Installation 07: Difference between revisions

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'''Installation 07''', also known as '''Zeta Halo''',<ref name="hitd preview"/><ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''~~halo_inner_ring~~'']]</ref> is one of the [[seven]] rings in the [[Halo Array]], located in the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name="warfleet"/> Unlike the other six remaining Halo installations, which were constructed as a separate array of rings with the diameter of 10,000 kilometers,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> Installation 07 is the only surviving ring from the original main array of twelve 30,000-kilometer-wide Halos.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 325''</ref> However, the installation's diameter was reduced to 10,000 kilometers after most of its superstructure was discarded as a result of heavy damage.<ref name="prim344">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 344''</ref> ONI scientists consider it to be the most mysterious Halo of all.<ref name="prim341" />

'''Installation 07''', also known as '''Zeta Halo''',<ref name="hitd preview"/><ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''halo inner ring'']]</ref> is one of the [[seven]] rings in the [[Halo Array]], located in the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name="warfleet"/> Unlike the other six remaining Halo installations, which were constructed as a separate array of rings with the diameter of 10,000 kilometers,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> Installation 07 is the only surviving ring from the original main array of twelve 30,000-kilometer-wide Halos.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 325''</ref> However, the installation's diameter was reduced to 10,000 kilometers after most of its superstructure was discarded as a result of heavy damage.<ref name="prim344">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 344''</ref> ONI scientists consider it to be the most mysterious Halo of all.<ref name="prim341" />

==Background==

===Construction and commissioning===

Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even constructed rudimentary cities.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref>

Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even constructed rudimentary cities.<ref name="Halo page 36">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref>

During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] placed Installation 07, along with the other eleven rings in the original Array, under control of the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|Contender-class AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], and one of the primary extensions of the AI was placed on the ring.<ref name="prim190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190-192''</ref> At one point, the Master Builder broke his deal with the [[Librarian]] and began to use the human specimens on the ring for his brutal experiments on the [[Flood]]. Some of the Lifeworkers serving on the installation complied and aided Faber's minions in these experiments, while those most loyal to the Librarian worked to keep the installation's biological preserves intact. Faber also forcibly drafted [[Warrior-Servant]]s as an additional security force for the installation. In their exhaustive experiments, the Master Builder's researchers found that the majority of humans were apparently immune to the Flood, which they believed to be a result of a "cure" developed by [[ancient humanity]] during the ancient [[Human-Flood war|human-Flood conflict]]. In reality, no cure ever existed and the humans' apparent immunity was the result of the Flood's ongoing strategy to target Forerunners only.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 364''</ref>

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Not trusting the Lifeworkers, Faber assigned Mendicant Bias to interrogate the Primordial,<ref name="prim190"/> which, using its knowledge of the Precursors' plan and compelling arguments that the Forerunners' rule led to eternal stagnation, eventually managed to turn the AI against its Forerunner masters. The creature also managed to manipulate the Master Builder into complying it with its schemes; whether Faber was fully aware of the Primordial's goals, or simply an uninformed pawn, is unclear.<ref name="p357"/> The Primordial then took charge of operations on Installation 07, encouraging the Master Builder to continue his experiments on humans, apparently for no reason other than its own amusement.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 365''</ref>

The Master Builder himself departed the installation shortly after the Primordial had been brought in, leaving his researchers in charge.<ref name="p271">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271''</ref> Over time, Faber reduced the role of Lifeworkers on the installation, eventually confining them to smaller preserves with select groups of humans, while his minions continued their attempts to infect humans.<ref name="p271"/> As Faber's researchers took more and more humans from across the ring for their experiments, many human societies effectively collapsed; the People abandoned the cities out of fear that the Forerunners would come take them away, escaping to the wilderness.<ref~~>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 66''<~~/~~ref~~>

