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[[File:ARK2.jpg|thumb|right|The size of the Ark compared to that of Earth and a Halo installation.]] | [[File:ARK2.jpg|thumb|right|The size of the Ark compared to that of Earth and a Halo installation.]] | ||
Installation 00 resembled a massive flattened dish with a series of eight curved arms, similar to the petals of a flower. Each arm possessed at least one petal station, from which Forerunner Lifeworkers operated.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 332''</ref> | Installation 00 resembled a massive flattened dish with a series of eight curved arms, similar to the petals of a flower. Each arm possessed at least one petal station, from which [[Forerunner]] [[Lifeworker|Lifeworkers]] operated.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 332''</ref> | ||
At the core of the installation was the [[Strip mining moon|stripped remnant]] of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the Halos. The entire upper surface was terraformed, with oceans, forests and a large desert.<ref name="The Ark"/><ref name="Covenant"/> Installation 00 appeared to have been between 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617 '''Carnage.Bungie.org:''' ''Just how big is that Ark??'']</ref> The Ark was the second-largest known Forerunner construct, only dwarfed by the the [[Dyson sphere|micro Dyson sphere]] encased in the artificial planet [[Onyx]], which has a diameter of 300 million kilometers. | At the core of the installation was the [[Strip mining moon|stripped remnant]] of a material-rich planetoid, asteroid, or other celestial body used for the construction of the Halos. The entire upper surface was terraformed, with oceans, forests and a large desert.<ref name="The Ark"/><ref name="Covenant"/> Installation 00 appeared to have been between 90,000 to 100,000 kilometers (55,890 to 62,100 miles) in diameter.<ref>[http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=871617 '''Carnage.Bungie.org:''' ''Just how big is that Ark??'']</ref> The Ark was the second-largest known Forerunner construct, only dwarfed by the the [[Dyson sphere|micro Dyson sphere]] encased in the artificial planet [[Onyx]], which has a diameter of 300 million kilometers. |
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