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| {{Seealso Level|Delta Halo (Level)|[[Halo 2]]}}
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| |name=Installation 05 / Delta Halo
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| '''Installation 05''', or '''Delta Halo''' as it is called by [[Human]]s, is one of the seven massive [[Halo]] fortress worlds built by the [[Forerunner]]s. It is also the second [[Halo]] ring to be discovered by the [[Humans]].
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| == Details ==
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| '''Planet of Orbit:''' [[Substance]]
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| '''[[Monitor]]:''' [[2401 Penitent Tangent]]
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| '''Status''' What happened to Installation 05 after the events of [[Halo 3]] is unknown. The heavy damage done to [[The Ark]] could have put the Halo out of standby, or it could be unaware of the Ark's status, and still be awaiting remote activation. Its buildings seem to be more 'ancient' looking than Installation 04. [[Image:Ruins1600.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ruins on Installation 05.]]
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| The aging of it could be due to the damage the [[Flood]] has done to it as well as the battles that take place, hinting that this is where the majority, or the most intense of the Forerunner/Flood battles took place. Some also believe that the relics found are not Forerunner, but [[Precursor]], as the [[Forerunner]] favor metallic structures. It is also possible, that each Halo, while similar in architecture (I.E angular design, and same basic functional structures), has a different style from the next, an example being 05's [[Control Room]] having similarity to 04's Control Room in purpose, but with a new look, including a spherical shape at the center of the building. This is different from both versions of [[Installation 04]], which look almost exactly the same (being of the same style), and have the same surroundings. However, a combination of this, and the weathering caused by battles with the Flood could be why Delta Halo's structures look so dissimilar.
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| The Installation may be smaller than [[Alpha Halo]], described as being the size of a moon<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', pg. 188</ref>, rather than a planet, although the relevance of this is unknown. Whether this theorized size difference is common among Halo installations, or whether Installation 05 represents a different Halo Installation model to Installation 04, is unknown. Its should also be noted that it is unclear what the size of the moon the halo is being compared with is as [[Threshold]]'s moon [[Basis]] was about 3 times the size of [[Earth]], and Installation 04 was slightly smaller than Earth's diameter.
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| Its terrain, with the exception of the ice and snow-filled [[Quarantine Zone]], is mostly lakes and jungle.
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| == History ==
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| It is assumed that Installation 05 was built around the same time as [[Installation 04]], around 98,665 BC. It was activated shortly thereafter by the Forerunners, eradicating all sentient life in the galaxy and, presumably, destroying the [[Flood]] as well, with the exception of those specimens kept in the Halos for research. As of [[2552]], it had a record of 1.2 trillion simulated firings and one actual activation.
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| === Flood Disaster ===
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| [[Image:Sacredicon1600.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Library at the time of the Flood infestation.]]
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| About 200 years prior to [[2552]] , the [[Flood]] on Installation 05 escaped and evaded containment due to negligence on the part of the installation's Monitor, Penitent Tangent. <ref>Cold Storage</ref> The [[Flood]] quickly grew out of control around the area of the Installation's [[Library]]. The [[Flood]] were kept contained by a [[Sentinel Wall]] built around the Library, but [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] was captured. Without it, the [[Sentinels]] of the Halo lacked a controlling intelligence and so many of the structures around Installation 05 fell into horrible conditions, and most of the Installation came to look like a jungle strewn with ruins.
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| At the time of the [[Human-Covenant War]], a Gravemind was holding [[2401 Penitent Tangent]] captive. Even with the addition of Forerunner [[Sentinel Majors]] and [[Enforcers]], the [[Flood]] were able to remain loose, albeit contained within the [[Quarantine Zone]] by the Sentinel Wall. This stalemate is believed to be the cause of the slow decline into the horrible condition of the structures of the Installation. The Gravemind itself resided in the chamber directly below the [[Index]] Chamber in the center of the Library. A battle record has been recently shown on Bungie.net:
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| REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced catastrophic specimen containment failure. All apertures into facility will be locked until further notice. Atmosphere evacuation and [reduction of ambient temperature] protocols have already been enacted. Request maintenance and security detail [at earliest opportunity]. [8 minutes] elapsed since initial containment failure.
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| REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
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| Waiting for maintenance and security detail. [32 minutes, 9 seconds] elapsed since request.
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| REPORT: CONTAINMENT FAILURE
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| Still waiting for maintenance and security detail. [24 hours] elapsed since request.
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| REPORT: SECURITY BREACH
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] has experienced a security breach via emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits. Emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been placed in recursive mode to contain unauthorized hostile life forms. Request emergency security detail. Still waiting for primary maintenance and security detail. [2512332 hours, 14 minutes, 6 seconds]elapsed since initial request.
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| REPORT: DERELICTION OF DUTY
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| 2401 [PENITENT TANGENT] has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security.
