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The structure is located on an island in the middle of the urban city-state of Ontom, and is surrounded by a large walled courtyard. Although not particularly large on the outside, the structure contains a labyrinthine tunnel network running for many kilometers underneath the island.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 117''</ref> Some of these passages have been closed off by the Sangheili, who have also added certain features to the original construction, such as additional lights.<ref name="ttw84">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 84''</ref> However, further down in the tunnels, the passages are alight via original Forerunner lighting systems which lack visible light fixtures of any kind.<ref name="ttw160">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 160''</ref> Additionally, the interiors further down the complex are completely clean and pristine, despite | The structure is located on an island in the middle of the urban city-state of Ontom, and is surrounded by a large walled courtyard. Although not particularly large on the outside, the structure contains a labyrinthine tunnel network running for many kilometers underneath the island.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 117''</ref> Some of these passages have been closed off by the Sangheili, who have also added certain features to the original construction, such as additional lights.<ref name="ttw84">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 84''</ref> However, further down in the tunnels, the passages are alight via original Forerunner lighting systems which lack visible light fixtures of any kind.<ref name="ttw160">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 160''</ref> Additionally, the interiors further down the complex are completely clean and pristine, despite over 100,000 years of abandonment.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 122''</ref> | ||
Largely constructed of stone, the walls within the temple are perfectly smooth and the seams in the stonework are barely visible.<ref name="ttw84"/> The stonework exhibits a curious, malleable quality; the walls are capable of reconfiguring themselves to some extent.<ref name="ttw159">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 159''</ref> Invisible energy fields cover some of the walls,<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 85''</ref> which makes the solid stone walls feel unnaturally soft,<ref name="ttw159"/> even "furry".<ref name="ttw164">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 164-165''</ref> Many of the walls are covered in crisply carved [[Forerunner symbols]] in cartouche-like arrangements.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 118''</ref> An instruction not to release the [[Didact]] without the permission of an unspecified individual, apparently of a superior rank, is repeatedly displayed among the symbols.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 163-164''</ref> In addition, the symbols have references to the Halo installations and their possible locations.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 157-158''</ref> One of the symbols was similar to a glyph found in the [[Onyx]] [[Dyson sphere]], [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], roughly translated as "storehouse", "garage" or "[[sarcophagus]]".<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 176''</ref> Despite being apparently carved out of stone, the symbols are also capable of shifting and assuming different shapes.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 158''</ref> This feature may be facilitated through the use of [[hard light]], a technology used by the Forerunners to create realistic surfaces mimicking various forms of corporeal matter. | Largely constructed of stone, the walls within the temple are perfectly smooth and the seams in the stonework are barely visible.<ref name="ttw84"/> The stonework exhibits a curious, malleable quality; the walls are capable of reconfiguring themselves to some extent.<ref name="ttw159">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 159''</ref> Invisible energy fields cover some of the walls,<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 85''</ref> which makes the solid stone walls feel unnaturally soft,<ref name="ttw159"/> even "furry".<ref name="ttw164">'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 164-165''</ref> Many of the walls are covered in crisply carved [[Forerunner symbols]] in cartouche-like arrangements.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 118''</ref> An instruction not to release the [[Didact]] without the permission of an unspecified individual, apparently of a superior rank, is repeatedly displayed among the symbols.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 163-164''</ref> In addition, the symbols have references to the Halo installations and their possible locations.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 157-158''</ref> One of the symbols was similar to a glyph found in the [[Onyx]] [[Dyson sphere]], [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]], roughly translated as "storehouse", "garage" or "[[sarcophagus]]".<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 176''</ref> Despite being apparently carved out of stone, the symbols are also capable of shifting and assuming different shapes.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 158''</ref> This feature may be facilitated through the use of [[hard light]], a technology used by the Forerunners to create realistic surfaces mimicking various forms of corporeal matter. |
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