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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Gas Mine.]] | [[File:Mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Gas Mine.]] | ||
The Gas Mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of [[Threshold]]. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with only a handful of [[Sentinels]] to maintain the facility.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]'''</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the Gas Mine could be found on the [[Halos]], thus explaining why the installations were built around gas giants. It is also possible that the gas mined from facilities similar to these were used for powering the keyships. That would explain why most of High Charity is powered by one of the keyships.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref> | The Gas Mine was created by the Forerunners with the sole purpose of mining gas from the atmosphere of [[Threshold]]. It operated on a completely automated basis for "untold centuries" with only a handful of [[Sentinels]] to maintain the facility.<ref>'''[[The Art of Halo]]'''</ref> It is unclear why the gas was needed, but the gas canisters found in the Gas Mine could be found on the [[Halos]], thus explaining why the installations were built around gas giants. It is also possible that the gas mined from facilities similar to these were used for powering the keyships. That would explain why most of High Charity is powered by one of the keyships.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Quarantine Zone (level)|Quarantine Zone]]''</ref> | ||
However, after the [[Flood]] was discovered, the Forerunners retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study [[Flood]] specimens. 343 Guilty Spark, the future [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]] (proving at least some monitors were not made exclusively for the Halo Installations construction), personally oversaw some of these modifications. A few hundred years passed, however, with no successful defense against the Flood. Thus, the Forerunners constructed the Halo Rings. | However, after the [[Flood]] was discovered, the Forerunners retrofitted several areas of the gas mine into laboratories to study [[Flood]] specimens. 343 Guilty Spark, the future [[Monitor]] of [[Installation 04]] (proving at least some monitors were not made exclusively for the Halo Installations construction), personally oversaw some of these modifications. A few hundred years passed, however, with no successful defense against the Flood. Thus, the Forerunners constructed the Halo Rings. | ||
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While there, the group encountered 343 Guilty Spark, drifting in space from the remains of Installation 04. Listening to his words and finding out the truth about the Halos and the [[Great Journey]], Sesa 'Refumee led a rebellion, his [[Elites]] and [[Grunts]] shed their former armor for the colors of the Elite homeworld<ref>'''[[Joyride Studios]]''': ''[[Joyride_Studios/Halo_2_Series_7#Heretic_Elite|Heretic Leader]] [[Action Figure]]''</ref> and began broadcasting their beliefs into space, attracting the attention of other Covenant personnel, including the [[High Prophets]]. Dubbing his movement "[[Heretics|Heresy]]", the High Prophets ordered [[Special Operations]] forces led by [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] and the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]] to attack the gas mine and end 'Refumee's movement forever. | While there, the group encountered 343 Guilty Spark, drifting in space from the remains of Installation 04. Listening to his words and finding out the truth about the Halos and the [[Great Journey]], Sesa 'Refumee led a rebellion, his [[Elites]] and [[Grunts]] shed their former armor for the colors of the Elite homeworld<ref>'''[[Joyride Studios]]''': ''[[Joyride_Studios/Halo_2_Series_7#Heretic_Elite|Heretic Leader]] [[Action Figure]]''</ref> and began broadcasting their beliefs into space, attracting the attention of other Covenant personnel, including the [[High Prophets]]. Dubbing his movement "[[Heretics|Heresy]]", the High Prophets ordered [[Special Operations]] forces led by [[Rtas 'Vadumee]] and the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]] to attack the gas mine and end 'Refumee's movement forever. | ||
The surprise attack went well; the SpecOps forces were able to infiltrate the facility and pursue the Heretic Leader, even destroying the Heretic Air Force along the way.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Arbiter]]''</ref> But complications arose when the Flood were released from their restraints by the Heretics,<ref name="oracle">'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> and overran the entire facility. The Flood multiplied quickly, infecting and killing most of the Heretic forces, making it difficult for the SpecOps Elites to secure the facility. The Heretic leader locked himself in the inner section of the mine, safe from both the Flood and an approaching maelstrom, but the Arbiter responded bluntly by cutting the cables holding the mine up, sending it in a stoic free-fall. This forced the Heretic Leader to escape his hideout with an attempt to evacuate aboard a Covenant [[Seraph]] fighter, but the Arbiter caught up to him and they had a intense battle where he was killed. Shortly thereafter, [[Tartarus]] appeared in a [[Phantom]], and he, the Arbiter, the SpecOps [[Elite]]s, and 343 Guilty Spark escaped the mine before it fell into Threshold's inner atmosphere, where it was subsequently destroyed.<ref name="oracle"/> | The surprise attack went well; the SpecOps forces were able to infiltrate the facility and pursue the Heretic Leader, even destroying the Heretic Air Force along the way.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Arbiter]]''</ref> But complications arose when the Flood were released from their restraints by the Heretics,<ref name="oracle">'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Oracle]]''</ref> and overran the entire facility. The Flood multiplied quickly, infecting and killing most of the Heretic forces, making it difficult for the SpecOps Elites to secure the facility. The Heretic leader locked himself in the inner section of the mine, safe from both the Flood and an approaching maelstrom, but the Arbiter responded bluntly by cutting the cables holding the mine up, sending it in a stoic free-fall. This forced the Heretic Leader to escape his hideout with an attempt to evacuate aboard a Covenant [[Seraph]] fighter, but the Arbiter caught up to him and they had a intense battle where he was killed. Shortly thereafter, [[Tartarus]] appeared in a [[Phantom]], and he, the Arbiter, the SpecOps [[Elite]]s, and 343 Guilty Spark escaped the mine before it fell into Threshold's inner atmosphere, where it was subsequently destroyed.<ref name="oracle"/> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |
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