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==Ring Locations==
==Ring Locations==
All of the Rings can be found in the open World of ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' and contain blue energy swirling within their perimeter.
All of the Rings can be found in the open World of ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' and contain blue energy swirling within their perimeter. upon discovery, they provide a log from [[117649 Despondent Pyre|Despondent Pyre]] and her analysis of these artifacts.


===Ring 01===
===Ring 01===
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|3=The Weapon and Chief discussing the first ring artifact.{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HI}}
|3=The Weapon and Chief discussing the first ring artifact.{{Ref/Game|Id=HI|HI}}
}}
}}
====Forerunner Log 01====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/01}}


===Ring 02===
===Ring 02===
{{Quote|This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is [[Forerunner]], strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't.|The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
{{Quote|This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is [[Forerunner]], strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't.|The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
====Forerunner Log 02====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/02}}


===Ring 03===
===Ring 03===
{{Quote|Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?|The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
{{Quote|Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?|The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
====Forerunner Log 03====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/03}}


===Ring 04===
===Ring 04===
{{Quote|This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating.|The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
{{Quote|This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating.|The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
====Forerunner Log 04====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/04}}


===Ring 05===
===Ring 05===
{{Quote|There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different.  |The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
{{Quote|There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different.  |The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.}}{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
====Forerunner Log 05====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/05}}


===Ring 06===
===Ring 06===
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|4=The Weapon and Chief after discovering the sixth ring artifact.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
|4=The Weapon and Chief after discovering the sixth ring artifact.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}
}}
}}
====Forerunner Log 06====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/06}}


===Ring 07===
===Ring 07===
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:'''The Weapon''': "''It does, doesn't it?''"<br/>
:'''The Weapon''': "''It does, doesn't it?''"<br/>
:&mdash; The Weapon and Chief after discovering the seventh ring artifact.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}}}
:&mdash; The Weapon and Chief after discovering the seventh ring artifact.{{Ref/Reuse|HI}}}}
====Forerunner Log 07====
{{:Audio log (Halo Infinite)/Forerunner/Monitor/07}}


==Production notes==
==Production notes==

Revision as of 17:58, January 17, 2022

During the war for Installation 07 John-117 and the Weapon came across many ring artifacts. These rings were linked together and contained runes older than the Forerunners with data millions of years old.[1]

Ring Locations

All of the Rings can be found in the open World of Halo Infinite and contain blue energy swirling within their perimeter. upon discovery, they provide a log from Despondent Pyre and her analysis of these artifacts.

Ring 01

The Weapon: "There's more here. This isn't the first time this Ring has repaired itself. What we're seeing in the landscape is an ancient process. It seems like these installations are almost impossible to destroy. Almost."
John-117: "Almost"
— The Weapon and Chief discussing the first ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 01

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/01: Constantly rewritten.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: How many years have I been here now? Two thousand or twenty thousand? Longer? Does it even matter? Why did my makers entrust me with this installation? As its custodian, I feel there is much that I do not know... Or that has been kept from me. Its history is... complicated. Constantly rewritten. But why? There is much to learn. And if nothing else... I have time.

Ring 02

"This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is Forerunner, strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't."
— The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 02

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/02: New questions.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: I continue to be impressed with the intricacies of this installation. Trillions of systems working in harmony. Forever shifting. Adapting. An ecosystem to preserve life. And when necessary, destroy it for the greater good.

Ring 03

"Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?"
— The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 03

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/03: To complete the circle.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: As I explore this world, I find answers that only seem to exist to pose new questions. One thing is certain. This installation was built differently than the others. A myriad of Reformation Spires can be deployed... indeed have been deployed when requested. To complete the circle. To ensure its inhabitants are preserved. Or perhaps I should say, "detained".

Ring 04

"This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating."
— The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 04

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/04: A celebration, or a warning?
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: Assuredly, many before me have observed these crumbling artifacts — gazed at the landscape in which they sit. How did they feel? There is so much here that I would assume was interpreted as beauty... but perhaps not. What are these relics to the past? Are they a celebration, or a warning? Symbols of hope or something darker?

Ring 05

"There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different. "
— The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 05

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/05: A constant loop.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: Time continues to be on my mind. I now believe these relics to contain a warning. A message from the past. But from whom? And why? As I look to the sky, I am struck by a thought. This Ring. A constant loop. Are we all fated to repeat the sins of the past?

Ring 06

The Weapon: "How many Rings have you visited Chief?"
John-117: "Too many."
The Weapon: "Well... There's information stored in here about all of them. Memories... Data... Deliberate... Fractured. So much history. None of it clear."
— The Weapon and Chief after discovering the sixth ring artifact.[2]

Forerunner Log 06

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/06: Their greatest fear.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: I am close to deciphering the runes. Perhaps I will learn who left them. My makers... the Forerunner's great fear was understood be the Great Parasite. The Flood. A scourge that almost wiped out everything. I now believe this hypothesis to be incorrect. Their greatest fear is... was... losing their power. The fear of a master who would become a slave.

Ring 07

The Weapon: "This is hard to explain."
John-117: "Try me."
The Weapon: "There's a profound regret woven through everything I can decipher. Grief, even. Tens of thousands of years old, and the sorrow still feels fresh. This Installation has a troubled memory. That was the last one. Its tragic. A civilisation that had it all under control. Until they didn't. There's so much here. It feels... kind of like a confession. Imagine needing to carve your apology onto an eternal slate. But not to say sorry. To warn. To confess."
John-117: "Sounds familiar."
The Weapon: "It does, doesn't it?"
— The Weapon and Chief after discovering the seventh ring artifact.[2]}}

Forerunner Log 07

Description: 

INSTALLATION ARCHIVE 117649/07: Rings inside of Rings.
  • 117649 Despondent Pyre: "Enemy within." That is the meaning of the runes carved into this monument. These runes predate me. Older than even the Forerunners. Time moves forward, and back again. I now see Rings inside of Rings. Great circles everlasting. Without beginning or end. "Endless." As I say their name I feel... foolish. Uninformed. Misled. And I am afraid.

Production notes

The ring artifacts serve as Forerunner audio logs in Halo Infinite.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Infinite, Forerunner Audio log: Monitor Reports - Artifact VII
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Infinite

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