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{{Affiliation infobox | |||
|name=Builders | |||
|image=[[File:Masterbuilder.png|300px|[[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]].]] | |||
|type=[[Rate|Caste]] | |||
|founder= | |||
|documents= | |||
|head=[[Master Builder]] | |||
|head-title=Rate head | |||
|executive= | |||
|legislative=Design and creation of technology | |||
|legislative-title=Role | |||
|judicial= | |||
|judicial-title=Size | |||
|branch= | |||
|main= | |||
|anthem= | |||
|language=[[Jagon]] | |||
|script=[[Forerunner symbols]] | |||
|religion=[[Mantle|The Mantle]] | |||
|techlevel=Tier 1 | |||
|notable=*[[Forerunner-Precursor war]] | |||
*[[Human-Forerunner wars]] | |||
*[[Forerunner-Flood war]] | |||
*[[Great Purification]] | |||
*[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]] | |||
|formed= | |||
|dissolved= | |||
|affiliation=[[Forerunner]] [[ecumene]] | |||
|section1-title=Rate overview | |||
}} | |||
The '''Builders''', referred to in some formal contexts as the '''Builder Corps''',<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 296''</ref> were the highest [[rate]] of the [[Forerunner]]s, considered to be the most powerful in terms of intelligence, wealth, and political power.<ref name="Cryptum cover">''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', forward jacket description</ref> As their name suggests, the Builders were responsible for designing and constructing the majority of the Forerunners' advanced technology, including ships, weapons and the myriad of technologically advanced structures and objects seen throughout the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]], most notably the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="Cryptum cover"/> The chief of the Builder rate and all its [[guild]]s was known as the [[Master Builder]].<ref name="c124">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 124''</ref> The last Forerunner to hold this title was [[Faber]]. | The '''Builders''', referred to in some formal contexts as the '''Builder Corps''',<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 296''</ref> were the highest [[rate]] of the [[Forerunner]]s, considered to be the most powerful in terms of intelligence, wealth, and political power.<ref name="Cryptum cover">''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', forward jacket description</ref> As their name suggests, the Builders were responsible for designing and constructing the majority of the Forerunners' advanced technology, including ships, weapons and the myriad of technologically advanced structures and objects seen throughout the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]], most notably the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="Cryptum cover"/> The chief of the Builder rate and all its [[guild]]s was known as the [[Master Builder]].<ref name="c124">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 124''</ref> The last Forerunner to hold this title was [[Faber]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In an archetypal sense, many Builders demonstrated an economically motivated and ambitious mentality, marked by a constant pursuit for more wealth and power.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 78''</ref> Certain Builder families, such as that of [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], were so wealthy they could own entire planets for their personal use. [[Bornstellar's homeworld|One such world]] was covered in megascale architecture that served as a testament to their owners' engineering skill and power.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 227-228''</ref> | In an archetypal sense, many Builders demonstrated an economically motivated and ambitious mentality, marked by a constant pursuit for more wealth and power.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 78''</ref> Certain Builder families, such as that of [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], were so wealthy they could own entire planets for their personal use. [[Bornstellar's homeworld|One such world]] was covered in megascale architecture that served as a testament to their owners' engineering skill and power.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 227-228''</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:TerminalArkArray.jpg|thumb|250px|The Halo Array, the most well-known of the Builders' many creations.]] | [[File:TerminalArkArray.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Halo Array, the most well-known of the Builders' many creations.]] | ||
Builders achieved their power early in Forerunner history. The Builders, along with [[Warrior-Servant|Warriors]], played a part in the early suppression of [[Forerunner-Precursor war|the truth]] about the relationship between the Forerunners and the [[Precursor]]s. Over a [[1,100,000 BCE|million years before]] the emergence of the [[Flood]], after a [[Rate#Theoreticals|Theoretical]] known as [[Boundless]] persisted in her studies of this aspect of the Forerunners' past, Boundless was silenced and the Theoretical rate was forcibly absorbed into the Builders.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 67-68''</ref> | Builders achieved their power early in Forerunner history. The Builders, along with [[Warrior-Servant|Warriors]], played a part in the early suppression of [[Forerunner-Precursor war|the truth]] about the relationship between the Forerunners and the [[Precursor]]s. Over a [[1,100,000 BCE|million years before]] the emergence of the [[Flood]], after a [[Rate#Theoreticals|Theoretical]] known as [[Boundless]] persisted in her studies of this aspect of the Forerunners' past, Boundless was silenced and the Theoretical rate was forcibly absorbed into the Builders.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 67-68''</ref> | ||
