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[[File:PL - UncomfortableTruth1.jpg|thumb | [[File:PL - UncomfortableTruth1.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''Despair''-class fighter design seed being disassembled.]] | ||
A '''design seed''' was a piece of technology used by the [[Forerunner]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. | A '''design seed''' was a piece of technology used by the [[Forerunner]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. {{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/the-new-halo-encyclopedia-is-out-today|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The New Halo Encyclopedia is Out Today|D=11|M=03|Y=2023}} | ||
==Design and operation== | ==Design and operation== | ||
[[File:HW2 DespairDock.jpg | [[File:HW2 DespairDock.jpg|thumb|300px|A ''Despair''-class fighter under construction by a design seed.]] | ||
Designed by a Forerunner [[pattern-weaver]] assisted by [[ancilla]],<ref name="uncharted waters">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-uncharted-waters '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Uncharted Waters'']</ref> a design seed contained the schematics for the piece of technology it was designed to craft, as well as the machinery required to convert the construction materials into the object under construction. When required, design seeds could be fed into [[assembler vats]] for mass-replication.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''p.90''</ref> In the absence of dedicated manufacturing facilities, the construction materials could be obtained from resources available on-site.<ref name="c88">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 88-89, 94''</ref> According to [[343 Guilty Spark]], the seeds are codes that are drawn with hard light filaments and coded with quantum commands.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''page 210''</ref> | Designed by a Forerunner [[pattern-weaver]] assisted by [[ancilla]],<ref name="uncharted waters">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-uncharted-waters '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Uncharted Waters'']</ref> a design seed contained the schematics for the piece of technology it was designed to craft, as well as the machinery required to convert the construction materials into the object under construction. When required, design seeds could be fed into [[assembler vats]] for mass-replication.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''', ''p.90''</ref> In the absence of dedicated manufacturing facilities, the construction materials could be obtained from resources available on-site.<ref name="c88">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 88-89, 94''</ref> According to [[343 Guilty Spark]], the seeds are codes that are drawn with hard light filaments and coded with quantum commands.<ref>'''[[Halo: Renegades]]''', ''page 210''</ref> | ||