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Installation 07 then jumped into a distant system on a pre-designated destructive collision course with [[Unidentified failsafe planet|a planet]] - a security measure put in place in the event that it fell out of Forerunner control. The installation was eventually reclaimed by the Didact's forces, and it survived the passage of the planet despite taking heavy damage. A significant amount of the ring's superstructure was discarded, reducing its size to 10,000 kilometers, in order to allow it to perform a successful slipspace jump to the [[greater Ark]]. | Installation 07 then jumped into a distant system on a pre-designated destructive collision course with [[Unidentified failsafe planet|a planet]] - a security measure put in place in the event that it fell out of Forerunner control. The installation was eventually reclaimed by the Didact's forces, and it survived the passage of the planet despite taking heavy damage. A significant amount of the ring's superstructure was discarded, reducing its size to 10,000 kilometers, in order to allow it to perform a successful slipspace jump to the [[greater Ark]]. | ||
Later, as Mendicant Bias prepared his final assault on the [[Maginot Sphere]], the Didact finally accepted that the Halo Array was the only solution to counter the Flood, and activated the Array. The effect left all Flood-controlled ships adrift, allowing [[Offensive Bias]] to defeat and capture the rampant AI. | Later, as Mendicant Bias prepared his final assault on the [[Maginot Sphere]], the Didact finally accepted that the Halo Array was the only solution to counter the Flood, and activated the Array. [[Installation 04]] was first in the Array to fire, the others fired sequentially as their fields intersected.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 38''</ref> The effect left all Flood-controlled ships adrift, allowing [[Offensive Bias]] to defeat and capture the rampant AI. | ||
===Post-activation=== | ===Post-activation=== | ||