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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Post}} |
| {{Disambig header|the Banished stronghold on Installation 07|the Halo Infinite campaign mission|The Tower}} | | {{Newcontent|[[Halo Infinite]]}} |
| [[File:HINF CF Tower.jpg|350px|thumb|Chak 'Lok's Tower on the surface of Installation 07.]] | | {{Disambig header|the base in ''Halo Infinite''|similar Banished structures found in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''|Banished outpost}} |
| {{Quote|Welcome to my Tower, Master Chief. It is where you will be broken. It is where you will give up your secrets.|[[Chak 'Lok]] greeting [[John-117]] in the Tower.{{Ref/Quest|Id=tower|HINF|Lockdown|The Tower}}}}
| | [[File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept.png|250px|right|thumb|Concept art of a Banished stronghold on Installation 07.]] |
| The '''Tower''', also named '''Chak 'Lok's Tower''' after its warden [[Chak 'Lok]],{{Ref/Site|Id=CF125|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-of-protocols-and-prisons|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Of Protocols and Prisons|D=07|M=03|Y=2022}} was a [[Banished]] facility built on one of the fragments of [[Installation 07]] during the [[Installation 07]] [[Battle for Zeta Halo|conflict]] between [[2559#December|December 2559]] and [[2560]].{{Ref/Reuse|tower}} {{Ref/Site|Id=InsideFebruary|D=17|M=6|Y=2021|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/inside-infinite-february-2021|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Inside Infinite - February 2021}} | | The '''Tower''' is a type of military base employed by the [[Banished]], notably used by the mercenary organization to [[Installation 07 conflict|occupy]] [[Installation 07]] after defeating the [[UNSC]] at the [[Halo Array|Halo]] in [[2559#December|December 2559]].{{Ref/Site|Id=InsideFebruary|D=17|M=6|Y=2021|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/inside-infinite-february-2021|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Inside Infinite - February 2021}} |
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| ===Deployment method=== | | ===Deployment method=== |
| The stronghold was a pre-built structure that was dropped from a [[Banished]] [[Banished dreadnought|vessel]] in orbit onto the surface of a [[planet]], [[Halo Array|Halo installation]], or other celestial body. Upon impacting the ground, massive spikes on the underside of the structure burrow deep into the terrain and act as a sturdy foundation.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Ask343Zeta|BgrbXe-CMaE|HALO|#Ask343 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Halo Infinite – Zeta Halo|D=17|M=6|Y=2021}} | | The Tower is a pre-built structure that is dropped from a [[Banished]] [[Banished dreadnought|vessel]] in orbit onto the surface of a [[planet]], [[Halo Array|Halo installation]], or other celestial body. Upon impacting the ground, massive spikes on the underside of the structure burrow deep into the terrain and act as a sturdy foundation.{{Ref/YouTube|Id=Ask343Zeta|BgrbXe-CMaE|HALO|#Ask343 <nowiki>|</nowiki> Halo Infinite – Zeta Halo|D=17|M=6|Y=2021}} |
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| ===Facilities=== | | ===Operational history=== |
| The Tower serves as a location for interrogating prisoners of war as well as a a central strategic analysis base for retrieving and analyzing intel.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=455}} The Tower has a main entrance and a side entrance. The Tower itself was composed of three floors of prisons, accessible via a gravity lift at the base of the structure. The top floor contains a large chamber with two [[Banished torture machine|torture devices]]. There is a security building at the base of the Tower, which can put the facility into lockdown. There is a landing pad at cliffside of the base.{{Ref/Reuse|tower}}
| | After the [[UNSC]]'s [[Battle over Installation 07|defeat at]] [[Installation 07]] circa [[2559#December|December 13, 2559]], the Banished forces led by [[Escharum]] occupied the installation. These strongholds were deployed across the ring to maintain control, and would later become obstacles for the UNSC forces led by [[John-117]] to overcome as they [[Installation 07 conflict|fought]] to stop the Banished in the months that followed.{{Ref/Reuse|InsideFebruary}} |
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| ===History===
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| [[File:HINF Spartan Griffin Device.png|thumb|250px|Spartan Griffin suspended in the Tower's torture device.]] | |
| After the UNSC's defeat at Installation 07 circa [[2559#December|December 13, 2559]], the Banished forces led by [[War Chief]] [[Escharum]] occupied the installation. The Tower was one of the many Banished outposts deployed across the ring to maintain control.{{Ref/Reuse|InsideFebruary}} Escharum ordered his troops to hunt down and capture UNSC survivors.{{Ref/Game|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Outpost Intel 3|Banished Audio log|Detail=Outpost Intel #07 - That Which Remain}} The [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] were processed at [[Redoubt of Sundering]],{{Ref/Quest|HINF|Connections|Redoubt of Sundering|Quote=This must be where they processed prisoners before sending them to the Tower.|Quotee=The Weapon}} then taken to the Tower for torture and interrogation by its warden [[Chak 'Lok]]. Survivors were then brought to the [[House of Reckoning (location)|House of Reckoning]].{{Ref/Reuse|tower}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF125}} [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan-IV]] [[Hudson Griffin]] was brought to the Tower following his captured by the Banished after a failed assassination on Escharum.{{Ref/Reuse|tower}}{{Ref/Reuse|CF125}}{{Ref/Game|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#Retaliation 2|Spartan Audio log|Detail=Retaliation #03 - Confrontation}} Combat Medic [[Lucas Browning]] was also taken to the Tower after the Banished forced him to release the [[Xalanyn]] known as "The [[Harbinger]]" from her [[cylix]].{{Ref/Reuse|CF125}}{{Ref/Game|HI|Audio log (Halo Infinite)#The Prisoner 2|UNSC Audio log|Detail=The Prisoner #04 - Easy to Break}} On May 18, 2560, Browning's friends Spartan [[Nina Kovan]], [[Erik Bender]], and [[Robin Dimik]] planned to attack the Tower and rescue him.{{Ref/Novel|RP|38}}
