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{{Era|Forerunner}}
This planet was an astronomical object located in a star system in the borders of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Like most other bodies in the system, it was mostly composed of [[water]] ice and rock.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=273}} The planet was just under ten thousand kilometers in diameter,{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=325}} and its surface was mottled red and gray in color.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=124}} As a distinctive feature, a shape resembling a wolf's head had been carved on the surface of the planet as a result of meteorite impacts over the course of numerous millennia.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=294-295}} Due to this pareidolic image, the ancient humans who observed the planet from the surface of Installation 07 frequently referred to it with monikers such as '''"wolf-moon"''', '''"wolf-orb"''',{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=250}} or the '''"wolf-faced planet"'''.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=304, 321, 324, 344}}
This '''unidentified planet''' was located in a star system in the borders of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Like most other bodies in the system, it was mostly composed of [[water]] ice and rock.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 273''</ref> The planet was just under ten thousand kilometers in diameter,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 325''</ref> and its surface was mottled red and gray in color.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 124''</ref> As a distinctive feature, a shape resembling a wolf's head had been carved on the surface of the planet as a result of meteorite impacts over the course of numerous millennia.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 294-295''</ref>


==History==
==History==
The planet's system was once part of the [[Ancestors|prehistoric human empire]], and was the location where the remaining human forces retreated after [[Charum Hakkor]] had fallen in the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. In the face of inevitable defeat, the human fleet razed the system, bombarding its planets to ruin and polluting them for millions of years to come.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=155-156}}
The planet's system was once part of the [[prehistoric human civilization|prehistoric human empire]], and was the location where the remaining human forces retreated after [[Charum Hakkor]] had fallen in the [[Human-Forerunner War]]. In the face of inevitable defeat, the human fleet razed the system, bombarding its planets to ruin and polluting them for millions of years to come.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 155-156''</ref>


During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the planet gained newfound significance as the pre-designated target for [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]]'s failsafe orbit. In the event the ring fell under enemy control, it would enter a course which would eventually cause the ring to smash into the face of the planet, a "suicide option" preventing enemy forces from using the weapon against its creators.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=279, 339}} The [[Rampancy|rampant]] [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], in charge of most of the ring, was unable to override this measure as most of the installation's automated control systems had been damaged or destroyed; however, biological operators, when connected to the installation's controls through the [[Cartographer#Installation 07|Cartographer]], could still steer the ring.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=320}}
During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the planet gained newfound significance as the pre-set target for [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]]'s failsafe orbit. In the event the ring fell under enemy control, it would enter a course which would eventually cause the ring to smash into the face of the planet, a "suicide option" preventing enemy forces from using the weapon against its creators.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 279, 339''</ref> The [[Rampancy|rampant]] [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|AI]] [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], in charge of most of the ring, was unable to override this measure as most of the installation's automated control systems had been damaged or destroyed; however, biological operators, when connected to the installation's controls, could still steer the ring.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 320''</ref>


After the [[Fate of Maethrillian]], the failsafe orbit measure was enacted and Installation 07 jumped into the system, approaching the planet. However, Mendicant Bias managed to enlist the aid of several [[human]]s, who, in conjunction with [[Composer]]-processed [[Forerunner]] [[Flood]] victims, successfully moved the ring into a position in which the planet would pass through the Halo. As the ring approached the planet, the [[IsoDidact]] and his fleet arrived in the system. After successfully deactivating Mendicant Bias, the Didact assisted one of the humans, [[Chakas]], in managing the ring's passage past the planet. Although the Halo took heavy damage as a result of stresses from the planet's gravitational pull and was forced to shed a large part of its structure, it eventually survived and was transported to the [[greater Ark]].{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=328-346}}
After the [[Battle of the capital]], the failsafe orbit measure was enacted and Installation 07 jumped into the system, approaching the planet. However, Mendicant Bias managed to enlist the aid of several [[human]]s, who, in conjunction with [[The Composer|Composer]]-processed [[Forerunner]] [[Flood]] victims, successfully moved the ring into a position in which the planet would pass through the Halo. As the ring approached the planet, [[the Didact]] and his fleet arrived in the system. After successfully deactivating Mendicant Bias, the Didact assisted one of the humans, [[Chakas]], in managing the ring's passage past the planet. Although the Halo took heavy damage as a result of stresses from the planet's gravitational pull and was forced to shed a large part of its structure, it eventually survived and was transported to the [[greater Ark]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 328-346''</ref>
 
A hundred thousand years later, in late [[2558]], the Forerunner ancilla [[343 Guilty Spark]] - who had once been Chakas when he was human - remembered the events surrounding the wolf-faced planet when he returned to Zeta Halo to use its Cartographer to unlock the secrets of the Librarian's [[coordinate key]]. The memories were shown to be traumatic for Spark, especially since they surrounded the events that had caused the loss of his human body.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|13}}


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
**''[[Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' {{Im}}
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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