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== The Station ==
== The Station ==
[[Image:AlphaHaloview1.jpg|thumb|Installation 04 floating in the shadows of the great gas giant of Threshold.]]
[[Image:Demonsintent.jpg|thumb|left|The fate of Installation 04.]]


The name "[[Halo]]" is derived from [[Covenant]] battle transmissions, translated by [[Cortana]]. A more literal translations would be "Ring of Heaven", or "Ring of the Gods". Alpha Halo orbits a large gas giant (Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG, nick-named "[[Threshold]]"), suspended at the Lagrange point between the planet and it's largest moon, [[Basis]]. The ring has a 24-degree axial tilt from the gas giant's orbital plain, which means that any point on the surface receives sunlight for half of the time it is on the sunny side of Threshold, and for none of the time it is on the dark side. This gives the ring a somewhat unususal day-night cycle in which it is dark three-fouths of the time. There is of course, no sunrise or sunset in the traditional sense.  
The name "[[Halo]]" is derived from [[Covenant]] battle transmissions, translated by [[Cortana]]. A more literal translation would be "Ring of Heaven", or "Ring of the Gods". Alpha Halo orbits a large gas giant (Earth Survey Catalogue Number B1008-AG, nick-named "[[Threshold]]"), suspended at the Lagrange point between the planet and it's largest moon, [[Basis]]. The ring has a 24-degree axial tilt from the gas giant's orbital plain, which means that any point on the surface receives sunlight for half of the time it is on the sunny side of Threshold, and for none of the time it is on the dark side. This gives the ring a somewhat unususal day-night cycle in which it is dark three-fourths of the time. There is of course, no sunrise or sunset in the traditional sense.  


The Halos were built to study and contain the [[Flood]] organism, and to stop its spread. They are also massive weapons--they can destroy all life within a 25,000 lightyear radius. It is unknown how this weapon functions, and if it is even possible to survive within the blast radius. Halo is honeycombed with tunnles, caverns, rooms, facilities, canyons, ravines, and mountains. It was created with natural ecosystems, including small organisms, such as insects, and even small bird-like animals.  
The Halos were built to study and contain a highly dangerous parasite called the [[Flood]].  Being highly adaptable, the only way to stop the flood from spreading is to kill its hosts, and since they can take over just about any sentient life, the Halos are also giant, advanced  biological bombs that, while killing off all sentient life, seems to leave non-living things and simpler organisms intact. Halo can support life through the creation of natural ecosystems on it and could even be considered a moon/planet.  


Halo is home to [[343 Guilty Spark]], an [[AI]], and [[Monitor]] for Installion 04. He was somewhat misleading when he lead the [[Master Chief]] to activate Halo's "defenses" against the Flood and Covenant. If not for Cortana's intervention, the Chief would have inadvertantly triggered Halo's weapon. Halo was destroyed after the [[Pillar of Autumn]]'s fusion core exploded. The pieces of the ring now drift in space, hurtling toward Basis and Threshold, being caught in their gravity wells.  
Halo is home to [[343 Guilty Spark]], an [[AI]], and [[Monitor]] for Installion 04. He visited the [[Master Chief]] after the chief's first encounter with the flood and tried to get him to activate the ring, not mentioning how the ring killed the flood. If not for Cortana's intervention, the Chief would have inadvertantly triggered Halo's weapon. Halo was destroyed after the [[Pillar of Autumn]]'s fusion core exploded. The pieces of the ring now drift in space, hurtling toward Basis and Threshold, being caught in their gravity wells.


Halo holds great religious significance for the Covenant. Soon after Halo's destruction, a Covenant flagship, with it's armada, exited [[Slipspace]] in the system. Cortana deciphered their transmissions, and learned from their data core that the "Guardian of the Lumious Key" was due to arrive there for some sort of ceremony. It is unknown why the Covenant held it in such high regard.
Halo holds great religious significance for the Covenant. Soon after Halo's destruction, a Covenant flagship, with its armada, exited [[Slipspace]] in the system. Cortana deciphered their transmissions, and learned from their data core that the "Guardian of the Luminous Key" (the [[Arbiter]]) was due to arrive there for some sort of ceremony. It is unknown why the Covenant held it in such high regard in Halo 1. In Halo 2 it is revealed that the Covenant believe the Halos to be gateways to the afterlife that can be used to "transcend the physical" and become gods; this process is called the [[Great Journey]]. NOTE: Alpha is the first letter of the greek alphabet, im not sure if Delta is a letter but it could be some kinda "halo greek alphabet thingy"


== Astronomy ==
== Astronomy ==
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Besides the very beautifully sculpted landscape on Halo's surface, the sky is also worthy of attention. Depending on the viewpoint, you can see the star, a moon (called ''[[Basis]]''), a gas giant (called [[Threshold]]), and the band of Halo itself, which looks like a street into the sky.
Besides the very beautifully sculpted landscape on Halo's surface, the sky is also worthy of attention. Depending on the viewpoint, you can see the star, a moon (called ''[[Basis]]''), a gas giant (called [[Threshold]]), and the band of Halo itself, which looks like a street into the sky.


In the course of ''Halo 1'', neither Threshold nor Basis is reachable, all action takes place on or in the Halo. In [[Halo 2]] there is a [[The Arbiter (Level)|campaign level]] on Threshold, and a [[Burial Mounds|multiplayer level]] on Basis.
In the course of ''Halo 1'', neither Threshold nor Basis is reachable, all action takes place on or in the Halo, except in the level "The Pillar of Autumn". In [[Halo 2]] there is a [[The Arbiter (Level)|campaign level]] on Threshold, and a [[Burial Mounds|multiplayer level]] on Basis.


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