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The '''Jat-Krula protected boundary''' or simply '''Jat-Krula''',<ref name="silentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 7''</ref> identified as the '''Maginot Line''' in translated [[Forerunner]] records,<ref name="terminals">'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminals]]</ref> was a Forerunner defensive front that protected the [[ecumene]]'s core worlds within the [[Orion complex]]. It consisted of numerous [[Line installation]]s, defensive outposts which utilized a variety of measures to prevent enemy ships from entering the line.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 221''</ref> Millions of these fortifications formed a sphere along hundreds of outlying systems of the Orion complex, intended to cover every possible entry trajectory within both normal space and the higher dimensions of [[Slipstream space]], particularly along the most trafficked and efficient slipspace routes. The Line was originally thought to be an impenetrable defense, since any enemy fleet would be forced to pass through the boundary in order to mount an assault on the systems within, and the entirety of the Line could supposedly be rendered impregnable at a moment's notice.<ref name="sil104">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 104-105''</ref>


The '''Maginot Line'''<ref>[[Terminals]]</ref>, otherwise known as the '''Maginot Sphere''', was a [[Forerunner]] defensive line that protected the [[Forerunner]] inner colonies. It divided what the Forerunners were able to protect from what they had to leave to the Flood. Its precise location is unknown, but from records drawn from the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[Terminals]], we can assume that [[Earth]] was not inside it and neither were most of the worlds the [[Librarian]] visited in her duties.
The Jat-Krula also includes a number of support bases designed to maintain the Line installations. Maintained by {{Class|archeon|ancilla}}s and located in systems neighboring those housing the Line installations themselves, these facilities are designed to be indiscernible from natural terrain; for example, [[Covert Support Base 4276]] on [[Gao]] was modeled to appear as an [[Montero Cave System|intricate system of caverns]].<ref>'''Halo: Last Light''', ''pages 36-37'' (Google Play edition)</ref>


It was heavily damaged when the [[Flood]] made a massive attack on it, led and commanded by the rampant [[Forerunner]] [[AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]].
==History==
It was the primary line of defense holding the [[Flood]] back. It is assumed that it was broken before the first firing of the [[Halo Array]]. It was a sphere around a Forerunner-controlled area of space.
During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a [[legion]] of [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] commanders bypassed the line using a novel strategy; by altogether eschewing the [[Slipspace flake|crystal]]-based slipspace manipulation commonly used by Forerunner ships, they flew twenty attack squadrons through the boundary via a non-mediated slipspace trajectory. Though the assault force suffered 50-percent losses, the remaining ships emerged within the sphere and quickly conquered fourteen key systems. This became a notorious example taught to Warrior-Servants at all levels to demonstrate the impossibility of an impregnable defense. However, it did not have a lasting impact on Forerunner strategy in the long term, and the Line continued to be employed as a defense in many conflicts to come.{{Ref/Reuse|sil104}}


It can be assumed that for a long time the [[Didact]] worked in the Maginot sphere, frequently sending transmissions from it to the Librarian asking them to retreat behind it to where the Didact said their Fleets could protect the Librarian.
After the [[Flood]] outbreak began to expand out of control during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Forerunner leadership made a decision to leave all systems beyond the Line to fend for themselves, while focusing their efforts on protecting the systems within the perimeter.{{Ref/Reuse|sil104}} In the last years of the war, the [[IsoDidact]] led Forerunner defense from within the Maginot Sphere, frequently sending transmissions to the Librarian, who continued [[Conservation Measure|her duties]] outside the boundary, asking her to retreat behind it to where the Didact's fleets could protect her. Late into the war, the Maginot Line began to fail, with Flood-infested ships breaking through certain sections of the boundary.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 193''</ref> In the endgame of the conflict, when the IsoDidact was preparing to fire the [[Halo Array]], the Flood, led by the rampant Forerunner [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], staged a massive assault on the Line in order to reach [[Installation 00]] and stop the rings' activation. However, the loyal AI [[Offensive Bias]] was waiting for Mendicant on the other side with the remnants of the [[Forerunner fleet|Forerunners' fleet]]. This led to [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|an enormous naval battle]] between the two fleets.{{Ref/Reuse|terminals}}
Although it was a defense against the Flood, it cannot be assumed that the Flood conquered all worlds that were outside of the Sphere, as Earth which we know was outside of it was presumably not infected because the Librarian was on it, looking at how beautiful it was before the Array fired.


The Maginot Sphere may have been a physical object, (an energy barrier of some sort) as a [[Keyship]] was needed to enter it. It may also be a hypothetical line, not a physical object, used to mark what could and couldn't be saved, and the fleets guarding it would not permit you to pass unless you were in a Keyship.
==Naming==
The translation "Maginot Line" originates in [[Terminal (Halo 3)|Forerunner records]] using [[translation software]] which incorporates idioms from the reader's own culture;<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 165''</ref> when Forerunner terms cannot be directly translated the software replaces them with human terms of roughly equivalent meaning. Thus, terms such as "[[Eden (place)|Eden]]", "fairy tale", and "Maginot Line" serve as the default usage in these records when read by humans.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} These words appear in brackets in the [[Terminal (Halo 3)|terminals]]. Meanwhile, "Jat-Krula" is a transliteration of the original Forerunner term.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 12''</ref>


==Trivia==
The translated name is a reference to France's [[Wikipedia:Maginot Line|Maginot Line]], a longitudinal line of heavy fortifications meant to repel an anticipated assault from Germany prior to the outbreak of [[World War II]]. The line was successful in dissuading a direct attack into France, but Germany was nonetheless able to outmaneuver the Allies and invade France by sending the bulk of their army through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, which was often considered to be near-impassable by large mechanised armies. The Germans later manned the Maginot Line's battlements as the Allies pushed through Europe, though again the majority of the lines were bypassed. In the popular imagination, the Maginot Line has come to represent military shortsightedness and failed security measures.


