Editing Timelock

{{Era|Forerunner}}

A '''timelock'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 271''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 18, 191, 227''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 170''</ref> is a temporal stasis field in which the passage of time is brought to a standstill through sophisticated [[Slipstream space|higher-dimensional]] manipulation. Both the [[Forerunner]]s and prehistoric [[San'Shyuum]] possessed timelocking technology. [[Prehistoric human civilization|Prehistoric humans]] placed a form of timelock—a piece of ancient San'Shyuum technology also known as a '''time bolt'''—on the [[Primordial]]'s [[stasis capsule|prison]] beneath [[Charum Hakkor]]'s [[Charum Hakkor arena|arena]] to prevent it from escaping. According to the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]], this measure was almost as effective as Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref>

The Forerunners had an advanced grasp of [[slipspace bubble]]s and used variations of the timelock concept for a number of purposes. One of these was the [[slipspace field pod]], a stasis pod capable of suspending its occupants in time.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 335-337''</ref> Forerunner [[Durance]]s were traditionally timelocked after the last [[Mind transfer|impressions]] of a deceased Forerunner were enclosed within.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 47-48''</ref> The Forerunners were also capable of creating ''reverse'' timelock fields, in which time passed at a vastly more rapid pace than within normal space. The [[IsoDidact]] used a prison cage containing a reverse timelock to execute the [[Primordial]] on [[Installation 07]], forcing the being to disintegrate via the process of entropy through the artificially-induced passage of a billion years.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 366''</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:GregBearPrecursor.jpg|A preliminary sketch of the [[Primordial]] and its timelock drawn by [[Greg Bear]].
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' 
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}

==Sources==
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	A '''timelock'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 271''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 18, 191, 227''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 170''</ref> is a temporal stasis field in which the passage of time is brought to a standstill through sophisticated [[Slipstream space\|higher-dimensional]] manipulation. Both the [[Forerunner]]s and prehistoric [[San'Shyuum]] possessed timelocking technology. [[Prehistoric human civilization\|Prehistoric humans]] placed a form of timelock—a piece of ancient San'Shyuum technology also known as a '''time bolt'''—on the [[Primordial]]'s [[stasis capsule\|prison]] beneath [[Charum Hakkor]]'s [[Charum Hakkor arena\|arena]] to prevent it from escaping. According to the [[Ur-Didact\|Didact]], this measure was almost as effective as Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref>		A '''timelock'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 271''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 18, 191, 227''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 170''</ref> is a temporal stasis field in which the passage of time is brought to a standstill through sophisticated [[Slipstream space\|higher-dimensional]] manipulation. Both the [[Forerunner]]s and prehistoric [[San'Shyuum]] possessed timelocking technology. [[Prehistoric human civilization\|Prehistoric humans]] placed a form of timelock—a piece of ancient San'Shyuum technology also known as a '''time bolt'''—on the [[Primordial]]'s [[stasis capsule\|prison]] beneath [[Charum Hakkor]]'s [[Charum Hakkor arena\|arena]] to prevent it from escaping. According to the [[Ur-Didact\|Didact]], this measure was almost as effective as Forerunner technology.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref>