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[[File:Keyofonsanalan.jpg|thumb|200px|James Ackerson holding out the Key of Osanalan to Ruwan.]]
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The '''Key of Osanalan''' was a simple imaginary skeleton key, seemingly fashioned from tin-foil, that [[Ruwan Ackerson|Ruwan]] and [[James Ackerson]] used in make-believe games when they were both children.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref>   
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The '''Key of Osanalan''' is a [[Forerunner]] object underneath the city of [[Cleveland]], [[United States of America|Ohio]] on [[Earth]]. <ref>[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]</ref>  As revealed by a captured [[Colonel James Ackerson]], without the Key, the [[Halo Array|Halos]] will not properly activate. Outside of [[Halo: Uprising]], no mention of the key is seen in [[Halo 3]], and [[Master Chief]] activates the replacement [[Installation 04]] successfully even without the key. However, the key could be required for a full Array activation, but not for single detonations, as a sort of stop-gap measure to insure the galaxy is not wiped out by accident. Or, the key could likely be the activation index for the portal, which would explain its location on Earth and not a Halo ring. Also one of the main characters in Uprising, [[Ruwan]] knows exactly what it is.


(NOTICE FROM ANOTHER AUTHOR- This entire article is incorrect. to begin with, the "Key" is only known as the activation index. But furthermore the Key is entioned in halo 3, as cortona has copied the codes from the key, and so she can activat any size halo array detination without the key, or at least that of Instillation 04 should activiation codes vary between Halos. And it is with this that cortana was used to activate the replacement instillation 04 against the command of 343 Guilty Spark.)
==Background==
During their childhood, James and Ruwan Ackerson used the imaginary Key of Osanalan to rescue a "Princess" as part of their make-believe games.<ref>'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 3|Issue 3]]''</ref>


(As for this article itself, i know not what to do with it, as it could not be repaired without becoming a stub. So i leave it for a more experienced person to edit back to condition.)
During the [[Human-Covenant War]], James Ackerson, now a [[colonel]] in the [[UNSC Army]], was captured after the [[Battle of Mare Erythraeum]]. While he was being interrogated by the [[Jiralhanae]] [[Shipmaster]] [[Lepidus]], he said that the [[Halo Array|Halos]] would not properly activate without the Key of Osanalan, causing the Covenant to go on a misleading search for the "Key". Ruwan, after realizing the importance of the Covenant's belief in the key, contacted the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], saying that he would give them the Key when they met. Once they arrived, Ruwan then told them that he was the Key. Confused, the Covenant brought Ruwan to their ship, the {{Pattern|Ket|battlecruiser}} ''[[Harbinger of Piety]]''. Unbeknownst to them, Ruwan had been implanted with [[Tykos 30]], an organic tracking compound. Moments before ''[[Nassau Station]]'' used its [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] to destroy the ship, Ruwan told the [[Minister of Inquisition]] to ''"kiss [his] ass"''.<ref name="Uprising4">'''Halo: Uprising''' ''[[Halo: Uprising Issue 4|Issue 4]]''</ref>


==Related Articles==
After the destruction of ''Harbinger of Piety'', [[James Ackerson]] openly mocked the Covenant about the key's non-existence, which resulted in his death.{{Ref/Reuse|Uprising4}}
*[[Halo: Uprising]]
 
*[[Halo: Uprising Issue 1]]
==List of appearances==
*[[Cleveland]]
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Battle of Cleveland]]


==Sources==
==Sources==
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Latest revision as of 19:49, October 31, 2024

James Ackerson holding out the Key of Osanalan to Ruwan.

The Key of Osanalan was a simple imaginary skeleton key, seemingly fashioned from tin-foil, that Ruwan and James Ackerson used in make-believe games when they were both children.[1]

Background[edit]

During their childhood, James and Ruwan Ackerson used the imaginary Key of Osanalan to rescue a "Princess" as part of their make-believe games.[2]

During the Human-Covenant War, James Ackerson, now a colonel in the UNSC Army, was captured after the Battle of Mare Erythraeum. While he was being interrogated by the Jiralhanae Shipmaster Lepidus, he said that the Halos would not properly activate without the Key of Osanalan, causing the Covenant to go on a misleading search for the "Key". Ruwan, after realizing the importance of the Covenant's belief in the key, contacted the Covenant, saying that he would give them the Key when they met. Once they arrived, Ruwan then told them that he was the Key. Confused, the Covenant brought Ruwan to their ship, the Ket-pattern battlecruiser Harbinger of Piety. Unbeknownst to them, Ruwan had been implanted with Tykos 30, an organic tracking compound. Moments before Nassau Station used its Magnetic Accelerator Cannon to destroy the ship, Ruwan told the Minister of Inquisition to "kiss [his] ass".[3]

After the destruction of Harbinger of Piety, James Ackerson openly mocked the Covenant about the key's non-existence, which resulted in his death.[3]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Uprising Issue 1
  2. ^ Halo: Uprising Issue 3
  3. ^ a b Halo: Uprising Issue 4
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