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'''Shield World''' is the translated [[Forerunner]] term for a Slipspace-based [[Dyson Sphere]]. The Shield World is a massive sphere in Slipspace, featuring an Earth-like terrain and atmosphere on the inside of the sphere with a star at the center.  
'''Shield World''' is a solid [[Dyson Sphere]] within Slipspace built by the [[Forerunner]]. It contained an environment suitable for Earth life.  The only way in was a small portal that constituted the only real-space component of Shield World.  This portal was located inside the [[Core Room Antechamber]] within [[Onyx]].


'''Spoiler warning: [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] plot and ending details follow.'''
[[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] theorized that Shield World was intended by the Forerunner as a form of "bomb shelter", a place in which to ride out the devastating [[Halo]] pulse.  Indeed, as demonstrated in [[2552]], access to Shield World was only possible upon the imminent activation of the [[Halos]].


 
Curiously, when Halsey and company fled into Shield World during the last stages of the [[Battle of Onyx]] it appeared to be deserted, implying that the Forerunner did not utilize it when the Halos were last activated.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref>
 
The Shield World was constructed by the Forerunners at the center of the artificial planet [[Onyx]]. It is compressed within a [[Slipspace]] bubble so that, though it is over a hundred and fifty million miles in diameter, it occupies only a few square meters in "real" space. The tiny, meters-wide [[Core Room Antechamber]], which serves as the portal to the Shield World and exists in real space, was protected by billions, perhaps trillions of [[Onyx Sentinel]]s that formed the "mantle" of the planet [[Onyx]] (which was covered by a terrestrial crust, giving Onyx an Earth-like surface).
 
In [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] theorizes that the Shield World was designed as a kind of "bomb shelter" for the Forerunners should the [[Halos]] be activated. In the Slipspace bubble, they would (presumably) be protected from the life-destroying effects of the Halo pulse.
 
In [[2552]], when [[Installation 05]] sent a signal throughout the galaxy that put the remaining Halos on standby mode, Onyx's automated defense system was also activated. After the events of [[The Battle of Onyx]], Dr. Halsey, [[Franklin Mendez|SCPO Mendez]], and a number of [[Spartan-II]]s and [[Spartan-III]]s escaped to the Shield World, while the core-room antechamber was destroyed. At the end of the novel, they have not encountered anyone on the Shield World, leaving them to wonder whether any of the Forerunners made it to the Shield World before the Halos were last activated. <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref>


==Trivia==
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Shield World is a solid Dyson Sphere within Slipspace built by the Forerunner. It contained an environment suitable for Earth life. The only way in was a small portal that constituted the only real-space component of Shield World. This portal was located inside the Core Room Antechamber within Onyx.

Dr. Catherine Halsey theorized that Shield World was intended by the Forerunner as a form of "bomb shelter", a place in which to ride out the devastating Halo pulse. Indeed, as demonstrated in 2552, access to Shield World was only possible upon the imminent activation of the Halos.

Curiously, when Halsey and company fled into Shield World during the last stages of the Battle of Onyx it appeared to be deserted, implying that the Forerunner did not utilize it when the Halos were last activated.[1]

Trivia

  • Onyx was referred to as "the Shield" of the Forerunner, while the Halos were "the sword." This echoes Cortana's line on the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer, "I am your shield, I am your sword," but so far Bungie has said nothing about a correlation between Cortana's use of the word "shield" and Onyx's "Shield World."

Possibilities

  • Earth itself could be a shield world as it holds the Ark

References

  1. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
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