The Master Builder himself departed the installation shortly after the Primordial had been brought in, leaving his researchers in charge.<ref name="p271">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271''</ref> Over time, Faber reduced the role of Lifeworkers on the installation, eventually confining them to smaller preserves with select groups of humans, while his minions continued their attempts to infect humans.<ref name="p271"/> As Faber's researchers took more and more humans from across the ring for their experiments, many human societies effectively collapsed; the People abandoned the cities out of fear that the Forerunners would come take them away, escaping to the wilderness.<ref name="p66"/>

After Mendicant Bias had been subverted by the Primordial, the AI broke the safeguards in the ring's various [[Flood containment facility|Flood containment facilities]],<ref name="p272">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 272''</ref> allowing the parasite to spread to various sections of the installation. The Flood devoured large areas of the Halo's artificial landscape, covering it with [[Flood hive|Flood biomass]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 216-219''</ref> As more and more Forerunners succumbed to the Flood across the installation, the Master Builder had a machine known as the [[Composer]] used to stave off the effects of Flood infection in a number of infected Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 265''</ref>

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Because of its different origin from the other six Halos in the Array, Installation 07 exhibits conspicuous differences to the other extant rings despite now being the same size. These differences are apparent in the Halo's physical infrastructure and material composition, but also subtler aspects such as the architecture and aesthetics of its structures and technology or the machine language of its distributed computer systems.<ref name="hitd preview"/>

The depth of Installation 07's ground layer before the foundation material below, at least in some areas, is approximately ~~800-900~~ meters.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 97''</ref> As with the rest of the Halos, the upper layers of the plate foundation were shaped to accommodate the terrain formations that would be laid over them.<ref name="p318">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 318''</ref>

The depth of Installation 07's ground layer before the foundation material below, at least in some areas, is approximately 800–900 meters.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 97''</ref> As with the rest of the Halos, the upper layers of the plate foundation were shaped to accommodate the terrain formations that would be laid over them.<ref name="p318">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 318''</ref>

During the skirmishes surrounding the [[Fate of Maethrillian]], the terrain on the Halo was destroyed in many areas, leaving the bare foundation exposed. In addition, large gaps had been burned into the foundation itself during the battle around the Capital.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 112''</ref> Some of these damages was deemed extensive enough to remove and replace entire sections of the ring's foundational plate, with the Halo held together by its edge walls and possible field reinforcement during the operation. The replacement plates were moved from the Halo's exterior, transported over the inner portion of the ring and eventually placed in the missing sections.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 71-72, 76-77''</ref> In less damaged areas, building up the foundation from within the ring's interior was sufficient for repairs. A ditch in the landscape, for example, would be closed by the foundation gradually rising from below.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 105''</ref> Entire complexes of structures—some of them thousands of meters tall—had been destroyed; due to the ring's limited power, their basic [[hard light]] frameworks would continue to flicker on and off erratically, attempting to rebuild themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 114, 116''</ref>

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;[[Lifeworker beacon]]s

Beacons were ovoid-shaped devices found across the ring used by the Lifeworkers—or whoever controlled them—to give humans and other beings seemingly instinctive instructions through their ''geas''.<ref name="beacon">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 88-89''</ref~~><ref name="p184"/~~>

Beacons were ovoid-shaped devices found across the ring used by the Lifeworkers—or whoever controlled them—to give humans and other beings seemingly instinctive instructions through their ''geas''.<ref name="p184"/><ref name="beacon">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 88-89''</ref>

;Power stations

The ring was home to a number of power stations, many of which were sabotaged by the Warriors who rebelled against the Master Builder during the crisis at the Capital.<ref name="p305"/> A dark gray conical structure ~~300-400~~ meters tall was assumed to be a power station by Chakas, who had seen similar structures on Erde-Tyrene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 161''</ref>

The ring was home to a number of power stations, many of which were sabotaged by the Warriors who rebelled against the Master Builder during the crisis at the Capital.<ref name="p305"/> A dark gray conical structure 300–400 meters tall was assumed to be a power station by Chakas, who had seen similar structures on Erde-Tyrene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 161''</ref>

