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[[File:Line_Installation_1-4.png|300px|thumb|The entrance to Line Installation 1-4.]]

'''Line Installation 1-4''' (also simply referred to as "'''The Line'''") is a [[Forerunner]] installation located on an [[Unnamed Moon|unknown Moon]].<ref>[http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6832.NYCC_~apos~09~colon~_Two_New_Halo_Series_on_the_Way NYCC '09: Two New Halo Series]</ref>

Line Installation 1-4 served as a [[Flood Research Facility]], as well as a defensive installation, as it possessed a powerful [[Directed Energy Weapon|energy weapon]] system that was capable of shooting down any ships passing nearby, even when in [[Slipstream Space|Slipspace]], causing them to crash down on the moon.<ref name="issue1">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> The Installation had its own [[Monitor]], named [[686 Ebullient Prism]], which had a sizeable force of [[Sentinel]] and special [[Gatherer]] units under its command. The Installation itself is a vast underground complex with tunnels and hallways reaching kilometers deep. Most of the tunnels appear as if they had been designed with flying machines such as Sentinels in mind, as vertical or angled service tunnels are more frequent than walkways.<ref name="issue3">'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref>

Due to the Installation's active defense system, the moon's surface became littered with wreckages of ships over the course of history. During the [[Human-Covenant War]] in the mid-2500's, the {{UNSCShip|Long Time Coming}}, as well as the Covenant [[Assault Carrier]] ''[[Clarity of Faith]]'' were shot down by the Line's defenses while in Slipspace.<ref name="issue1"/> As a result, they both crash-landed on the moon and some of their personnel were taken by [[Gatherer]]s into the main facility of the Installation, for study by 686 Ebullient Prism.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 2|Issue 2]]''</ref> During [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4|the ensuing conflict]], the installation's control center was located and used to shoot down an entire Covenant fleet in Slipspace.<ref>'''Halo: Blood Line''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 5|Issue 5]]''</ref>

*The Installation is apparently a defensive structure used to shoot down infected ships during the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], and may have been linked to the [[Maginot Line]]. This is supported by the Installation's name, as well as its function. In addition, [[Frank O'Connor]] commented on the name that "fans of the terminals will probably figure it out", implying that the reference to a "Line" is linked to the story told in the [[Terminals]] of ''[[Halo 3]]'', where the Maginot Line was first mentioned.<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive31.pl?read=941695 '''halo.bungie.org''': ''Re: Halo: Blood Line, Issue #1 cover and info'']</ref>

*The Installation's control center appears near-identical to that of the [[Relic (Structure)|Relic]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', complete with [[Holography|holograms]] of star systems.

*It is noteable that "6-8-6" is "3-4-3" doubled. This could be a reference to 343 Industries or 343 Guilty Spark.

==List of Appearances==

*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''

 

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