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| [[File:Sigma_Octanus_Artifact.jpg|250px|thumb|The artifact, as drawn by Dr. Halsey.]]
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| The '''Sigma Octanus IV Artifact''' is a [[Forerunner]] artifact first identified as such when it was on display in the [[Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History]] on [[Sigma Octanus IV]].
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| ==Description==
| | The [[Spartans]] found a strange [[Forerunner]] '''artifact''' on [[Sigma Octanus IV]]. It was in a museum in one of the cities, and the [[Covenant]] were doing everything they could to protect it. The Spartans shut down the Covenant operation and took the scans of the artifact. These scans were theorized to be a star chart of some kind, and the theory was proven correct by [[Cortana]] and [[Dr. Halsey]]. One set of symbols were coordinates to the system where Halo was located, and another were direct coordinates to Reach. |
| The artifact was a crystalline object that contained a [[wikipedia:star chart|star chart]] embedded within its structure, with coordinates leading to the [[Soell|Soell system]], where [[Installation 04]] is located. It featured [[Forerunner symbols]] synonomous to those found in the [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex|xenoarcheological site]] beneath [[SWORD Base]] on planet [[Reach]].<ref name="journal">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref> | |
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| ==History==
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| The artifact arrived on Sigma Octanus IV in the form of a meteor some 60,000 years before human occupation of the planet.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 233-234'' (2001)</ref> The human inhabitants of the planet later found the artifact and placed it in the [[Côte d'Azur]] Museum of Natural History.
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| During the Covenant [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV|invasion of Sigma Octanus IV]], the Covenant attempted to seize the artifact from the museum, only to have the operation foiled by the [[SPARTAN-II]] unit [[Blue Team]]. Aware of the potential intelligence value, the Spartans extracted the artifact from the museum before detonating a [[HAVOK|HAVOK tactical warhead]] in the city.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''; '''2010''', ''pages 239-241''</ref>
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| Scans of the artifact were later given to [[Cortana]] and [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], who attempted to decrypt its contents as a form of language.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], Cortana successfully translated the artifact in a form of a star chart instead of a language, leading the {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} and its crew to [[Installation 04]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''; '''2010''', ''page 376''</ref>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| **''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
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| *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Forerunner|artifacts}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner artifacts]] | |
