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The ONI science teams retrieved various artifacts from the surface of Installation 03 and brought them on Ivanoff Station for study, including the installation's [[activation index]] and a [[Composer]]. An accident with the Composer killed the team researching the device; however, it provided coordinates which led the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]]. When the [[Ur- | The ONI science teams retrieved various artifacts from the surface of Installation 03 and brought them on Ivanoff Station for study, including the installation's [[activation index]] and a [[Composer]]. An accident with the Composer killed the team researching the device; however, it provided coordinates which led the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} to the [[shield world]] known as [[Requiem]]. When the [[Ur-Didact]] was awakened, he traveled to Ivanoff in his ship ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'' and [[Raid on Ivanoff Station|acquired the Composer]], using it to digitize Ivanoff's staff before jumping to slipspace to travel to [[Earth]] to use the recovered weapon on humanity's homeworld.<ref name="composer"/> However, SPARTAN-117 and Cortana followed the Didact into slipspace in an [[F-41 Broadsword]] in hopes of foiling his plan, ultimately defeating him.<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Midnight]]''</ref> | ||
By [[2557|July 2557]] [[Team | By [[2557|July 2557]], [[SPARTAN-II]] [[Black Team]] had been assigned to Gamma Halo,<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2963929_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2963929 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'']</ref> along with a research attaché. The science team established a camp in one of the Halo's deserts. On July 25, Team Black and the scientists were killed by the Didact and his Promethean machines, who had been flung to the Halo through the Composer's slipspace portal aboard ''Mantle's Approach'' during the [[New Phoenix Incident]]. Around the same time, [[859 Static Carillon]], the monitor of the [[Composer's Forge]], attempted to contact Gamma Halo's monitor after a service portal between the Halo and the Composer's Forge was reopened. Receiving no response, Static Carillon traveled through the portal to the [[Composer's Abyss]] on Installation 03, where he encountered the Didact. At the Promethean's request, the monitor led him to the portal to the Composer's Forge.<ref name="HE9">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 9|Issue #9]]''</ref> | ||
The next day, [[Blue Team]] arrived on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with Black Team on [[Terrence Hood|Admiral Terrence Hood]]'s orders. Upon discovering the fate of Black Team and the scientists, and destroying some of the Knights responsible for the massacre, they soon came across the Composer's Abyss and the slipspace portal within.<ref name="HE8">'''[[Halo: Escalation]]''', ''[[Halo: Escalation Issue 8|Issue #8]]''</ref> Entering the service portal, Blue Team arrived at the Composer's Forge, where they encountered the Didact once again. After the Didact procured a Halo installation, with 859 Static Carillon's help, the Forerunner used the portal to return to Gamma Halo, taking one of the Composers with him. Blue Team followed in close pursuit and were confronted by the Didact again at the top of the Composer's Abyss.<ref name="HE9"/> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:H4-Composer-GammaHalo-Ring.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | File:H4-Composer-GammaHalo-Ring.jpg|Another view of Installation 03. | ||
File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg|The destroyed planet around which Gamma Halo orbits. | File:KhaphraeSystem-planet.jpg|The destroyed planet around which Gamma Halo orbits. | ||
File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png| | File:Escalation - GammaHalo Longsword.png|Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo. | ||
File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. | File:Escalation - Desert.png|A desert on Installation 03. | ||
File:Escalation - GammaCamp.png|A human science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface. | File:Escalation - GammaCamp.png|A human science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface. | ||
Revision as of 01:11, August 28, 2014
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Deserts and volcanic activity for terrain[1] |
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Galactic sterilization/Flood containment and research |
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Installation 03, also known as Gamma Halo,[4][5][note 1] is one of the seven rings in the Halo Array. Its monitor is 049 Abject Testament.[3] The ring appears to have a red and cracked surface, indicating the presence of vast deserts, as well as volcanic activity.[1]
Unlike Installations 04 and 05, which orbit large gas giants, Installation 03 orbits a rocky planet, the face of which has been shattered as a result of a fairly recent impact event; the debris from the impact, still aglow as of 2557, has collected to form a dense asteroid field in orbit over the planet as well as the Halo.[6]
History
Forerunner-Flood war
Shortly before the activation of the Halo Array at the end of the Forerunner-Flood war, the IsoDidact convened a meeting of the surviving Lifeworkers and the monitors who would serve as the rings' caretakers at Installation 00.[7] 049 Abject Testament was designated as Gamma Halo's monitor and was given the Halo's activation index.[8] Along with the other six rings, Installation 03 was fired, killing all sentient life within its effective radius. Afterwards, it entered an inactive state along with the rest of the Array.
