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| ==Summary==
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| [[Image:Ark.jpg|250px|thumb|The Ark opens.]] | |
| [[Image:Ark concept.jpg|thumb|Concept sketch of the Ark opening.]]
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| '''The Ark''' is a mysterious [[The Forerunner|Forerunner]] device from which all the [[Halos]] can be activated. In the end of [[Halo 2]],during the [[Halo 2 Cinematic Cutscenes|Final Sequence Cutscene]] [[Delta Halo]] is armed and then unexpectedly shut down, causing it to send a superluminal signal to all other Halos in the galaxy, putting them on standby mode. [[343 Guilty Spark]] informs [[Miranda Keyes]] and [[Sergeant Johnson]] that the Halos must now be activated from "The Ark".
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| Evidence so far places the location of the Ark on [[Earth]], buried under the African soil near [[New Mombasa]]. In Halo 2 the Covenant ship carrying the [[Prophet of Regret]] jumped into slipspace, for unknown reasons, just a few hundred meters above New Mombasa. This caused the destruction of [[New Mombasa]], and unearthed a huge Forerunner artifact seen in the [[Halo 3]] trailer. The [[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer]] depicts a huge structure firing a beam of white energy straight into the sky, through the center of swirling clouds.
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| The below evidence supports that this artifact is in fact "The Ark":
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| *the [[Halo Graphic Novel]], ''Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa'', a transmission is intercepted between the Covenant assualt forces stating that once the humans have been dealt with, they would start uncovering the Ark.
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| *In the real world, a concept sketch found in the DVD (seen right) names the artifact as the ark.
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| While the above evidence points to the structure in the Halo 3 Announcement Trailer being "The Ark", it has not officially been announced as such by [[Bungie]].
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| ==Trivia==
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| The name of the Ark may refer to the biblical story of [[wikipedia:Noah's Ark|Noah's Ark]] (Genesis, chapter 7) that was built to save Noah's family and a number of animals from a massive flood, "the ark saves all sentient beings from the [[Flood]]."
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| However, it's also possible that "The Ark" is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Ark of the Covenant|Ark of the Covenant]]. In the old testament, the Ark of the Covenant, which contains the stone tablets of the ten commandments, is the holiest object of the Jewish faith. (This is the same Ark that stripped the skin from the Nazis in the Indiana Jones movie). The Ark of the Covenant is popularly believed resting somewhere in east Africa.
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| [[Category:Technology|Ark]]
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