;Mendicant Bias' core

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The home village of Vinnevra and Gamelpar was located near one of the ring's edge walls.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 39''</ref> It was a collection of huts situated on a flat plain of dry grass and dirt several hundred meters from the tree line.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 37''</ref>

There was also an old Tudejsa city some distance inland from the village. The humans abandoned the settlement after the Forerunners began to abduct humans for experiments. The city reminded Chakas of [[Marontik]], though he noted it may have been older<ref~~>'''~~Halo~~: Primordium''', ''~~page 36~~''<~~/~~ref~~> and more populous.<ref name="p84">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 84-85''</ref> The city was lined by a large wall with mud and rock ramparts designed as a defense against raiders from other cities or roving bands. A single wooden gate on the western side allowed passage inside; the entrance tunnel was approximately 20 meters long.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> Much like Marontik, the city was home to motley stone and mud buildings with wooden supports no more than tree stories tall and with no particular concern for aesthetics. Cobble or dirt streets and alleys crisscrossed between the buildings. By the time Chakas, Vinnevra and Gamelpar visited the city, it had been raided of any valuables long prior.<ref name="p84"/> Likewise, the city was almost entirely devoid of life, including mosquitoes or waterborne larvae.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 90''</ref> The city's market was home to one of the [[Lifeworker beacon]]s, camouflaged by Forerunner technology.<ref name="beacon"/>

There was also an old Tudejsa city some distance inland from the village. The humans abandoned the settlement after the Forerunners began to abduct humans for experiments. The city reminded Chakas of [[Marontik]], though he noted it may have been older<ref name="Halo page 36"/> and more populous.<ref name="p84">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 84-85''</ref> The city was lined by a large wall with mud and rock ramparts designed as a defense against raiders from other cities or roving bands. A single wooden gate on the western side allowed passage inside; the entrance tunnel was approximately 20 meters long.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> Much like Marontik, the city was home to motley stone and mud buildings with wooden supports no more than tree stories tall and with no particular concern for aesthetics. Cobble or dirt streets and alleys crisscrossed between the buildings. By the time Chakas, Vinnevra and Gamelpar visited the city, it had been raided of any valuables long prior.<ref name="p84"/> Likewise, the city was almost entirely devoid of life, including mosquitoes or waterborne larvae.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 90''</ref> The city's market was home to one of the [[Lifeworker beacon]]s, camouflaged by Forerunner technology.<ref name="beacon"/>

About a kilometer off the shores of the ocean crossed by Chakas and his compatriots there was a human city based on wooden platforms supported by stone pillars and only accessible via water.<ref name="p135">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 135''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 139''</ref> A network of bridges, platforms, docks and other wooden structures crisscrossed between these pillars,<ref name="p135"/> becoming denser toward the settlement's center.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 142''</ref> The largest building had a layout the shape of a peaked pentagram and was home to a large hall with impressively intricate carvings in its [[door]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 144''</ref> During the skirmishes on the ring, this city was the site of a battle between hundreds of Forerunners whose corpses would remain scattered across the area; no humans—alive or dead—were present at this point. [[Vinnevra]] believed them all to have been taken away, most likely to a "[[Palace of Pain]] for experiments given the events on the ring at the time.<ref>'''Halo Primordium''', ''page 143''</ref> The Forerunners had imprisoned a [[Proto-Gravemind]] in an energy cage placed inside the hall of the central building. The [[mind transfer|personality imprint]] of [[Forthencho]] suggested that this battle was fought for a prize or to keep that prize from falling into the wrong hands, possibly the Proto-Gravemind. The Forerunners appeared to have fought to the last man with none surviving.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 150-153''</ref>

