Editing Phoenix Logs/Forerunner/Forerunner Control Tower


:Multi-purpose control structures

:As the Ark's name suggests, it was designed to play host to an incredible
:variety of life collected from across the galaxy. This almost inconceivable volume
:of biodiversity necessitated a flexible environmental system on the Ark as the
:Forerunners prepared for the galactic reseeding of life after the Halo Array was
:activated.

:On a practical level this meant that all habitable surface area on the Ark could
:be covered in an environment to match any life-sustaining planet in the galaxy.

:Atmospheres, soil and vegetation makeups, bodies of water or other liquids,
:and even gravitational conditions could be custom-set in areas as large or as
:small as needed to sustain collected specimens from a particular planet.

:These environmental settings were accomplished through a network of Control
:Towers. These towers worked essentially like the output nodes of modern
:mass-particle replicators or the archaic 3D printers of the 22nd century,
:generating kilometers-deep environments around them through manipulation
:of raw materials stored deep within the superstructure of the Ark. The base of
:each tower then generated desired gravitational conditions.

:When an environment was complete, only a small percentage of each Control
:Tower remained visible above ground in order to minimize interference with the
:new local wildlife while still allowing for data gathering on the surrounding area.

:Today, these [[Control Tower]]s lie mostly dormant. But with new visitors to the
:Ark and the possibility of new uses for the Ark's scientific and military
:capabilities, the towers offer literally world-building power to whoever controls
:this ancient installation.
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