Installation 03: Difference between revisions

'''Installation 03''', also known as '''Eta Halo'''<ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''halo_inner_ring'']]</ref>, is one of the [[List of "seven" references in the Halo series|seven]] rings in the [[Halo Array]]. It was originally part of a smaller array of six Halos with a diameter of 10,000 kilometers, as opposed to the 12 larger, 30,000-kilometer-wide Halo installations.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> Its [[monitor]] is [[03-049 Abject Testament]].<ref name="Terminal"/> It appears to have a red and cracked surface, indicating the presence of vast deserts, as well as what appears to be volcanic activity,<ref name="enc"/> the latter of which exists through clearly artificial means.<ref group="note">Volcanic activity is caused by the movement of tectonic plates and the friction generated between them. The structure of the installation would presumably not allow such movement, however, there are oceans which may suggest a more diverse enviorment, similar to [[Installation 04]] and [[Installation 05]]. It is probable that the volcanic activity is superficial, as generated by underground mechanisms or, less likely, that the Halo features artificial tectonic dynamics.</ref>

The [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] discovered the installation's location some time after the [[Human-Covenant War]] had ended. Subsequently, the top-secret research station ''[[Ivanoff]]'' was built in the Halo's orbit, presumably with 049 Abject Testament's permission.<ref group="note">As seen in [[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminal 1]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', protocol dictates that a monitor allow humans to approach and make landfall on its respective Halo after verifying the humans' status as [[reclaimer]]s; therefore, it may be presumed that ONI were granted at least a moderate amount of leeway on and near the installation. Had Abject Testament refused to allow this construction, [[Sentinel]]s would likely have been dispatched, preventing the construction of the station.</ref> In [[2553|March 2553]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Catherine Halsey]] was indefinitely detained here by [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Margaret Parangosky]], as retribution for lying to her about the creation and deployment of [[flash clone]]s during the SPARTAN-II program's early phases.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 341''</ref> The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Pioneer|MJOLNIR/Pioneer]] variant first saw field use during the initial ground exploration of Installation 03. 049 Abject Tesrament apparently also allowed the humans to retreive and store the index for Halo 03, and other relics from the instalation, on the Ivanoff station.

At some point after being established, the scientists in the facility located the Forerunner weapon known as [[The Composer]] and data from an accident with it led to the [[Shield World]] known as [[Requiem]]. When [[The Didact]] was awakened, he traveled to ''Ivanoff'' in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' and [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|acquired the Composer]] using it to digitize ''Ivanoff's'' staff before jumping to Slipspace to travel to Earth to use the recovered weapon on humanity's homeworld.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Composer (level)|Composer]]''</ref>