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-'''Installation 07''', also known as '''Zeta Halo''',<ref name="hitd preview"/><ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''halo_inner_ring'']]</ref> is one of the [[seven]] rings in the [[Halo Array]], located in the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name="warfleet"/> Unlike the other six remaining Halo installations, which were constructed as a separate array of rings with the diameter of 10,000 kilometers,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> Installation 07 is the only surviving ring from the original main array of twelve 30,000-kilometer-wide Halos.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 325''</ref> However, the installation's diameter was reduced to 10,000 kilometers after most of its superstructure was discarded as a result of heavy damage.<ref name="prim344">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 344''</ref> ONI scientists consider it to be the most mysterious Halo of all.<ref name="prim341" />
+'''Installation 07''', also known as '''Zeta Halo''',<ref name="hitd preview"/><ref name="source">[[:File:H3 halo inner ring title.PNG|Halo 3 Texture files: ''halo inner ring'']]</ref> is one of the [[seven]] rings in the [[Halo Array]], located in the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref name="warfleet"/> Unlike the other six remaining Halo installations, which were constructed as a separate array of rings with the diameter of 10,000 kilometers,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 329''</ref> Installation 07 is the only surviving ring from the original main array of twelve 30,000-kilometer-wide Halos.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 325''</ref> However, the installation's diameter was reduced to 10,000 kilometers after most of its superstructure was discarded as a result of heavy damage.<ref name="prim344">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 344''</ref> ONI scientists consider it to be the most mysterious Halo of all.<ref name="prim341" />
 ==Background==
 ===Construction and commissioning===
-Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even constructed rudimentary cities.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref>
+Unlike the other six rings in the final Halo Array, Installation 07 was manufactured at the [[greater Ark]] instead of [[Installation 00]] or the "lesser Ark". As a result, it was originally three times the size of a normal Halo ring (30,000 kilometers in diameter).<ref name="prim341"/> Like the other Halos, Installation 07 served a secondary purpose as a [[Lifeworker]] preserve for biological specimens from across the galaxy as part of the [[Conservation Measure]]. Installation 07 was primarily dedicated to [[human]]s, being home to various species and subspecies of the human genus, alongside numerous fauna and flora. The humans living on the installation identified themselves as [[Tudejsa]], meaning "the People" or "People from Here".<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 25''</ref> In the beginning, these humans were allowed to build their own societies and were mostly left undisturbed by the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 64-65''</ref> Some of the People even constructed rudimentary cities.<ref name="Halo page 36">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref>
 During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] placed Installation 07, along with the other eleven rings in the original Array, under control of the [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|Contender-class AI]] [[Mendicant Bias]], and one of the primary extensions of the AI was placed on the ring.<ref name="prim190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190-192''</ref> At one point, the Master Builder broke his deal with the [[Librarian]] and began to use the human specimens on the ring for his brutal experiments on the [[Flood]]. Some of the Lifeworkers serving on the installation complied and aided Faber's minions in these experiments, while those most loyal to the Librarian worked to keep the installation's biological preserves intact. Faber also forcibly drafted [[Warrior-Servant]]s as an additional security force for the installation. In their exhaustive experiments, the Master Builder's researchers found that the majority of humans were apparently immune to the Flood, which they believed to be a result of a "cure" developed by [[ancient humanity]] during the ancient [[Human-Flood war|human-Flood conflict]]. In reality, no cure ever existed and the humans' apparent immunity was the result of the Flood's ongoing strategy to target Forerunners only.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 364''</ref>
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 Not trusting the Lifeworkers, Faber assigned Mendicant Bias to interrogate the Primordial,<ref name="prim190"/> which, using its knowledge of the Precursors' plan and compelling arguments that the Forerunners' rule led to eternal stagnation, eventually managed to turn the AI against its Forerunner masters. The creature also managed to manipulate the Master Builder into complying it with its schemes; whether Faber was fully aware of the Primordial's goals, or simply an uninformed pawn, is unclear.<ref name="p357"/> The Primordial then took charge of operations on Installation 07, encouraging the Master Builder to continue his experiments on humans, apparently for no reason other than its own amusement.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 365''</ref>
