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==History==

===Early history and battle===

Shield 006 was constructed as part of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s shield world defensive plan before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. This shield installation in particular was designed as a fallout shelter from the [[Halo Array]], a competing strategy advocated by the [[Builder]]s. Several slipspace portals on the interior of the structure were linked to major Forerunner worlds, in order to facilitate their evacuation before the Array fired; one such world was [[Kelekos]].

Shield World 006 was constructed as part of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s shield world defensive plan before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. This shield installation in particular was designed as a fallout shelter from the [[Halo Array]], a competing strategy advocated by the [[Builder]]s. Several slipspace portals on the interior of the structure were linked to major Forerunner worlds, in order to facilitate their evacuation before the Array fired; one such world was [[Kelekos]].

Near the end of the [[Battle of Onyx]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led his forces in an attempt to access the Sharpened Shield. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref> The human survivors, including SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]], Dr. Catherine Halsey, and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then seemingly trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref>

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===Emergence from slipspace and ONI takeover===

Once the Sharpened Shield had been brought back into normal space, the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]] entered the sphere. A strip of multi-colored lights activated to guide their dropship to the designated coordinates, where they would land on the surface of the shell. After a momentary blackness and a disorienting sensation for the occupants, they found themselves and their ship inside the Sarcophagus facility's hangar.<ref name="glass378"/> Halsey and the surviving Spartans were then rescued from the ~~Sharpened Shield~~, but she was immediately arrested by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] for "committing acts likely to aid the enemy".

Once the Sharpened Shield had been brought back into normal space, the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]] entered the sphere. A strip of multi-colored lights activated to guide their dropship to the designated coordinates, where they would land on the surface of the shell. After a momentary blackness and a disorienting sensation for the occupants, they found themselves and their ship inside the Sarcophagus facility's hangar.<ref name="glass378"/> Halsey and the surviving Spartans were then rescued from the shield world, but she was immediately arrested by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] for "committing acts likely to aid the enemy".

Immediately afterward, ONI established a base of operations near the access portal to the sphere,<ref name="glass397"/> which was named "Trevelyan" in honor of Kurt-051, whose sacrifice allowed humanity to access it.<ref name="glass372"/> ONI's research facility was used to gather information on the vast installation, as well as to obtain usable Forerunner technologies. One of the site's primary purposes was to experiment on genetically modifying the Sangheili grain known as [[irukan]], with the goal of creating a bioweapon to be unleashed against the Sangheili as a backup plan in the event ONI's strategy to destabilize them failed. To accelerate the growth of the crops, the ONI personnel asked the facility's resident Huragok to create slipspace bubbles in which time passed faster than in the rest of normal space, much like the dimensional bubble the shield world itself used to inhabit.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 138, 205''</ref>

Immediately afterward, ONI established a base of operations near the access portal to the sphere,<ref name="glass397"/> which was named "Trevelyan" in honor of Kurt-051, whose sacrifice allowed humanity to access it.<ref name="glass372"/> ONI's research facility was used to gather information on the vast installation, as well as to obtain usable Forerunner technologies.

~~Several days~~ later, the former [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]], detained by [[Kilo-Five]], was placed in captivity on Trevelyan at the behest of Dr. [[Irena Magnusson]] in order to use him in ONI's experiments; however, several days later, the Sangheili escaped via a local [[slipspace portal]]. The incident resulted in ONI commander-in-chief [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] personally relieving Dr. Magnusson of duty and replacing her with [[Hugo Barton]] as the facility's director.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 407''</ref> By [[2558]] the facility housed a [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] garrison of unknown size.<ref>''Halo 4'', [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|MJOLNIR/Defender]] armor description</ref>

Days later, the former [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]], detained by [[Kilo-Five]], was placed in captivity on Trevelyan at the behest of Dr. [[Irena Magnusson]] in order to use him in ONI's experiments; however, several days later, the Sangheili escaped via a local [[slipspace portal]]. The incident resulted in ONI commander-in-chief [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] personally relieving Dr. Magnusson of duty and replacing her with [[Hugo Barton]] as the facility's director.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 407''</ref> By [[2558]] the facility housed a [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] garrison of unknown size.<ref>''Halo 4'', [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|MJOLNIR/Defender]] armor description</ref>

Following the establishment of the research facility, numerous discoveries of records and technology were made within the shield world. Significant finds included the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]];<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 12''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> the remains of a [[Catalog]] carapace, (designated "Forerunner remains #879"), including the desiccated, malformed corpse within; a fossilized [[Juridical]] accompanied by a [[monitor]] with [[Halo: Silentium|an account]] of the last days of the Forerunner-Flood war;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''','' Prologue''</ref> and the [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] of a latter-day Forerunner [[Prefect]].<ref name="worthplaying">~~'''~~http://worthplaying.com/article/2013/7/6/news/89850/'''</ref> All of these discoveries were studied extensively, with the Bornstellar Relation and the monitor's accounts giving a great deal of insight into Forerunner history and society. Matériel discovered on Trevelyan soon led to new technological developments, such as [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Prefect|a variant]] of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] that ONI's [[Watershed Division]] and local Huragok reverse-engineered from the Prefect's armor.<ref name="worthplaying"/>

