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[[File:Teleportation Grid.JPG|thumb|right|[[John-117]] teleporting via the teleportation grid.]]

While the teleportation system on [[Onyx]] was made up of a network of [[teleporter|translocation platforms]], the teleportation grids on the Halo installations allow translocation from any point on the ring without the need for a teleporter. Teleportation through a grid is typically accompanied by rings of golden light that surround the individual being teleported.<ref name="two">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref><ref name="gravemind">'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind]]''</ref> A teleportation grid requires massive amounts of energy to operate.<ref name="two"/> The translocation grids on the Halo installations are supported by an array of "telemetry clusters", spire-like structures equipped with synchronization conduits which ensure the grid's operation at all times.<ref name="nelson"/> Teleportation grids extend some distance away from the installation they are based on, as evidenced by the [[Gravemind]] being able to use [[Installation 05]]'s grid to translocate [[John-117]] into ''[[High Charity]]'', which was holding position near the installation.<ref name="gravemind"/>

[[File:1219939660 Avatars Halo Teleportation.jpg|right|thumb|[[John-117]] being teleported by [[343 Guilty Spark]] on Installation 04.]]

During the [[Skirmish on Installation 03]] on [[2557#July|July 26, 2557]], [[859 Static Carillon]], the [[monitor]] of the [[Composer's Forge]], temporarily disabled the [[Ur-Didact]] and used an emergency teleport feature present in [[Installation 03]]'s teleportation grid to displace the [[Promethean]] commander into the [[Control Room (Installation 03)|Control Room]]. According to the monitor, the control center was the only destination available to him, being the most secure location on the ring. Static Carillon then teleported [[John-117]] into the control room and, after ejecting the segment of the Halo housing the control room, he teleported the Master Chief aboard [[Blue Team]]'s [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] in orbit just before the detached section impacted the [[Composer's Forge]].<ref>'''Halo: Escalation''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|Issue #10]]''</ref>

[[Installation 05]]'s teleportation grid was unavailable during the [[Battle of Installation 05]] as it was being controlled by the [[Gravemind]] (formed beneath that Installation's Library facility) through the Installation's captured Monitor, [[2401 Penitent Tangent]]. Managing to ensnare both the [[John-117|Master Chief]] and the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]], it formed a tentative alliance with the two enemies in order to stop the rings activation - teleporting the [[John-117]] aboard [[High Charity]],<ref name="gravemind"/> in orbit above the Installation, and the Arbiter near to the Control Room.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[Uprising]]''</ref> The fact that it did not, or could not, use the same grid to teleport its own [[Flood combat form]]s to those locations indicates that use of it is restricted to non-Flood life forms and constructs.<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level, ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref>

The artificial planet [[Onyx]] also possessed a teleportation grid, which was used by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] to transport the [[SPARTAN-II Program|Spartan-IIs]] and [[SPARTAN-III Program|IIIs]] across the megastructure during the [[Onyx Conflict]].<ref name="goo311"/> After translocating Spartans to safety from a [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|Covenant]] attack in the [[Cartographer|map room]], Halsey used it to an advantage when assisting the Spartan teams to disable a [[Sentinel manufacturing facility|Sentinel manufacturing plant]] on Onyx, allowing the Spartans to rapidly traverse the immense facility.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 318''</ref> According to Dr. Halsey, an [[electromagnetic pulse]] generated by a [[nuclear weapon]] would have disrupted Onyx's teleportation grid for days, thus preventing the Spartans from using nukes to destroy the Sentinel factory.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 317''</ref> After the facility was destroyed, Halsey transported them to a room containing [[Team Katana]]'s [[slipspace field pod]]s and soon after, to the [[core room antechamber]] in the center of the megastructure. In the antechamber, the Spartans attempted to block [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] and [[Joyous Exultation Covenant|his forces]] from entering by placing the pods on various teleporter platforms. However, there were too many to block in the antechamber and Voro's forces were able to teleport in using platforms further away.

The [[Etran Harborage]] also contained a teleportation grid. On the [[Apex Site]] was a pad that could be activated through a voice command to transport its occupant to a desired location. In this pad's case, a ring rose up and surrounded the user with energy before disappearing, leaving the user at their desired destination. The Harborage also contained numerous small teleporters which acted similar to elevators, transporting anyone who entered them from a higher level to a nearby lower level and vice versa. Aside from aircraft, the main way onto the Apex Site was through a large pad teleporter at the top of a series of ramps that led to the Apex Base Site. This pad transported anything entering it to the Apex Site automatically.

[[Requiem]] contained a unique teleporter in the form of portals that would open to various locations on the Shield World, including its surface and its core. [[Cortana]] was able to access and control the network after being put into a terminal and opened a portal to a tower in the planet's core so that she and the [[John-117|Master Chief]] could travel there to find the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} and escape the planet. However, this awoke the [[Promethean]]s, who could also utilize the portal network to a great effect to move across Requiem. Cortana and the Master Chief later used portals to travel around the core and later to escape to the surface when the core started to collapse. After shutting down the [[particle cannon]]s protecting the gravity well generator and meeting with a personality imprint of the [[Librarian]], the two used a portal to rejoin the nearby human forces.

The Forerunner ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' possesed a teleportation grid in the form of portals similar to [[Requiem]] to allow beings to move about the ship easier. Once [[Cortana]] was inserted into the ship's systems, she was able to open portals to various locations throughout the ship before finally getting the [[John-117|Master Chief]] to where he wanted to go: The [[Composer]].

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