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[[File:fascination.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Apex site's main platform, along with a [[Spirit]] dropship.]] | [[File:fascination.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Apex site's main platform, along with a [[Spirit]] dropship.]] | ||
'''The Apex Site'''<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApVw-kywQ8o "Walk in the Park"]''</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] installation that contained a fleet of many [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]] inside the [[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Flood- | '''The Apex Site'''<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApVw-kywQ8o "Walk in the Park"]''</ref> was a [[Forerunner]] installation that contained a fleet of many [[Unnamed Forerunner Starship|Forerunner ships]] inside the [[Shield World (Halo Wars)|Flood-controlled Shield World]].<ref>'''Halo Wars''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAq_vZuxlDY "I Doomed Humanity"]''</ref> The ships were left inactive for hundreds of millenia after the [[Forerunner-Flood War]], docked in massive towers surrounding a hovering central platform high above the interior surface of the Shield World.<ref name="Monsters">'''Halo Wars''', ''cutscene [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLGoPIjE-OQ "Monsters"]''</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Apex_base_ramps_early.jpg|The ramps leading up to the Apex Base Site. | File:Apex_base_ramps_early.jpg|The ramps leading up to the Apex Base Site. | ||
File:Reactor base site.png|The Apex Base Site teleporter. | File:Reactor base site.png|The Apex Base Site teleporter. | ||
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File:Restrainor.png|[[Ellen Anders]] being held in the [[Containment Field Device]] of the Apex. | File:Restrainor.png|[[Ellen Anders]] being held in the [[Containment Field Device]] of the Apex. | ||
File:ActivationConsole.png|The Apex site's activation console. | File:ActivationConsole.png|The Apex site's activation console. | ||
File:ShieldWorld_tower_concepts.png|Concept art of the Apex site's docking towers. | |||
File:ShieldWorld_Apex_Site_concept.png|A concept image of the control platform. | |||
File:Library.jpg|Docking towers similar to those of the Apex, surrounding a [[Library]] on an unknown Forerunner world. | File:Library.jpg|Docking towers similar to those of the Apex, surrounding a [[Library]] on an unknown Forerunner world. | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, December 27, 2010
The Apex Site[1] was a Forerunner installation that contained a fleet of many Forerunner ships inside the Flood-controlled Shield World.[2] The ships were left inactive for hundreds of millenia after the Forerunner-Flood War, docked in massive towers surrounding a hovering central platform high above the interior surface of the Shield World.[3]
Description
The Apex site consisted of a narrow main platform hovering high above the inner surface of the Flood-Controlled Shield World, and numerous docking towers housing a fleet of Forerunner ships. It had a transporter pad which also served the purpose of a Containment Field Device. The system was operated by vocal commands.[4]
The main platform was accessible from the Apex Base Site, a structure on top of a towering hill comprised of a series of ramps, containing a transporter pad. It was located on the inner surface of the Shield World, most likely somewhere under the Apex.[5]
At one end of the platform, there was a spherical activation console covered in Forerunner glyphs. The console could only be operated by a Reclaimer, and when activated, would unlock the dormant Forerunner ships. When the installation was activated, a Beam Emitter next to the activation console would emit a continuous stream of energy directly upwards, much like in many other Forerunner facilities. On the other end of the platform, there was an elevator which lead right into the Shield World's artificial star.[6] Because of this, the lift obviously had to be shielded against the extreme heat. On the way to the star, there was an "access point", the nature of which is unknown, but it was likely a type of energy barrier, as it would need to be "broken through" in order to access the star.[7]
History
- Main article: Battle of the Apex
In 2531, the Apex was the site of a major engagement between SPARTAN Red Team and Covenant forces lead by the Arbiter, who were attempting to prevent the UNSC from destroying the Shield World and the recently activated Forerunner ships at dock there.
The Covenant, who discovered that they could use a human to activate the installation, captured Ellen Anders and brought her to the site. The Arbiter used her to activate the system, but she managed to escape the control center using the platform's Transporter Pad.
After regrouping and coming up with a plan to stop the Covenant from using the ships, the UNSC forces established a base and assaulted the Apex Base Site. After reaching the top, they teleported the UNSC Spirit of Fire's Slipspace Drive to the main platform of the installation, where they confronted several Elites and the Arbiter.
After the repulsing of the Covenant assault and the death of the Arbiter in battle, Sgt. Forge ascended up to the center of the Shield World and overloaded the FTL Reactor, causing the star to go supernova and obliterating the Installation.[3]
Trivia
- The activation console of the Apex facility is similar to that of the Relic on Harvest.
- Similar installations, with docking towers for Forerunner warships are apparently common on various Forerunner military installations, as shown in Origins.[8]
- In case the fleet was mobilized, at least one of the docking towers would apparently be detachable, and used in space combat as a flagship with the two ships still attached to it.[8]
- The Apex Installation bears some resemblance to a Sentinel production facility.
Gallery
- Apex base ramps early.jpg
The ramps leading up to the Apex Base Site.
The Apex Base Site teleporter.
Activation of the Apex.
A Forerunner Ship powering up.
Ellen Anders being held in the Containment Field Device of the Apex.
The Apex site's activation console.
- ShieldWorld tower concepts.png
Concept art of the Apex site's docking towers.
- ShieldWorld Apex Site concept.png
A concept image of the control platform.
Docking towers similar to those of the Apex, surrounding a Library on an unknown Forerunner world.
List of appearances
- Halo Wars (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ Halo Wars, cutscene "Walk in the Park"
- ^ Halo Wars, cutscene "I Doomed Humanity"
- ^ a b Halo Wars, cutscene "Monsters"
- ^ Halo Wars, cutscene "Judgment Day"
- ^ Halo Wars, level Reactor
- ^ Halo Wars, level Escape, John Forge: "I'm in the sun."
- ^ Halo Wars, level Escape, John Forge: "Forge here. I'm at the access point to the sun. I'll need some time to break through."
- ^ a b Halo Legends, Origins
