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[[File:Halo Last Light cover.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Blue Team]] and [[Veta Lopis]] in the cave system.]] | [[File:Halo Last Light cover.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Blue Team]] and [[Veta Lopis]] in the cave system.]] | ||
The '''Montero Cave System''' is an immense series of caves located beneath the surface of [[Gao]], a [[human]] [[Outer Colony]]. Located in the [[Montero]] region in the [[Campos Wilderness District]], the cave system encompasses thousands of square kilometers of [[Wikipedia:Karst|karst caves]] underneath the Montero Jungle. | The '''Montero Cave System''' is an immense series of caves located beneath the surface of [[Gao]], a [[human]] [[Outer Colony]]. Located in the [[Montero]] region in the [[Campos Wilderness District]], the cave system encompasses thousands of square kilometers of [[Wikipedia:Karst|karst caves]] underneath the Montero Jungle.<ref name="ll11">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', Chapter 1, ''page 11'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Montero Cave System was host to the [[Forerunner]] [[Covert Support Base 4276]], a support facility for [[Line Installation 444-447]] on the nearby [[Shaps III]] in the [[Shaps system]]. | The Montero Cave System was host to the [[Forerunner]] [[Covert Support Base 4276]], a support facility for [[Line Installation 444-447]] on the nearby [[Shaps III]] in the [[Shaps system]].<ref name="c3">'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 3, ''pages 36-44'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The cave system itself—at least the portion of it around the support base—was artificial, created by the Forerunners to function as service caverns for the facility. The caves served as a camouflaged cooling array, with the winding tangles of caves seemingly designed to give hot air time to cool before it reached the surface. The caverns rose upward in a roughly spiral pattern, many of them terminating at underground lakes. In the center of the elaborate array was the [[Well of Echoes]], a deep basin directly above the Forerunner base, which served as a vent for the hot air.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 12, ''pages 163-164'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Other parts of the caves performed various functions for the support base, including drainage conduits and settling ponds—all fashioned in the likeness of natural terrain.<ref name="c3"/> | ||
Its nature unknown to the human colonists, the Montero Cave System was Gao's most popular natural wonder and a famous tourist attraction. | Its nature unknown to the human colonists, the Montero Cave System was Gao's most popular natural wonder and a famous tourist attraction.<ref name="ll11">'''[[Halo: Last Light]]''', Chapter 1, ''page 11'' (Google Play edition)</ref> During [[Operation: JOVIAN WHISTLE]] on [[2553#July|July 6, 2553]], the support base and a large part of the cave system around it were destroyed by [[Blue Team]] with a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] to prevent the Forerunner technology from falling into the hands of the [[Gao Republic]]'s anti-centralization government.<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', Chapter 28, ''pages 377-379'' (Google Play edition)</ref> | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Gao locations]] | [[Category:Gao locations]] | ||
