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This | This planet was an astronomical object located in a star system in the borders of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Like most other bodies in the system, it was mostly composed of [[water]] ice and rock.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=273}} The planet was just under ten thousand kilometers in diameter,{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=325}} and its surface was mottled red and gray in color.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=124}} As a distinctive feature, a shape resembling a wolf's head had been carved on the surface of the planet as a result of meteorite impacts over the course of numerous millennia.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=294-295}} Due to this pareidolic image, the ancient humans who observed the planet from the surface of Installation 07 frequently referred to it with monikers such as '''"wolf-moon"''', '''"wolf-orb"''',{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=250}} or the '''"wolf-faced planet"'''.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=304, 321, 324, 344}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The planet's system was once part of the [[ | The planet's system was once part of the [[Ancestors|prehistoric human empire]], and was the location where the remaining human forces retreated after [[Charum Hakkor]] had fallen in the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. In the face of inevitable defeat, the human fleet razed the system, bombarding its planets to ruin and polluting them for millions of years to come.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=155-156}} | ||
During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the planet gained newfound significance as the pre- | During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the planet gained newfound significance as the pre-designated target for [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]]'s failsafe orbit. In the event the ring fell under enemy control, it would enter a course which would eventually cause the ring to smash into the face of the planet, a "suicide option" preventing enemy forces from using the weapon against its creators.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=279, 339}} The [[Rampancy|rampant]] [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], in charge of most of the ring, was unable to override this measure as most of the installation's automated control systems had been damaged or destroyed; however, biological operators, when connected to the installation's controls through the [[Cartographer#Installation 07|Cartographer]], could still steer the ring.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=320}} | ||
After the [[ | After the [[Fate of Maethrillian]], the failsafe orbit measure was enacted and Installation 07 jumped into the system, approaching the planet. However, Mendicant Bias managed to enlist the aid of several [[human]]s, who, in conjunction with [[Composer]]-processed [[Forerunner]] [[Flood]] victims, successfully moved the ring into a position in which the planet would pass through the Halo. As the ring approached the planet, the [[IsoDidact]] and his fleet arrived in the system. After successfully deactivating Mendicant Bias, the Didact assisted one of the humans, [[Chakas]], in managing the ring's passage past the planet. Although the Halo took heavy damage as a result of stresses from the planet's gravitational pull and was forced to shed a large part of its structure, it eventually survived and was transported to the [[greater Ark]].{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=328-346}} | ||
A hundred thousand years later, in late [[2558]], the Forerunner ancilla [[343 Guilty Spark]] - who had once been Chakas when he was human - remembered the events surrounding the wolf-faced planet when he returned to Zeta Halo to use its Cartographer to unlock the secrets of the Librarian's [[coordinate key]]. The memories were shown to be traumatic for Spark, especially since they surrounded the events that had caused the loss of his human body.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|13}} | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[Halo: | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
**''[[Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' {{Im}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
[[Category:Planets]] | [[Category:Planets]] |
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