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[[File:H2A-MP-Map-Zenith-01.jpg|thumb|250px|A relay station on [[Installation 05]].]]
'''Relay Stations''' are facilities built by the [[Forerunner]] on their [[Halo]] fortress worlds. These relay stations are part of a network that has kept [[Installation 05]] functioning for untold centuries. The one encountered so far consists of some sort of communication tower and a large dish reciever.  The multiplayer map [[Ascension]] is just one of many stations on the Halo.
'''Relay stations''' were facilities built by the [[Forerunner]]s on their [[Halo Array|Halo]] fortress worlds.  


==Function==
[[Category: The Forerunner]]
Relay stations are communications relays{{Ref/Map|Id=zenithdesc|H2A|Zenith|Detail=Description|Quote=Impressive gravitic control systems offer an extreme amount of flexibility in the placement of Halo's communication relays.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HU}} part of a network capable of keeping a Halo installation functioning for many centuries.{{Ref/Map|Id=ascensiondesc|H2|Ascension|Detail=Description|Quote=This relay station is part of a network that has kept Delta Halo functioning smoothly for untold centuries.}} Relay stations are mostly automated, and can be abandoned and neglected for centuries without any impact to their operation.{{Ref/Map|Id=pinnacledesc|HR|Pinnacle|Detail=Description|Quote=Even untold centuries of abandonment and neglect failed to stall the smooth operation of this ancient relay station.}}
[[Category: Places]]
 
==Design==
[[File:H2A_Zenith_Activated_1.png|250px|thumb|A relay station activating its central beam emitter.]]
All currently-observed relay stations share the same basic design and layout with only minor differences. Relay stations are built around rocky pillars, consisting of one large spinning center section which appears to be a some sort of dish receiver, a tall structure with many floors and an antenna-like structure on top, although the top can not be reached. Around the main structures, there are many other smaller structures and walkways that lead off from the middle, most of which lead back to the center. Relay stations are often built into rock pillars sticking out of the ocean,{{Ref/Map|H2|Ascension}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Pinnacle}} though the use of [[anti-gravity technology|gravitic control systems]] allows them to be placed on floating platforms high above the surface of an installation.{{Ref/Reuse|zenithdesc}} These elevated relays utilise [[slipspace translocation]] for safe and swift travel between the installation surface and the facility itself.{{Ref/Map|Id=skywarddesc|H2A|Skyward|Detail=Description|Quote=Elevated relays utilize their own unified translocation system to allow safe and swift travel back to Installation 05's terrestrial surface.}} At least one relay station was capable of, when activated, enabling a blue energy field around the central dish and [[Beacon tower|emitting a beam]] towards the sky.{{Ref/Map|H2A|Zenith}}
 
==History==
Relay stations were present on [[Installation 05]] and likely the other Halo installations. When the High [[Prophet of Regret]] fled [[Earth]], he was pursued by a number of UNSC vessels, including the corvette {{UNSCShip|Coral Sea}}. To avoid discovery by the Covenant, the Coral Sea hid close to Delta Halo’s surface and devoted most of its time to scanning the ringworld. The crew discovered several communication relays across the installation’s surface and acquired information that is now used to reconstruct Delta Halo locations for research and [[War Games]].{{Ref/Site|Id=HU|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/delta-halo|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Delta Halo|D=02|M=08|Y=2021}}
 
==Trivia==
Relay stations are the setting of the ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer level [[Ascension]], alongside its remakes in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' [[Pinnacle]] and [[Zenith]], respectively.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ascension.png|A relay station on the map [[Ascension]] in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:HR Pinnacle 1.png|A relay station on the map [[Pinnacle]], on [[Forge World]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
File:H2A Zenith Overhead 1.png|The multiplayer map Zenith in ''Halo 2: Anniversary''.
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Forerunner|array}}
[[Category:Forerunner buildings]]

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