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| LOG: QUERIED ADJACENT FACILITIES
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility [alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon, zeta, and kappa sites] have all replied [systems normal] within expected constraints. This would tend to signify that the containment failure was purely mechanical in nature; perhaps a manufacturing flaw. As no [outside agent] has accessed [delta site] in the past [874068942 hours, 4 minutes, 46 seconds]—[allowing for a 61360 hour, 54, minute, 2 second margin of error]—sabotage would seem unlikely.
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| LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [.01 atm] / [184K]. Local maintenance and security hubs have failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request up] to [quadrant oversight].
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| LOG: REQUEST UNANSWERED
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] is currently being held at [1 atm] / [278K] as atmospheric seals were showing signs of stress. [Quadrant oversight] has failed to reply within expected constraints. [Bumping maintenance and security request all the way up] to 2401 [PENITENT TANGENT].
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| LOG: UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO FACILITIES
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| LF.Xx.3273 research and containment facility; [delta site] emergency [slip stream space] transportation conduits have been accessed by unauthorized parties.
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| LOG: FILED COMPLAINT TO INSTALLATION 00
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| 2401 [PENITENT TANGENT], monitor of Installation 05, has been lax in the areas of maintenance and security. Requests for aid in said areas have gone unanswered by both 2401 and [subservient] systems well beyond expected constraints.
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| === Discovery ===
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| In [[2552]], the [[High Prophet of Regret]], a [[Covenant]] [[High Prophets|Hierarch]], discovered the location of Installation 05 during [[The First Battle of Earth]]. He made a [[Slipspace]] jump from [[Earth]] to the Halo, followed closely by [[Miranda Keyes]]' ship ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad]]''.
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| [[Image:Discovery.jpg|right|thumb|The discovery of Installation 05.]]
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| When they arrived, [[Commander]] Keyes ordered the [[Master Chief]] to capture the Prophet of Regret. After fighting the Covenant in various temples and structures, the Master Chief and [[Cortana]] overheard Regret talking about activating the ring, which according to him, would start the "Great Journey." Miranda Keyes ordered the Chief and Cortana to find and kill Regret, while she and her Marines on board ''In Amber Clad'' went to the Library to retrieve the Index.
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| The Master Chief fought through waves of [[Covenant]] enemies onboard gondolas, through underwater structures, and more mysterious structures until he finally located Regret in a huge temple over the lake and killed him just as the Covenant city ''[[High Charity]]'' arrived with hundreds of thousands of ships. One ship destroyed the Prophet of Regret's temple, which caused the Master Chief to fall into the lake and ultimately be captured by the [[Gravemind]].
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| === The Battle ===
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| :''Main Article: [[Battle of Installation 05]]''
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| After the Covenant had arrived, the [[Prophet of Truth]] ordered the [[Arbiter]] to go on Halo's surface and retrieve the [[Sacred Icon]] to enable the start of the Great Journey. The Arbiter, after fighting waves of [[Sentinel]]s and a large [[Enforcer]], finally deactivated the [[Sentinel Wall]] in order to retrieve the [[Index]].
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| The Flood escaped, and were able to attack and infect much of the Human and Covenant forces on the ring, even taking control of the ''In Amber Clad'' and eventually ''High Charity''. After fighting the Flood with the help of Rtas 'Vadumee, who had been sent into the Quarantine Zone beforehand, the [[Arbiter (character)|Arbiter]] entered the Library. He found Miranda Keyes and Sgt. Johnson in the Index Chamber, and after neutralizing the pair, the Arbiter managed to retrieve the [[Index]], believing it necessary to begin the [[Great Journey]].
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| [[Tartarus]], the Chieftain of the [[Brute]]s arrived in the Index Chamber, and told the Arbiter of the Prophet's betrayal. Tartarus used a gravity pulse from his Gravity Hammer to throw the Arbiter off the edge of the platform, and Tartarus then took the Icon, Miranda Keyes, and Sgt. Johnson to the Prophets. The Arbiter fell into the chamber of the Gravemind, where he met the [[Master Chief]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]], a [[Prophet Form]] of [[Prophet_of_Regret|Regret]] and the [[Gravemind]].
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| There they "edified" him of the true nature of the Installation. The Gravemind sent the Master Chief to High Charity in search of the Index, and the Arbiter to a location on the ring near the Control Center. By that time, Tartarus had brought the Index to the Halo's [[Control Room]]. The Master Chief fought through waves of fighting Brutes and Elites in [[High Charity]] until he and [[Cortana]] witnessed the flood-infected UNSC ''In Amber Clad'' arrive from Slipspace into the city, where it then crashed into a tower. The Chief continued through the city, until he reached a climatic battle in the Mausoleum of the Arbiter where large groups of Brutes and Elites were fighting. He neutralized both sides, and continued in pursuit of the [[Prophet of Truth]] and the Index.
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| [[Image:Installation 05.jpg|thumb|right|Installation 05's firing sequence being canceled.]]
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| Meanwhile, the Arbiter had helped support a group of besieged and betrayed Elites against the Brutes. The group of Elites and Grunts fought through a sequence of buildings and forests until the Arbiter arrived on a cliff overlooking the Control Center, where he met [[Rtas 'Vadumee]].
