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Shield worlds were used by the [[Warrior-Servant]]s as military outposts for thousands of years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]; for example, the [[Promethean]]s' military operations hub, [[Requiem]], already existed during the [[Human-Forerunner War]] in [[110,000 BCE]].<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> After the Forerunners learned of the parasite known as the [[Flood]], the [[Didact]] proposed the construction of more shield worlds which would be specifically designed as facilities from which to fight and research the Flood, an alternate solution to [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]'s plan to construct the Halos. Eventually, a compromise of the two plans was implemented, with the shield worlds being fitted to withstand the Halo effect and many of the species indexed in the [[Conservation Measure]] being stored on a number of shield worlds. However, the betrayal by the Forerunner {{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}} [[05-032 Mendicant Bias]] and its defection to the Flood forced the Forerunners to abandon their plans to evacuate into the shield installations, as Mendicant Bias revealed the locations of the shield worlds to the Flood.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 232''</ref>