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== Design and construction ==

[[File:HM-HighCharityBC.png|thumb|250px|left|High Charity under construction.]]

High Charity was a massive mushroom-shaped structure, roughly 348 kilometers in diameter. It was partially constructed from an enormous chunk of rock<ref name="CH145">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 145''</ref> that had been blasted away from [[Janjur Qom]] by the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref name="ch262">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> The rest of the superstructure was built around it. Inside the hollow dome of the station was a massive multi-leveled city, and within the foundation rock, which served as a structural support, was a honeycomb structural pattern of [[hangar bay]]s and weapons platforms.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}} The dome itself was overlaid with a strident energy shield known as "Plaon's Gaze". This shield was powered by minerals extracted from the titular moon [[Plaon]] that orbited Janjur Qom. Surrounding the open nave at the dome's crest was the high seat of the Prophets known as the "Fount of Light".<ref name="Mythos1">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 112''</ref> The dome itself was called the Skin of the First Worlds and was made of dirt from the homeworld of every member species in the Covenant as a symbolic statement of unity and common purpose among the various Covenant members.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

High Charity was a massive mushroom-shaped structure, roughly 348 kilometers in diameter. It was partially constructed from an enormous chunk of rock<ref name="CH145">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 145''</ref> that had been blasted away from [[Janjur Qom]] by the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref name="ch262">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> The rest of the superstructure was built around it. Inside the hollow dome of the station was a massive multi-leveled city, and within the foundation rock, which served as a structural support, was a honeycomb structural pattern of [[hangar bay]]s and weapons platforms.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}} The dome itself was overlaid with a strident energy shield known as "Plaon's Gaze". This shield was powered by minerals extracted from the titular moon [[Plaon]] that orbited Janjur Qom. Surrounding the open nave at the dome's crest was the high seat of the Prophets known as the "[[Fount of Light]]".<ref name="Mythos1">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 112''</ref> The dome itself was called the Skin of the First Worlds and was made of dirt from the homeworld of every member species in the Covenant as a symbolic statement of unity and common purpose among the various Covenant members.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}

An "artificial star" at the peak of the dome simulated natural sunlight within the city, and its glow would periodically dim and intensify to simulate day and night cycles. A typical day on High Charity was roughly comparable to 265 [[unit]]s, or one [[cycle]] (equivalent to 265 Earth hours).<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 31''</ref> The interior artificial environment on the station was Earth-like, with a generated gravity of 0.95 G, a [[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|nitrogen]]-[[oxygen]]-[[argon]] atmosphere of 1.03 atmospheres and a temperature range of 10 °C to 24 °C (50 °F to 75 °F). The "stalk" beneath the dome was a mass of some 8,930{{Ref/Reuse|VIS93}} semi-rigid umbilical docking tethers.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}}

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 == Design and construction ==
 [[File:HM-HighCharityBC.png|thumb|250px|left|High Charity under construction.]]
-High Charity was a massive mushroom-shaped structure, roughly 348 kilometers in diameter. It was partially constructed from an enormous chunk of rock<ref name="CH145">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 145''</ref> that had been blasted away from [[Janjur Qom]] by the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref name="ch262">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> The rest of the superstructure was built around it. Inside the hollow dome of the station was a massive multi-leveled city, and within the foundation rock, which served as a structural support, was a honeycomb structural pattern of [[hangar bay]]s and weapons platforms.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}} The dome itself was overlaid with a strident energy shield known as "Plaon's Gaze". This shield was powered by minerals extracted from the titular moon [[Plaon]] that orbited Janjur Qom. Surrounding the open nave at the dome's crest was the high seat of the Prophets known as the "Fount of Light".<ref name="Mythos1">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 112''</ref> The dome itself was called the Skin of the First Worlds and was made of dirt from the homeworld of every member species in the Covenant as a symbolic statement of unity and common purpose among the various Covenant members.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
+High Charity was a massive mushroom-shaped structure, roughly 348 kilometers in diameter. It was partially constructed from an enormous chunk of rock<ref name="CH145">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 145''</ref> that had been blasted away from [[Janjur Qom]] by the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].<ref name="ch262">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 262-264''</ref> The rest of the superstructure was built around it. Inside the hollow dome of the station was a massive multi-leveled city, and within the foundation rock, which served as a structural support, was a honeycomb structural pattern of [[hangar bay]]s and weapons platforms.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}} The dome itself was overlaid with a strident energy shield known as "Plaon's Gaze". This shield was powered by minerals extracted from the titular moon [[Plaon]] that orbited Janjur Qom. Surrounding the open nave at the dome's crest was the high seat of the Prophets known as the "[[Fount of Light]]".<ref name="Mythos1">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 112''</ref> The dome itself was called the Skin of the First Worlds and was made of dirt from the homeworld of every member species in the Covenant as a symbolic statement of unity and common purpose among the various Covenant members.{{Ref/Reuse|Warfleet}}
 An "artificial star" at the peak of the dome simulated natural sunlight within the city, and its glow would periodically dim and intensify to simulate day and night cycles. A typical day on High Charity was roughly comparable to 265 [[unit]]s, or one [[cycle]] (equivalent to 265 Earth hours).<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 31''</ref> The interior artificial environment on the station was Earth-like, with a generated gravity of 0.95 G, a [[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|nitrogen]]-[[oxygen]]-[[argon]] atmosphere of 1.03 atmospheres and a temperature range of 10&nbsp;°C to 24&nbsp;°C (50&nbsp;°F to 75&nbsp;°F). The "stalk" beneath the dome was a mass of some 8,930{{Ref/Reuse|VIS93}} semi-rigid umbilical docking tethers.{{Ref/Reuse|CH145}}