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| Tartarus, with the unwilling help of his captive, Miranda Keyes, prepared to activate the Installation while the Arbiter rescued Johnson and helped commandeer a Scarab. He escorted the [[Scarab]] to the Control Center in a [[Banshee]], where it destroyed the doors, enabling the Arbiter to slip inside. After the Arbiter battled Tartarus and killed him, Miranda Keyes removed the Index from the chamber, canceling the firing sequence. However, the installation had a fail-safe protocol which activated and sent a signal to the other Halos, putting them on standby mode, ready for remote activation through [[The Ark]].<ref>[http://www.halo3.com http://www.halo3.com] Story section</ref>
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| Meanwhile, in space above the Installation, the Brute and Elite fleets had been fighting ever since Regret's assassination.<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx</ref> With the threat of the [[Flood]] escaping Halo, both sides repurposed a small number of their ships to the burning of any ships trying to escape Halo. By the time Tartarus had been killed, Delta Halo was under Separatist control and the Prophet of [[Truth]] had escaped the completely Flood-infected High Charity in the [[Forerunner]] [[Dreadnought]], with the [[Master Chief]] inside.
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| === Aftermath ===
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| When Installation 05 was last seen, Flood were running loose as well as in ''High Charity'' and the surrounding Fleet. The Flood appeared to have been in control of the Installation and ''High Charity'', as the [[Civil War of the Covenant]] had caused fighting between the remaining Covenant forces on the ring. The extent of the Flood control in Delta Halo after [[Halo 3]] is unknown, since they were never known to be eradicated. With the [[Gravemind]] killed at the end of Halo 3, it is most likely that the Flood reverted to their original feral and disorganized state and would be easily controlled by the Sentinels and Covenant forces present there. It is not certain due to the unknown fate of [[2401 Penitent Tangent]]. The [[UNSC]] [[AI]] [[Cortana]] had suggested that the Installation be destroyed via the use of a [[NOVA Bomb]], but it is unknown if the idea was ever followed.<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], Page 183 (''"Additional: Suggest FLEETCOM Nova-bomb the Delta Halo system to counter the imminent biological threat."'')</ref>
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| There is confusion surrounding the Halo Installations in a holographic representation in the [[Citadel]] of [[Installation 00]] believed to be showing Installation 05 with a blood red and cracked surface (whereas this is more likely the volcanic surface of Installation 03). It is possible that the [[Covenant Separatist]] Quarantine Fleet situated above Delta Halo had [[Glassing|glassed]] the entire Installation, although had this been their intention, they would have more likely completely destroyed the ring much like Installation 04. Another possible explanation is the red surface texture, which appears as a solid, untextured band if the [[IWHBYD]] ring code has been entered, is an alert indicating that the Installation had been infested by uncontained [[Flood]] or that the Installation's [[2401 Penitent Tangent|Monitor]] has been captured.
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| == Astronomy ==
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| :''See full article:'' [[The Halos#Astronomy|The Halos]]
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| The "Ringworld" of Halo is much smaller than [[Wikipedia:Larry Niven|Larry Niven's]] [[Wikipedia:Ringworld|Ringworld]], by a magnitude of 300,000. While the diameter of Niven's ringworld is close to the diameter of [[Earth]]'s orbital of 300,000,000 km, the 10,000 km diameter of Halo is much closer to the diameter of [[Earth]] itself, which is 12,756 km. The Ringworld has a star similar to our sun in its center, and Halo is orbiting a planet, but does not encircle it.
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| == Images ==
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| <Gallery>
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| Image:Tanget.JPG|The [[Monitor]] of Installation 05, [[2401 Penitent Tangent]].
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| Image:Jungle.jpg|Jungles and Lakes on Installation 05.
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| Image:Argodaemon-DeltaHaloTank-1600-1200.jpg|A structure and a bridge on Installation 05.
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| Image:Uprising.jpg|The [[Control Room]] of Installation 05.
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| Image:Control Room3.jpg|The [[Control Room]] of Installation 05.
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| Image:Llibraryday.jpg|The [[Library]] of Installation 05.
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| </Gallery>
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| == Trivia ==
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| *2401 Penitent Tangent was the first known Monitor to be captured by the [[Flood]].
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| *The [[Halo 3]] Multiplayer map [[Cold Storage]] is present on Installation 05.
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| *Delta Halo's star is likely to be [[wikipedia:HD 108147|HD 108147]], which coincidentally, has a small [[Substance|gas giant]] orbiting it.
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| *There are six [[Halo 2]] levels that take place on Installation 05; [[Delta Halo (Level)|Delta Halo]], [[Regret (Level)|Regret]], [[Sacred Icon (Level)|Sacred Icon]], [[Quarantine Zone (Level)|Quarantine Zone]], [[Uprising (Level)|Uprising]], and [[Great Journey (Level)|Great Journey]].
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| == References ==
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