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| {{Era|Forerunner}}
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| A '''design seed''' was a piece of technology used by the [[Forerunner]]s to encode data that would be used to quickly assemble a machine at the appropriate time. A design seed containing the plans for a starship was known as a '''ship-seed'''.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 128''</ref>
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| ==Design and operation==
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| Designed by a Forerunner "pattern-weaver" assisted by [[ancilla]],<ref name="uncharted waters">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-uncharted-waters '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Uncharted Waters'']</ref> a design seed contained the schematics for the piece of technology it was designed to craft, as well as the machinery required to convert the construction materials into the object under construction. In the absence of dedicated manufacturing facilities, the construction materials could be obtained from resources available on-site.<ref name="c88">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 88-89, 94''</ref>
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| The [[Librarian]] acquired a design seed that was placed inside a mountain near the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Cryptum]] on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], which then gave birth to [[Didact's ship|a large ship]] for his escape. The machinery worked remarkably quickly; the mountain at the center of [[Djamonkin Crater]] was dismantled and reshaped into the core components within a single night. Once fully assembled, the seed had generated a large octagonal platform surrounded by eight curved pillars, each rising a thousand meters from the ground.<ref name="c88"/> When the machine was activated, these pillars began to rotate around the central platform. As they spun, they projected [[hard light]] components, which used the raw materials obtained on-site and reconstituted them into the alloys and components needed to build the ship. The construction process was extraordinarily rapid; the Didact's ship was approximately one kilometer long, and yet the entire vessel was materialized within a matter of minutes.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 98''</ref>
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Forerunner|technology}}
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| [[Category:Forerunner technology]]
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