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| {{Status|Canon}} | | {{Era|Forerunner}} |
| [[File:SlipspacePortal intro.jpg|thumb|300px|Portal facilities, such as the [[Menachite portal complex]], were administered by the Overwatch network.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p339}}]]
| | The '''Overwatch network''' is a general term used to regard the collective core security and transit authorities of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]. The overwatch network monitored, rationed and forbade travel to limit the buildup of [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|reconciliation debt]] in the [[Milky Way|galaxy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 91''</ref> [[Guardian Custode]]s were able to connect to the overwatch network, using it to reflexively counter many potential threats to the Ecumene long before they came to the attention of [[Warrior-Servant]] commanders.<ref>'''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo|Halo: Warfleet]]''' - ''Page 88''</ref> |
| The '''Overwatch network''', also referred to as the "'''core authority'''"{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cryptum|Cry|Chapter=13}}{{Ref/Note|While never officially referred to as such, the core authority mentioned in ''Halo: Cryptum'' and the duties of the overwatch network as described in ''Halo: Warfleet'' are almost exactly the same. Furthermore, the term core authority is never presented as an official name, but instead a general descriptor, leaving it exceedingly likely the two organizations are one and the same.}} is a general term used to regard the collective core security and transit authorities of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene]]. The overwatch network monitored, rationed and forbade travel to limit the buildup of [[Slipstream space#Reconciliation|reconciliation debt]] in the [[Milky Way|galaxy]]{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=91}} - though was never able to fully mitigate these effects throughout the long history of the empire.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p339|Enc22|Page=339}} To aid in this endeavour, the Forerunners constructed [[Slipspace portal]]s, with the network requiring elaborate security keys and passcodes before travel could be permitted.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p339}} | |
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| [[Peacemaker]] constructs such as [[Guardian Custode]]s were able to connect to the overwatch network, using it to reflexively counter many potential threats to the Ecumene long before they came to the attention of [[Warrior-Servant]] commanders.{{Ref/Book|HWF|Page=88}} {{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=386}} The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] noted that they could track slipspace journeys if they were rational, while irrational series of jumps were harder to track. He used this to an advantage while on the run from the Forerunner authorities shortly after he was revived from his exile in a [[Cryptum]].{{Ref/Reuse|Cryptum}}
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| ==Known installations==
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| *[[Sarcophagus]]{{Ref/Book|Id=WF3|HWF|Page=12-13}}
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| *[[Shield World 10021]]{{Ref/Reuse|WF3}}
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| *[[Invicta]]{{Ref/Reuse|WF3}}
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| *[[Thema|Thema Opson]]{{Ref/Reuse|WF3}}
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Forerunner organizations]] | | [[Category:Forerunner organizations]] |
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