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'''Arks''' are massive Forerunner installations designed with the primary purpose of manufacturing Halo rings.
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'''Arks''' are massive [[Forerunner]] installations designed with the primary purpose of manufacturing [[Halo Array|Halo rings]]. Situated [[Intergalactic space|outside]] the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]], they also served as [[Lifeworker]] research facilities, as well as conservational preserves for the numerous species of the galaxy during the [[Conservation Measure]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''' ''page 274''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 372-373''</ref> The Arks were shaped like massive flowers, consisting of several curved arms, similar to the petals of a flower, surrounding a circular foundry in the center.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 371''</ref>


There are two classifications of Ark: Lesser Arks, which produce rings 10,000 kilometers in diameter, and Greater Arks, which produce rings 30,000 kilometers in diameter. The only Ark known by designation, Installation 00, was a Lesser Ark.<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''' ''page 343''</ref>
Two Arks existed during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]; the [[greater Ark]], which produced Halos 30,000 kilometers in diameter, and [[Installation 00]] or the lesser Ark, which produced rings 10,000 kilometers in diameter.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 343'' (''"...one of the two Arks that had created them in the first place."'')</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''' ''page 375'' (''"...neither of the Arks were manufacturing Halos..."'')</ref>
 
==Known Arks==
*[[Installation 00]]
*An [[Unidentified Ark Installation|unidentified Greater Ark]] (produced the original Halo Array, including [[Installation 07]])<ref>'''[[Halo: Primordium]]''' ''page 343''</ref>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{First mentioned}}
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{First mentioned}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''
*''[[The Forerunner Saga]]''
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
**''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''
**''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''
**''[[Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Second Sunrise Over New Mombasa]]'' {{Mo}}
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Arks are massive Forerunner installations designed with the primary purpose of manufacturing Halo rings. Situated outside the Milky Way galaxy, they also served as Lifeworker research facilities, as well as conservational preserves for the numerous species of the galaxy during the Conservation Measure.[1][2] The Arks were shaped like massive flowers, consisting of several curved arms, similar to the petals of a flower, surrounding a circular foundry in the center.[3]

Two Arks existed during the Forerunner-Flood war; the greater Ark, which produced Halos 30,000 kilometers in diameter, and Installation 00 or the lesser Ark, which produced rings 10,000 kilometers in diameter.[4][5]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Cryptum page 274
  2. ^ Halo: Primordium page 372-373
  3. ^ Halo: Primordium page 371
  4. ^ Halo: Primordium page 343 ("...one of the two Arks that had created them in the first place.")
  5. ^ Halo: Primordium page 375 ("...neither of the Arks were manufacturing Halos...")