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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Forerunner|HCW}}
[[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>
[[File:Line_Installation_1-4.png|250px|thumb|The entrance to Line Installation 1-4.]]
'''Line Installation 1-4''' (also simply referred to as "'''The Line'''") is a [[Forerunner]] installation located on an [[unidentified moon]].<ref name="issue1"/><ref name="issue2">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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 served as a [[Flood Research Facility]], as well as a defensive installation, as it possessed a powerful [[Directed Energy Weapon|energy weapon]] system that was 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 had its own [[Monitor]], named [[686 Ebullient Prism]], which had a sizeable 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. Most of the tunnels appear as if they had been designed with flying machines such as Sentinels in mind, 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>
 
{{Conjecturalization}}
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>
The Installation is apparently a defensive structure used to shoot down infected ships during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], and may have been linked to the [[Maginot Line]]. This is supported by the Installation's name, as well as its function. In addition, [[Frank O'Connor]] commented on the name that "fans of the terminals will probably figure it out", implying that the reference to a "Line" is linked to the story told in the [[Terminals]] of ''[[Halo 3]]'', where the Maginot Line was first mentioned.<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive31.pl?read=941695 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Halo: Blood Line, Issue #1 cover and info'']</ref> If this is the case, it seems likely that the Maginot Line consisted of many similar installations, each strategically positioned to cover a certain region of space, effectively creating a defensive "line".
 
{{Conjecturalization End}}
==History==
==History==
{{Main|Battle of Line Installation 1-4}}
{{Main|Battle of Line Installation 1-4}}
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>
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-2500's, the ''[[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 name="issue1"/> 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.<ref name="issue2"/> In [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4|the ensuing conflict]], the installation's control center was located and used to shoot down an entire Covenant fleet in Slipspace.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 5|Issue 5]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*The Installation's control center appears near-identical to that of the [[Relic (Structure)|Relic]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', complete with [[Holography|holograms]] of star systems. As such, the "Relic" on Harvest may in fact be another Line Installation.
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.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:L1-4_Tunnels.png|Readout of the facility's tunnel system.
File:BL_Line_installation_holding_area.jpg|Gatherers in the installation's central area.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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