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''' | A '''design seed''', also known as a '''"ship-seed"'''<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 128''</ref> was a piece of technology used by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. The [[Librarian]] acquired a design seed that was placed inside a mountain near the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]] on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], which then gave birth to [[Didact's ship|a large ship]] for his escape.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 98''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:18, May 11, 2014
A design seed, also known as a "ship-seed"[1] was a piece of technology used by Forerunner Builders to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. The Librarian acquired a design seed that was placed inside a mountain near the Didact's Cryptum on Erde-Tyrene, which then gave birth to a large ship for his escape.[2]
Design and operation
A design seed was comprised of software which contained the schematics for the machine, as well as machinery, which would obtain construction materials on-site and turn them into several main components. Once fully assembled, the seed became a large octagonal platform surrounded by eight curved pillars, each rising a thousand meters from the ground. The machinery worked remarkably quickly; the mountain at the center of Djamonkin Crater was dismantled and reshaped into the core components within a single night.[3]
When the machine was activated, these pillars would begin to rotate around the central platform. As they spun, they projected hard light components, which used raw materials obtained on-site and reconstituted them into the alloys and components needed to build a ship or other machine. The construction process was extraordinarily rapid; the Didact's ship was approximately one kilometer long, and yet the entire vessel was materialized within a matter of minutes.
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
