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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|Forerunner|HCW}}
[[File:HReach-Solitary-Prison-Forerunner.jpg|thumb|x300px||Exterior view of the Forerunner detention centre.]]
'''Security spires''' are [[Forerunner]] structures presumably designed to contain or isolate dangerous beings. At least fourteen of these structures were located on an unidentified, icy world.
'''Skycrypts''' are [[Forerunner]] structures designed to contain or isolate dangerous beings.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=327}}


==Design==
==Design==
Skycrypts consist of a small, circular building located atop a long, thin pole or chain. Four fin-like structures slowly rotate around the pole directly beneath the main chamber. Given the central pole's apparent lack of structural support, the spires may employ [[anti-gravity technology]] to remain aloft.{{Ref/Reuse|solitary}}


Skycrypts were generally suspended above ice worlds, and considered virtually inescapable to their detainees. However, they offer little defence against external threats.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} At least fourteen of these structures were located on an unidentified, icy world - with [[Solitary|at least one]] housing an [[List of unidentified species|unidentified occupant]] suffering a containment failure.{{Ref/Map|Id=solitary|HR|Solitary}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2011/08/26/news-from-halo-fest/|Site=Xbox Wire|Page=News from Halo Fest|D=21|M=09|Y=2022|Quote=These spinning confinement platforms are a testament to the technological prowess of the Forerunners. In the event of a security breach, the facility’s suborbital location and frigid temperature were thought to be able to keep any threat at bay, but it appears those plans were… optimistic.}}{{Ref/Site|Id=HWTHB11911|URL=http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2011/11/09/The-Halo-Bulletin-11911-.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=News|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 11.9.11|D=30|M=4|Y=2013}}
The spires consist of a small, circular building located atop a long, thin pole or chain. Four fin-like structures slowly rotate around the pole directly beneath the main chamber. Given the central pole's apparent lack of structural support, the spires may employ anti-gravity technology to remain aloft.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
The ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' multiplayer map [[Solitary]] is located within one of these spires.
* The ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' multiplayer map [[Solitary]] is located within one of these spires.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Solitary 05.jpg|Alternate screenshot of the interior on Solitary.
File:Solitary 09.jpg|The interior of a security spire.
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Anniversary Map Pack]]'' {{1st}}
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{Forerunner|array}}
[[Category:Forerunner buildings]]

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