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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]].

==Description==
The artifact contained a [[wikipedia:star chart|star chart]] embedded with coordination to the [[Soell|Soell System]], where [[Installation 04]] is located, and another to [[Reach]].

==Background==
The artifact arrived on the planet as a form of a meteor in 57,448 B.C.E. Some 60,000 years later, human inhabitants of the planet placed the artifact in a Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History.

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]] [[Blue Team]]. Knowing that that gravity of the planet's condition is well beyond them, the SPARTANs took several scans of the artifact and placed a [[HAVOK|HAVOK tactical warhead]] inside the museum. The artifact was later destroyed, along with the museum and the city around it.

Scans of the artifact were later given to [[Cortana]] and [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], whom attempted to decrypt it as a language. 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]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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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]].
 ==Description==
-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>
+The artifact contained a [[wikipedia:star chart|star chart]] embedded with coordination to the [[Soell|Soell System]], where [[Installation 04]] is located, and another to [[Reach]].
-==History==
+==Background==
-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.
+The artifact arrived on the planet as a form of a meteor in 57,448 B.C.E. Some 60,000 years later, human inhabitants of the planet placed the artifact in a Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History.
-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>
+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]] [[Blue Team]]. Knowing that that gravity of the planet's condition is well beyond them, the SPARTANs took several scans of the artifact and placed a [[HAVOK|HAVOK tactical warhead]] inside the museum. The artifact was later destroyed, along with the museum and the city around it.
-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>
+Scans of the artifact were later given to [[Cortana]] and [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]], whom attempted to decrypt it as a language. 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]].
 ==List of appearances==
 *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
-**''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''
-*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
-**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
-**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''
-*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
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