Control Room (Installation 05)
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- "What is that place?"
- — Thel 'Vadamee
- "Where the Councilors were meant to watch the consecration of the Icon: the start of the Great Journey."
- — Rtas 'Vadumee
Installation 05's Control Room was the site that controlled all of the Installation's operations. The Control Room is located on an island off the coast of a larger island in the middle of a large sea. Exact whereabouts are not known at this time.
History
Prompted by the Prophet of Truth, Tartarus brought 343 Guilty Spark and Lieutenant Commander Miranda Keyes to the control room in order to activate the ring, initiating the Great Journey. Before he could force Keyes to activate the panel, however, the Arbiter arrived, teaming up with Sergeant Major Johnson and other Sangheili troops. After trying to convince Tartarus to change his mind, Tartarus instead forced the Index into the panel, activating the primary firing systems. A battle began between the Sangheili and the Jiralhanae, which ended after Tartarus and his troop's died and Keyes deactivated the ring. There is also a noticeable design difference from Installation 04's control room, in there being 3 rings, or levels, to it.
Gameplay
This is the location of the final level and boss battle in Halo 2. In the game, after you escort Johnson's Scarab, you must use a Banshee and fly to the landing pad. After that, you must kill a couple Brutes defending the entrance to the Room itself. After the cutscene, the player must jump from the ledge where Johnson snipes, down to the gears of the control room that are charging up the Halo Ring. In the center of it, there is a large gravity lift that takes you to the top, regardless of where you are. There are three "stories" to this part and on them are numerous gun crates to assist in battling Tartarus. Elites will attempt to aid you in defeating Tartarus, but they will fall to the Fist of Rukt. On higher difficulties, Brutes will jump down to aid their Chieftain. To get down to lower levels, one must jump down to them and can ride the central gravity lift to the upper levels. Actually, there is a way to get to the OPEN control room on the level Uprising. The entrance is a room that you have encountered before on the level. The big door on the back of the room has not been designed so you cannot enter it.
