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[[File:Babd_catha_forerunner_complex.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A section of the ship visible within the ice caverns]] | [[File:Babd_catha_forerunner_complex.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A section of the ship visible within the ice caverns]] | ||
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This '''ship''' of [[Forerunner]] design was embedded within the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]] ''circa'' [[100,000 BCE]], with debris from its crash spread out across the [[Eposz]] region.<ref name="ship">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HaloReach#5573898160705691906 '''Picasa Web Albums''': Paul Russel > Halo: Reach]</ref><ref name="bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-4-16-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14'']</ref> Positioned at a tilted angle, the vessel appeared to be roughly disk-shaped, though its true size was concealed by the glacier in which it was embedded. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath [[SWORD Base]], as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the ship housed a [[holography|holographic]] data terminal of some kind.<ref name="HR">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Breakpoint]]''</ref> | This '''ship''' of [[Forerunner]] design was embedded within the [[Babd Catha Ice Shelf]] on [[Reach]] ''circa'' [[100,000 BCE]], with debris from its crash spread out across the [[Eposz]] region.<ref name="ship">[https://picasaweb.google.com/114253662089061571624/HaloReach#5573898160705691906 '''Picasa Web Albums''': Paul Russel > Halo: Reach]</ref><ref name="bulletin">[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-4-16-14 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14'']</ref> Positioned at a tilted angle, the vessel appeared to be roughly disk-shaped, though its true size was concealed by the glacier in which it was embedded. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath [[SWORD Base]], as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the ship housed a [[holography|holographic]] data terminal of some kind.<ref name="HR">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', multiplayer map ''[[Breakpoint]]''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:09, August 19, 2015
- "Commander, you're wondering what your Spartans died for? They died for this."
- — Dr. Catherine Halsey to Carter-A259
This ship of Forerunner design was embedded within the Babd Catha Ice Shelf on Reach circa 100,000 BCE, with debris from its crash spread out across the Eposz region.[1][2] Positioned at a tilted angle, the vessel appeared to be roughly disk-shaped, though its true size was concealed by the glacier in which it was embedded. Parts of the ship were visible in an ice cavern underneath SWORD Base, as well as a nearby mountain range. The interior of the ship housed a holographic data terminal of some kind.[3][4]
History
The ice cavern housing most of the vessel was home to one of Dr. Catherine Halsey's labs and had evidently been under excavation by the Office of Naval Intelligence for some time.[3] By summer 2552, ONI had marked a number of artifact sites that seemed to form a trail leading from CASTLE Base, the site of the Menachite Forerunner complex, to the immediate region of SWORD Base, suggesting that the ship was outbound along this trajectory when it crashed.[5]
According to Dr. Halsey, the ship held secrets that could turn the tide of the Human-Covenant War — a "latchkey" discovery that Halsey compared to the inventions of the conical bullet and the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine. However, when the Covenant began attacking the facility on August 29, 2552, the decryption was only partially complete. Using Wolf Spider turrets, Spartan-III NOBLE Team was able to hold off the Covenant long enough for Halsey to finish the decryption. The ship, along with SWORD Base, was completely destroyed by an explosive charge.[3]
Exactly what data Halsey discovered within the ship is unknown, but the data apparently contributed to the discovery of Halo Installation 04.[6]
Trivia
- The ship was designed by Bungie environment artist Paul Russel.[1]
- In a commentary video for the multiplayer map Breakpoint, one of the map's designers presented the idea that the reason for the structure's tilted angle and unusual placement was a result of an accident with teleportation. However, he was quick to denounce the canonicity of the idea.[7]
Gallery
- BabdCathaConcept.jpg
Concept art of the ONI excavation site
The main ONI research facility near the derelict ship
Halsey's lab, overlooking the core of the vessel
Another section of the wreck, under investigation by ONI
A panorama of the tilted vessel seen on the multiplayer map "Breakpoint"
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Picasa Web Albums: Paul Russel > Halo: Reach
- ^ Halo Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin: 4.16.14
- ^ a b c Halo: Reach, campaign level The Package
- ^ Halo: Reach, multiplayer map Breakpoint
- ^ Halsey's map of Reach
- ^ Halo: Reach, Epilogue ("And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets...")
- ^ YouTube: Halo: Reach - Quick Look Breakpoint
