Editing Unidentified alien vessel

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[[File:Alien ship 2.png|thumb|300px|An overhead view of the ship after its crash-landing.]]
A '''spacefaring vessel''', belonging to an unknown species, crash landed on [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 04]] around [[40,000 BCE]].{{Ref/Game|Id=terminal5|HCEA|Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#The Terminals|Terminal 5}}{{Ref/Game|Id=time|HCEA|Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#The Terminals|Terminal 6|Quotee=04-343 Guilty Spark|Quote=I have now endured 60,000 years without word from outside the Array.}}

==History==
Around 60,000 years after the firing of the Halo Array,{{Ref/Reuse|time}} this vessel crash landed on Installation 04 in [[Sector 1215]]. Twenty-six hours later, [[monitor]] [[04-343 Guilty Spark|343 Guilty Spark]] arrived at the crash site and noted the crew had not attempted to exit the vessel. He marked seventeen atmosphere leaks along the hull of the ship that had been caused prior to the crash. An analysis showed these gases to be similar to those that comprised Installation 04's atmosphere. Guilty Spark hoped to get answers from these lifeforms, since he had many questions.{{Ref/Reuse|terminal5}}

Sometime prior to the crash, the ship started broadcasting a distress signal repeated every 72.83 seconds.{{Ref/Reuse|time}} After attempting to translate it, Guilty Spark blocked the signal, as no communication revealing the location of any of the Halos was allowed. As the ship appeared to be a short-range vessel, Guilty Spark believed there may have been more like it somewhere in the vicinity and so could not take the chance of more lifeforms discovering the ring and possibly breaching [[Flood]] containment.{{Ref/Reuse|terminal5}} In accordance with procedure, 343 Guilty Spark did not attempt to make physical or remote contact with the possible occupants of the ship. Eventually, the atmosphere stopped leaking from the ship and two weeks later, the distress signal terminated. After the distress signal terminated, the monitor had a massive sarcophagus constructed around the remains of the vessel over the course of the next week. Guilty Spark would then lament a missed chance to learn more about the rest of the galaxy and decide to relax his protocols somewhat the next time an alien vessel arrived so as not to miss another such opportunity.{{Ref/Reuse|time}}

==Trivia==
*This ship's crash landing may have been previously alluded to in ''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'', in which Guilty Spark states that other species had visited the installation prior to the Covenant's arrival. However, it is unlikely that he refers to this incident specifically, as the other races recorded what they encountered on the Halo and then left.
*After a ''[[Halo Waypoint]]'' forum user joked that the vessel's slipspace capabilities indicate that it was not built by "dogs, cats, [or] certain bears", the administrator known as [[Catalog]] facetiously replied, "Query Answer: No known Tier 2 species matching suggested morphology [re: ursus sapiens]."{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/what-species-crashed-on-installation-04/e5cbb75d-10af-43d9-a909-3d4be341cc4e/posts?page=2|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=What species crashed on Installation 04?|D=29|M=12|Y=2019|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#What species crashed on Installation 04?}} ''Ursus sapiens'' is a hypothetical binomial nomenclature meaning "wise bear". The joke was later referenced in the name of the achievement—[[Bearly Contained]]—from ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' that requires the player to activate Terminal 6 on [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]].
**Catalog also stated that the ship's hull pattern bears similarity to the designs used by [[seven]] distinct species.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=14|Site=Halo Waypoint Forums|Page=Catalog Interaction|D=21|M=10|Y=2018|LocalArchive=Catalog/Archive/2014#Post_.236}}
*The overhead view of the crashed ship closely resembles a [[masseffect:Reaper|Reaper]] (particularly of the ''Sovereign'' class) from the [[masseffect:Mass Effect|''Mass Effect'' universe]].

==Gallery==
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File:Anniversary, alien vessel.jpg
File:Alien ship 1.png|343 Guilty Spark scanning the ship.
File:Alien ship sarcophagus.png|The containment sarcophagus constructed around the ship.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Ship types}}

[[Category:ships]]

[[Category:Unidentified content]]