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| By May 28, 2560, Spartan Griffin was the only prisoner within the Tower,{{Ref/Quest|HI|Lockdown|Recovery|Quote=Master Chief and the Weapon chase the signal to the Tower, a well-defended fortress where the Banished have processed and interrogated scores of human prisoners — which now houses only one.}} with only a handful of [[UNSC Marine Corps|marines]] being held at the base of the Tower.{{Ref/Reuse|tower}} Having learned of [[John-117]]'s survival,{{Ref/Quest|Id=wg|HI|Ringfall|Warship Gbraakon}} Escharum ordered Chak 'Lok to lure the Spartan to the Tower using Griffin's distress signal.{{Ref/Reuse|tower}} John-117 stormed the Tower, fought through the Banished troops defending the outpost, and reached the top floor, where he killed Chak 'Lok. Despite being freed from his torture device, Griffin succumbed to his wounds, but told John-117 of the Banished's search for a Forerunner facility known as the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]].{{Ref/Reuse|tower}} The facility was put out of use following Chak 'Lok's death.{{Ref/Quest|HI|Lockdown|The Tower|Quote=This well-fortified stronghold was once a central processing and interrogation site for UNSC prisoners captured by the Banished throughout the Ring. But since the fall of its warden Chak 'Lok, this hulking structure now lay silent.}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| An Easter egg referencing [[Craig]] and the [[Halo Infinite skulls#IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy)|IWHBYD skull]] can be found at the roof of the Tower.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| {{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of the Tower}}
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| ===Concept art=== | | ===Concept art=== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HINF Concept TowerExteriorSketch.jpg|Concept sketch of the exterior of the Tower.
| | File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept3.jpg|Concept art of John-117 outside of a Banished stronghold. |
| File:HINF Concept TowerDetails1.jpg|Concept sketches of various parts of the Tower.
| | File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept2.jpg|Concept art of a stronghold from above. |
| File:HINF Concept TowerDetails2.jpg|More concept sketches.
| | File:HINF BanishedHologramConcept.png|Concept art of a Banished [[holotank]], likely within one of these strongholds. |
| File:HINF Concept TowerDetails3.jpg|More concept sketches.
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| File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept3.jpg|Concept art of John-117 approaching the Tower. | |
| File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept2.jpg|Concept art of the Tower from above. | |
| File:HINF BanishedStrongholdConcept.png|Finalized concept art of the Tower. | |
| File:HINF TowerBase Concept.jpg|Concept art for the Tower's base.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ===Screenshots=== | | ===Screenshots=== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HINF BanishedStronghold.png|The Tower as seen from a distance. | | File:HINF BanishedStronghold.png|A Banished stronghold on the surface of Installation 07. |
| File:HINF Tower main entrance.png|The Tower's main entrance.
| | File:HINF TwoBanshees.png|Two [[Kaelum Workshop Banshee|Banshees]] on patrol near a stronghold. |
| File:HINF Tower side entrance.png|The Tower's side entrance.
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| File:HINF TowerPrisoners.png|UNSC marines being held captive at the Tower's entrance.
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| File:HINF TowerBerserkers.png|Berserkers deployed to the Tower.
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| File:HINF Tower Security Building.png|A security building at the base of the Tower.
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| File:HINF TowerManCannon.png|A kinetic launcher at the base of the Tower. | |
| File:HINF TowerLift.png|The Tower's gravity lift.
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| File:HINF TowerLandingPad.png|The Tower's landing pad.
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| File:HINF TowerCells.png|Holding cells within the Tower.
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| File:HINF Tower Torture Machine.png|The torture chamber in the Tower.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: The Rubicon Protocol]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
| {{Ref/Sources}} | | {{Ref/Sources}} |
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| [[Category:Banished military bases]] | | [[Category:Banished buildings]] |
| [[Category:Installation 07 locations]]
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