==Research==

One of the Trevelyan site's primary purposes was to experiment on genetically modifying the Sangheili grain known as [[irukan]], with the goal of creating a bioweapon to be unleashed against the Sangheili as a backup plan in the event ONI's strategy to destabilize them failed. To accelerate the growth of the crops, ONI had the facility's resident [[Huragok]] create slipspace bubbles in which time passed faster than in normal space, much like the dimensional bubble the shield world itself used to inhabit.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 138, 205''</ref>

Following the establishment of the research facility, numerous discoveries of records and technology were made within the shield world. Significant finds included the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]];<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 12''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> the remains of a [[Catalog]] carapace, (designated "Forerunner remains #879"), including the desiccated, malformed corpse within; a fossilized [[Juridical]] accompanied by a [[monitor]] with [[Halo: Silentium|an account]] of the last days of the Forerunner-Flood war;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''','' Prologue''</ref> and the [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] of a latter-day Forerunner [[Prefect]].<ref name="worthplaying">[http://worthplaying.com/article/2013/7/6/news/89850/ '''Worthplaying:''' '''Halo 4' (X360) Champions Bundle To Add New Maps, Mode, Skins, Armor, Bonus Upgrades - Screens'']</ref> All of these discoveries were studied extensively, with the Bornstellar Relation and the monitor's accounts giving a great deal of insight into Forerunner history and society. Matériel discovered on Trevelyan soon led to new technological developments, such as [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Prefect|a variant]] of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] that ONI's [[Watershed Division]] and local Huragok reverse-engineered from the Prefect's armor.<ref name="worthplaying"/>

