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A '''Shield World''' is a complete and thorough [[Dyson Sphere| Micro Dyson Sphere]] within a [[Slipspace]] transit built by the [[Forerunner]]s in their vast empire. They contain environments suitable for [[Earth]]'s sentient life. The only way in is a small portal that constitutes the only real-space component of a Shield World. One of these portals is located inside the [[Core Room Antechamber]] within [[Onyx]]. | A '''Shield World''' is a complete and thorough [[Dyson Sphere| Micro Dyson Sphere]] within a [[Slipspace]] transit built by the [[Forerunner]]s in their vast empire.<ref name="Onyx">''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref> They contain environments suitable for [[Earth]]'s sentient life. The only way in is a small portal that constitutes the only real-space component of a Shield World. One of these portals is located inside the [[Core Room Antechamber]] within [[Onyx]]. | ||
[[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] theorized that Shield Worlds were intended by the Forerunners as a form of a modern "bomb shelter," a place in which to ride out the devastating [[Halo]] pulse. As demonstrated in [[2552]], access to Shield Worlds was only possible upon the imminent activation of the [[Halos]]. | [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] theorized that Shield Worlds were intended by the Forerunners as a form of a modern "bomb shelter," a place in which to ride out the devastating [[Halo]] pulse. As demonstrated in [[2552]], access to Shield Worlds was only possible upon the imminent activation of the [[Halos]]. | ||
Curiously, when Halsey and company fled into Onyx's Shield World during the last stages of the [[Battle of Onyx]], it appeared to be deserted, implying that the Forerunners did not utilize it when the Halos were last activated.<ref | Curiously, when Halsey and company fled into Onyx's Shield World during the last stages of the [[Battle of Onyx]], it appeared to be deserted, implying that the Forerunners did not utilize it when the Halos were last activated.<ref name="Onyx"/> In ''Halo 3'', these circumstances were revealed to be the result of the betrayal of the Forerunner [[AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], whose defection to the [[Flood]] forced the Forerunners to abandon their plans to evacuate into the shield installations. | ||
Unlike the Halos, it is unknown how many shield installations exist. It is possible that there are only seven of them (keeping with the seven reference). When the Forerunners built the Halos, it's possible they built an accompanying shield world with each. The Halos would destroy all sentient life within a 25000 light year radius of itself while the shield world would protect any sentient life within that region. | Unlike the Halos, it is unknown how many shield installations exist. It is possible that there are only seven of them (keeping with the seven reference). When the Forerunners built the Halos, it's possible they built an accompanying shield world with each. The Halos would destroy all sentient life within a 25000 light year radius of itself while the shield world would protect any sentient life within that region. | ||
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*The Shield World's glyph can be seen in the cover of [[Halo: Ghost of Onyx]], hinting and supporting that the novel was to focus mainly on the subject.<ref>[http://www.ascendantjustice.com/files/voc/shield/ghosts.jpg Image of the Glyph]</ref> There is quite an uncanny resemblance between this glyph and a glyph seen on the world discovered at the end of Halo 3 when completed on legendary, which may confirm that Master Chief and Cortana are heading towards the/a Shield World, or rather, the Forerunner construct that might lead to the Shield World (like the object on Earth that was originally considered to be the Ark).<ref>[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Shield_World_Glyph_Comparison.jpg Glyph Comparison]</ref> | *The Shield World's glyph can be seen in the cover of [[Halo: Ghost of Onyx]], hinting and supporting that the novel was to focus mainly on the subject.<ref>[http://www.ascendantjustice.com/files/voc/shield/ghosts.jpg Image of the Glyph]</ref> There is quite an uncanny resemblance between this glyph and a glyph seen on the world discovered at the end of Halo 3 when completed on legendary, which may confirm that Master Chief and Cortana are heading towards the/a Shield World, or rather, the Forerunner construct that might lead to the Shield World (like the object on Earth that was originally considered to be the Ark).<ref>[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Shield_World_Glyph_Comparison.jpg Glyph Comparison]</ref> | ||
*In [[Terminals|Terminal]] 5 of [[Halo 3]], there is a sentence that reads the following "If we start immediately--commence total biosphere elimination of life sustaining worlds (as indicated in the accompanying charts) and relocate evacuated populations to facilities such as those described in the [Onyx project] all this could be achieved in [57,1590 (+/-2,184) hours]." This is most likely a reference to either the Forerunners Shield World(s) plan or Onyx itself. | *In [[Terminals|Terminal]] 5 of [[Halo 3]], there is a sentence that reads the following "If we start immediately--commence total biosphere elimination of life sustaining worlds (as indicated in the accompanying charts) and relocate evacuated populations to facilities such as those described in the [Onyx project] all this could be achieved in [57,1590 (+/-2,184) hours]." This is most likely a reference to either the Forerunners Shield World(s) plan or Onyx itself. | ||
*In [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], the Shield World is actually a Forerunner-manufactured planet which is a composite of Sentinels. Within the planet’s network of underground tunnels, a controlled slipspace rupture allows individuals to move into a micro-Dyson sphere hidden in subspace at the core of the planet. The sphere’s interior surface, similar to what can be seen in Halo Wars, is considerably larger — so large in fact, that the individuals trapped within it didn’t even realize they were in such a super-structure.<ref name="Onyx"/> However, in [[Halo Wars]], the Shield World is simply a planet shell, its outer surface covered with large bodies of water and the Flood parasite, presumably having spread by way of the Covenant intrusion. | |||
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