Human-Covenant War
Discovery
During the Battle of Tribute in August 2552, the freighter Floral Express fled the planet while carrying colonial refugees. Presumably following a random slipspace trajectory per the Cole Protocol, the ship arrived near Installation 03 on October 8. Based on intelligence gleaned from the Battle of Installation 04, ONI teams had established and enacted neutralization protocols on Gamma Halo by October 25.[5]
Standby and deactivation
On November 3, 2552 during the Battle of Installation 05, a signal was sent to this Halo from Installation 05, putting it on standby mode and preparing it to fire on demand.[9] On December 11, 2552, the installation was still in standby mode and was about to be fired at the behest of the High Prophet of Truth, who had seized Installation 00's control room. However, the Array was deactivated by Spartan John-117 and the Hierarch was assassinated by Arbiter Thel 'Vadam before this could occur.[10]
Post-war
By March 2553, the top-secret research station Ivanoff had been built in Installation 03's orbit. That month, Dr. Catherine Halsey was indefinitely detained there by Admiral Margaret Parangosky, CINCONI, as retribution for lying to the admiral about the creation and deployment of flash clones during the SPARTAN-II program's early phases.[11] Spartan teams were deployed to reconnoiter the surface, to quarantine areas of potential Flood contamination, and to recovery any notable Forerunner artifacts.[2] The MJOLNIR Pioneer variant first saw field use during these exploratory deployments.[12]
The Composer
The ONI science teams retrieved various artifacts from the surface of Installation 03 and brought them on Ivanoff Station for study, including the installation's activation index and a Composer. An accident with the Composer killed the team researching the device; however, it provided coordinates which led the UNSC Infinity to the shield world known as Requiem. When the Ur-Didact was awakened, he traveled to Ivanoff in his ship Mantle's Approach and acquired the Composer, using it to digitize Ivanoff's staff before jumping to slipspace to travel to Earth to use the recovered weapon on humanity's homeworld.[6] However, SPARTAN-117 and Cortana followed the Didact into slipspace in an F-41 Broadsword in hopes of foiling his plan, ultimately defeating him.[13]
By July 2557, SPARTAN-II Black Team had been assigned to Gamma Halo,[14] along with a research attaché. The science team established a camp in one of the Halo's deserts. On July 25, Team Black and the scientists were killed by the Didact and his Promethean machines, who had been flung to the Halo through the Composer's slipspace portal aboard Mantle's Approach during the New Phoenix Incident. Around the same time, 859 Static Carillon, the monitor of the Composer's Forge, attempted to contact Gamma Halo's monitor after a service portal between the Halo and the Composer's Forge was reopened. Receiving no response, Static Carillon traveled through the portal to the Composer's Abyss on Installation 03, where he encountered the Didact. At the Promethean's request, the monitor led him to the portal to the Composer's Forge.[15]
The next day, Blue Team arrived on Installation 03 to investigate the loss of contact with Black Team on Admiral Terrence Hood's orders. Upon discovering the fate of Black Team and the scientists, and destroying some of the Knights responsible for the massacre, they soon came across the Composer's Abyss and the slipspace portal within.[16] Entering the service portal, Blue Team arrived at the Composer's Forge, where they encountered the Didact once again. After the Didact procured a Halo installation, with 859 Static Carillon's help, the Forerunner used the portal to return to Gamma Halo, taking one of the Composers with him. Blue Team followed in close pursuit and were confronted by the Didact again at the top of the Composer's Abyss.[15]
Gallery
John-117 gazing upon Installation 03.
Another view of Installation 03.
The destroyed planet around which Gamma Halo orbits.
Blue Team's Longsword over the Halo.
A desert on Installation 03.
A human science camp in a desert on the Halo's surface.
Black Team discovering the unconscious Ur-Didact on the installation.
The entrance to the Composer's Abyss.
List of appearances
- Halo 2 (Holographic representation only) (First appearance)
- Halo 3 (Holographic representation only)
- Halo Legends
- Halo: Glasslands
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Halo 4
- Halo: Escalation
Note
- ^ In Halo 3's texture files, Installation 03 is named "Eta Halo", while the designation "Gamma Halo" is given to Installation 06. This is contradicted by one of the audio logs in Halo 4, (as well as the Eleventh Hour reports), which identify Installation 03 as "Gamma Halo". Since the name assigned to the ring in Halo 4 is conveyed in released media, it is considered to override the previous designation, which was never seen outside Halo 3's files.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, page 174
- ^ a b Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Terminal 2
- ^ Halo 4, Composer (audio log)
- ^ a b Eleventh Hour reports - #5
- ^ a b Halo 4, Composer
- ^ Halo: Silentium
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Terminal 2
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Great Journey
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Covenant
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 341
- ^ Halo 4, Pioneer armor/specialization description
- ^ Halo 4, campaign level Midnight
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction
- ^ a b Halo: Escalation, Issue #9
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #8
