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[[Image:Ark.JPG|thumb|right|A Holographic representation of the Ark.]] | [[Image:Ark.JPG|thumb|right|A Holographic representation of the Ark.]] | ||
[[Image:ARK2.jpg|thumb|right|The Ark compared to the planet [[Earth]] and [[Halo]]. (Courtesy of Stephen Loftus)]] | [[Image:ARK2.jpg|thumb|right|The Ark compared to the planet [[Earth]] and [[Halo]]. (Courtesy of Stephen Loftus)]] | ||
Installation 00 resembles a massive wheel with a series of eight curved arms, similar to an octopus or squid. The [[Ark Core]] is the stripped remnant of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the [[Halos]], which the Ark constructs. The entire upper surface is terraformed, with oceans, forests and even a large desert, where [[John-117|Master Chief]] first makes landfall. The structure is the largest [[Forerunner]] construct seen in the series, possibly a hyper-structure knowing that [[Halo Array|fortress worlds]] are 10,000 kilometers in diameter approximately. A simple inspection of the holographic representation reveals it to be anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter.<ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617</ref> | Installation 00 resembles a massive wheel with a series of eight curved arms, similar to an octopus or squid. The [[Ark Core]] is the stripped remnant of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the [[Halos]], which the Ark constructs. The entire upper surface is terraformed, with oceans, forests and even a large desert, where the [[John-117|Master Chief]] first makes landfall. The structure is the largest [[Forerunner]] construct seen in the series, possibly a hyper-structure knowing that [[Halo Array|fortress worlds]] are 10,000 kilometers in diameter approximately. A simple inspection of the holographic representation reveals it to be anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter.<ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617</ref> | ||
The three shown primary functions of Installation 00 are as a remote for activating the entire Halo network while safely out of the Halos' range, as an automated construction facility for the creation of replacement [[Halo]] installations (ensuring that the network continues to operate even if any rings are destroyed), and it has also been confirmed that the Ark was meant to be used to reseed the galaxy in the event of the Halo arrays being fired. Held deep within its mysteries was a collection of every species the Forerunners had studied and governed over. How this plan was to be initiated is still unknown. | The three shown primary functions of Installation 00 are as a remote for activating the entire Halo network while safely out of the Halos' range, as an automated construction facility for the creation of replacement [[Halo]] installations (ensuring that the network continues to operate even if any rings are destroyed), and it has also been confirmed that the Ark was meant to be used to reseed the galaxy in the event of the Halo arrays being fired. Held deep within its mysteries was a collection of every species the Forerunners had studied and governed over. How this plan was to be initiated is still unknown. | ||
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By the time of ''Halo 3'', Covenant Loyalists began excavating the Artifact from the crater and were able to completely uncover it. The [[Prophet of Truth]] activated it at the conclusion of the level ''[[The Storm]]''. It formed a massive portal, in which the [[Forerunner]] ship immediately entered (presumably carrying [[The Prophet of Truth|Truth]]), followed immediately by the Covenant Loyalist ships. At the end of the level ''Floodgate'' human and [[Covenant Separatists]] forces resolved to follow Truth's ships through the portal, and ended up at Installation 00. At the end of the game, the damage caused to the Installation caused the portal to collapse, severing the ''[[Forward Unto Dawn|Dawn]]'' in half as it passed back through. The forward section, in which [[Thel 'Vadam]] (The Arbiter) had been inside of, made it back to [[Earth]], plunging into an unspecified body of water. [[Humans]] soon rescued Thel. The aft section of the ''[[Forward Unto Dawn]]'', containing [[Master Chief]] and [[Cortana]] did not make it through the portal, and were stranded in an unknown location of deep space. | By the time of ''Halo 3'', Covenant Loyalists began excavating the Artifact from the crater and were able to completely uncover it. The [[Prophet of Truth]] activated it at the conclusion of the level ''[[The Storm]]''. It formed a massive portal, in which the [[Forerunner]] ship immediately entered (presumably carrying [[The Prophet of Truth|Truth]]), followed immediately by the Covenant Loyalist ships. At the end of the level ''Floodgate'' human and [[Covenant Separatists]] forces resolved to follow Truth's ships through the portal, and ended up at Installation 00. At the end of the game, the damage caused to the Installation caused the portal to collapse, severing the ''[[Forward Unto Dawn|Dawn]]'' in half as it passed back through. The forward section, in which [[Thel 'Vadam]] (The Arbiter) had been inside of, made it back to [[Earth]], plunging into an unspecified body of water. [[Humans]] soon rescued Thel. The aft section of the ''[[Forward Unto Dawn]]'', containing [[Master Chief]] and [[Cortana]] did not make it through the portal, and were stranded in an unknown location of deep space. | ||
==Guilty Spark meets Mendicant Bias== | ==Guilty Spark meets Mendicant Bias== | ||