-The Master Builder himself departed the installation shortly after the Primordial had been brought in, leaving his researchers in charge.<ref name="p271">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271''</ref> Over time, Faber reduced the role of Lifeworkers on the installation, eventually confining them to smaller preserves with select groups of humans, while his minions continued their attempts to infect humans.<ref name="p271"/> As Faber's researchers took more and more humans from across the ring for their experiments, many human societies effectively collapsed; the People abandoned the cities out of fear that the Forerunners would come take them away, escaping to the wilderness.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 66''</ref>
+The Master Builder himself departed the installation shortly after the Primordial had been brought in, leaving his researchers in charge.<ref name="p271">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 271''</ref> Over time, Faber reduced the role of Lifeworkers on the installation, eventually confining them to smaller preserves with select groups of humans, while his minions continued their attempts to infect humans.<ref name="p271"/> As Faber's researchers took more and more humans from across the ring for their experiments, many human societies effectively collapsed; the People abandoned the cities out of fear that the Forerunners would come take them away, escaping to the wilderness.<ref name="p66"/>
 After Mendicant Bias had been subverted by the Primordial, the AI broke the safeguards in the ring's various [[Flood containment facility|Flood containment facilities]],<ref name="p272">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 272''</ref> allowing the parasite to spread to various sections of the installation. The Flood devoured large areas of the Halo's artificial landscape, covering it with [[Flood hive|Flood biomass]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 216-219''</ref> As more and more Forerunners succumbed to the Flood across the installation, the Master Builder had a machine known as the [[Composer]] used to stave off the effects of Flood infection in a number of infected Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 265''</ref>
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 Because of its different origin from the other six Halos in the Array, Installation 07 exhibits conspicuous differences to the other extant rings despite now being the same size. These differences are apparent in the Halo's physical infrastructure and material composition, but also subtler aspects such as the architecture and aesthetics of its structures and technology or the machine language of its distributed computer systems.<ref name="hitd preview"/>
-The depth of Installation 07's ground layer before the foundation material below, at least in some areas, is approximately 800-900 meters.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 97''</ref> As with the rest of the Halos, the upper layers of the plate foundation were shaped to accommodate the terrain formations that would be laid over them.<ref name="p318">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 318''</ref>
+The depth of Installation 07's ground layer before the foundation material below, at least in some areas, is approximately 800–900 meters.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 97''</ref> As with the rest of the Halos, the upper layers of the plate foundation were shaped to accommodate the terrain formations that would be laid over them.<ref name="p318">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 318''</ref>
 During the skirmishes surrounding the [[Fate of Maethrillian]], the terrain on the Halo was destroyed in many areas, leaving the bare foundation exposed. In addition, large gaps had been burned into the foundation itself during the battle around the Capital.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 112''</ref> Some of these damages was deemed extensive enough to remove and replace entire sections of the ring's foundational plate, with the Halo held together by its edge walls and possible field reinforcement during the operation. The replacement plates were moved from the Halo's exterior, transported over the inner portion of the ring and eventually placed in the missing sections.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 71-72, 76-77''</ref> In less damaged areas, building up the foundation from within the ring's interior was sufficient for repairs. A ditch in the landscape, for example, would be closed by the foundation gradually rising from below.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 105''</ref> Entire complexes of structures—some of them thousands of meters tall—had been destroyed; due to the ring's limited power, their basic [[hard light]] frameworks would continue to flicker on and off erratically, attempting to rebuild themselves.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 114, 116''</ref>
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 ;[[Lifeworker beacon]]s
-Beacons were ovoid-shaped devices found across the ring used by the Lifeworkers—or whoever controlled them—to give humans and other beings seemingly instinctive instructions through their ''geas''.<ref name="beacon">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 88-89''</ref><ref name="p184"/>
+Beacons were ovoid-shaped devices found across the ring used by the Lifeworkers—or whoever controlled them—to give humans and other beings seemingly instinctive instructions through their ''geas''.<ref name="p184"/><ref name="beacon">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 88-89''</ref>
