vessel ''[[Long Time Coming]]'', as well as the [[Covenant assault carrier]] ''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' were shot down by the Line's defenses while in Slipspace.{{Ref/Reuse|issue1}} They both crash-landed on the moon and some of their personnel were taken by [[Gatherer]]s into the main facility of the Installation, for study by 686 Ebullient Prism.{{Ref/Reuse|issue2}} In [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4|the ensuing conflict]], the installation's control center was located and used by [[Team Black]] to shoot down an entire [[Covenant fleet]] in slipspace.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 5|Issue 5]]''</ref>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Sources== |
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| The Installation's control center appears near-identical to that of the [[Relic (location)|relic]] on [[Harvest]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', complete with [[Holography|holograms]] of star systems. As such, the relic may in fact be another Line installation.
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:L1-4_Tunnels.png|Readout of the facility's tunnel system.
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| File:BL_Line_installation_holding_area.jpg|Gatherers in the installation's central area.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' {{1st}}
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| | ==Related Links== |
| [[Category:Forerunner installations]] | | ===Internal=== |
| | *''[[Halo: Blood Line]]'' |
| | *[[Forerunner]] |
| | *[[Team Black]] |
| | [[Category:The Forerunner]] |
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