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'''Requiem''', formally designated by its [[Forerunner]] creators as '''Shield World 0001''',<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> was a Forerunner [[shield world]] located in the [[Epoloch system]].<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> It once served as the central base of operations for the [[Promethean]]s, an elite class of [[Warrior-Servant]]s, for thousands of years until the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. It remained sealed off for a hundred millennia since the end of the war,<ref name="h4guide">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/halo4guide '''Halo 4 Interactive Guide''']</ref> and became the site of [[First Battle of Requiem|major events]] as [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] and [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] forces stumbled upon it in [[2557]]. The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} returned to Requiem in early [[2558]], resulting in a [[Second Battle of Requiem|protracted battle]] between the UNSC and the occupying Promethean-Covenant alliance.<ref name="departure">'''[[Spartan Ops]]''', ''[[S1/Departure|S1E1 Departure]]''</ref> Requiem itself was destroyed at the conclusion of this campaign by the Covenant leader [[Jul 'Mdama]].<ref name="Exodus">'''Spartan Ops:''' ''[[S1/Exodus|S1E10 Exodus]]''</ref>

Requiem was a central hub for all Forerunner forces and war efforts for thousands of years, from the conflict with [[prehistoric human civilization|ancient humanity]] to the end of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].<ref name="h4guide"/> After the [[Ur-Didact]] used the [[Composer]] to enslave [[Omega Halo]]'s human population to use them to create [[Promethean Knight]]s, the [[Librarian]] imprisoned the Didact in the core of the shield world to stop him.<ref name="h4terminals">'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''</ref> The Librarian uploaded a personality impression of herself within Requiem's systems,<ref name="Reclaimer">'''Halo 4 -''' ''[[Reclaimer (level)]]''</ref> placing the [[Janus Key]] in the possession of this imprint.<ref name="Key">'''Spartan Ops:''' ''[[S1/Key|S1E9 Key]]''</ref> The Librarian then departed Requiem and sealed the shield world off for the next 100,000 years.

In February [[2558]] Jul 'Mdama, believing to have obtained the [[Janus Key|artifact]] they sought, put Requiem on a collision course with the sun, with the ''Infinity'' anchored to the planet via a slipspace conduit generated by a [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|Forerunner artifact]] on board. Fireteams [[Fireteam Majestic|Majestic]] and [[Fireteam Crimson|Crimson]] were sent to deactivate two artifacts on Requiem that kept the ship anchored, while [[Henry Glassman]] deactivated the third one aboard the ''Infinity''. After many complications, both fireteams reached their objective and the ''Infinity'' was able to flee the planet, seconds before Requiem was consumed by the sun, which went supernova immediately afterward.<ref name="Exodus"/>

*According to Brian Reed, the lead writer of ''Halo 4'', Requiem is the largest Forerunner construct in history.<ref>[http://youtu.be/A3KLtf8DzCU '''Youtube''' ''Halo 4: A Hero Awakens Behind the Scenes'']</ref> He was ostensibly speaking hyperbolically; with a diameter of 10,787 kilometers,<ref name="DK H4TEVG"/> Requiem is easily dwarfed by several Forerunner constructs, such as [[Installation 00]], the [[Capital]] or the significantly larger [[Trevelyan|Shield World 006]].