 ;Power stations
-The ring was home to a number of power stations, many of which were sabotaged by the Warriors who rebelled against the Master Builder during the crisis at the Capital.<ref name="p305"/> A dark gray conical structure 300-400 meters tall was assumed to be a power station by Chakas, who had seen similar structures on Erde-Tyrene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 161''</ref>
+The ring was home to a number of power stations, many of which were sabotaged by the Warriors who rebelled against the Master Builder during the crisis at the Capital.<ref name="p305"/> A dark gray conical structure 300–400 meters tall was assumed to be a power station by Chakas, who had seen similar structures on Erde-Tyrene.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 161''</ref>
 ;Mendicant Bias' core
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 The home village of Vinnevra and Gamelpar was located near one of the ring's edge walls.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 39''</ref> It was a collection of huts situated on a flat plain of dry grass and dirt several hundred meters from the tree line.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 37''</ref>
-There was also an old Tudejsa city some distance inland from the village. The humans abandoned the settlement after the Forerunners began to abduct humans for experiments. The city reminded Chakas of [[Marontik]], though he noted it may have been older<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 36''</ref> and more populous.<ref name="p84">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 84-85''</ref> The city was lined by a large wall with mud and rock ramparts designed as a defense against raiders from other cities or roving bands. A single wooden gate on the western side allowed passage inside; the entrance tunnel was approximately 20 meters long.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> Much like Marontik, the city was home to motley stone and mud buildings with wooden supports no more than tree stories tall and with no particular concern for aesthetics. Cobble or dirt streets and alleys crisscrossed between the buildings. By the time Chakas, Vinnevra and Gamelpar visited the city, it had been raided of any valuables long prior.<ref name="p84"/> Likewise, the city was almost entirely devoid of life, including mosquitoes or waterborne larvae.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 90''</ref> The city's market was home to one of the [[Lifeworker beacon]]s, camouflaged by Forerunner technology.<ref name="beacon"/>
+There was also an old Tudejsa city some distance inland from the village. The humans abandoned the settlement after the Forerunners began to abduct humans for experiments. The city reminded Chakas of [[Marontik]], though he noted it may have been older<ref name="Halo page 36"/> and more populous.<ref name="p84">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 84-85''</ref> The city was lined by a large wall with mud and rock ramparts designed as a defense against raiders from other cities or roving bands. A single wooden gate on the western side allowed passage inside; the entrance tunnel was approximately 20 meters long.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> Much like Marontik, the city was home to motley stone and mud buildings with wooden supports no more than tree stories tall and with no particular concern for aesthetics. Cobble or dirt streets and alleys crisscrossed between the buildings. By the time Chakas, Vinnevra and Gamelpar visited the city, it had been raided of any valuables long prior.<ref name="p84"/> Likewise, the city was almost entirely devoid of life, including mosquitoes or waterborne larvae.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 90''</ref> The city's market was home to one of the [[Lifeworker beacon]]s, camouflaged by Forerunner technology.<ref name="beacon"/>
 About a kilometer off the shores of the ocean crossed by Chakas and his compatriots there was a human city based on wooden platforms supported by stone pillars and only accessible via water.<ref name="p135">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 135''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 139''</ref> A network of bridges, platforms, docks and other wooden structures crisscrossed between these pillars,<ref name="p135"/> becoming denser toward the settlement's center.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 142''</ref> The largest building had a layout the shape of a peaked pentagram and was home to a large hall with impressively intricate carvings in its [[door]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 144''</ref> During the skirmishes on the ring, this city was the site of a battle between hundreds of Forerunners whose corpses would remain scattered across the area; no humans—alive or dead—were present at this point. [[Vinnevra]] believed them all to have been taken away, most likely to a "[[Palace of Pain]] for experiments given the events on the ring at the time.<ref>'''Halo Primordium''', ''page 143''</ref> The Forerunners had imprisoned a [[Proto-Gravemind]] in an energy cage placed inside the hall of the central building. The [[mind transfer|personality imprint]] of [[Forthencho]] suggested that this battle was fought for a prize or to keep that prize from falling into the wrong hands, possibly the Proto-Gravemind. The Forerunners appeared to have fought to the last man with none surviving.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 150-153''</ref>
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