==Trivia==

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 ==History==
 ===Early history and battle===
-Shield 006 was constructed as part of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s shield world defensive plan before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. This shield installation in particular was designed as a fallout shelter from the [[Halo Array]], a competing strategy advocated by the [[Builder]]s. Several slipspace portals on the interior of the structure were linked to major Forerunner worlds, in order to facilitate their evacuation before the Array fired; one such world was [[Kelekos]].
+Shield World 006 was constructed as part of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s shield world defensive plan before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. This shield installation in particular was designed as a fallout shelter from the [[Halo Array]], a competing strategy advocated by the [[Builder]]s. Several slipspace portals on the interior of the structure were linked to major Forerunner worlds, in order to facilitate their evacuation before the Array fired; one such world was [[Kelekos]].
 Near the end of the [[Battle of Onyx]] on [[2552#November|November 3, 2552]], Covenant [[Fleet Master]] [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]] led his forces in an attempt to access the Sharpened Shield. However, [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] [[Kurt Ambrose]] detonated a pair of [[FENRIS nuclear warhead]]s within the core room antechamber after his comrades had passed through the portal, denying the Covenant access.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 372''</ref> The human survivors, including SPARTAN-II [[Blue Team]], several [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-IIIs]], Dr. Catherine Halsey, and [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]], were then seemingly trapped within the shield world. Shortly thereafter, the installation's [[Onyx Sentinel|Sentinels]] destroyed the artificial surface of Onyx.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 378''</ref>
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 ===Emergence from slipspace and ONI takeover===
-Once the Sharpened Shield had been brought back into normal space, the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]] entered the sphere. A strip of multi-colored lights activated to guide their dropship to the designated coordinates, where they would land on the surface of the shell. After a momentary blackness and a disorienting sensation for the occupants, they found themselves and their ship inside the Sarcophagus facility's hangar.<ref name="glass378"/> Halsey and the surviving Spartans were then rescued from the Sharpened Shield, but she was immediately arrested by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] for "committing acts likely to aid the enemy".
+Once the Sharpened Shield had been brought back into normal space, the ONI team [[Kilo-Five]] entered the sphere. A strip of multi-colored lights activated to guide their dropship to the designated coordinates, where they would land on the surface of the shell. After a momentary blackness and a disorienting sensation for the occupants, they found themselves and their ship inside the Sarcophagus facility's hangar.<ref name="glass378"/> Halsey and the surviving Spartans were then rescued from the shield world, but she was immediately arrested by [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] for "committing acts likely to aid the enemy".
-Immediately afterward, ONI established a base of operations near the access portal to the sphere,<ref name="glass397"/> which was named "Trevelyan" in honor of Kurt-051, whose sacrifice allowed humanity to access it.<ref name="glass372"/> ONI's research facility was used to gather information on the vast installation, as well as to obtain usable Forerunner technologies. One of the site's primary purposes was to experiment on genetically modifying the Sangheili grain known as [[irukan]], with the goal of creating a bioweapon to be unleashed against the Sangheili as a backup plan in the event ONI's strategy to destabilize them failed. To accelerate the growth of the crops, the ONI personnel asked the facility's resident Huragok to create slipspace bubbles in which time passed faster than in the rest of normal space, much like the dimensional bubble the shield world itself used to inhabit.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 138, 205''</ref>
+Immediately afterward, ONI established a base of operations near the access portal to the sphere,<ref name="glass397"/> which was named "Trevelyan" in honor of Kurt-051, whose sacrifice allowed humanity to access it.<ref name="glass372"/> ONI's research facility was used to gather information on the vast installation, as well as to obtain usable Forerunner technologies.
-Several days later, the former [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]], detained by [[Kilo-Five]], was placed in captivity on Trevelyan at the behest of Dr. [[Irena Magnusson]] in order to use him in ONI's experiments; however, several days later, the Sangheili escaped via a local [[slipspace portal]]. The incident resulted in ONI commander-in-chief [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] personally relieving Dr. Magnusson of duty and replacing her with [[Hugo Barton]] as the facility's director.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 407''</ref> By [[2558]] the facility housed a [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] garrison of unknown size.<ref>''Halo 4'', [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|MJOLNIR/Defender]] armor description</ref>
+Days later, the former [[Shipmaster]] [[Jul 'Mdama]], detained by [[Kilo-Five]], was placed in captivity on Trevelyan at the behest of Dr. [[Irena Magnusson]] in order to use him in ONI's experiments; however, several days later, the Sangheili escaped via a local [[slipspace portal]]. The incident resulted in ONI commander-in-chief [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Parangosky]] personally relieving Dr. Magnusson of duty and replacing her with [[Hugo Barton]] as the facility's director.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 407''</ref> By [[2558]] the facility housed a [[Spartan (branch)|Spartan]] garrison of unknown size.<ref>''Halo 4'', [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Defender|MJOLNIR/Defender]] armor description</ref>
-Following the establishment of the research facility, numerous discoveries of records and technology were made within the shield world. Significant finds included the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]];<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 12''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> the remains of a [[Catalog]] carapace, (designated "Forerunner remains #879"), including the desiccated, malformed corpse within; a fossilized [[Juridical]] accompanied by a [[monitor]] with [[Halo: Silentium|an account]] of the last days of the Forerunner-Flood war;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''','' Prologue''</ref> and the [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] of a latter-day Forerunner [[Prefect]].<ref name="worthplaying">'''http://worthplaying.com/article/2013/7/6/news/89850/'''</ref> All of these discoveries were studied extensively, with the Bornstellar Relation and the monitor's accounts giving a great deal of insight into Forerunner history and society. Matériel discovered on Trevelyan soon led to new technological developments, such as [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Prefect|a variant]] of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] that ONI's [[Watershed Division]] and local Huragok reverse-engineered from the Prefect's armor.<ref name="worthplaying"/>
+==Research==
+One of the Trevelyan site's primary purposes was to experiment on genetically modifying the Sangheili grain known as [[irukan]], with the goal of creating a bioweapon to be unleashed against the Sangheili as a backup plan in the event ONI's strategy to destabilize them failed. To accelerate the growth of the crops, ONI had the facility's resident [[Huragok]] create slipspace bubbles in which time passed faster than in normal space, much like the dimensional bubble the shield world itself used to inhabit.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''pages 138, 205''</ref>
+Following the establishment of the research facility, numerous discoveries of records and technology were made within the shield world. Significant finds included the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]];<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 12''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> the remains of a [[Catalog]] carapace, (designated "Forerunner remains #879"), including the desiccated, malformed corpse within; a fossilized [[Juridical]] accompanied by a [[monitor]] with [[Halo: Silentium|an account]] of the last days of the Forerunner-Flood war;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''','' Prologue''</ref> and the [[Forerunner personal armor|personal armor]] of a latter-day Forerunner [[Prefect]].<ref name="worthplaying">[http://worthplaying.com/article/2013/7/6/news/89850/ '''Worthplaying:''' '''Halo 4' (X360) Champions Bundle To Add New Maps, Mode, Skins, Armor, Bonus Upgrades - Screens'']</ref> All of these discoveries were studied extensively, with the Bornstellar Relation and the monitor's accounts giving a great deal of insight into Forerunner history and society. Matériel discovered on Trevelyan soon led to new technological developments, such as [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Prefect|a variant]] of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR (GEN2)]] that ONI's [[Watershed Division]] and local Huragok reverse-engineered from the Prefect's armor.<ref name="worthplaying"/>
 ==Trivia==