*The Maginot Line was a [[wikipedia:World War II|World War II]] French line of fortifications, meant to repel an anticipated assault from Germany. Though it dissuaded a direct attack, German tank units maneuvered around the fortifications, bypassing most of them altogether, making the fortifications mostly useless and leading to the fall of France. When the Allies retook France, the Germans manned them, but again the majority of the lines were bypassed.<ref>http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line</ref>
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]''
**''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==Sources==
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The Jat-Krula protected boundary or simply Jat-Krula,[1] identified as the Maginot Line in translated Forerunner records,[2] was a Forerunner defensive front that protected the ecumene's core worlds within the Orion complex. It consisted of numerous Line installations, defensive outposts which utilized a variety of measures to prevent enemy ships from entering the line.[3] Millions of these fortifications formed a sphere along hundreds of outlying systems of the Orion complex, intended to cover every possible entry trajectory within both normal space and the higher dimensions of Slipstream space, particularly along the most trafficked and efficient slipspace routes. The Line was originally thought to be an impenetrable defense, since any enemy fleet would be forced to pass through the boundary in order to mount an assault on the systems within, and the entirety of the Line could supposedly be rendered impregnable at a moment's notice.[4]

The Jat-Krula also includes a number of support bases designed to maintain the Line installations. Maintained by archeon-class ancillas and located in systems neighboring those housing the Line installations themselves, these facilities are designed to be indiscernible from natural terrain; for example, Covert Support Base 4276 on Gao was modeled to appear as an intricate system of caverns.[5]

History[edit]

During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the Forerunner-Flood war, a legion of Warrior commanders bypassed the line using a novel strategy; by altogether eschewing the crystal-based slipspace manipulation commonly used by Forerunner ships, they flew twenty attack squadrons through the boundary via a non-mediated slipspace trajectory. Though the assault force suffered 50-percent losses, the remaining ships emerged within the sphere and quickly conquered fourteen key systems. This became a notorious example taught to Warrior-Servants at all levels to demonstrate the impossibility of an impregnable defense. However, it did not have a lasting impact on Forerunner strategy in the long term, and the Line continued to be employed as a defense in many conflicts to come.[4]

After the Flood outbreak began to expand out of control during the Forerunner-Flood war, the Forerunner leadership made a decision to leave all systems beyond the Line to fend for themselves, while focusing their efforts on protecting the systems within the perimeter.[4] In the last years of the war, the IsoDidact led Forerunner defense from within the Maginot Sphere, frequently sending transmissions to the Librarian, who continued her duties outside the boundary, asking her to retreat behind it to where the Didact's fleets could protect her. Late into the war, the Maginot Line began to fail, with Flood-infested ships breaking through certain sections of the boundary.[6] In the endgame of the conflict, when the IsoDidact was preparing to fire the Halo Array, the Flood, led by the rampant Forerunner AI Mendicant Bias, staged a massive assault on the Line in order to reach Installation 00 and stop the rings' activation. However, the loyal AI Offensive Bias was waiting for Mendicant on the other side with the remnants of the Forerunners' fleet. This led to an enormous naval battle between the two fleets.[2]

Naming[edit]

The translation "Maginot Line" originates in Forerunner records using translation software which incorporates idioms from the reader's own culture;[7] when Forerunner terms cannot be directly translated the software replaces them with human terms of roughly equivalent meaning. Thus, terms such as "Eden", "fairy tale", and "Maginot Line" serve as the default usage in these records when read by humans.[7] These words appear in brackets in the terminals. Meanwhile, "Jat-Krula" is a transliteration of the original Forerunner term.[8]

The translated name is a reference to France's Maginot Line, a longitudinal line of heavy fortifications meant to repel an anticipated assault from Germany prior to the outbreak of World War II. The line was successful in dissuading a direct attack into France, but Germany was nonetheless able to outmaneuver the Allies and invade France by sending the bulk of their army through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, which was often considered to be near-impassable by large mechanised armies. The Germans later manned the Maginot Line's battlements as the Allies pushed through Europe, though again the majority of the lines were bypassed. In the popular imagination, the Maginot Line has come to represent military shortsightedness and failed security measures.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo: Silentium, String 7
  2. ^ a b Halo 3, Terminals
  3. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 221
  4. ^ a b c Halo: Silentium, pages 104-105
  5. ^ Halo: Last Light, pages 36-37 (Google Play edition)
  6. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 193
  7. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 165
  8. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 12

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